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integrity, and replace it. There is usually room on a carrier board for a socketed BIOS, whereas the
module BIOS is often a surface-mount device. The use of this feature is illustrated in the example
below.
Figure 23 LPC Firmware Hub—Carrier Board BIOS Schematic
The BIOS device shown in Figure 20 above is a SST SST49LF008A Firmware Hub in a 32-pin PLCC
package. The socket used is a 32-pin PLCC socket, AMP/Tyco 822498-1. This is a surface-mount
socket, and PCBs can be laid out such that the socket or the FWH itself is soldered to the carrier
board.
The FWH is connected to the system via the LPC interface. Data and address information are carried
on the LPC_AD[0:3] lines. LPC_FRAME indicates the start of a new frame.
FWH pins 2 (RST#) and 24 (INIT#) reset the FWH. These pins are logically combined together
internally on the FWH, and a low on either pin will reset the FWH.
FWH pins 6, 5, 4, 3, 30–(FGPI [0:4]) are general-purpose inputs that may be read by system
software. They should be tied to a valid logic level.
FWH pin 7 (WP#) enables write protection for main block sectors when it is pulled low. If pulled high,
hardware write protection is disabled. FWH pin 8 (TBL# ) enables write protection for the top block
sector when pulled low.
FWH pins 12,11,10, 9–(ID[0:3]) are ID pins that allow multiple FWH parts (up to 16) to be used. By
convention, in Intel x86-based systems, the boot device is FWH number 0. To boot from the carrier
board FWH, the module BIOS_DISABLE# pin must be low (to disable the module BIOS) and the
carrier board FWH ID[0:3] pins (pins 12,11,10,9) must be low (to enable it as the boot device). If
jumper J27 in Figure 38 above is installed, the module BIOS is disabled, and the carrier board FWH
may be used as a boot device.
FWH pin 29 configures the FWH into one of two modes: if high, the FWH is in the Programmer
configuration. If low, it is in the firmware hub configuration. For normal operation on a carrier board,
this pin should be tied low.
FWH pin 31 is the clock input. The clock source is the LPC_CLK signal from the COM Express module.
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