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Enhanced Direct Memory Access Controller (eDMA)
PXN20 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 1
Freescale Semiconductor 24-23
A channel’s ability to preempt another channel can be disabled by setting EDMA_CPR[DPA]. When a
channel’s preempt ability is disabled, that channel cannot suspend a lower priority channel’s data transfer;
regardless of the lower priority channel’s ECP setting. This allows for a pool of low priority, large data
moving channels to be defined. These low priority channels can be configured to not preempt each other,
thus preventing a low priority channel from consuming the preempt slot normally available a true, high
priority channel.
24.3.2.17 Transfer Control Descriptor (TCD)
Each channel requires a 32-byte transfer control descriptor for defining the desired data movement
operation. The channel descriptors are stored in the local memory in sequential order: channel 0, channel
1,... channel 31. The definitions of the TCD are presented as eight 32-bit values.
Table 24-19 is a field list
of the basic TCD structure.
Offset: EDM n Access: User read/write
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
R
ECP DPA
GRPPRI
CHPRI
W
Reset 0 0 0 0 —
1
1
The reset value for the channel priority field, CHPRI[0–3], is equal to the corresponding channel number for each priority
register; that is, EDMA_CPRI0[CHPRI] = 0b0000 and EDMA_CPR15[CHPRI] = 0b1111.
Figure 24-17. eDMA Channel n Priority Register (EDMA_CPRn)
Table 24-18. EDMA_CPRn Field Descriptions
Field Description
ECP Enable Channel Preemption.
0 Channel n cannot be suspended by a higher priority channel’s service request.
1 Channel n can be temporarily suspended by the service request of a higher priority channel.
DPA Disable preempt ability.
0 Channel n can suspend a lower priority channel.
1 Channel n cannot suspend any channel, regardless of channel priority.
GRPPRI[0:1] Channel n current group priority. Group priority assigned to this channel group when fixed-priority arbitration
is enabled. These two bits are read-only; writes are ignored. The reset value for the group priority fields is equal
to the corresponding channel number for each priority register; that is, EDMA_CPR31[GRPPRI] = 0b01.
CHPRI[0:3] Channel n Arbitration Priority. Channel priority when fixed-priority arbitration is enabled. The reset value for the
channel priority fields CHPRI[0–3], is equal to the corresponding channel number for each priority register; that
is, EDMA_CPR31[CHPRI] = 0b1111.
Table 24-19. TCDn 32-bit Memory Structure
eDMA Offset TCDn Field
(32 x n)+0x0000 Source address (saddr)
(32 x n)+0x0004 Transfer attributes Signed source address offset (soff)
(32 x n)+0x0008 Inner minor byte count (nbytes)