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Am79C961A
P R E L I M I N A R Y
Shared Memory architecture mode.
The SRAM[2:0] bits are used for per-
forming address decoding on the
SA[15:13] address bits as shown in
the table below. SRAM[4] and
SRAM[3] must reflect the external
address match logic for SA[17] and
SA[16], respectively. The SRAM[4:0]
bits are ignored when in the Bus
Master mode or in the Programmed
I/O Architecture mode.
SR_16B
Static RAM 16-bit access (PnP
0x4A). If asserted, the PCnet-ISA II
will respond to SRAM cycles as a
16-bit device. This bit should be set
if external logic is designed to assert
the MEMCS16 signal when
accesses to the shared memory are
decoded. This bit is ignored when in
the Bus Master mode or in the Pro-
grammed I/O Architecture mode.
SRSZ[3:0]
Static RAM size (PnP 0x4B-0x4C).
Selects the size of the static RAM.
The SRSZ[3:0] bits are ignored
when in the Bus Master mode or in
the Programmed I/O Architecture
mode.
Vendor Defined Byte (PnP 0xF0)
LGCY_EN
Legacy mode enable. When written
with a one, the PCnet-ISA II will not
respond to the Plug and Play initia-
tion key sequence (6A) but will
respond to the AMD key sequence
(6B). Therefore, it cannot be recon-
figured by the Plug and Play soft-
ware. When set to zero (default), the
PCnet-ISA II will respond to the 6A
key sequence if the EEPROM read
was successful, otherwise it will re-
spond to the 6B key sequence.
DXCVRP
DXCVR Polarity. The DXCVRP bit
sets the polarity of the DXCVR pin.
When DXCVRP is cleared (default),
the DXCVR pin is driven HIGH when
the Twisted Pair port is active or
SLEEP mode has been entered and
driven LOW when the AUI port is
active. When DXCVRP is set, the
DXCVR pin is driven LOW when the
Twisted Pair port is active or SLEEP
mode has been entered and driven
HIGH when the AUI port is active.
The DXCVRP should generally be
left cleared when the PCnet-ISA II is
being used with an external DC-DC
converter that has an active low
enable pin. The DXCVRP should
generally be set when the
PCnet-ISA II is being used with an
external DC-DC converter that has
an active high enable pin.
IO_MODE
I/O Mode. When set to one, the
internal selection will respond as a
16-bit port, (i.e. drive IOCS16 pin).
When IO_MODE is set to zero,
(Default), the internal I/O selection
will respond as an 8-bit port.
AEN_CS
External Decode Logic for I/O Reg-
isters. When written with a one, the
PCnet-ISA II will use the AEN pin as
I/O chip select bar, to allow for exter-
nal decode logic for the upper ad-
dress bit of SA [9:5]. The purpose of
this pin is to allow I/O locations, not
supported with the IOAM[3:0],
selection, to be defined outside the
range 0x200–0x3F7. When set to a
zero, (Default), I/O Selection will use
IOAM[3:0].
APROM_EN
External Parallel IEEE Address
PROM. When set, the IRQ15 pin is
reconfigured to be an Address Chip
Select low, similar to APCS pin in the
existing PCnet-ISA (Am79C960)
device. The purpose of this bit is to
allow for both a serial EEPROM and
parallel PROM to coexist. When
APROM_EN is set, the IEEE
address located in the serial EE-
PROM will be ignored and parallel
access will occur over the PRDB
bus. When APROM_EN is cleared,
SRAM[2:0]
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
SA[15:13]
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
SRAM Size
(K bytes)
8, 16, 32, 64
8
8, 16
8
8, 16, 32
8
8, 16
8
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
SRSZ[3:0]
x
1
1
1
0
Shared Memory Size
No Static RAM Selected
8 K
16 K
32 K
64 K
0
1
1
1
1
x
1
1
0
0
x
1
0
0
0