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GD82559ER — Networking Silicon
Note: Bit 0 in all base registers is read only and used to determine whether the register maps into memory
or I/O space. Base registers that map to memory space must return a 0b in bit 0. Base registers that
map to I/O space must return 1b in bit 0.
Base registers that map into I/O space are always 32 bits wide with bit 0 hardwired to a 1b, bit 1 is
reserved and must return 0b on reads, and the other bits are used to map the device into I/O space.
The number of upper bits that a device actually implements depends on how much of the address
space the device will respond to. For example, a device that wants a 1 Mbyte memory address
space would set the most significant 12 bits of the base address register to be configurable, setting
the other bits to 0b.
The 82559ER contains BARs for the Control/Status Register (CSR), Flash, and Expansion ROM.
7.1.9.1
CSR Memory Mapped Base Address Register
The 82559ER requires one BAR for memory mapping. Software determines which BAR, memory
or I/O, is used to access the 82559ER CSR registers.
The memory space for the 82559ER CSR Memory Mapped BAR is 4 Kbyte. It is marked as
prefetchable space and is mapped anywhere in the 32-bit memory address space.
7.1.9.2
CSR I/O Mapped Base Address Register
The 82559ER requires one BAR for I/O mapping. Software determines which BAR, memory or
I.O, is used to access the 82559ER CSR registers. The I/O space for the 82559ER CSR I/O BAR is
64 bytes.
7.1.9.3
Flash Memory Mapped Base Address Register
The Flash Memory BAR is a Dword register. The 82559ER physically supports up to a 128 Kbyte
Flash device, and requests a 128Kbyte window. The 82559ER always claims a Flash memory
window, regardless of whether or not a Flash device is connected (i.e. Flash Base Address Register
cannot be disabled).
7.1.9.4
Expansion ROM Base Address Register
The Expansion ROM BAR is a Dword register and supports a 128 Kbyte memory via the 82559ER
local bus. The Expansion ROM BAR can be disabled by setting the Boot Disable bit of the
EEPROM (word AH, bit 11). The 82559ER requests a 1MB window for expansion ROM. If the
Boot Disable bit is set, the 82559ER returns a 0b for all bits in this address register, avoiding
request of memory allocation for this space.
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31
Base Address
Reserved
I/O space indicator
Figure 22. Base Address Register for I/O Mapping
2 1
0
0
1
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