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PENTIUM II PROCESSOR AT 233 MHZ, 266 MHZ, 300 MHZ, AND 333 MHZ
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A.1.26
IGNNE# (I)
The IGNNE# (Ignore Numeric Error) signal is
asserted to force the processor to ignore a numeric
error and continue to execute noncontrol floating-
point instructions. If IGNNE# is deasserted, the
processor generates an exception on a noncontrol
floating-point instruction if a previous floating-point
instruction caused an error. IGNNE# has no effect
when the NE bit in control register 0 is set.
IGNNE# is an asynchronous signal. However, to
ensure recognition of this signal following an I/O write
instruction, it must be valid along with the TRDY#
assertion of the corresponding I/O Write bus
transaction.
During active RESET#, the Pentium II processor
begins sampling the A20M#, IGNNE#, and LINT[1:0]
values to determine the ratio of core-clock frequency
to bus-clock frequency. (See Table 1.) On the active-
to-inactive transition of RESET#, the Pentium II
processor latches these signals and freezes the
frequency ratio internally. System logic must then
release these signals for normal operation; Figure 6
for an example implementation of this logic.
A.1.27
INIT# (I)
The INIT# (Initialization) signal, when asserted,
resets integer registers inside all processors without
affecting their internal (L1 or L2) caches or floating-
point registers. Each processor then begins
execution at the power-on reset vector configured
during power-on configuration. The processor
continues to handle snoop requests during INIT#
assertion. INIT# is an asynchronous signal and must
connect the appropriate pins of all Pentium II
processor System Bus agents.
If INIT# is sampled active on the active to inactive
transition of RESET#, then the processor executes
its Built-In Self-Test (BIST).
A.1.28
LINT[1:0] (I)
The LINT[1:0] (Local APIC Interrupt) signals must
connect the appropriate pins of all APIC Bus agents,
including all processors and the core logic or I/O
APIC component. When the APIC is disabled, the
LINT0 signal becomes INTR, a maskable interrupt
request signal, and LINT1 becomes NMI, a
nonmaskable interrupt. INTR and NMI are backward
compatible with the signals of those names on the
Pentium processor. Both signals are asynchronous.
Both of these signals must be software configured
via BIOS programming of the APIC register space to
be used either as NMI/INTR or LINT[1:0]. Because
the APIC is enabled by default after reset, operation
of these pins as LINT[1:0] is the default configuration.
During active RESET#, the Pentium II processor
begins sampling the A20M#, IGNNE#, and LINT[1:0]
values to determine the ratio of core-clock frequency
to bus-clock frequency. (See Table 1.) On the active-
to-inactive transition of RESET#, the Pentium II
processor latches these signals and freezes the
frequency ratio internally. System logic must then
release these signals for normal operation; see
Figure 6 for an example implementation of this logic.
A.1.29
LOCK# (I/O)
The LOCK# signal indicates to the system that a
transaction must occur atomically. This signal must
connect the appropriate pins of all Pentium II
processor System Bus agents. For a locked
sequence of transactions, LOCK# is asserted from
the beginning of the first transaction end of the last
transaction.
When the priority agent asserts BPRI# to arbitrate for
ownership of the Pentium II processor System Bus, it
will wait until it observes LOCK# deasserted. This
enables symmetric agents to retain ownership of the
Pentium II processor System Bus throughout the bus
locked operation and ensure the atomicity of lock.
A.1.30
PICCLK (I)
The PICCLK (APIC Clock) signal is an input clock to
the processor and core logic or I/O APIC which is
required for operation of all processors, core logic,
and I/O APIC components on the APIC bus. During
FRC mode operation, PICCLK must be of (and
synchronous to) BCLK.