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Parity Checking on the PowerPC Bus .............................................................. 3-55
Programming ROM/Flash Devices .................................................................. 3-55
Writing to the Control Registers....................................................................... 3-55
Sizing DRAM................................................................................................... 3-56
ECC Codes .............................................................................................................. 3-59
Data Paths ................................................................................................................ 3-62
VMEbus Interface ....................................................................................... 4-4
PCI Bus Interface ........................................................................................ 4-5
Interrupter and Interrupt Handler ................................................................ 4-6
DMA Controller .......................................................................................... 4-7
Registers – Universe Control and Status Registers (UCSR) ..................................... 4-7
Problem Description......................................................................................... 4-13
Examples .......................................................................................................... 4-15
Example 1: MVME2600 Series Board Exhibits Problem......................... 4-15
Example 2: MVME3600 Series Board Acts Differently .......................... 4-17
Example 3: Universe Chip is Checked at Tundra ..................................... 4-19
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5-1
PCI Arbitration .......................................................................................................... 5-1
Interrupt Handling ..................................................................................................... 5-2
RavenMPIC ........................................................................................................ 5-3
8259 Interrupts ................................................................................................... 5-4
ISA DMA Channels................................................................................................... 5-7
Exceptions ................................................................................................................. 5-8
Sources of Reset ................................................................................................. 5-8
Soft Reset ........................................................................................................... 5-9
Universe Chip Problems after a PCI Reset ........................................................ 5-9