Signal Description

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2.4.2AGP Flow Control Signals

Signal Name

Type

Description

 

 

 

RBF#

I

Read Buffer Full: RBF# indicates if the master is ready to accept

 

AGP

previously requested low priority read data. When RBF# is asserted, the

 

 

MCH is not allowed to initiate the return low priority read data. That is, the

 

 

MCH can finish returning the data for the request currently being

 

 

serviced. RBF# is only sampled at the beginning of a cycle. If the AGP

 

 

master is always ready to accept return read data, then it is not required

 

 

to implement this signal.

 

 

During FRAME# Operation: Not Used.

 

 

 

WBF#

I

Write-Buffer Full: Indicates if the master is ready to accept fast write

 

AGP

data from the MCH. When WBF# is asserted, the MCH is not allowed to

 

 

drive fast write data to the AGP master. WBF# is only sampled at the

 

 

beginning of a cycle. If the AGP master is always ready to accept fast

 

 

write data, then it is not required to implement this signal.

 

 

During FRAME# Operation: Not Used.

 

 

 

2.4.3AGP Status Signals

Signal Name

Type

Description

 

 

 

ST[2:0]

O

Status: ST[2:0] provides information from the arbiter to an AGP Master

 

AGP

on what it may do. ST[2:0] only have meaning to the master when its

 

 

G_GNT# is asserted. When G_GNT# is deasserted, these signals have

 

 

no meaning and must be ignored. Refer to the AGP Interface

 

 

Specification, Revision 2.0 for further explanation of the ST[2:0] values

 

 

and their meanings.

 

 

During FRAME# Operation: These signals are not used during

 

 

FRAME#-based operation, except that a ‘111’ indicates that the master

 

 

may begin a FRAME# transaction.

 

 

 

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