
8019AS.doc 
2001-05-10
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SPECIFICATION  
RTL8019AS  
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6. Functional Descriptions  
6.1. RTL8019AS Configuration Modes 
The RTL8019AS supports 3 configuration modes: jumper, RT jumperless, and PnP. 
JP Pin 
PnP Pin 
9346 Content 
PNP 
ACTIVEB  
H 
H 
L 
L 
H 
x 
a (a=0or1) 
L 
L 
1 
a (a=0or1) 
L 
L 
0 
x 
RT jmpless 
P.S. "x" denotes don't care. 
Mode 
Jumper 
CONFIG0 
JP  
1 
CONFIG3 
PNPJP 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
PNP 
0 
ACTIVEB  
0 
x 
x 
PnP 
PnP 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
a 
a 
0 
The RTL8019AS's resource configuration informations such as I/O base address, BROM memory 
base address, and interrupt request line, etc., are stored in the CONFIG3-0 registers in Group1 
Page3 as well as the PnP logical device configuration registers. Their power-up default values may 
come from the states of jumper pins in jumper mode or the contents of 9346 in PnP and RT 
jumperless mode. Their values can be modified by software via the logical device configuration 
registers in all 3 modes. The update values will be recorded to the CONFIG3-0 registers, too. This 
new configuration is only valid temporarily and will be lost after an auto-load command, an active 
RSTDRV, or PC power off . Permanent changes of configuration  must be done by changing the 
jumper states or the contents of 9346. Note that the BROM size can not be modified temporarily.
The Plug and Play logic can work in all the three configuration modes except that an RT defined 
initiation key, named RT initiation key, should be used instead of the PnP initiation key.  In other 
words, the RT initiation key is supported in all configuration modes while the PnP initiation key is 
only supported in the PnP mode. By using the RT initiation key,  the software can put RTL8019AS 
to the PnP 
Config
 state and access the logical device configuration registers even in the jumper and 
RT jumperless modes.  
Power up default ACTIVE state 
In RTL8019, the ACTIVEB bit in 93C46 decides the power-up adapter status even in RT jumpless 
mode. In the standard application when BROM is not enabled, the adapter should be power up 
inactive in PnP mode and active in RT jumperless mode. However RTL8019's PnP jumper only 
decides the jumperless mode. The adapter's "ACTIVE" status is not changed properly at the same 
time when the user changes the PnP jumper state. This causes an application inconsistence when 
PnP jumper is to be used.  
In RTL8019AS, we change RTL8019's original specification into: 
The ACTIVEB bit in 9346 is ignored when RTL8019AS is in jumper or RT jumperless mode. 
The adapter's power-up status is always "ACTIVE" in RT jumperless mode. However, the 
active status still can be changed via the PnP Activate register.