8259 Mode.................................................................................................2-77
Architectural Notes ...........................................................................................2-78
CHAPTER 3
Falcon ECC Memory Controller Chip Set
Introduction................................................................................................................3-1
Overview.............................................................................................................3-1
Bit Ordering Convention ....................................................................................3-1
Features...............................................................................................................3-1
Block Diagrams .........................................................................................................3-2
Functional Description...............................................................................................3-6
Performance ........................................................................................................3-6
Four-beat Reads/Writes ...............................................................................3-6
DRAM Speeds .............................................................................................3-7
ROM/Flash Speeds ....................................................................................3-11
PowerPC 60x Bus Interface..............................................................................3-12
Completing Data Transfers........................................................................3-13
Data Parity .................................................................................................3-13
Cache Coherency.......................................................................................3-14
Cache Coherency Restrictions...................................................................3-14
L2 Cache Support ......................................................................................3-14
ECC...................................................................................................................3-14
Cycle Types ...............................................................................................3-15
Error Reporting..........................................................................................3-15
Error Logging ............................................................................................3-18
ROM/Flash Interface ........................................................................................3-18
Refresh/Scrub....................................................................................................3-22
Blocks A and/or B Present, Blocks C and D Not Present .........................3-22
Chip Defaults ....................................................................................................3-24
External Register Set ........................................................................................3-24
CSR Accesses ...................................................................................................3-24
Programming Model ................................................................................................3-25
CSR Architecture..............................................................................................3-25
Register Summary.............................................................................................3-30
Vendor/Device Register ............................................................................3-32
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