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Enhanced Direct Memory Access (eDMA)
MPC5565 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 1.0
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DMA request pending on a channel in the highest priority group when the controller arbitrates the next
DMA request. The advantage of this scenario is that latency can be small for channels that need to be
serviced quickly. Preemption is available in this scenario only.
9.4.4.2 Round-Robin Group Arbitration, Fixed-Channel Arbitration
The occurrence of one or more DMA requests from one or more groups, the channel with the highest
priority from a specific group is serviced first. Groups are serviced starting with the highest group number
with a service request and rotating through to the lowest group number containing a service request.
After the channel request is serviced, the group round-robin algorithm selects the highest pending request
from the next group in the round-robin sequence. Servicing continues using the round-robin method,
always servicing the highest priority channel in the next group in the sequence, or just skipping a group if
it has no pending requests.
If a channel requests service at a rate that equals or exceeds the round-robin service rate, then that channel
is always serviced before lower priority channels in the same group, and thus the lower priority channels
never are serviced. The advantage of this scenario is that no one group uses all the eDMA bandwidth. The
highest priority channel selection latency is potentially greater than fixed/fixed arbitration. Excessive
request rates on high priority channels can prevent the servicing of lower priority channels in the same
group.
9.4.4.3 Round-Robin Group Arbitration, Round-Robin Channel Arbitration
Groups are serviced as described in Section 9.4.4.2, “Round-Robin Group Arbitration, Fixed-Channel
Arbitration , but this time channels are serviced in channel number order. Only one channel is serviced from
each requesting group for each round-robin pass through the groups.
Within each group, channels are serviced starting with the highest channel number and rotating through to
the lowest channel number without regard to channel priority levels.
Because channels are serviced using a round-robin method, any channel that generates DMA requests
faster than a combination of the group round-robin service rate and the channel service rate for its group
does not prevent the servicing of other channels in its group. Any DMA requests that are not serviced are
simply lost, but at least one channel is serviced.
This scenario ensures that all channels are guaranteed service at some point, regardless of the request rates.
However, the potential latency can be quite high. All channels are treated equally. Priority levels are not
used in round-robin/round-robin mode.
9.4.4.4 Fixed-Group Arbitration, Round-Robin Channel Arbitration
The highest priority group with a request is serviced. Lower priority groups are serviced if no pending
requests exist in the higher priority groups.
Within each group, channels are serviced starting with the highest channel number and rotating through to
the lowest channel number without regard to the channel priority levels assigned within the group.