Intel® PXA26x Processor Family Developer’s Manual 17-17
Hardware UART
17.5.6 FIFO Control Register (FCR)

The FIFO Control Register (FCR) is a write-only register that is located at the same address as the

IIR, which is a read-only register. The FCR enables/disables the transmitter/receiver FIFOs, clears

the transmitter/receiver FIFOs, and sets the receiver FIFO trigger thres hold. The FCR bit

definitions are shown in Table17-10 on page 17-17.

IID[01] 0 0 1 0 Third
Highest Transmit FIFO
Data Request
Non-FIFO mode – Transmit Holding
Register Empty
Reading the IIR (if the source of the
interrupt) or writing into the Transmit
Holding Register.
FIFO mode – Transmit FIFO has half
or less than half data.
Reading the IIR (if the source of the
interrupt) or writing to the transmitter
FIFO.
IID[00] 0 0 0 0 Fourth
Highest Modem Status Clear to Send, Data Set Ready, Ring
Indicator, Received Line Signal
Detect. Reading the Modem Status Register.
Non Prioritized Interrupts:
ABL 4 None Autobaud Lock
indication. Autobaud circuitry has locked onto
the baud rate. Reading the IIR

Table 17-9. Interrupt Identification Register Dec ode (Sheet 2 of 2)

Interrupt ID bits Interrupt SET/RESET Function
3 2 1 0 Priority Type Source RESET Control

Table 17-10. FCR Bit Definitions (Sheet 1 of 2)

Physical Address
0x4160_0008 FIFO Control Reg. (FCR) PXA26x Processor Family Hardware
UART
User
Settings
Bit 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Reserved
ITL
Reserved
TIL
RESETTF
RESETRF
TRFIFOE
Reset ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 0 ? ? 0 0 0 0
Bits Access Name Description
31:8 N/A Reserved – Read as unknown and must be written as zero.
7:6 Write ITL
INTERRUPT TRIGGER LEVEL (threshold):
When the number of bytes in the receiver FIFO equals the interrupt trigger
threshold programmed into this field and the received data available
interrupt is enabled via the IER, an interrupt is generated and appropriate
bits are set in the IIR. The receive DMA request is also generated when the
trigger threshold is reached.
0b00 1 byte or more in FIFO causes interrupt (Not valid in DMA mode)
0b01 8 bytes or more in FIFO causes interrupt and DMA request
0b10 16 bytes or more in FIFO causes interrupt and DMA request
0b11 32 bytes or more in FIFO causes interrupt and DMA request
5:4 N/A Reserved – Read as unknown and must be written as zero.