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Recommended BIOS Settings
Chapter 7
AMD-761™ System Controller Software/BIOS Design Guide
24081D—February 2002
Preliminary Information
Registers
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Bits
Description
Initialized/
Required
Value
Actual
Value
Key
fcn( )
Notes
0x0x0xACh
AGP Virtual Address Space
Size Register
31:17
Reserved
yyyb 000h
r
16
VGA_IA_En
xb
B
0 = No ISA aliasing on
address [15:0]
1 = Force AMD-751™
system controller to alias
ISA address [15:0]
15:4
Reserved
000h
r
3:1
VA_Size
AGP aperture size
xxxb
A
000 = 32 Mbytes
001 = 64 Mbytes
010 = 128 Mbytes
011 = 256 Mbytes
100 = 512 Mbytes
101 = 1 Gbyte
110 = 2 Gbytes
128 Mbytes recommended
0
GARTEna
AGP aperture base address enable
xb
A
0 = Disable register
1 = Enable register 0:0x10
(BAR0) and start GART
0x0x0xB0h
Gart/AGP Mode Control
31:21
Reserved
00h 000b
r
20
Reserved
0b
B
19
NonGART Snoop
0b
B
Debug/Performance register
0 = Disable probes
1 = Enable probes
18
Reserved
0b
B
17
GART page directory cache enable
0b
B
Debug/Performance
register
0 = Disable, 1 = Enable
16
GART Index Scheme control
yb
o
0 = 2-Level, 1 = 1-Level Mode
15:0
Reserved
00h
r
KEY:
B= Mandatory BIOS function
A= AGP setup by BIOS
c = Calculated/set by AMD-761™ internal logic
P= Power management setup by BIOS
o = Setup by OS or OS driver
F = Performance enhancement set by BIOS
r = Hardcoded and reserved
u = PCI operational user interface
E = Elective BIOS function