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1 Introduction About this Manual This manual is a register reference guide for the AMD SB600 Southbridge. It integrates the key I/O, communications, and audio features required in a state-of-the-art PC into a single device. It is specifically designed to operate with AMD’s RADEON IGP Xpress family of integrated graphics processor products in both desktop and mobile PCs.
Features of the SB600 CPU Interface Supports serial interrupt on quiet and Supports both Single and Dual core AMD continuous modes CPUs DMA Controller Desktop: Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Sempron, Opteron, dual-core Two cascaded 8237 DMA controllers...
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1; otherwise K8 INTR NMI Message Type is controlled by MT3_Auto. Recommended method is to use MT3_Auto bit.. In AMD K8 system, all interrupts are sent to CPU via messages. In MP base (such as Linux), the message may need to be in certain format.
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Reserved IsAmd Set to enable NB/SB handshake during IOAPIC interrupt for AMD K6 or K7 class; Clear for other CPU. PCI_Active_enable BIOS should set this bit in order to monitor BM_STS pin from NB (the pin is called BMREQ# on SB) and bus mastering from the SB itself.
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0000h This register defines the 16 bit IO address for the K8 C1e support. In AMD K8 dual core system, when both CPUs have entered the C1e state, it will broadcast an IO cycle. BIOS can program CPU with this address for such function. When SB receives this IO cycle, it can automatically sequence to C2 or C3 depending on PMIO9Ah, bits [1:0].
UnMask Latency Timer Expiration IMPORTANT: The driver is required to check revision ID to enable functions appropriately. AMD’s AC’97 controller will be backward compatible to previous revisions. For example, revision 01 will have everything the same as revision 00, plus the enhancement...
MSI Program Weight IMPORTANT: The driver is required to check revision ID to enable functions appropriately. AMD AC’97 controller will be backward compatible to previous revisions. E.g., Revision 01 will have everything the same as revision 00, plus the enhancement...
Vendor ID – R – 16 bits – [PCI_Reg: 00h] Field Name Bits Default Description Vendor ID 15:0 1002h Identifies the vendor as AMD. Device ID – RW – 16 bits – [PCI_Reg: 02h] Field Name Bits Default Description Device ID 15:0 4383h Identifies this device as the HD Audio Controller.
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Tpm_amd This bit is replaced with strap pin K8system (to support AMD K8 CPU), and no longer in use. It is read only and returns 0. When the strap is 0, it ONLY supports these normal tpm cycles.
1–In this table, the “GPIO” portion of the pin name has been put at the front of the names for the sake of clarity, making the pin names different from how they appear in the AMD SB600 Databook. 2–Register A9h[7:0] is addressed as A8[15:8] in some AMD documents.
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