Intel 845 BCTRL1-PCI-PCI Bridge Control Register Device, Address Offset 3Eh Default 00h Access

Register Description

R

3.6.21BCTRL1—PCI-PCI Bridge Control Register (Device 1)

Address Offset:	3Eh
Default:	00h
Access:	RO, R/W
Size	8 bits

This register provides extensions to the PCICMD1 register that are specific to PCI-PCI bridges. BCTRL1 provides additional control for the secondary interface (i.e., AGP) as well as some bits that affect the overall behavior of the “virtual” PCI-PCI bridge embedded in the MCH (e.g., VGA compatible address ranges mapping).

	Bit	Descriptions
	7	Fast Back to Back Enable (FB2BEN)—RO.Hardwired to 0. Since there is only one target
		allowed on AGP, this bit is meaningless. The MCH will not generate FB2B cycles in 1x mode, but
		will generate FB2B cycles in 2x and 4x Fast Write modes.
	6	Secondary Bus Reset (SRESET)—RO.Hardwired to 0. MCH does not support generation of
		reset via this bit on the AGP.
		Note: The only way to perform a hard reset of the AGP is via the system reset either initiated by
		software or hardware via the ICH2.
	5	Master Abort Mode (MAMODE)—RO.Hardwired to 0. This means that when acting as a master
		on AGP and a Master Abort occurs, the MCH will discard data on writes and return all 1s during
		reads.
	4	Reserved.
	3	VGA Enable (VGA_EN1)—R/W.This bit controls the routing of host-initiated transactions
		targeting VGA compatible I/O and memory address ranges.
		0 =VGA compatible memory and I/O range accesses are not forwarded to AGP (Default). Rather,
		they are mapped to primary PCI unless they are mapped to AGP via I/O and memory range
		registers defined above (IOBASE1, IOLIMIT1, MBASE1, MLIMIT1, PMBASE1, PMLIMIT1)
		1 =MCH forwards the following host accesses to the AGP:
		• Memory accesses in the range 0A0000h to 0BFFFFh
		• I/O addresses where A[9:0] are in the ranges 3B0h to 3BBh and 3C0h to 3DFh
		(inclusive of ISA address aliases - A[15:10] are not decoded)
		When this bit is set, forwarding of these accesses issued by the host is independent of the I/O
		address and memory address ranges defined by the previously defined base and limit
		registers. Forwarding of these accesses is also independent of the settings of bit 2 (ISA
		Enable) of this register if this bit is 1.
		Refer to Chapter 4 for further information.
	2	ISA Enable (ISA_EN)—R/W.Modifies the response by the MCH to an I/O access issued by the
		host that targets ISA I/O addresses. This applies only to I/O addresses that are enabled by the
		IOBASE and IOLIMIT registers.
		0 =Disable. All addresses defined by the IOBASE and IOLIMIT Registers for host I/O
		transactions are mapped to AGP (Default).
		1 =Enable. MCH does not forward to AGP any I/O transactions addressing the last 768 bytes in
		each 1 KB block, even if the addresses are within the range defined by the IOBASE and
		IOLIMIT registers. Instead of going to AGP, these cycles are forwarded to PCI0 where they
		can be subtractively or positively claimed by the ISA bridge.
	1	Reserved.
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