GT-64260A Design Guide
Doc. No. MV-S300165-00, Rev. A
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Copyright © 2002 Marvell
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Figure 35: DMA Controller General Flow
Initialize IDMA source,
destination,next descriptor,
and command.
Read burst from source.
Write burst to
destination.
EOT
Mode
FetchND
asserted
Byte Count
== 0
Fetch
Interrupt
Mode
NULL
Completion
Interrupt
No
No
Yes
Yes
Byte Count
No
Yes
Halt
(Next
Descriptor ==
Null
Chain Mode
Interrupt
Mode
Byte
count
No
Completion
Interrupt
Null
End
Yes
Yes
Yes
N
o
Fetch next
descriptor.
No
Set Channel active bit.
EOT (enabled
and asserted)