
PI7C7300
3-PORT PCI-to-PCI BRIDGE
Advanced Information
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06/04/02 Revision 1.07
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ADDRESS DECODING...................................................................................................................31
5.1
ADDRESS RANGES .....................................................................................................................31
5.2
I/O ADDRESS DECODING ............................................................................................................31
5.2.1
I/O Base and Limit Address Register................................................................................32
5.2.2
ISA Mode ..........................................................................................................................33
5.3
MEMORY ADDRESS DECODING ...................................................................................................33
5.3.1
Memory-Mapped I/O Base and Limit Address Registers..................................................34
5.3.2
Prefetchable Memory Base and Limit Address Registers.................................................35
5.4
VGA SUPPORT ..........................................................................................................................36
5.4.1
VGA Mode.........................................................................................................................36
5.4.2
VGA Snoop Mode .............................................................................................................36
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TRANSACTION ORDERING ..........................................................................................................37
6.1
TRANSACTIONS GOVERNED BY ORDERING RULES .......................................................................37
6.2
GENERAL ORDERING GUIDELINES...............................................................................................38
6.3
ORDERING RULES ......................................................................................................................38
6.4
DATA SYNCHRONIZATION............................................................................................................40
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ERROR HANDLING........................................................................................................................40
7.1
ADDRESS PARITY ERRORS .........................................................................................................40
7.2
DATA PARITY ERRORS................................................................................................................41
7.2.1
Configuration Write Transactions to Configuration Space ................................................41
7.2.2
Read Transactions............................................................................................................42
7.2.3
Delayed Write Transactions..............................................................................................43
7.2.4
Posted Write Transactions................................................................................................45
7.3
DATA PARITY ERROR REPORTING SUMMARY...............................................................................46
7.4
SYSTEM ERROR (SERR#) REPORTING .......................................................................................50
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EXCLUSIVE ACCESS ....................................................................................................................51
8.1
CONCURRENT LOCKS .................................................................................................................51
8.2
ACQUIRING EXCLUSIVE ACCESS ACROSS PI7C7300 ...................................................................51
8.2.1
Locked Transactions in Downstream Direction.................................................................51
8.2.2
Locked Transaction in Upstream Direction .......................................................................53
8.3
ENDING EXCLUSIVE ACCESS.......................................................................................................53
9
PCI BUS ARBITRATION ................................................................................................................54
9.1
PRIMARY PCI BUS ARBITRATION.................................................................................................54
9.2
SECONDARY PCI BUS ARBITRATION ...........................................................................................54
9.2.1
Secondary Bus Arbitration Using the Internal Arbiter .......................................................54
9.2.2
Preemption........................................................................................................................56
9.2.3
Secondary Bus Arbitration Using An External Arbiter.......................................................56
9.2.4
Bus Parking.......................................................................................................................56
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COMPACT PCI HOT SWAP .......................................................................................................57
11
CLOCKS......................................................................................................................................57
11.1 PRIMARY CLOCK INPUTS.............................................................................................................57
11.2 SECONDARY CLOCK OUTPUTS ....................................................................................................57
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RESET .........................................................................................................................................58
12.1 PRIMARY INTERFACE RESET .......................................................................................................58
12.2 SECONDARY INTERFACE RESET ..................................................................................................58