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Dual-Core Intel Itanium Processor 9000 Series Datasheet
Signals Reference
A.1.10
BINIT# (I/O)
If enabled by configuration, the Bus Initialization (BINIT#) signal is asserted to signal
any bus condition that prevents reliable future operation.
If BINIT# observation is enabled during power-on configuration, and BINIT# is
sampled asserted, all bus state machines are reset. All agents reset their rotating IDs
for bus arbitration to the same state as that after reset, and internal count information
is lost. The L2 and L3 caches are not affected.
If BINIT# observation is disabled during power-on configuration, BINIT# is ignored by
all bus agents with the exception of the priority agent. The priority agent must handle
the error in a manner that is appropriate to the system architecture.
BINIT# is a wired-OR signal.
A.1.11
BNR# (I/O)
The Block Next Request (BNR#) signal is used to assert a bus stall by any bus agent
that is unable to accept new bus transactions to avoid an internal transaction queue
overflow. During a bus stall, the current bus owner cannot issue any new transactions.
Since multiple agents might need to request a bus stall at the same time, BNR# is a
wired-OR signal. In order to avoid wired-OR glitches associated with simultaneous edge
transitions driven by multiple drivers, BNR# is asserted and sampled on specific clock
edges.
A.1.12
BPM[5:0]# (I/O)
The BPM[5:0]# signals are system support signals used for inserting breakpoints and
for performance monitoring. They can be configured as outputs from the processor that
indicate programmable counters used for monitoring performance, or inputs from the
processor to indicate the status of breakpoints.
A.1.13
BPRI# (I)
The Bus Priority-agent Request (BPRI#) signal is used by the priority agent to arbitrate
for ownership of the system bus. Observing BPRI# asserted causes all other agents to
stop issuing new requests, unless such requests are part of an ongoing locked
operation.The priority agent keeps BPRI# asserted until all of its requests are
completed, then releases the bus by deasserting BPRI#.
A.1.14
BR[0]# (I/O) and BR[3:1]# (I)
BR[3:0]# are the physical bus request pins that drive the BREQ[3:0]# signals in the
system. The BREQ[3:0]# signals are interconnected in a rotating manner to individual
processor and bus signals for both the 4P and 2P system bus topologies.