
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLX Technology, Inc., 1997
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Version 0.93
3. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1 RESET ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.1.1 PCI Bus Input RST#....................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1.2 Local Bus Input LRESETi# ............................................................................................................................. 10
3.1.3 Local Bus Output LRESETo# ......................................................................................................................... 10
3.1.4 Software Reset............................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 PCI 9080 INITIALIZATION.................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.1 EEPROM Initialization..................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.2 Local Initialization ........................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 EEPROM.............................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.3.1 Short EEPROM Load ..................................................................................................................................... 11
3.3.2 Long EEPROM Load...................................................................................................................................... 11
3.3.3 Extra Long EEPROM Load............................................................................................................................. 13
3.3.4 Recommended EEPROMs............................................................................................................................. 13
3.4 INTERNAL REGISTER ACCESS ......................................................................................................................... 13
3.4.1 PCI Bus Access to Internal Registers ............................................................................................................. 13
3.4.2 Local Bus Access to Internal Registers........................................................................................................... 14
3.5 DIRECT DATA TRANSFER MODES.................................................................................................................... 14
3.5.1 Direct Master Operation (Local Master to PCI Target)..................................................................................... 15
3.5.1.1 Decode.....................................................................................................................................................................15
3.5.1.2 FIFOs.......................................................................................................................................................................15
3.5.1.3 Memory Access........................................................................................................................................................15
3.5.1.4 IO/CFG Access.........................................................................................................................................................15
3.5.1.5 I/O............................................................................................................................................................................16
3.5.1.6 CFG (PCI Configuration Type 0 or Type 1 Cycles) ....................................................................................................16
3.5.1.7 Direct Bus Master Lock.............................................................................................................................................16
3.5.1.8 Master/Target Abort..................................................................................................................................................16
3.5.1.9 Write and Invalidate..................................................................................................................................................16
3.5.2 Direct Slave Operation (PCI Master to Local Bus Access) .............................................................................. 18
3.5.2.1 PCI to Local Address Mapping..................................................................................................................................18
3.5.2.1.1 Byte Enables......................................................................................................................................................18
3.5.2.1.2 Local Bus Initialization Software.........................................................................................................................19
3.5.2.1.3 PCI Initialization Software ..................................................................................................................................19
3.5.2.2 Deadlock and BREQo...............................................................................................................................................21
3.5.2.2.1 Backoff ..............................................................................................................................................................21
3.5.2.2.2 Software/Hardware Solution for Systems without Backoff Capability...................................................................22
3.5.2.2.3 Software Solutions to Deadlock..........................................................................................................................22