Chapter 2
AMD-761™ System Controller Programmer’s Interface
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AMD-761™ System Controller Software/BIOS Design Guide
Preliminary Information
Bit Definitions
PCI Arbitration Control (Dev0:F0:0x84)
Bit
Name
Function
31–24
AGP_VGA_BIOS
AGP VGA BIOS
These bits when set indicate that the corresponding (16-KByte) segment should be
mapped to the AGP PCI bus. Bit 24 corresponds to the addresses 0xC0000–0xC3FFF and
bit 31 maps addresses 0xDC000–0xDFFFF to the AGP PCI interface. Set one or more of
these bits if the AGP graphics card has a ROM BIOS.
23
Tgt_Latency
Target Latency
This bit is designed to ensure that the AMD-761™ system controller is compliant to the PCI
maximum target latency rule. Note that this compliance applies only to the PCI bus and
not the AGP bus.
0 = AMD-751™ system controller-compatible, the AMD-761 system controller does not
disconnect a master when it cannot service a read request within 32 PCI clock
periods (initial latency) or 8 clocks (subsequent data cycles).
1 = If the AMD-761 system controller cannot respond to a memory read within 32 clocks
for the initial access, or 8 clocks for each subsequent access, it forces a retry.
Note:
To prevent potential deadlocks, set this bit and clear bit 3 (Tgt_Lat_Tim_Dis) if
the system has PCI to AGP traffic.
22–18
Reserved
Reserved
17
AGP_Chain_En
Enable AGP Chaining
When set, CPU writes to the AGP bus are chained together.
16
PCI_Chain_En
Enable PCI Chaining
When set, CPU writes to PCI are chained together.
15
MDA_Debug
MDA Debug
This bit allows monochrome display adapters (MDA) to be used simultaneously with AGP
cards for debug of AGP device drivers. The behavior of the AMD-761 system controller
display adapters is a function of this bit and the VGA Enable in (D1:0x3C[19]) as follows:
MDA address ranges:
Memory: 0B0000h–0B7FFFh
I/O: 3B4h, 3B5h, 3B8h, 3B9h, 3BAh, 3BFh
VGA = 0, MDA = 0: all MDA and VGA references go to PCI
VGA = 0, MDA = 1: operation undefined
VGA = 1, MDA = 0: all VGA references go to AGP, MDA only (I/O 3BFh) goes to PCI
VGA = 1, MDA = 1: all VGA references go to AGP, all MDA (including memory) go to PCI
14
PCI_WR_Post
_Rtry
PCI Write Post Retry
When set, this bit enables retries on PCI if there are pending posted writes.
13
AGP_WR_Post
_Rtry
AGP Write Post Retry
When set, this bit enables retries on the AGP bus if there are pending posted writes.