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L-BUS TO U-BUS INTERFACE (L2U)
MOTOROLA
USER’S MANUAL
Rev. 15 October 2000
11-3
11.4.1 Normal Mode
In normal mode (master or slave) the L2U module acts as a bi-directional protocol
translator. In master mode the CPU is fully operational, and there is no external master
access to the U-bus. Slave mode enables an external master to access any internal
bus slave while the CPU is fully operational. The L2U transfers load/store accesses
from the RCPU to the U-bus and the read/write accesses by the U-bus master to the
L-bus.
In addition to the bus protocol translation, the L2U supports other functions such as
show cycles, data memory protection and PowerPC reservation protocol.
When a load from the U-bus resource or store to the U-bus resource is issued by the
RCPU, it is compared against the DMPU region access (address and attribute) com-
parators. If none of the access attributes are violated, the access is directed to the U-
bus by the L2U module. If the DMPU detects an access violation, it informs the error
status to the master initiating the cycle.
When show cycles are enabled, accesses to all of the L-bus resources by the RCPU
are made visible on the U-bus side by the L2U.
The L2U is responsible for handling the effects of reservations on the L-bus and
the U-bus. For the L-bus and the U-bus, the L2U detects reservation losses and up-
dates the RCPU core with the reservation status.
11.4.2 Reset Operation
Upon soft reset assertion, the L2U goes to an idle state and all pending accesses are
ignored. The L2U module control registers are not initialized on the assertion of a soft
reset, keeping the system configuration unchanged.
Upon assertion of hard reset, the L2U control registers are initialized to their reset
states.
While reset (hard or soft) is asserted on the U-bus, the L2U asserts the corresponding
L-bus reset signals. The L2U also drives the reset configuration word from the U-bus
to the L-bus upon assertion of hard reset.
11.4.3 Factory Test Mode
Factory test mode is a special mode of operation that allows access to the internal
modules for testing. This mode is not intended for general use and is not supported for
normal applications.
11.4.4 Peripheral Mode
In the peripheral mode of operation the RCPU is shut down and an alternative master
on the external bus can perform accesses to any internal bus (U-bus and L-bus) slave.
The external master can also access the internal PowerPC special registers that are
located in L2U. In order to access one of these PowerPC registers the EMCR[CONT]
bit in the USIU must be cleared.
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