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System Architecture ........................................................................................................3-1
3.1
Coherency..........................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1
Processor Coherency............................................................................3-1
3.1.2
PCI Coherency......................................................................................3-2
3.1.3
AGP Coherency ....................................................................................3-2
3.2
Ordering .............................................................................................................3-2
3.3
Processor to PCI Traffic and PCI to PCI (Peer-to-Peer) Traffic .........................3-3
3.4
WXB Arbitration..................................................................................................3-3
3.5
Big-endian Support ............................................................................................3-4
3.6
Indivisible Operations.........................................................................................3-4
3.6.1
Processor Locks....................................................................................3-4
3.6.2
Inbound PCI Locks................................................................................3-5
3.6.3
Atomic Writes ........................................................................................3-5
3.6.4
Atomic Reads ........................................................................................3-5
3.6.5
Locks with AGP Non-coherent Traffic ...................................................3-5
3.7
Interrupt Delivery................................................................................................3-6
3.8
WXB PCI Hot-Plug Support ...............................................................................3-6
3.8.1
Slot Power-up and Enable ....................................................................3-7
3.8.2
Slot Power-down and Disable ..............................................................3-7
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System Address Map ......................................................................................................4-1
4.1
Memory Map ......................................................................................................4-1
4.1.1
Compatibility Region .............................................................................4-1
4.1.2
Low Extended Memory Region .............................................................4-3
4.1.3
Medium Extended Memory Region .......................................................4-3
4.1.4
High Extended Memory (above 4G)......................................................4-4
4.1.5
Re-mapped Memory Areas ...................................................................4-4
4.2
I/O Address Map ................................................................................................4-5
4.3
Devices View of the System Memory Map.........................................................4-7
4.4
Legal and Illegal Address Disposition ................................................................4-8
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Memory Subsystem ........................................................................................................5-1
5.1
Organization .......................................................................................................5-1
5.1.1
DIMM Types ..........................................................................................5-3
5.2
Interleaving/Configurations ................................................................................5-4
5.2.1
Summary of Configuration Rules ..........................................................5-5
5.2.2
Non-uniform Memory Configurations ....................................................5-5
5.3
Bandwidth ..........................................................................................................5-5
5.4
Memory Subsystem Clocking.............................................................................5-6
5.5
Supporting Features...........................................................................................5-6
5.5.1
Auto Detection.......................................................................................5-6
5.5.2
Removing a Bad Row ...........................................................................5-6
5.5.3
Hardware Initialization ...........................................................................5-7
5.5.4
Memory Scrubbing ................................................................................5-7
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Data Integrity and Error Handling...................................................................................6-1
6.1
Integrity ..............................................................................................................6-1
6.1.1
System Bus ...........................................................................................6-1
6.1.2
DRAM....................................................................................................6-2
6.1.3
Expander Buses ....................................................................................6-2
6.1.4
PCI Buses .............................................................................................6-2
6.1.5
AGP.......................................................................................................6-2
Summary of Contents for 460GX
Page 1: ...Intel 460GX Chipset System Software Developer s Manual June 2001 Document Number 248704 001 ...
Page 20: ...Introduction 1 8 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 80: ...System Architecture 3 8 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 90: ...System Address Map 4 10 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 98: ...Memory Subsystem 5 8 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 146: ...AGP Subsystem 7 16 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 170: ...IFB Register Mapping 9 6 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 190: ...IFB Usage Considerations 10 20 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 232: ...LPC FWH Interface Configuration 11 42 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 244: ...IDE Configuration 12 12 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 258: ...Universal Serial Bus USB Configuration 13 14 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 270: ...SM Bus Controller Configuration 14 12 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 288: ...PCI LPC Bridge Description 15 18 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...
Page 294: ...IFB Power Management 16 6 Intel 460GX Chipset Software Developer s Manual ...