Intel D925XBC, D925XCV specifications Bus Initialization Checkpoints

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4.3Bus Initialization Checkpoints

Error Messages and Beep Codes

Table 51. Runtime Code Uncompressed in F000 Shadow RAM (continued)

Code

Description of POST Operation

AE

Uncompress SMBIOS module and init SMBIOS code and form the runtime SMBIOS image in

 

shadow.

 

 

B1

Going to copy any code to specific area.

00Copying of code to specific area done. Going to give control to INT-19 boot loader.

4.3Bus Initialization Checkpoints

The system BIOS gives control to the different buses at several checkpoints to do various tasks. Table 52 describes the bus initialization checkpoints.

Table 52. Bus Initialization Checkpoints

Checkpoint

Description

 

 

2A

Different buses init (system, static, and output devices) to start if present.

 

 

38

Different buses init (input, IPL, and general devices) to start if present.

 

 

39

Display different buses initialization error messages.

 

 

95

Init of different buses optional ROMs from C800 to start.

 

 

While control is inside the different bus routines, additional checkpoints are output to port 80h as WORD to identify the routines under execution. In these WORD checkpoints, the low byte of the checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint from which the control is passed to the different bus routines. The high byte of the checkpoint is the indication of which routine is being executed in the different buses. Table 53 describes the upper nibble of the high byte and indicates the function that is being executed.

Table 53. Upper Nibble High Byte Functions

Value

Description

 

 

0

func#0, disable all devices on the bus concerned.

 

 

1

func#1, static devices init on the bus concerned.

 

 

2

func#2, output device init on the bus concerned.

 

 

3

func#3, input device init on the bus concerned.

 

 

4

func#4, IPL device init on the bus concerned.

 

 

5

func#5, general device init on the bus concerned.

 

 

6

func#6, error reporting for the bus concerned.

 

 

7

func#7, add-on ROM init for all buses.

 

 

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