21555aa/ba and 21555ab/bb differences application note october 2002 order number: 278669-001
ii application note information in this document is provided in connection with intel ? products. no license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. except as provided in intel?s terms and conditions of sale for such products, intel assumes no liability whatsoever, and intel disclaims any express or implied warranty, relating to sale and/or use of intel products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, or infringement of any patent, copyright or other intellectual property right. intel products are not intended for use in medical, life saving, life sustaining applications. intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. contact your local intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications and before placing your product o rder. copies of documents which have an ordering number and are referenced in this document, or other intel literature may be obtaine d by calling 1-800-548-4725 or by visiting intel?s website at http://www.intel.com. intel is a trademark or registered trademark of intel corporation or its subsidiaries in the united states and other countries. copyright ? intel corporation, 2002 *other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
application note iii contents contents 1.0 introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 changes to the 21555 bridge ............................................................................................... 5 2.0 stepping differences ............................................................................................................. 5 3.0 i2o asynchronous operation ............................................................................................. 5 4.0 bsdl data being driven late ............................................................................................ 6 5.0 new feature - pci 2.3 compliance ................................................................................... 6
21555aa/ba and 21555ab/bb differences application note 5 1.0 introduction this document defines the differences between the 21555aa/ba bridge when compared with the 21555ab/bb bridge. the 21555 bridge is a second generation non-transparent pci-to-pci bridge. 1.1 changes to the 21555 bridge after the introduction of the 21555aa/ba bridge, two errata were discovered ? the i 2 o circuitry would not work in asynchronous mode. the bsdl circuitry was driving data one cycle late. additionally, the pci standards committee ratified the new pci 2.3 specification, which required an additional bit to be added to the control register and status register. the new 21555ab/bb bridge version addresses all three of these issues. note: this differences document is not a stand-alone document and does not provide complete 21555 bridge details. the intent here is only to highlight the feature differences between the 21555aa/ba and the 21555ba/bb steppings. please be sure to review the data sheet and spec updates for more complete information on the device. 2.0 stepping differences table 1. stepping differences 3.0 i2o asynchronous operation the 21555aa/ba devices would not operate asynchronously. this behavior has been corrected in the 21555ab/bb device. please refer to the device data sheet for information on i 2 o operation. package markings rev_id register value a a. identified in a pci system by reading the value in the rev_id register. speed (mhz) stepping intel fw21555aa 02h 33 a2 intel fw21555ba 02h 66 a2 intel fw21555ab 03h 33 a3 intel FW21555BB 03h 66 a3
21555aa/ba and 21555ab/bb differences 6 application note 4.0 bsdl data being driven late the 21555aa/ba bsdl (boundary-scan description language) data was being driven one clock cycle late causing a potential device contention issue if bsdl was single stepped during testing. this behavior has been corrected in the 21555ab/bb device. the bsdl file does not change. 5.0 new feature - pci 2.3 compliance the pci special interest group ratified the pci 2.3 specification requiring an additional bit in the control register and an additional bit in the status register. the new register bits are as follows: note: please refer to the following documentation for more information: 21555 non-transparent pci-to-pci bridge datasheet 21555 non-transparent pci-to-pci bridge user?s manual 21555 non-transparent pci-to-pci bridge hardware implementation manual 21555 specification update table 1. primary and secondary command registers bit name r/w description 10 interrupt disable bit r/w this bit disables the 21555 from asserting p_inta_l / s_inta_l. when 0, enables the 21555 to assert its p_inta_l / s_inta_l signal. when 1, disables the 21555 ability to assert the p_inta_l / s_inta_l signal. this bit ? s state after rst# is 0. offsets primary command secondary command primary byte 05:04h 45:44h secondary byte 45:44h 05:04h table 2. primary and secondary status registers bit name r/w description 3 interrupt status bit r this bit reflects the state of the interrupt in the 21555 bridge. only when the interrupt disable bit in the command register is set to 0 and the appropriate interrupt status bit set to 1 will the p_inta_l/s_inta_l signals be asserted. setting the interrupt disable bit to a 1 has no effect on the state of this bit. offsets primary status secondary status primary byte 07:06h 47:46h secondary byte 47:46h 07:06h
|
