Interrupt Type Codes

Table 4±2. Adapter Check Failure Codes

Bit

Name

Function

00h

 

 

01h

DataPar

Data parity error: Indicates that during bus master operations, ThunderLAN has de-

 

 

tected a PCI bus data parity error, and parity error checking was enabled (the PAR_En

 

 

bit in the PCI command register is set).

02h

AdrsPar

Address parity error: Indicates that ThunderLAN has detected a PCI bus address parity

 

 

error, and that parity error checking is enabled (the PAR_En bit in the PCI command

 

 

register is set).

03h

Mabort

Master abort: When set, indicates ThunderLAN aborted a master cycle due to a master

 

 

abort. ThunderLAN master aborts a PCI data transfer if the target does not respond

 

 

with a PDEVSEL# signature within six clock cycles of the start of the transfer.

04h

Tabort

Target abort: When set, indicates a ThunderLAN master cycle was aborted due to a

 

 

target abort.

05h

ListErr

List error:

 

 

- The sum of a transmit list's data count fields was not equal to the frame length indi-

 

 

cated in the list's frame size field.

-The last nonzero fragment of a receive or transmit list did not have bit 31 of the data count field set.

 

 

Please note that if you are in multifragment mode and are using less than ten frag-

 

 

ments, the fragment after the last fragment used in a receive list must have 0 in its data

 

 

count field.

06h

AckErr

Acknowledge error: An attempt to overservice Rx or Tx EOF interrupts has taken place.

07h

IovErr

Int overflow error: Rx or Tx EOF interrupts have been underserviced, resulting in an

 

 

overflow of the interrupt counter. The interrupt counter is ten bits wide and seven inter-

 

 

rupt bits can be acknowledged at one time.

 

 

Interrupt overflow also occurs when a Tx GO command has been given before a Tx

 

 

EOC has been acknowledged. The EOC interrupt counter is only one bit wide. The

 

 

same happens when an Rx GO command is given before an Rx EOC has been ac-

 

 

knowledged.

08h±FFh

 

Reserved

 

 

 

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