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Figure 20-1. eDMA system block diagram
20.1.2 Block parts
The eDMA module is partitioned into two major modules: the eDMA engine and the
transfer-control descriptor local memory.
The eDMA engine is further partitioned into four submodules:
Table 20-1. eDMA engine submodules
Submodule Function
Address path This block implements registered versions of two channel transfer control descriptors, channel x
and channel y, and manages all master bus-address calculations. All the channels provide the
same functionality. This structure allows data transfers associated with one channel to be
preempted after the completion of a read/write sequence if a higher priority channel activation is
asserted while the first channel is active. After a channel is activated, it runs until the minor loop is
completed, unless preempted by a higher priority channel. This provides a mechanism (enabled
by DCHPRI
n [ECP]) where a large data move operation can be preempted to minimize the time
another channel is blocked from execution.
When any channel is selected to execute, the contents of its TCD are read from local memory and
loaded into the address path channel x registers for a normal start and into channel y registers for
a preemption start. After the minor loop completes execution, the address path hardware writes
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