Intel® 5 Series Chipset and

Intel® 3400 Series Chipset

Datasheet

January 2012

Document Number: 322169-004

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Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 43
1.1 About This Manual ............................................................................................. 43
1.2 Overview ......................................................................................................... 47
1.2.1 Capability Overview ............................................................................. 49
1.3 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset SKU Definition ..................... 55
1.4 Reference Documents ........................................................................................ 57
2 Signal Description ................................................................................................... 59
2.1 Direct Media Interface (DMI) to Host Controller ..................................................... 61
2.2 PCI Express* .................................................................................................... 61
2.3 Firmware Hub Interface...................................................................................... 62
2.4 PCI Interface .................................................................................................... 63
2.5 Serial ATA Interface........................................................................................... 65
2.6 LPC Interface.................................................................................................... 68
2.7 Interrupt Interface ............................................................................................ 68
2.8 USB Interface ................................................................................................... 69
2.9 Power Management Interface.............................................................................. 71
2.10 Processor Interface............................................................................................ 74
2.11 SMBus Interface................................................................................................ 74
2.12 System Management Interface............................................................................ 75
2.13 Real Time Clock Interface ................................................................................... 75
2.14 Miscellaneous Signals ........................................................................................ 76
2.15 Intel® High Definition Audio Link ......................................................................... 77
2.16 Controller Link .................................................................................................. 78
2.17 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) .......................................................................... 78
2.18 Intel® Quiet System Technology and Thermal Reporting ......................................... 79
2.19 JTAG Signals .................................................................................................... 80
2.20 Clock Signals .................................................................................................... 80
2.21 LVDS Signals (Mobile only) ................................................................................. 82
2.22 Analog Display /CRT DAC Signals ........................................................................ 83
2.23 Intel® Flexible Display Interface (FDI).................................................................. 84
2.24 Digital Display Signals........................................................................................ 84
2.25 General Purpose I/O Signals ............................................................................... 87
2.26 Manageability Signals ........................................................................................ 90
2.27 Power and Ground Signals .................................................................................. 91
2.28 Pin Straps ........................................................................................................ 93
2.28.1 Functional Straps ................................................................................ 93
2.28.2 External RTC Circuitry.......................................................................... 97
3 PCH Pin States......................................................................................................... 99
3.1 Integrated Pull-Ups and Pull-Downs ..................................................................... 99
3.2 Output and I/O Signals Planes and States........................................................... 101
3.3 Power Planes for Input Signals .......................................................................... 112
4 System Clocks ....................................................................................................... 119
5 Functional Description ........................................................................................... 123
5.1 DMI-to-PCI Bridge (D30:F0) ............................................................................. 123
5.1.1 PCI Bus Interface .............................................................................. 123
5.1.2 PCI Bridge As an Initiator ................................................................... 123
5.1.2.1 Memory Reads and Writes .................................................... 124
5.1.2.2 I/O Reads and Writes .......................................................... 124
5.1.2.3 Configuration Reads and Writes ............................................ 124
5.1.2.4 Locked Cycles ..................................................................... 124
5.1.2.5 Target / Master Aborts ......................................................... 124
5.1.2.6 Secondary Master Latency Timer ........................................... 124
5.1.2.7 Dual Address Cycle (DAC) .................................................... 124
5.1.2.8 Memory and I/O Decode to PCI ............................................. 125
5.1.3 Parity Error Detection and Generation .................................................. 125
5.1.4 PCIRST# .......................................................................................... 126
5.1.5 Peer Cycles ...................................................................................... 126
5.1.6 PCI-to-PCI Bridge Model..................................................................... 127
5.1.7 IDSEL to Device Number Mapping ....................................................... 127

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 5.1.8 Standard PCI Bus Configuration Mechanism........................................... 127
5.2 PCI Express* Root Ports (D28:F0,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5, F6, F7) ..................................... 127
5.2.1 Interrupt Generation .......................................................................... 128
5.2.2 Power Management............................................................................ 128
5.2.2.1 S3/S4/S5 Support ............................................................... 128
5.2.2.2 Resuming from Suspended State ........................................... 129
5.2.2.3 Device Initiated PM_PME Message.......................................... 129
5.2.2.4 SMI/SCI Generation ............................................................. 129
5.2.3 SERR# Generation ............................................................................. 130
5.2.4 Hot-Plug ........................................................................................... 130
5.2.4.1 Presence Detection .............................................................. 130
5.2.4.2 Message Generation............................................................. 131
5.2.4.3 Attention Button Detection.................................................... 131
5.2.4.4 SMI/SCI Generation ............................................................. 132
5.3 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (B0:D25:F0) ............................................................. 132
5.3.1 GbE PCI Express* Bus Interface........................................................... 134
5.3.1.1 Transaction Layer ................................................................ 134
5.3.1.2 Data Alignment ................................................................... 134
5.3.1.3 Configuration Request Retry Status........................................ 134
5.3.2 Error Events and Error Reporting ......................................................... 135
5.3.2.1 Data Parity Error ................................................................. 135
5.3.2.2 Completion with Unsuccessful Completion Status ..................... 135
5.3.3 Ethernet Interface ............................................................................. 135
5.3.3.1 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
82577/82578 PHY Interface .................................................. 135
5.3.4 PCI Power Management ...................................................................... 136
5.3.4.1 Wake Up ............................................................................ 136
5.3.5 Configurable LEDs ............................................................................. 138
5.3.6 Function Level Reset Support (FLR)...................................................... 138
5.3.6.1 FLR Steps ........................................................................... 139
5.4 LPC Bridge (with System and Management Functions) (D31:F0)............................. 139
5.4.1 LPC Interface .................................................................................... 139
5.4.1.1 LPC Cycle Types .................................................................. 140
5.4.1.2 Start Field Definition ............................................................ 141
5.4.1.3 Cycle Type / Direction (CYCTYPE + DIR) ................................. 141
5.4.1.4 Size ................................................................................... 141
5.4.1.5 SYNC ................................................................................. 142
5.4.1.6 SYNC Time-Out ................................................................... 142
5.4.1.7 SYNC Error Indication........................................................... 142
5.4.1.8 LFRAME# Usage .................................................................. 142
5.4.1.9 I/O Cycles .......................................................................... 143
5.4.1.10 Bus Master Cycles................................................................ 143
5.4.1.11 LPC Power Management ....................................................... 143
5.4.1.12 Configuration and PCH Implications........................................ 143
5.5 DMA Operation (D31:F0) .................................................................................. 144
5.5.1 Channel Priority................................................................................. 144
5.5.1.1 Fixed Priority ...................................................................... 144
5.5.1.2 Rotating Priority .................................................................. 145
5.5.2 Address Compatibility Mode ................................................................ 145
5.5.3 Summary of DMA Transfer Sizes .......................................................... 145
5.5.3.1 Address Shifting When Programmed for 16-Bit I/O Count
by Words............................................................................ 145
5.5.4 Autoinitialize ..................................................................................... 146
5.5.5 Software Commands .......................................................................... 146
5.6 LPC DMA ........................................................................................................ 147
5.6.1 Asserting DMA Requests ..................................................................... 147
5.6.2 Abandoning DMA Requests.................................................................. 148
5.6.3 General Flow of DMA Transfers ............................................................ 148
5.6.4 Terminal Count.................................................................................. 148
5.6.5 Verify Mode ...................................................................................... 149
5.6.6 DMA Request De-assertion.................................................................. 149
5.6.7 SYNC Field / LDRQ# Rules .................................................................. 150
5.7 8254 Timers (D31:F0) ...................................................................................... 150
5.7.1 Timer Programming ........................................................................... 151
5.7.2 Reading from the Interval Timer .......................................................... 152
5.7.2.1 Simple Read ....................................................................... 152
5.7.2.2 Counter Latch Command ...................................................... 152

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 5.7.2.3 Read Back Command........................................................... 152
5.8 8259 Interrupt Controllers (PIC) (D31:F0) .......................................................... 153
5.8.1 Interrupt Handling............................................................................. 154
5.8.1.1 Generating Interrupts .......................................................... 154
5.8.1.2 Acknowledging Interrupts..................................................... 154
5.8.1.3 Hardware/Software Interrupt Sequence ................................. 155
5.8.2 Initialization Command Words (ICWx).................................................. 155
5.8.2.1 ICW1................................................................................. 155
5.8.2.2 ICW2................................................................................. 156
5.8.2.3 ICW3................................................................................. 156
5.8.2.4 ICW4................................................................................. 156
5.8.3 Operation Command Words (OCW)...................................................... 156
5.8.4 Modes of Operation ........................................................................... 156
5.8.4.1 Fully Nested Mode ............................................................... 156
5.8.4.2 Special Fully-Nested Mode .................................................... 157
5.8.4.3 Automatic Rotation Mode (Equal Priority Devices) .................... 157
5.8.4.4 Specific Rotation Mode (Specific Priority) ................................ 157
5.8.4.5 Poll Mode ........................................................................... 157
5.8.4.6 Edge and Level Triggered Mode............................................. 158
5.8.4.7 End of Interrupt (EOI) Operations ......................................... 158
5.8.4.8 Normal End of Interrupt ....................................................... 158
5.8.4.9 Automatic End of Interrupt Mode........................................... 158
5.8.5 Masking Interrupts ............................................................................ 159
5.8.5.1 Masking on an Individual Interrupt Request ............................ 159
5.8.5.2 Special Mask Mode .............................................................. 159
5.8.6 Steering PCI Interrupts ...................................................................... 159
5.9 Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) (D31:F0) .............................. 160
5.9.1 Interrupt Handling............................................................................. 160
5.9.2 Interrupt Mapping ............................................................................. 160
5.9.3 PCI / PCI Express* Message-Based Interrupts ....................................... 161
5.9.4 IOxAPIC Address Remapping .............................................................. 161
5.9.5 External Interrupt Controller Support ................................................... 161
5.10 Serial Interrupt (D31:F0) ................................................................................. 162
5.10.1 Start Frame...................................................................................... 162
5.10.2 Data Frames..................................................................................... 163
5.10.3 Stop Frame ...................................................................................... 163
5.10.4 Specific Interrupts Not Supported Using SERIRQ ................................... 163
5.10.5 Data Frame Format ........................................................................... 164
5.11 Real Time Clock (D31:F0)................................................................................. 165
5.11.1 Update Cycles................................................................................... 165
5.11.2 Interrupts ........................................................................................ 166
5.11.3 Lockable RAM Ranges ........................................................................ 166
5.11.4 Century Rollover ............................................................................... 166
5.11.5 Clearing Battery-Backed RTC RAM ....................................................... 166
5.12 Processor Interface (D31:F0) ............................................................................ 168
5.12.1 Processor Interface Signals and VLW Messages ..................................... 168
5.12.1.1 A20M# (Mask A20) / A20GATE ............................................. 168
5.12.1.2 INIT (Initialization).............................................................. 169
5.12.1.3 FERR# (Numeric Coprocessor Error) ...................................... 169
5.12.1.4 NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt) .............................................. 170
5.12.1.5 Processor Power Good (PROCPWRGD) .................................... 170
5.12.2 Dual-Processor Issues........................................................................ 170
5.12.2.1 Usage Differences ............................................................... 170
5.12.3 Virtual Legacy Wire (VLW) Messages.................................................... 170
5.13 Power Management (D31:F0) ........................................................................... 171
5.13.1 Features .......................................................................................... 171
5.13.2 PCH and System Power States ............................................................ 171
5.13.3 System Power Planes......................................................................... 173
5.13.4 SMI#/SCI Generation ........................................................................ 173
5.13.4.1 PCI Express* SCI ................................................................ 176
5.13.4.2 PCI Express* Hot-Plug ......................................................... 176
5.13.5 C-States .......................................................................................... 176
5.13.6 Dynamic PCI Clock Control (Mobile Only).............................................. 176
5.13.6.1 Conditions for Checking the PCI Clock .................................... 177
5.13.6.2 Conditions for Maintaining the PCI Clock................................. 177
5.13.6.3 Conditions for Stopping the PCI Clock .................................... 177
5.13.6.4 Conditions for Re-Starting the PCI Clock................................. 177

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 5.13.6.5 LPC Devices and CLKRUN# ................................................... 178
5.13.7 Sleep States ..................................................................................... 178
5.13.7.1 Sleep State Overview ........................................................... 178
5.13.7.2 Initiating Sleep State ........................................................... 178
5.13.7.3 Exiting Sleep States ............................................................. 179
5.13.7.4 PCI Express* WAKE# Signal and PME Event Message ............... 181
5.13.7.5 Sx-G3-Sx, Handling Power Failures ........................................ 181
5.13.8 Event Input Signals and Their Usage .................................................... 181
5.13.8.1 PWRBTN# (Power Button) .................................................... 182
5.13.8.2 RI# (Ring Indicator) ............................................................ 183
5.13.8.3 PME# (PCI Power Management Event).................................... 183
5.13.8.4 SYS_RESET# Signal ............................................................. 183
5.13.8.5 THRMTRIP# Signal............................................................... 183
5.13.9 ALT Access Mode ............................................................................... 184
5.13.9.1 Write Only Registers with Read Paths in ALT Access Mode ......... 185
5.13.9.2 PIC Reserved Bits ................................................................ 187
5.13.9.3 Read Only Registers with Write Paths in ALT Access Mode ......... 187
5.13.10 System Power Supplies, Planes, and Signals.......................................... 187
5.13.10.1 Power Plane Control with SLP_S3#,
SLP_S4#, SLP_S5#, SLP_M# and SLP_LAN# .......................... 187
5.13.10.2 SLP_S4# and Suspend-To-RAM Sequencing ............................ 188
5.13.10.3 PWROK Signal ..................................................................... 188
5.13.10.4 BATLOW# (Battery Low) (Mobile Only) ................................... 188
5.13.10.5 SLP_LAN# Pin Behavior ........................................................ 189
5.13.10.6 RTCRST# and SRTCRST# ..................................................... 189
5.13.11 Clock Generators ............................................................................... 189
5.13.12 Legacy Power Management Theory of Operation .................................... 190
5.13.12.1 APM Power Management (Desktop Only)................................. 190
5.13.12.2 Mobile APM Power Management (Mobile Only) ......................... 190
5.13.13 Reset Behavior .................................................................................. 190
5.14 System Management (D31:F0) .......................................................................... 192
5.14.1 Theory of Operation ........................................................................... 193
5.14.1.1 Detecting a System Lockup ................................................... 193
5.14.1.2 Handling an Intruder ............................................................ 193
5.14.1.3 Detecting Improper Flash Programming .................................. 193
5.14.1.4 Heartbeat and Event Reporting using SMLink/SMBus ................ 193
5.14.2 TCO Modes ....................................................................................... 194
5.14.2.1 TCO Legacy/Compatible Mode ............................................... 194
5.14.2.2 Advanced TCO Mode ............................................................ 195
5.15 General Purpose I/O (D31:F0) ........................................................................... 197
5.15.1 Power Wells ...................................................................................... 197
5.15.2 SMI# SCI and NMI Routing ................................................................. 197
5.15.3 Triggering......................................................................................... 197
5.15.4 GPIO Registers Lockdown ................................................................... 197
5.15.5 Serial POST Codes Over GPIO.............................................................. 198
5.15.5.1 Theory of operation ............................................................. 198
5.15.5.2 Serial Message Format ......................................................... 199
5.16 SATA Host Controller (D31:F2, F5)..................................................................... 200
5.16.1 SATA Feature Support ........................................................................ 201
5.16.2 Theory of Operation ........................................................................... 202
5.16.2.1 Standard ATA Emulation ....................................................... 202
5.16.2.2 48-Bit LBA Operation ........................................................... 202
5.16.3 SATA Swap Bay Support ..................................................................... 202
5.16.4 Hot Plug Operation............................................................................. 202
5.16.4.1 Low Power Device Presence Detection .................................... 202
5.16.5 Function Level Reset Support (FLR)...................................................... 203
5.16.5.1 FLR Steps ........................................................................... 203
5.16.6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Configuration...................................... 203
5.16.6.1 Intel® Rapid Storage Manager RAID Option ROM ..................... 204
5.16.7 Power Management Operation ............................................................. 204
5.16.7.1 Power State Mappings .......................................................... 204
5.16.7.2 Power State Transitions ........................................................ 205
5.16.7.3 SMI Trapping (APM) ............................................................. 206
5.16.8 SATA Device Presence ........................................................................ 206
5.16.9 SATA LED ......................................................................................... 207
5.16.10 AHCI Operation ................................................................................. 207
5.16.11 SGPIO Signals ................................................................................... 207

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 5.16.11.1 Mechanism ......................................................................... 207
5.16.11.2 Message Format.................................................................. 208
5.16.11.3 LED Message Type .............................................................. 209
5.16.11.4 SGPIO Waveform ................................................................ 210
5.16.12 External SATA................................................................................... 211
5.17 High Precision Event Timers.............................................................................. 211
5.17.1 Timer Accuracy ................................................................................. 211
5.17.2 Interrupt Mapping ............................................................................. 212
5.17.3 Periodic vs. Non-Periodic Modes .......................................................... 212
5.17.4 Enabling the Timers........................................................................... 213
5.17.5 Interrupt Levels ................................................................................ 213
5.17.6 Handling Interrupts ........................................................................... 214
5.17.7 Issues Related to 64-Bit Timers with 32-Bit Processors........................... 214
5.18 USB EHCI Host Controllers (D29:F0 and D26:F0)................................................. 215
5.18.1 EHC Initialization............................................................................... 215
5.18.1.1 BIOS Initialization ............................................................... 215
5.18.1.2 Driver Initialization .............................................................. 215
5.18.1.3 EHC Resets ........................................................................ 215
5.18.2 Data Structures in Main Memory ......................................................... 215
5.18.3 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller DMA................................................ 216
5.18.4 Data Encoding and Bit Stuffing............................................................ 216
5.18.5 Packet Formats ................................................................................. 216
5.18.6 USB 2.0 Interrupts and Error Conditions............................................... 216
5.18.6.1 Aborts on USB 2.0-Initiated Memory Reads ............................ 217
5.18.7 USB 2.0 Power Management ............................................................... 217
5.18.7.1 Pause Feature..................................................................... 217
5.18.7.2 Suspend Feature ................................................................. 217
5.18.7.3 ACPI Device States.............................................................. 218
5.18.7.4 ACPI System States............................................................. 218
5.18.8 USB 2.0 Legacy Keyboard Operation .................................................... 218
5.18.9 USB 2.0 Based Debug Port ................................................................. 219
5.18.9.1 Theory of Operation............................................................ 219
5.18.10 EHCI Caching ................................................................................... 224
5.18.11 USB Pre-Fetch Based Pause ................................................................ 224
5.18.12 Function Level Reset Support (FLR) ..................................................... 224
5.18.12.1 FLR Steps .......................................................................... 224
5.18.13 USB Overcurrent Protection ................................................................ 225
5.19 Integrated USB 2.0 Rate Matching Hub .............................................................. 226
5.19.1 Overview ......................................................................................... 226
5.19.2 Architecture ..................................................................................... 226
5.20 SMBus Controller (D31:F3) ............................................................................... 227
5.20.1 Host Controller ................................................................................. 227
5.20.1.1 Command Protocols............................................................. 228
5.20.2 Bus Arbitration.................................................................................. 231
5.20.3 Bus Timing ....................................................................................... 232
5.20.3.1 Clock Stretching.................................................................. 232
5.20.3.2 Bus Time Out (The PCH as SMBus Master) .............................. 232
5.20.4 Interrupts / SMI#.............................................................................. 232
5.20.5 SMBALERT# ..................................................................................... 233
5.20.6 SMBus CRC Generation and Checking................................................... 233
5.20.7 SMBus Slave Interface ....................................................................... 234
5.20.7.1 Format of Slave Write Cycle.................................................. 234
5.20.7.2 Format of Read Command .................................................... 236
5.20.7.3 Slave Read of RTC Time Bytes .............................................. 238
5.20.7.4 Format of Host Notify Command ........................................... 238
5.21 Thermal Management ...................................................................................... 240
5.21.1 Thermal Sensor ................................................................................ 240
5.21.1.1 Internal Thermal Sensor Operation ........................................ 240
5.21.2 Thermal Reporting Over System Management Link 1 Interface (SMLink1) . 241
5.21.2.1 Supported Addresses ........................................................... 242
5.21.2.2 I2C Write Commands to the Intel® ME ................................... 243
5.21.2.3 Block Read Command .......................................................... 243
5.21.2.4 Read Data Format ............................................................... 245
5.21.2.5 Thermal Data Update Rate ................................................... 246
5.21.2.6 Temperature Comparator and Alert ....................................... 247
5.21.2.7 BIOS Set Up ....................................................................... 248
5.21.2.8 SMBus Rules....................................................................... 249

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 5.21.2.9 Case for Considerations ........................................................ 250
5.22 Intel® High Definition Audio Overview (D27:F0)................................................... 252
5.22.1 Intel® High Definition Audio Docking (Mobile Only) ................................ 252
5.22.1.1 Dock Sequence ................................................................... 252
5.22.1.2 Exiting D3/CRST# when Docked ............................................ 253
5.22.1.3 Cold Boot/Resume from S3 When Docked ............................... 254
5.22.1.4 Undock Sequence ................................................................ 254
5.22.1.5 Normal Undock.................................................................... 254
5.22.1.6 Surprise Undock .................................................................. 255
5.22.1.7 Interaction Between Dock/Undock and Power Management
States ................................................................................ 255
5.22.1.8 Relationship between HDA_DOCK_RST# and HDA_RST# .......... 255
5.23 Intel® Active Management Technology 6.0 (Intel® AMT) ....................................... 256
5.23.1 Intel® AMT6.x and ASF 2.0 Features .................................................... 257
5.23.2 Intel® AMT Requirements ................................................................... 257
5.24 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) ........................................................................ 258
5.24.1 SPI Supported Feature Overview ......................................................... 258
5.24.1.1 Non-Descriptor Mode ........................................................... 258
5.24.1.2 Descriptor Mode .................................................................. 258
5.24.1.3 Device Partitioning............................................................... 260
5.24.2 Flash Descriptor ................................................................................ 260
5.24.2.1 Descriptor Master Region ...................................................... 262
5.24.3 Flash Access ..................................................................................... 263
5.24.3.1 Direct Access Security .......................................................... 263
5.24.3.2 Register Access Security ....................................................... 263
5.24.4 Serial Flash Device Compatibility Requirements ..................................... 264
5.24.4.1 PCH SPI Based BIOS Requirements ........................................ 264
5.24.4.2 Integrated LAN Firmware SPI Flash Requirements .................... 264
5.24.4.3 Intel® Management Engine Firmware SPI Flash Requirements ... 265
5.24.4.4 Hardware Sequencing Requirements ...................................... 265
5.24.5 Multiple Page Write Usage Model.......................................................... 266
5.24.5.1 Soft Flash Protection ............................................................ 266
5.24.5.2 BIOS Range Write Protection................................................. 267
5.24.5.3 SMI# Based Global Write Protection ....................................... 267
5.24.6 Flash Device Configurations ................................................................ 267
5.24.7 SPI Flash Device Recommended Pinout................................................. 267
5.24.8 Serial Flash Device Package ................................................................ 268
5.24.8.1 Common Footprint Usage Model ............................................ 268
5.24.8.2 Serial Flash Device Package Recommendations ........................ 268
5.25 Intel Quiet System Technology (Intel® QST) (Desktop Only) ............................... 269
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5.25.1 PWM Outputs .................................................................................... 269
5.25.2 TACH Inputs ..................................................................................... 269
5.26 Feature Capability Mechanism ........................................................................... 269
5.27 PCH Display Interfaces and Intel® Flexible Display Interconnect............................. 270
5.27.1 Analog Display Interface Characteristics................................................ 270
5.27.1.1 Integrated RAMDAC ............................................................. 271
5.27.1.2 DDC (Display Data Channel) ................................................. 271
5.27.2 Digital Display Interfaces .................................................................... 271
5.27.2.1 LVDS (Mobile only) .............................................................. 271
5.27.2.2 LVDS Pair States ................................................................. 272
5.27.2.3 Single Channel versus Dual Channel Mode .............................. 273
5.27.2.4 Panel Power Sequencing ....................................................... 273
5.27.2.5 LVDS DDC .......................................................................... 274
5.27.2.6 High Definition Multimedia Interface....................................... 274
5.27.2.7 Digital Video Interface (DVI) ................................................. 275
5.27.2.8 Display Port* ...................................................................... 275
5.27.2.9 Embedded DisplayPort.......................................................... 275
5.27.2.10 DisplayPort Aux Channel....................................................... 276
5.27.2.11 DisplayPort Hot-Plug Detect (HPD) ......................................... 276
5.27.2.12 Integrated Audio over HDMI and DisplayPort ........................... 276
5.27.2.13 Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) ............................................. 276
5.27.2.14 Control Bus......................................................................... 277
5.27.3 Mapping of Digital Display Interface Signals .......................................... 278
5.27.4 Multiple Display Configurations ............................................................ 279
5.27.5 High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) ................................. 279
5.27.6 Intel® Flexible Display Interconnect ..................................................... 280
5.28 Intel® Virtualization Technology ........................................................................ 280

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 5.28.1 Intel® VT-d Objectives ....................................................................... 280
5.28.2 Intel® VT-d Features Supported .......................................................... 280
5.28.3 Support for Function Level Reset (FLR) in Intel® 5 Series
Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset................................................ 281
5.28.4 Virtualization Support for PCH’s IOxAPIC .............................................. 281
5.28.5 Virtualization Support for High Precision Event Timer (HPET)................... 281
5.29 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Platform Clocks.................. 282
5.29.1 Platform Clocking Requirements .......................................................... 282
6 Ballout Definition................................................................................................... 283
6.1 PCH Desktop Ballout ........................................................................................ 283
6.2 PCH Ballout Mobile Ballout ................................................................................ 294
6.3 PCH Ballout Small Form Factor Ballout ............................................................... 306
7 Package Information ............................................................................................. 319
7.1 PCH package (Desktop Only) ............................................................................ 319
7.2 PCH package (Mobile Only)............................................................................... 321
7.3 PCH package (Mobile SFF Only)......................................................................... 323
8 Electrical Characteristics ....................................................................................... 325
8.1 Thermal Specifications ..................................................................................... 325
8.1.1 Desktop Storage Specifications and Thermal Design Power (TDP) ............ 325
8.1.2 Mobile Storage Specifications and Thermal Design Power (TDP) ............... 325
8.2 Absolute Maximum and Minimum Ratings ........................................................... 326
8.3 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Power Supply range ........... 327
8.4 General DC Characteristics ............................................................................... 327
8.5 Display DC Characteristics ................................................................................ 340
8.6 AC Characteristics ........................................................................................... 342
8.7 Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings ....................................................... 360
8.8 Power Management Timing Diagrams................................................................. 363
8.9 AC Timing Diagrams ........................................................................................ 366
9 Register and Memory Mapping............................................................................... 377
9.1 PCI Devices and Functions................................................................................ 378
9.2 PCI Configuration Map ..................................................................................... 379
9.3 I/O Map ......................................................................................................... 379
9.3.1 Fixed I/O Address Ranges .................................................................. 379
9.3.2 Variable I/O Decode Ranges ............................................................... 382
9.4 Memory Map................................................................................................... 383
9.4.1 Boot-Block Update Scheme................................................................. 385
10 Chipset Configuration Registers............................................................................. 387
10.1 Chipset Configuration Registers (Memory Space) ................................................. 387
10.1.1 V0CTL—Virtual Channel 0 Resource Control Register .............................. 390
10.1.2 V0STS—Virtual Channel 0 Resource Status Register ............................... 390
10.1.3 V1CTL—Virtual Channel 1 Resource Control Register .............................. 391
10.1.4 V1STS—Virtual Channel 1 Resource Status Register ............................... 391
10.1.5 CIR0—Chipset Initialization Register 0.................................................. 391
10.1.6 CIR1—Chipset Initialization Register 1.................................................. 392
10.1.7 REC—Root Error Command Register .................................................... 392
10.1.8 ILCL—Internal Link Capabilities List Register ......................................... 392
10.1.9 LCAP—Link Capabilities Register .......................................................... 393
10.1.10 LCTL—Link Control Register ................................................................ 393
10.1.11 LSTS—Link Status Register................................................................. 394
10.1.12 BCR—Backbone Configuration Register................................................. 394
10.1.13 RPC—Root Port Configuration Register ................................................. 394
10.1.14 DMIC—DMI Control Register ............................................................... 396
10.1.15 RPFN—Root Port Function Number and Hide for PCI
Express* Root Ports Register .............................................................. 396
10.1.16 FLRSTAT—FLR Pending Status Register ................................................ 397
10.1.17 CIR5—Chipset Initialization Register 5.................................................. 398
10.1.18 TRSR—Trap Status Register................................................................ 398
10.1.19 TRCR—Trapped Cycle Register ............................................................ 398
10.1.20 TWDR—Trapped Write Data Register.................................................... 399
10.1.21 IOTRn—I/O Trap Register (0–3) .......................................................... 399
10.1.22 DMC—DMI Miscellaneous Control Register ............................................ 400
10.1.23 CIR6—Chipset Initialization Register 6.................................................. 400
10.1.24 DMC2—DMI Miscellaneous Control Register 2 ........................................ 400

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 10.1.25 TCTL—TCO Configuration Register........................................................ 401
10.1.26 D31IP—Device 31 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 402
10.1.27 D30IP—Device 30 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 403
10.1.28 D29IP—Device 29 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 403
10.1.29 D28IP—Device 28 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 404
10.1.30 D27IP—Device 27 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 405
10.1.31 D26IP—Device 26 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 406
10.1.32 D25IP—Device 25 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 406
10.1.33 D22IP—Device 22 Interrupt Pin Register ............................................... 407
10.1.34 D31IR—Device 31 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 407
10.1.35 D30IR—Device 30 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 408
10.1.36 D29IR—Device 29 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 409
10.1.37 D28IR—Device 28 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 410
10.1.38 D27IR—Device 27 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 411
10.1.39 D26IR—Device 26 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 412
10.1.40 D25IR—Device 25 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 413
10.1.41 D24IR—Device 24 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 414
10.1.42 D22IR—Device 22 Interrupt Route Register ........................................... 415
10.1.43 OIC—Other Interrupt Control Register .................................................. 416
10.1.44 PRSTS—Power and Reset Status .......................................................... 417
10.1.45 CIR7—Chipset Initalization Register 7................................................... 417
10.1.46 CIR8—Chipset Initialization Register 8 .................................................. 418
10.1.47 CIR9—Chipset Initialization Register 9 .................................................. 418
10.1.48 CIR10—Chipset Initialization Register 10 .............................................. 418
10.1.49 CIR13—Chipset Initialization Register 13 .............................................. 418
10.1.50 CIR14—Chipset Initialization Register 14 .............................................. 418
10.1.51 CIR15—Chipset Initialization Register 15 .............................................. 419
10.1.52 CIR16—Chipset Initialization Register 16 .............................................. 419
10.1.53 CIR17—Chipset Initialization Register 17 .............................................. 419
10.1.54 CIR18—Chipset Initialization Register 18 .............................................. 419
10.1.55 CIR19—Chipset Initialization Register 19 .............................................. 419
10.1.56 CIR20—Chipset Initialization Register 20 .............................................. 420
10.1.57 CIR21—Chipset Initialization Register 21 .............................................. 420
10.1.58 CIR22—Chipset Initialization Register 22 .............................................. 420
10.1.59 RC—RTC Configuration Register........................................................... 421
10.1.60 HPTC—High Precision Timer Configuration Register ................................ 421
10.1.61 GCS—General Control and Status Register ............................................ 422
10.1.62 BUC—Backed Up Control Register ........................................................ 424
10.1.63 FD—Function Disable Register ............................................................. 425
10.1.64 CG—Clock Gating Register .................................................................. 427
10.1.65 FDSW—Function Disable SUS Well Register ........................................... 428
10.1.66 FD2—Function Disable 2 Register......................................................... 428
10.1.67 MISCCTL—Miscellaneous Control Register ............................................. 429
10.1.68 USBOCM1—Overcurrent MAP Register 1................................................ 430
10.1.69 USBOCM2—Overcurrent MAP Register 2................................................ 431
10.1.70 RMHWKCTL—Rate Matching Hub Wake Control Register .......................... 432
11 PCI-to-PCI Bridge Registers (D30:F0).................................................................... 435
11.1 PCI Configuration Registers (D30:F0) ................................................................. 435
11.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) .......................... 436
11.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ........................... 436
11.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0).............................. 436
11.1.4 PSTS—PCI Status Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ....................................... 437
11.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)......................... 439
11.1.6 CC—Class Code Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0).......................................... 439
11.1.7 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)............................................................................. 440
11.1.8 HEADTYP—Header Type Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) .............................. 440
11.1.9 BNUM—Bus Number Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ................................... 440
11.1.10 SMLT—Secondary Master Latency Timer Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)............................................................................. 441
11.1.11 IOBASE_LIMIT—I/O Base and Limit Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)............................................................................. 441
11.1.12 SECSTS—Secondary Status Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ......................... 442
11.1.13 MEMBASE_LIMIT—Memory Base and Limit Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)............................................................................. 443

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 11.1.14 PREF_MEM_BASE_LIMIT—Prefetchable Memory Base
and Limit Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) .................................................. 443
11.1.15 PMBU32—Prefetchable Memory Base Upper 32 Bits
Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ................................................................ 444
11.1.16 PMLU32—Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper 32 Bits
Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ................................................................ 444
11.1.17 CAPP—Capability List Pointer Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ....................... 444
11.1.18 INTR—Interrupt Information Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)........................ 444
11.1.19 BCTRL—Bridge Control Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ............................... 445
11.1.20 SPDH—Secondary PCI Device Hiding Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ............................................................................ 447
11.1.21 DTC—Delayed Transaction Control Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ............................................................................ 447
11.1.22 BPS—Bridge Proprietary Status Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ............................................................................ 449
11.1.23 BPC—Bridge Policy Configuration Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ............................................................................ 450
11.1.24 SVCAP—Subsystem Vendor Capability Register
(PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ............................................................................ 451
11.1.25 SVID—Subsystem Vendor IDs Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) ..................... 451
12 Gigabit LAN Configuration Registers ...................................................................... 453
12.1 Gigabit LAN Configuration Registers
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)..................................................................................... 453
12.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 454
12.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 454
12.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 455
12.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 456
12.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 457
12.1.6 CC—Class Code Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 457
12.1.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 457
12.1.8 PLT—Primary Latency Timer Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 457
12.1.9 HT—Header Type Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 457
12.1.10 MBARA—Memory Base Address Register A
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 458
12.1.11 MBARB—Memory Base Address Register B
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 458
12.1.12 MBARC—Memory Base Address Register C
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 459
12.1.13 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 459
12.1.14 SID—Subsystem ID Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 459
12.1.15 ERBA—Expansion ROM Base Address Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 459
12.1.16 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 460
12.1.17 INTR—Interrupt Information Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 460
12.1.18 MLMG—Maximum Latency/Minimum Grant Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 460
12.1.19 CLIST 1—Capabilities List Register 1
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 460
12.1.20 PMC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)....................................................................... 461
12.1.21 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status
Register (Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) .......................................................... 462

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 12.1.22 DR—Data Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 463
12.1.23 CLIST 2—Capabilities List Register 2
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 463
12.1.24 MCTL—Message Control Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 463
12.1.25 MADDL—Message Address Low Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 464
12.1.26 MADDH—Message Address High Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 464
12.1.27 MDAT—Message Data Register
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 464
12.1.28 FLRCAP—Function Level Reset Capability
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 464
12.1.29 FLRCLV—Function Level Reset Capability Length and Version
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................... 465
12.1.30 DEVCTRL—Device Control (Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) .................................. 465
13 LPC Interface Bridge Registers (D31:F0) ............................................................... 467
13.1 PCI Configuration Registers (LPC I/F—D31:F0) .................................................... 467
13.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ........................... 468
13.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)............................ 468
13.1.3 PCICMD—PCI COMMAND Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0).............................. 469
13.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) .................................... 470
13.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ......................... 471
13.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) .......................... 471
13.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) .................................. 471
13.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ................................. 471
13.1.9 PLT—Primary Latency Timer Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ......................... 471
13.1.10 HEADTYP—Header Type Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................... 472
13.1.11 SS—Sub System Identifiers Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) .......................... 472
13.1.12 CAPP—Capability List Pointer Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ........................ 472
13.1.13 PMBASE—ACPI Base Address Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)........................ 472
13.1.14 ACPI_CNTL—ACPI Control Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................ 473
13.1.15 GPIOBASE—GPIO Base Address Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 473
13.1.16 GC—GPIO Control Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ....................................... 474
13.1.17 PIRQ[n]_ROUT—PIRQ[A,B,C,D] Routing Control Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 475
13.1.18 SIRQ_CNTL—Serial IRQ Control Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 476
13.1.19 PIRQ[n]_ROUT—PIRQ[E,F,G,H] Routing Control Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 477
13.1.20 LPC_IBDF—IOxAPIC Bus:Device:Function Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 477
13.1.21 LPC_HnBDF—HPET n Bus:Device:Function Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 478
13.1.22 LPC_I/O_DEC—I/O Decode Ranges Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 479
13.1.23 LPC_EN—LPC I/F Enables Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................. 480
13.1.24 GEN1_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 1 Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 481
13.1.25 GEN2_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 2 Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 481
13.1.26 GEN3_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 3 Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 482
13.1.27 GEN4_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 4 Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 482
13.1.28 ULKMC—USB Legacy Keyboard / Mouse Control
Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ................................................................ 483
13.1.29 LGMR—LPC I/F Generic Memory Range Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 484
13.1.30 FWH_SEL1—Firmware Hub Select 1 Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 485
13.1.31 FWH_SEL2—Firmware Hub Select 2 Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0) ............................................................................. 486

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 13.1.32 FWH_DEC_EN1—Firmware Hub Decode Enable
Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ................................................................ 487
13.1.33 BIOS_CNTL—BIOS Control Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0)............................................................................. 489
13.1.34 FDCAP—Feature Detection Capability ID
Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)................................................................ 490
13.1.35 FDLEN—Feature Detection Capability Length
Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)................................................................ 490
13.1.36 FDVER—Feature Detection Version
Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)................................................................ 490
13.1.37 FDVCT—Feature Vector Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0)............................................................................. 491
13.1.38 RCBA—Root Complex Base Address Register
(LPC I/F—D31:F0)............................................................................. 491
13.2 DMA I/O Registers........................................................................................... 492
13.2.1 DMABASE_CA—DMA Base and Current Address Registers ....................... 493
13.2.2 DMABASE_CC—DMA Base and Current Count Registers .......................... 494
13.2.3 DMAMEM_LP—DMA Memory Low Page Registers.................................... 494
13.2.4 DMACMD—DMA Command Register ..................................................... 495
13.2.5 DMASTA—DMA Status Register ........................................................... 495
13.2.6 DMA_WRSMSK—DMA Write Single Mask Register .................................. 496
13.2.7 DMACH_MODE—DMA Channel Mode Register ........................................ 497
13.2.8 DMA Clear Byte Pointer Register.......................................................... 498
13.2.9 DMA Master Clear Register ................................................................. 498
13.2.10 DMA_CLMSK—DMA Clear Mask Register ............................................... 498
13.2.11 DMA_WRMSK—DMA Write All Mask Register ......................................... 499
13.3 Timer I/O Registers ......................................................................................... 499
13.3.1 TCW—Timer Control Word Register...................................................... 500
13.3.2 SBYTE_FMT—Interval Timer Status Byte Format Register ....................... 502
13.3.3 Counter Access Ports Register ............................................................. 503
13.4 8259 Interrupt Controller (PIC) Registers ........................................................... 503
13.4.1 Interrupt Controller I/O MAP ............................................................... 503
13.4.2 ICW1—Initialization Command Word 1 Register..................................... 504
13.4.3 ICW2—Initialization Command Word 2 Register..................................... 505
13.4.4 ICW3—Master Controller Initialization Command
Word 3 Register ................................................................................ 505
13.4.5 ICW3—Slave Controller Initialization Command
Word 3 Register ................................................................................ 506
13.4.6 ICW4—Initialization Command Word 4 Register..................................... 506
13.4.7 OCW1—Operational Control Word 1 (Interrupt Mask)
Register ........................................................................................... 507
13.4.8 OCW2—Operational Control Word 2 Register ......................................... 507
13.4.9 OCW3—Operational Control Word 3 Register ......................................... 508
13.4.10 ELCR1—Master Controller Edge/Level Triggered Register ........................ 509
13.4.11 ELCR2—Slave Controller Edge/Level Triggered Register .......................... 510
13.5 Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)............................................ 511
13.5.1 APIC Register Map............................................................................. 511
13.5.2 IND—Index Register .......................................................................... 511
13.5.3 DAT—Data Register ........................................................................... 512
13.5.4 EOIR—EOI Register ........................................................................... 512
13.5.5 ID—Identification Register .................................................................. 513
13.5.6 VER—Version Register ....................................................................... 513
13.5.7 REDIR_TBL—Redirection Table ............................................................ 514
13.6 Real Time Clock Registers................................................................................. 516
13.6.1 I/O Register Address Map ................................................................... 516
13.6.2 Indexed Registers ............................................................................. 517
13.6.2.1 RTC_REGA—Register A ........................................................ 518
13.6.2.2 RTC_REGB—Register B (General Configuration)....................... 519
13.6.2.3 RTC_REGC—Register C (Flag Register) ................................... 520
13.6.2.4 RTC_REGD—Register D (Flag Register) .................................. 520
13.7 Processor Interface Registers ............................................................................ 521
13.7.1 NMI_SC—NMI Status and Control Register............................................ 521
13.7.2 NMI_EN—NMI Enable (and Real Time Clock Index)
Register ........................................................................................... 522
13.7.3 PORT92—Fast A20 and Init Register .................................................... 522
13.7.4 COPROC_ERR—Coprocessor Error Register ........................................... 522
13.7.5 RST_CNT—Reset Control Register........................................................ 523

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 13.8 Power Management Registers (PM—D31:F0) ....................................................... 524
13.8.1 Power Management PCI Configuration Registers
(PM—D31:F0) ................................................................................... 524
13.8.1.1 GEN_PMCON_1—General PM Configuration 1 Register
(PM—D31:F0) ..................................................................... 524
13.8.1.2 GEN_PMCON_2—General PM Configuration 2 Register
(PM—D31:F0) ..................................................................... 525
13.8.1.3 GEN_PMCON_3—General PM Configuration 3 Register
(PM—D31:F0) ..................................................................... 527
13.8.1.4 GEN_PMCON_LOCK—General Power Management Configuration
Lock Register ...................................................................... 529
13.8.1.5 Chipset Initialization Register 4 (PM—D31:F0) ......................... 530
13.8.1.6 BM_BREAK_EN Register (PM—D31:F0) ................................... 530
13.8.1.7 PMIR—Power Management Initialization Register (PM—D31:F0) . 531
13.8.1.8 GPIO_ROUT—GPIO Routing Control Register
(PM—D31:F0) ..................................................................... 531
13.8.2 APM I/O Decode ................................................................................ 531
13.8.2.1 APM_CNT—Advanced Power Management Control Port Register . 532
13.8.2.2 APM_STS—Advanced Power Management Status Port Register... 532
13.8.3 Power Management I/O Registers ........................................................ 532
13.8.3.1 PM1_STS—Power Management 1 Status Register ..................... 533
13.8.3.2 PM1_EN—Power Management 1 Enable Register ...................... 536
13.8.3.3 PM1_CNT—Power Management 1 Control Register.................... 537
13.8.3.4 PM1_TMR—Power Management 1 Timer Register ..................... 538
13.8.3.5 PM1_TMR—Power Management 1 Timer Register ..................... 538
13.8.3.6 GPE0_STS—General Purpose Event 0 Status Register ............... 539
13.8.3.7 GPE0_EN—General Purpose Event 0 Enables Register ............... 541
13.8.3.8 SMI_EN—SMI Control and Enable Register .............................. 543
13.8.3.9 SMI_STS—SMI Status Register .............................................. 545
13.8.3.10 ALT_GP_SMI_EN—Alternate GPI SMI Enable Register ............... 547
13.8.3.11 ALT_GP_SMI_STS—Alternate GPI SMI Status Register .............. 548
13.8.3.12 UPRWC—USB Per-Port Registers Write Control......................... 548
13.8.3.13 GPE_CNTL—General Purpose Control Register ......................... 549
13.8.3.14 DEVACT_STS—Device Activity Status Register ......................... 550
13.8.3.15 PM2_CNT—Power Management 2 Control Register.................... 550
13.9 System Management TCO Registers ................................................................... 551
13.9.1 TCO_RLD—TCO Timer Reload and Current Value Register ....................... 551
13.9.2 TCO_DAT_IN—TCO Data In Register .................................................... 552
13.9.3 TCO_DAT_OUT—TCO Data Out Register................................................ 552
13.9.4 TCO1_STS—TCO1 Status Register........................................................ 552
13.9.5 TCO2_STS—TCO2 Status Register........................................................ 554
13.9.6 TCO1_CNT—TCO1 Control Register ...................................................... 555
13.9.7 TCO2_CNT—TCO2 Control Register ...................................................... 556
13.9.8 TCO_MESSAGE1 and TCO_MESSAGE2 Registers .................................... 556
13.9.9 TCO_WDCNT—TCO Watchdog Control Register ...................................... 557
13.9.10 SW_IRQ_GEN—Software IRQ Generation Register.................................. 557
13.9.11 TCO_TMR—TCO Timer Initial Value Register .......................................... 557
13.10 General Purpose I/O Registers ........................................................................... 558
13.10.1 GPIO_USE_SEL—GPIO Use Select Register............................................ 559
13.10.2 GP_IO_SEL—GPIO Input/Output Select Register .................................... 559
13.10.3 GP_LVL—GPIO Level for Input or Output Register .................................. 560
13.10.4 GPO_BLINK—GPO Blink Enable Register................................................ 560
13.10.5 GP_SER_BLINK—GP Serial Blink Register .............................................. 561
13.10.6 GP_SB_CMDSTS—GP Serial Blink Command
Status Register.................................................................................. 562
13.10.7 GP_SB_DATA—GP Serial Blink Data Register ......................................... 562
13.10.8 GPI_NMI_EN—GPI NMI Enable Register ................................................ 563
13.10.9 GPI_NMI_STS—GPI NMI Status Register ............................................... 563
13.10.10 GPI_INV—GPIO Signal Invert Register .................................................. 563
13.10.11 GPIO_USE_SEL2—GPIO Use Select 2 Register ....................................... 564
13.10.12 GP_IO_SEL2—GPIO Input/Output Select 2 Register ................................ 564
13.10.13 GP_LVL2—GPIO Level for Input or Output 2 Register .............................. 565
13.10.14 GPIO_USE_SEL3—GPIO Use Select 3 Register ....................................... 566
13.10.15 GP_IO_SEL3—GPIO Input/Output Select 3 Register ................................ 567
13.10.16 GP_LVL3—GPIO Level for Input or Output 3 Register .............................. 568
13.10.17 GP_RST_SEL1—GPIO Reset Select Register ........................................... 569
13.10.18 GP_RST_SEL2—GPIO Reset Select Register ........................................... 569

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 13.10.19 GP_RST_SEL3—GPIO Reset Select Register .......................................... 570
14 SATA Controller Registers (D31:F2)....................................................................... 571
14.1 PCI Configuration Registers (SATA–D31:F2)........................................................ 571
14.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (SATA—D31:F2) ............................. 573
14.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (SATA—D31:F2) .............................. 573
14.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (SATA–D31:F2).................................. 573
14.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (SATA–D31:F2)........................................ 574
14.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (SATA—D31:F2)............................ 575
14.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (SATA–D31:F2).............................. 575
14.1.6.1 When Sub Class Code Register (D31:F2:Offset 0Ah) = 01h ....... 575
14.1.6.2 When Sub Class Code Register (D31:F2:Offset 0Ah) = 04h ....... 576
14.1.6.3 When Sub Class Code Register (D31:F2:Offset 0Ah) = 06h ....... 576
14.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (SATA–D31:F2) ..................................... 576
14.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register
(SATA–D31:F2SATA–D31:F2) ............................................................. 577
14.1.9 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 577
14.1.10 HTYPE—Header Type Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 577
14.1.11 PCMD_BAR—Primary Command Block Base Address
Register (SATA–D31:F2) .................................................................... 577
14.1.12 PCNL_BAR—Primary Control Block Base Address
Register (SATA–D31:F2) .................................................................... 578
14.1.13 SCMD_BAR—Secondary Command Block Base Address
Register (IDE D31:F2) ....................................................................... 578
14.1.14 SCNL_BAR—Secondary Control Block Base Address
Register (IDE D31:F2) ....................................................................... 578
14.1.15 BAR—Legacy Bus Master Base Address Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 579
14.1.16 ABAR/SIDPBA1—AHCI Base Address Register/Serial ATA
Index Data Pair Base Address (SATA–D31:F2) ...................................... 579
14.1.16.1 When SCC is not 01h ........................................................... 579
14.1.16.2 When SCC is 01h ................................................................ 580
14.1.17 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 580
14.1.18 SID—Subsystem Identification Register (SATA–D31:F2) ......................... 580
14.1.19 CAP—Capabilities Pointer Register (SATA–D31:F2)................................. 580
14.1.20 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register (SATA–D31:F2) ................................... 581
14.1.21 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register (SATA–D31:F2)..................................... 581
14.1.22 IDE_TIM—IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F2) ..................................... 581
14.1.23 SIDETIM—Slave IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F2)............................. 582
14.1.24 SDMA_CNT—Synchronous DMA Control Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 582
14.1.25 SDMA_TIM—Synchronous DMA Timing Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 582
14.1.26 IDE_CONFIG—IDE I/O Configuration Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 583
14.1.27 PID—PCI Power Management Capability Identification
Register (SATA–D31:F2) .................................................................... 583
14.1.28 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register
(SATA–D31:F2) ................................................................................ 584
14.1.29 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status
Register (SATA–D31:F2) .................................................................... 585
14.1.30 MSICI—Message Signaled Interrupt Capability
Identification Register (SATA–D31:F2) ................................................. 586
14.1.31 MSIMC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message
Control Register (SATA–D31:F2) ......................................................... 586
14.1.32 MSIMA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message
Address Register (SATA–D31:F2) ........................................................ 588
14.1.33 MSIMD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message
Data Register (SATA–D31:F2)............................................................. 588
14.1.34 MAP—Address Map Register (SATA–D31:F2) ......................................... 589
14.1.35 PCS—Port Control and Status Register (SATA–D31:F2)........................... 590
14.1.36 SCLKCG—SATA Clock Gating Control Register ....................................... 592
14.1.37 SCLKGC—SATA Clock General Configuration Register ............................. 593
14.1.38 SIRI—SATA Indexed Registers Index Register ....................................... 594

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 14.1.39 FLRCID—FLR Capability ID Register (SATA–D31:F2) ............................... 594
14.1.40 FLRCLV—FLR Capability Length and Version
Register (SATA–D31:F2).................................................................... 595
14.1.41 FLRC—FLR Control Register (SATA–D31:F2) .......................................... 595
14.1.42 ATC—APM Trapping Control Register (SATA–D31:F2).............................. 596
14.1.43 ATS—APM Trapping Status Register (SATA–D31:F2)............................... 596
14.1.44 SP Scratch Pad Register (SATA–D31:F2) ............................................... 596
14.1.45 BFCS—BIST FIS Control/Status Register (SATA–D31:F2) ........................ 597
14.1.46 BFTD1—BIST FIS Transmit Data1 Register (SATA–D31:F2) ..................... 599
14.1.47 BFTD2—BIST FIS Transmit Data2 Register (SATA–D31:F2) ..................... 599
14.2 Bus Master IDE I/O Registers (D31:F2)............................................................... 600
14.2.1 BMIC[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Command Register (D31:F2) ....................... 601
14.2.2 BMIS[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Status Register (D31:F2)............................. 602
14.2.3 BMID[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer
Register (D31:F2).............................................................................. 603
14.2.4 AIR—AHCI Index Register (D31:F2) ..................................................... 603
14.2.5 AIDR—AHCI Index Data Register (D31:F2)............................................ 603
14.3 Serial ATA Index/Data Pair Superset Registers..................................................... 604
14.3.1 SINDX—Serial ATA Index Register (D31:F2) .......................................... 604
14.3.2 SDATA—Serial ATA Data Register (D31:F2) ........................................... 605
14.3.2.1 PxSSTS—Serial ATA Status Register (D31:F2) ......................... 605
14.3.2.2 PxSCTL—Serial ATA Control Register (D31:F2) ........................ 606
14.3.2.3 PxSERR—Serial ATA Error Register (D31:F2) ........................... 607
14.4 AHCI Registers (D31:F2) .................................................................................. 608
14.4.1 AHCI Generic Host Control Registers (D31:F2)....................................... 609
14.4.1.1 CAP—Host Capabilities Register (D31:F2) ............................... 609
14.4.1.2 GHC—Global PCH Control Register (D31:F2)............................ 611
14.4.1.3 IS—Interrupt Status Register (D31:F2)................................... 612
14.4.1.4 PI—Ports Implemented Register (D31:F2)............................... 613
14.4.1.5 VS—AHCI Version Register (D31:F2) ...................................... 614
14.4.1.6 CCC_CTL—Command Completion Coalescing Control
Register (D31:F2)................................................................ 614
14.4.1.7 CCC_Ports—Command Completion Coalescing Ports
Register (D31:F2)................................................................ 615
14.4.1.8 EM_LOC—Enclosure Management Location Register (D31:F2) .... 615
14.4.1.9 EM_CTRL—Enclosure Management Control Register (D31:F2) .... 616
14.4.1.10 VS—AHCI Version Register (D31:F2) ...................................... 617
14.4.1.11 VSP—Vendor Specific Register (D31:F2) ................................. 617
14.4.1.12 RSTF—Intel® RST Feature Capabilities Register ....................... 617
14.4.2 Port Registers (D31:F2)...................................................................... 619
14.4.2.1 PxCLB—Port [5:0] Command List Base Address Register
(D31:F2) ............................................................................ 623
14.4.2.2 PxCLBU—Port [5:0] Command List Base Address Upper
32-Bits Register (D31:F2) ..................................................... 623
14.4.2.3 PxFB—Port [5:0] FIS Base Address Register (D31:F2) .............. 624
14.4.2.4 PxFBU—Port [5:0] FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits
Register (D31:F2)................................................................ 624
14.4.2.5 PxIS—Port [5:0] Interrupt Status Register (D31:F2)................. 625
14.4.2.6 PxIE—Port [5:0] Interrupt Enable Register (D31:F2) ................ 626
14.4.2.7 PxCMD—Port [5:0] Command Register (D31:F2)...................... 628
14.4.2.8 PxTFD—Port [5:0] Task File Data Register (D31:F2) ................. 631
14.4.2.9 PxSIG—Port [5:0] Signature Register (D31:F2) ....................... 631
14.4.2.10 PxSSTS—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Status Register (D31:F2) .......... 632
14.4.2.11 PxSCTL—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Control Register (D31:F2).......... 633
14.4.2.12 PxSERR—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Error Register (D31:F2) ............ 634
14.4.2.13 PxSACT—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Active Register (D31:F2) ........... 635
14.4.2.14 PxCI—Port [5:0] Command Issue Register (D31:F2) ................ 636
15 SATA Controller Registers (D31:F5) ....................................................................... 637
15.1 PCI Configuration Registers (SATA–D31:F5) ........................................................ 637
15.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (SATA—D31:F5) .............................. 638
15.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (SATA—D31:F5) .............................. 638
15.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (SATA–D31:F5) .................................. 639
15.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (SATA–D31:F5) ........................................ 640
15.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (SATA—D31:F5) ............................ 640
15.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (SATA–D31:F5) .............................. 641
15.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (SATA–D31:F5) ...................................... 641

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 15.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register
(SATA–D31:F5SATA–D31:F5) ............................................................. 641
15.1.9 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 642
15.1.10 PCMD_BAR—Primary Command Block Base Address
Register (SATA–D31:F5) .................................................................... 642
15.1.11 PCNL_BAR—Primary Control Block Base Address Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 642
15.1.12 SCMD_BAR—Secondary Command Block Base Address
Register (IDE D31:F5) ....................................................................... 643
15.1.13 SCNL_BAR—Secondary Control Block Base Address
Register (IDE D31:F5) ....................................................................... 643
15.1.14 BAR—Legacy Bus Master Base Address Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 644
15.1.15 SIDPBA—SATA Index/Data Pair Base Address Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 644
15.1.16 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 645
15.1.17 SID—Subsystem Identification Register (SATA–D31:F5) ......................... 645
15.1.18 CAP—Capabilities Pointer Register (SATA–D31:F5)................................. 645
15.1.19 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register (SATA–D31:F5) ................................... 645
15.1.20 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register (SATA–D31:F5)..................................... 645
15.1.21 IDE_TIM—IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F5) ..................................... 646
15.1.22 SDMA_CNT—Synchronous DMA Control Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 646
15.1.23 SDMA_TIM—Synchronous DMA Timing Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 647
15.1.24 IDE_CONFIG—IDE I/O Configuration Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 647
15.1.25 PID—PCI Power Management Capability Identification
Register (SATA–D31:F5) .................................................................... 648
15.1.26 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register
(SATA–D31:F5) ................................................................................ 648
15.1.27 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status
Register (SATA–D31:F5) .................................................................... 649
15.1.28 MAP—Address Map Register (SATA–D31:F5) ......................................... 650
15.1.29 PCS—Port Control and Status Register (SATA–D31:F5)........................... 651
15.1.30 SATACR0—SATA Capability Register 0 (SATA–D31:F5) ........................... 652
15.1.31 SATACR1—SATA Capability Register 1 (SATA–D31:F5) ........................... 652
15.1.32 FLRCID—FLR Capability ID Register (SATA–D31:F5) .............................. 652
15.1.33 FLRCLV—FLR Capability Length and Value
Register (SATA–D31:F5) .................................................................... 653
15.1.34 FLRCTRL—FLR Control Register (SATA–D31:F5) .................................... 653
15.1.35 ATC—APM Trapping Control Register (SATA–D31:F5) ............................. 654
15.1.36 ATC—APM Trapping Control Register (SATA–D31:F5) ............................. 654
15.2 Bus Master IDE I/O Registers (D31:F5) .............................................................. 655
15.2.1 BMIC[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Command Register (D31:F5) ....................... 656
15.2.2 BMIS[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Status Register (D31:F5) ............................ 657
15.2.3 BMID[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer
Register (D31:F5) ............................................................................. 657
15.3 Serial ATA Index/Data Pair Superset Registers .................................................... 658
15.3.1 SINDX—SATA Index Register (D31:F5) ................................................ 658
15.3.2 SDATA—SATA Index Data Register (D31:F5) ........................................ 658
15.3.2.1 PxSSTS—Serial ATA Status Register (D31:F5)......................... 659
15.3.2.2 PxSCTL—Serial ATA Control Register (D31:F5) ........................ 660
15.3.2.3 PxSERR—Serial ATA Error Register (D31:F5)........................... 661
16 EHCI Controller Registers (D29:F0, D26:F0) .......................................................... 663
16.1 USB EHCI Configuration Registers
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ........................................................................... 663
16.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ............................................................. 664
16.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ............................................................. 665
16.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ............................................................. 665

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 16.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 666
16.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 667
16.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 667
16.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 667
16.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 668
16.1.9 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 668
16.1.10 HEADTYP—Header Type Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 668
16.1.11 MEM_BASE—Memory Base Address Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 669
16.1.12 SVID—USB EHCI Subsystem Vendor ID Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 669
16.1.13 SID—USB EHCI Subsystem ID Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 669
16.1.14 CAP_PTR—Capabilities Pointer Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 670
16.1.15 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 670
16.1.16 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 670
16.1.17 PWR_CAPID—PCI Power Management Capability ID
Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ................................................. 670
16.1.18 NXT_PTR1—Next Item Pointer #1 Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 671
16.1.19 PWR_CAP—Power Management Capabilities Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 671
16.1.20 PWR_CNTL_STS—Power Management Control/
Status Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ....................................... 672
16.1.21 DEBUG_CAPID—Debug Port Capability ID Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 673
16.1.22 NXT_PTR2—Next Item Pointer #2 Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 673
16.1.23 DEBUG_BASE—Debug Port Base Offset Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 673
16.1.24 USB_RELNUM—USB Release Number Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 673
16.1.25 FL_ADJ—Frame Length Adjustment Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 674
16.1.26 PWAKE_CAP—Port Wake Capability Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 675
16.1.27 LEG_EXT_CAP—USB EHCI Legacy Support Extended
Capability Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)................................... 676
16.1.28 LEG_EXT_CS—USB EHCI Legacy Support Extended
Control / Status Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) .......................... 677
16.1.29 SPECIAL_SMI—Intel Specific USB 2.0 SMI Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 679
16.1.30 ACCESS_CNTL—Access Control Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 680
16.1.31 EHCIIR1—EHCI Initialization Register 1
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 681
16.1.32 EHCIIR2—EHCI Initialization Register 2 (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ...... 681
16.1.33 FLR_CID—Function Level Reset Capability ID
Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ................................................ 682
16.1.34 FLR_NEXT—Function Level Reset Next Capability Pointer
Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ................................................ 682
16.1.35 FLR_CLV—Function Level Reset Capability Length and
Version Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ...................................... 683
16.1.36 FLR_CTRL—Function Level Reset Control Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 683
16.1.37 FLR_STS—Function Level Reset Status Register
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0).............................................................. 684

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 16.1.38 EHCIIR3—EHCI Initialization Register 3 (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ...... 684
16.1.39 EHCIIR4—EHCI Initialization Register 4 (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ...... 684
16.2 Memory-Mapped I/O Registers .......................................................................... 685
16.2.1 Host Controller Capability Registers ..................................................... 685
16.2.1.1 CAPLENGTH—Capability Registers Length Register................... 686
16.2.1.2 HCIVERSION—Host Controller Interface Version Number
Register ............................................................................. 686
16.2.1.3 HCSPARAMS—Host Controller Structural Parameters Register.... 686
16.2.1.4 HCCPARAMS—Host Controller Capability Parameters
Register ............................................................................. 687
16.2.2 Host Controller Operational Registers ................................................... 688
16.2.2.1 USB2.0_CMD—USB 2.0 Command Register............................. 689
16.2.2.2 USB2.0_STS—USB 2.0 Status Register................................... 692
16.2.2.3 USB2.0_INTR—USB 2.0 Interrupt Enable Register ................... 694
16.2.2.4 FRINDEX—Frame Index Register ........................................... 695
16.2.2.5 CTRLDSSEGMENT—Control Data Structure Segment
Register ............................................................................. 695
16.2.2.6 PERIODICLISTBASE—Periodic Frame List Base Address
Register ............................................................................. 696
16.2.2.7 ASYNCLISTADDR—Current Asynchronous List Address
Register ............................................................................. 696
16.2.2.8 CONFIGFLAG—Configure Flag Register ................................... 697
16.2.2.9 PORTSC—Port N Status and Control Register .......................... 697
16.2.3 USB 2.0-Based Debug Port Registers ................................................... 701
16.2.3.1 CNTL_STS—Control/Status Register....................................... 702
16.2.3.2 USBPID—USB PIDs Register ................................................. 704
16.2.3.3 DATABUF[7:0]—Data Buffer Bytes[7:0] Register ..................... 704
16.2.3.4 CONFIG—Configuration Register............................................ 704
17 Intel® High Definition Audio Controller Registers (D27:F0) ................................... 705
17.1 Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Configuration
Space (Intel® High Definition Audio—D27:F0) ..................................................... 705
17.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 707
17.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 707
17.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 708
17.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 709
17.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 710
17.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 710
17.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 710
17.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 710
17.1.9 CLS—Cache Line Size Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 710
17.1.10 LT—Latency Timer Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 711
17.1.11 HEADTYP—Header Type Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 711
17.1.12 HDBARL—Intel® High Definition Audio Lower Base Address
Register (Intel® High Definition Audio—D27:F0) .................................... 711
17.1.13 HDBARU—Intel® High Definition Audio Upper Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 711
17.1.14 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 712
17.1.15 SID—Subsystem Identification Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 712
17.1.16 CAPPTR—Capabilities Pointer Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 712
17.1.17 INTLN—Interrupt Line Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 713

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 17.1.18 INTPN—Interrupt Pin Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 713
17.1.19 HDCTL—Intel® High Definition Audio Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 713
17.1.20 HDINIT1—Intel® High Definition Audio Initialization
Register 1 (Intel® High Definition
Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................................................. 713
17.1.21 TCSEL—Traffic Class Select Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 714
17.1.22 DCKCTL—Docking Control Register (Mobile Only)
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 714
17.1.23 DCKSTS—Docking Status Register (Mobile Only)
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 715
17.1.24 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 715
17.1.25 PC—Power Management Capabilities Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 716
17.1.26 PCS—Power Management Control and Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 716
17.1.27 MID—MSI Capability ID Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 717
17.1.28 MMC—MSI Message Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 717
17.1.29 MMLA—MSI Message Lower Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 718
17.1.30 MMUA—MSI Message Upper Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 718
17.1.31 MMD—MSI Message Data Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 718
17.1.32 PXID—PCI Express* Capability ID Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 718
17.1.33 PXC—PCI Express* Capabilities Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 719
17.1.34 DEVCAP—Device Capabilities Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 719
17.1.35 DEVC—Device Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 720
17.1.36 DEVS—Device Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 721
17.1.37 VCCAP—Virtual Channel Enhanced Capability Header
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 721
17.1.38 PVCCAP1—Port VC Capability Register 1
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 722
17.1.39 PVCCAP2—Port VC Capability Register 2
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 722
17.1.40 PVCCTL—Port VC Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 722
17.1.41 PVCSTS—Port VC Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 723
17.1.42 VC0CAP—VC0 Resource Capability Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 723
17.1.43 VC0CTL—VC0 Resource Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 724
17.1.44 VC0STS—VC0 Resource Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 724
17.1.45 VCiCAP—VCi Resource Capability Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 725
17.1.46 VCiCTL—VCi Resource Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 725
17.1.47 VCiSTS—VCi Resource Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 726
17.1.48 RCCAP—Root Complex Link Declaration Enhanced
Capability Header Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 726
17.1.49 ESD—Element Self Description Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 726

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 17.1.50 L1DESC—Link 1 Description Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 727
17.1.51 L1ADDL—Link 1 Lower Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 727
17.1.52 L1ADDU—Link 1 Upper Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 727
17.2 Intel® High Definition Audio Memory Mapped Configuration Registers
(Intel® High Definition Audio—D27:F0) .............................................................. 728
17.2.1 GCAP—Global Capabilities Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 732
17.2.2 VMIN—Minor Version Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 732
17.2.3 VMAJ—Major Version Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 732
17.2.4 OUTPAY—Output Payload Capability Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 733
17.2.5 INPAY—Input Payload Capability Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 733
17.2.6 GCTL—Global Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 734
17.2.7 WAKEEN—Wake Enable Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 735
17.2.8 STATESTS—State Change Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 735
17.2.9 GSTS—Global Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 736
17.2.10 OUTSTRMPAY—Output Stream Payload Capability
Register (Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) ..................... 736
17.2.11 INSTRMPAY—Input Stream Payload Capability
Register (Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) ..................... 737
17.2.12 INTCTL—Interrupt Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 737
17.2.13 INTSTS—Interrupt Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 738
17.2.14 WALCLK—Wall Clock Counter Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 739
17.2.15 SSYNC—Stream Synchronization Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 739
17.2.16 CORBLBASE—CORB Lower Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 740
17.2.17 CORBUBASE—CORB Upper Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 740
17.2.18 CORBWP—CORB Write Pointer Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 740
17.2.19 CORBRP—CORB Read Pointer Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 741
17.2.20 CORBCTL—CORB Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 741
17.2.21 CORBST—CORB Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 742
17.2.22 CORBSIZE—CORB Size Register
Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) ................................... 742
17.2.23 RIRBLBASE—RIRB Lower Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 742
17.2.24 RIRBUBASE—RIRB Upper Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 743
17.2.25 RIRBWP—RIRB Write Pointer Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 743
17.2.26 RINTCNT—Response Interrupt Count Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 744
17.2.27 RIRBCTL—RIRB Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 744
17.2.28 RIRBSTS—RIRB Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 745
17.2.29 RIRBSIZE—RIRB Size Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0).................................. 745

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 17.2.30 IC—Immediate Command Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 745
17.2.31 IR—Immediate Response Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 746
17.2.32 ICS—Immediate Command Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 746
17.2.33 DPLBASE—DMA Position Lower Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 747
17.2.34 DPUBASE—DMA Position Upper Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 747
17.2.35 SDCTL—Stream Descriptor Control Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 748
17.2.36 SDSTS—Stream Descriptor Status Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 750
17.2.37 SDLPIB—Stream Descriptor Link Position in Buffer
Register (Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)...................... 751
17.2.38 SDCBL—Stream Descriptor Cyclic Buffer Length Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 751
17.2.39 SDLVI—Stream Descriptor Last Valid Index Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 752
17.2.40 SDFIFOW—Stream Descriptor FIFO Watermark Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 752
17.2.41 SDFIFOS—Stream Descriptor FIFO Size Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 753
17.2.42 SDFMT—Stream Descriptor Format Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 754
17.2.43 SDBDPL—Stream Descriptor Buffer Descriptor List
Pointer Lower Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 755
17.2.44 SDBDPU—Stream Descriptor Buffer Descriptor List
Pointer Upper Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0) .................................. 755
18 SMBus Controller Registers (D31:F3) ..................................................................... 757
18.1 PCI Configuration Registers (SMBus—D31:F3) ..................................................... 757
18.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ............................ 757
18.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ............................ 758
18.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ............................... 758
18.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ..................................... 759
18.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (SMBus—D31:F3) .......................... 759
18.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ........................... 760
18.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ................................... 760
18.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register (SMBus—D31:F3).................................. 760
18.1.9 SMBMBAR0—D31_F3_SMBus Memory Base Address 0
Register (SMBus—D31:F3)................................................................. 760
18.1.10 SMBMBAR1—D31_F3_SMBus Memory Base Address 1
Register (SMBus—D31:F3)................................................................. 761
18.1.11 SMB_BASE—SMBus Base Address Register
(SMBus—D31:F3) .............................................................................. 761
18.1.12 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register
(SMBus—D31:F2/F4) ......................................................................... 761
18.1.13 SID—Subsystem Identification Register
(SMBus—D31:F2/F4) ......................................................................... 762
18.1.14 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register (SMBus—D31:F3)................................. 762
18.1.15 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register (SMBus—D31:F3) .................................. 762
18.1.16 HOSTC—Host Configuration Register (SMBus—D31:F3)........................... 763
18.2 SMBus I/O and Memory Mapped I/O Registers ..................................................... 764
18.2.1 HST_STS—Host Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ................................. 765
18.2.2 HST_CNT—Host Control Register (SMBus—D31:F3)................................ 766
18.2.3 HST_CMD—Host Command Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ........................... 768
18.2.4 XMIT_SLVA—Transmit Slave Address Register
(SMBus—D31:F3) .............................................................................. 768
18.2.5 HST_D0—Host Data 0 Register (SMBus—D31:F3) .................................. 768
18.2.6 HST_D1—Host Data 1 Register (SMBus—D31:F3) .................................. 768
18.2.7 Host_BLOCK_DB—Host Block Data Byte Register
(SMBus—D31:F3) .............................................................................. 769

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 18.2.8 PEC—Packet Error Check (PEC) Register
(SMBus—D31:F3).............................................................................. 769
18.2.9 RCV_SLVA—Receive Slave Address Register
(SMBus—D31:F3).............................................................................. 770
18.2.10 SLV_DATA—Receive Slave Data Register (SMBus—D31:F3) .................... 770
18.2.11 AUX_STS—Auxiliary Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3) ........................... 770
18.2.12 AUX_CTL—Auxiliary Control Register (SMBus—D31:F3) .......................... 771
18.2.13 SMLINK_PIN_CTL—SMLink Pin Control Register
(SMBus—D31:F3).............................................................................. 771
18.2.14 SMBus_PIN_CTL—SMBus Pin Control Register
(SMBus—D31:F3).............................................................................. 772
18.2.15 SLV_STS—Slave Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3)................................ 772
18.2.16 SLV_CMD—Slave Command Register (SMBus—D31:F3).......................... 773
18.2.17 NOTIFY_DADDR—Notify Device Address Register
(SMBus—D31:F3).............................................................................. 773
18.2.18 NOTIFY_DLOW—Notify Data Low Byte Register
(SMBus—D31:F3).............................................................................. 774
18.2.19 NOTIFY_DHIGH—Notify Data High Byte Register
(SMBus—D31:F3).............................................................................. 774
19 PCI Express* Configuration Registers.................................................................... 775
19.1 PCI Express* Configuration Registers
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)................................................... 775
19.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 777
19.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 777
19.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 778
19.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 779
19.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 780
19.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 780
19.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 780
19.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 780
19.1.9 CLS—Cache Line Size Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 781
19.1.10 PLT—Primary Latency Timer Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 781
19.1.11 HEADTYP—Header Type Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 781
19.1.12 BNUM—Bus Number Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 782
19.1.13 SLT—Secondary Latency Timer
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 782
19.1.14 IOBL—I/O Base and Limit Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 782
19.1.15 SSTS—Secondary Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 783
19.1.16 MBL—Memory Base and Limit Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 784
19.1.17 PMBL—Prefetchable Memory Base and Limit Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 784
19.1.18 PMBU32—Prefetchable Memory Base Upper 32 Bits
Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/
F6/F7/F6/F7) .................................................................................... 785
19.1.19 PMLU32—Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper 32 Bits
Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/
F6/F7/F6/F7) .................................................................................... 785
19.1.20 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 785
19.1.21 INTR—Interrupt Information Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ........................... 786

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 19.1.22 BCTRL—Bridge Control Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7) ............................ 787
19.1.23 CLIST—Capabilities List Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 788
19.1.24 XCAP—PCI Express* Capabilities Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 788
19.1.25 DCAP—Device Capabilities Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 789
19.1.26 DCTL—Device Control Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 790
19.1.27 DSTS—Device Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 791
19.1.28 LCAP—Link Capabilities Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 791
19.1.29 LCTL—Link Control Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 793
19.1.30 LSTS—Link Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 794
19.1.31 SLCAP—Slot Capabilities Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 795
19.1.32 SLCTL—Slot Control Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 796
19.1.33 SLSTS—Slot Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 797
19.1.34 RCTL—Root Control Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 798
19.1.35 RSTS—Root Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 798
19.1.36 DCAP2—Device Capabilities 2 Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 799
19.1.37 DCTL2—Device Control 2 Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 799
19.1.38 LCTL2—Link Control 2 Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 800
19.1.39 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Identifiers Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 800
19.1.40 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 800
19.1.41 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address
Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)......................... 801
19.1.42 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 801
19.1.43 SVCAP—Subsystem Vendor Capability Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 801
19.1.44 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 801
19.1.45 PMCAP—Power Management Capability Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 802
19.1.46 PMC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 802
19.1.47 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status
Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)......................... 803
19.1.48 MPC2—Miscellaneous Port Configuration Register 2
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 804
19.1.49 MPC—Miscellaneous Port Configuration Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 805
19.1.50 SMSCS—SMI/SCI Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 807
19.1.51 RPDCGEN—Root Port Dynamic Clock Gating Enable
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 808
19.1.52 PECR1—PCI Express* Configuration Register 1
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 808
19.1.53 UES—Uncorrectable Error Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 809
19.1.54 UEM—Uncorrectable Error Mask
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7) ..................................... 810

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 19.1.55 UEV—Uncorrectable Error Severity
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 811
19.1.56 CES—Correctable Error Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 812
19.1.57 CEM—Correctable Error Mask Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 812
19.1.58 AECC—Advanced Error Capabilities and Control Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 813
19.1.59 RES—Root Error Status Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 813
19.1.60 PECR2—PCI Express* Configuration Register 2
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 814
19.1.61 PEETM—PCI Express* Extended Test Mode Register
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 814
19.1.62 PEC1—PCI Express* Configuration Register 1
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)..................................... 814
20 High Precision Event Timer Registers .................................................................... 815
20.1 Memory Mapped Registers................................................................................ 815
20.1.1 GCAP_ID—General Capabilities and Identification Register ...................... 817
20.1.2 GEN_CONF—General Configuration Register.......................................... 817
20.1.3 GINTR_STA—General Interrupt Status Register ..................................... 818
20.1.4 MAIN_CNT—Main Counter Value Register ............................................. 818
20.1.5 TIMn_CONF—Timer n Configuration and Capabilities Register .................. 819
20.1.6 TIMn_COMP—Timer n Comparator Value Register .................................. 821
21 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) ........................................................................... 823
21.1 Serial Peripheral Interface Memory Mapped Configuration Registers ....................... 823
21.1.1 BFPR –BIOS Flash Primary Region Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 824
21.1.2 HSFS—Hardware Sequencing Flash Status Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 825
21.1.3 HSFC—Hardware Sequencing Flash Control Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 827
21.1.4 FADDR—Flash Address Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 827
21.1.5 FDATA0—Flash Data 0 Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 828
21.1.6 FDATAN—Flash Data [N] Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 828
21.1.7 FRAP—Flash Regions Access Permissions Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 829
21.1.8 FREG0—Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor) Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 830
21.1.9 FREG1—Flash Region 1 (BIOS Descriptor) Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 830
21.1.10 FREG2—Flash Region 2 (Intel® ME) Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 831
21.1.11 FREG3—Flash Region 3 (GbE) Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 831
21.1.12 FREG4—Flash Region 4 (Platform Data) Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 832
21.1.13 PR0—Protected Range 0 Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 832
21.1.14 PR1—Protected Range 1 Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 833
21.1.15 PR2—Protected Range 2 Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 834
21.1.16 PR3—Protected Range 3 Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 835
21.1.17 PR4—Protected Range 4 Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 836
21.1.18 SSFS—Software Sequencing Flash Status Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 837
21.1.19 SSFC—Software Sequencing Flash Control Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 838

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 21.1.20 PREOP—Prefix Opcode Configuration Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 839
21.1.21 OPTYPE—Opcode Type Configuration Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 839
21.1.22 OPMENU—Opcode Menu Configuration Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 840
21.1.23 BBAR—BIOS Base Address Configuration Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 841
21.1.24 FDOC—Flash Descriptor Observability Control Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 841
21.1.25 FDOD—Flash Descriptor Observability Data Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 842
21.1.26 AFC—Additional Flash Control Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 842
21.1.27 LVSCC—Host Lower Vendor Specific Component
Capabilities Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 842
21.1.28 UVSCC—Host Upper Vendor Specific Component
Capabilities Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 844
21.1.29 FPB—Flash Partition Boundary Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ...................................... 845
21.2 Flash Descriptor Records................................................................................... 845
21.3 OEM Section ................................................................................................... 846
21.4 GbE SPI Flash Program Registers ....................................................................... 846
21.4.1 GLFPR –Gigabit LAN Flash Primary Region Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 847
21.4.2 HSFS—Hardware Sequencing Flash Status Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 847
21.4.3 HSFC—Hardware Sequencing Flash Control Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 849
21.4.4 FADDR—Flash Address Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 850
21.4.5 FDATA0—Flash Data 0 Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 850
21.4.6 FRAP—Flash Regions Access Permissions Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 851
21.4.7 FREG0—Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor) Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 852
21.4.8 FREG1—Flash Region 1 (BIOS Descriptor) Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 852
21.4.9 FREG2—Flash Region 2 (Intel® ME) Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 852
21.4.10 FREG3—Flash Region 3 (GbE) Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 853
21.4.11 PR0—Protected Range 0 Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 853
21.4.12 PR1—Protected Range 1 Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 854
21.4.13 SSFS—Software Sequencing Flash Status Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 855
21.4.14 SSFC—Software Sequencing Flash Control Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 856
21.4.15 PREOP—Prefix Opcode Configuration Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 857
21.4.16 OPTYPE—Opcode Type Configuration Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 857
21.4.17 OPMENU—Opcode Menu Configuration Register
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ............................... 858
22 Thermal Sensor Registers (D31:F6) ....................................................................... 859
22.1 PCI Bus Configuration Registers......................................................................... 859
22.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register...................................................... 860
22.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register ...................................................... 860
22.1.3 CMD—Command Register ................................................................... 860
22.1.4 STS—Status Register ......................................................................... 861
22.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register .................................................... 861

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 22.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register .................................................... 861
22.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register ............................................................ 862
22.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register ........................................................... 862
22.1.9 CLS—Cache Line Size Register ............................................................ 862
22.1.10 LT—Latency Timer Register ................................................................ 862
22.1.11 HTYPE—Header Type Register ............................................................. 862
22.1.12 TBAR—Thermal Base Register ............................................................. 863
22.1.13 TBARH—Thermal Base High DWord Register ......................................... 863
22.1.14 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register .................................................. 864
22.1.15 SID—Subsystem ID Register............................................................... 864
22.1.16 CAP_PTR—Capabilities Pointer Register ................................................ 864
22.1.17 Offset 3Ch – INTLN—Interrupt Line Register ......................................... 865
22.1.18 INTPN—Interrupt Pin Register ............................................................. 865
22.1.19 TBARB—BIOS Assigned Thermal Base Address Register .......................... 865
22.1.20 TBARBH—BIOS Assigned Thermal Base High DWord
Register ........................................................................................... 866
22.1.21 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register............................... 866
22.1.22 PC—Power Management Capabilities Register........................................ 866
22.1.23 PCS—Power Management Control And Status Register ........................... 867
22.2 Thermal Memory Mapped Configuration Registers
(Thermal Sensor – D31:F26) ............................................................................ 868
22.2.1 TSIU—Thermal Sensor In Use Register................................................. 869
22.2.2 TSE—Thermal Sensor Enable Register .................................................. 869
22.2.3 TSS—Thermal Sensor Status Register .................................................. 870
22.2.4 TSTR—Thermal Sensor Thermometer Read Register............................... 870
22.2.5 TSTTP—Thermal Sensor Temperature Trip Point Register ........................ 871
22.2.6 TSCO—Thermal Sensor Catastrophic Lock-Down Register ....................... 871
22.2.7 TSES—Thermal Sensor Error Status Register ........................................ 872
22.2.8 TSGPEN—Thermal Sensor General Purpose Event
Enable Register................................................................................. 873
22.2.9 TSPC—Thermal Sensor Policy Control Register ...................................... 874
22.2.10 PPEC—Processor Power Error Correction Register
(Mobile Only).................................................................................... 874
22.2.11 CTA—Processor Core Temperature Adjust Register................................. 875
22.2.12 PTA—PCH Temperature Adjust Register ................................................ 875
22.2.13 MGTA—Memory Controller/Graphics Temperature
Adjust Register ................................................................................. 875
22.2.14 TRC—Thermal Reporting Control Register ............................................. 876
22.2.15 TES—Turbo Interrupt Status Register (Mobile Only) ............................... 877
22.2.16 TEN—Turbo Interrupt Enable Register (Mobile Only)............................... 877
22.2.17 PSC—Power Sharing Configuration Register (Mobile Only)....................... 877
22.2.18 CTV1—Core Temperature Value 1 Register ........................................... 878
22.2.19 CTV2—Core Temperature Value 2 Register ........................................... 878
22.2.20 CEV1—Core Energy Value Register ...................................................... 878
22.2.21 AE—Alert Enable Register ................................................................... 879
22.2.22 HTS—Host Status Register (Mobile Only) .............................................. 879
22.2.23 PTL—Processor Temperature Limit Register (Mobile Only) ....................... 880
22.2.24 MGTV—Memory Controller/Graphics Temperature
Value Register .................................................................................. 880
22.2.25 PTV—Processor Temperature Value Register ......................................... 880
22.2.26 MMGPC—Max Memory Controller/Graphics Power Clamp
Register (Mobile Only) ....................................................................... 880
22.2.27 MPPC—Max Processor Power Clamp Register (Mobile Only) ..................... 881
22.2.28 MPCPC—Max Processor Core Power Clamp Register
(Mobile Only).................................................................................... 881
22.2.29 TSPIEN—Thermal Sensor PCI Interrupt Enable Register .......................... 882
22.2.30 TSLOCK—Thermal Sensor Register Lock Control Register ........................ 883
22.2.31 STS—Turbo Status (Mobile Only)......................................................... 883
22.2.32 SEC—Event Clear Register (Mobile Only) .............................................. 883
22.2.33 TC3—Thermal Compares 3 Register ..................................................... 883
22.2.34 TC1—Thermal Compares 1 Register ..................................................... 884
22.2.35 TC2—Thermal Compares 2 Register ..................................................... 885
22.2.36 DTV—DIMM Temperature Values Register............................................. 885
22.2.37 ITV—Internal Temperature Values Register........................................... 886
23 Intel® Management Engine Interface (MEI) Subsystem Registers (D22:F0).......... 887

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 23.1 First Intel® Management Engine Interface (Intel® MEI) Configuration Registers
(MEI—D22:F0) ................................................................................................ 887
23.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 888
23.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 888
23.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 889
23.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 889
23.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 890
23.1.6 CC—Class Code Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 890
23.1.7 HTYPE—Header Type Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 890
23.1.8 MEI0_MBAR—MEI0 MMIO Base Address Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 891
23.1.9 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 891
23.1.10 SID—Subsystem ID Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 891
23.1.11 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 892
23.1.12 INTR—Interrupt Information Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 892
23.1.13 HFS—Host Firmware Status Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 892
23.1.14 ME_UMA—Management Engine UMA Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 893
23.1.15 GMES—General ME Status Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 893
23.1.16 H_GS—Host General Status Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 893
23.1.17 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 894
23.1.18 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 894
23.1.19 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status
Register (MEI—D22:F0)...................................................................... 895
23.1.20 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Identifiers Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 895
23.1.21 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 896
23.1.22 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address
Register (MEI—D22:F0)...................................................................... 896
23.1.23 MUA—Message Signaled Interrupt Upper Address Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 896
23.1.24 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 896
23.1.25 HIDM—MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode Register
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 897
23.1.26 HERES—MEI Extend Register Status
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 897
23.1.27 HERX—MEI Extend Register DWX
(MEI—D22:F0) .................................................................................. 898
23.2 Second Management Engine Interface(MEI1) Configuration Registers
(MEI—D22:F1) ................................................................................................ 899
23.2.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register
(MEI—D22:F1) .................................................................................. 900
23.2.2 DID—Device Identification Register
(MEI—D22:F1) .................................................................................. 900
23.2.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register
(MEI—D22:F1) .................................................................................. 900
23.2.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register
(MEI—D22:F1) .................................................................................. 901

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 23.2.5 RID—Revision Identification Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 901
23.2.6 CC—Class Code Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 901
23.2.7 HTYPE—Header Type Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 902
23.2.8 MEI_MBAR—MEI MMIO Base Address Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 902
23.2.9 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 902
23.2.10 SID—Subsystem ID Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 903
23.2.11 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 903
23.2.12 INTR—Interrupt Information Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 903
23.2.13 HFS—Host Firmware Status Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 903
23.2.14 GMES—General ME Status Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 904
23.2.15 H_GS—Host General Status Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 904
23.2.16 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 904
23.2.17 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 905
23.2.18 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status
Register (MEI—D22:F1) ..................................................................... 906
23.2.19 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Identifiers Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 906
23.2.20 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 907
23.2.21 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address
Register (MEI—D22:F1) ..................................................................... 907
23.2.22 MUA—Message Signaled Interrupt Upper Address Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 907
23.2.23 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 907
23.2.24 HIDM—MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode Register
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 908
23.2.25 HERES—MEI Extend Register Status
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 908
23.2.26 HERX—MEI Extend Register DWX
(MEI—D22:F1).................................................................................. 909
23.3 MEI0_MBAR—MEI0 MMIO Registers ................................................................... 909
23.3.1 H_CB_WW—Host Circular Buffer Write Window Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 910
23.3.2 H_CSR—Host Control Status Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 910
23.3.3 ME_CB_RW—ME Circular Buffer Read Window Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 911
23.3.4 ME CSR_HA—ME Control Status Host Access Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 911
23.4 MEI1_MBAR—MEI0 MMIO Registers ................................................................... 912
23.4.1 H_CB_WW—Host Circular Buffer Write Window Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 912
23.4.2 H_CSR—Host Control Status Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 913
23.4.3 ME_CB_RW—ME Circular Buffer Read Window Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 914
23.4.4 ME CSR_HA—ME Control Status Host Access Register
(MEI MMIO Register) ......................................................................... 914
23.5 IDE Function for Remote Boot and Installations
PT IDER Registers (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 915
23.5.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (IDER—D22:F2) .............................. 916
23.5.2 DID—Device Identification Register (IDER—D22:F2) .............................. 916
23.5.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (IDER—D22:F2) ................................. 916

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 23.5.4 PCISTS—PCI Device Status Register (IDER—D22:F2) ............................. 917
23.5.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (IDER—D22:F2)............................. 917
23.5.6 CC—Class Codes Register (IDER—D22:F2) ............................................ 917
23.5.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register (IDER—D22:F2) ..................................... 918
23.5.8 PCMDBA—Primary Command Block IO Bar Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 918
23.5.9 PCTLBA—Primary Control Block Base Address Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 918
23.5.10 SCMDBA—Secondary Command Block Base Address
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 919
23.5.11 SCTLBA—Secondary Control Block base Address
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 919
23.5.12 LBAR—Legacy Bus Master Base Address Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 919
23.5.13 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register (IDER—D22:F2) ........................... 920
23.5.14 SID—Subsystem ID Register (IDER—D22:F2)........................................ 920
23.5.15 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 920
23.5.16 INTR—Interrupt Information Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 920
23.5.17 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 921
23.5.18 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 921
23.5.19 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 922
23.5.20 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Capability ID
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 922
23.5.21 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 923
23.5.22 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 923
23.5.23 MAU—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Upper
Address Register (IDER—D22:F2) ........................................................ 923
23.5.24 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 924
23.6 IDE BAR0 ....................................................................................................... 924
23.6.1 IDEDATA—IDE Data Register (IDER—D22:F2) ....................................... 925
23.6.2 IDEERD1—IDE Error Register DEV1
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 925
23.6.3 IDEERD0—IDE Error Register DEV0
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 925
23.6.4 IDEFR—IDE Features Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 926
23.6.5 IDESCIR—IDE Sector Count In Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 926
23.6.6 IDESCOR1—IDE Sector Count Out Register Device 1
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 926
23.6.7 IDESCOR0—IDE Sector Count Out Register Device
0 Register (IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................. 927
23.6.8 IDESNOR0—IDE Sector Number Out Register
Device 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2) ....................................................... 927
23.6.9 IDESNOR1—IDE Sector Number Out Register
Device 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2) ....................................................... 927
23.6.10 IDESNIR—IDE Sector Number In Register Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 928
23.6.11 IDECLIR—IDE Cylinder Low In Register Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 928
23.6.12 IDCLOR1—IDE Cylinder Low Out Register Device 1
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 928
23.6.13 IDCLOR0—IDE Cylinder Low Out Register Device 0
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 929
23.6.14 IDCHOR0—IDE Cylinder High Out Register Device 0
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 929
23.6.15 IDCHOR1—IDE Cylinder High Out Register Device 1
Register (IDER—D22:F2) .................................................................... 929

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 23.6.16 IDECHIR—IDE Cylinder High In Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 930
23.6.17 IDEDHIR—IDE Drive/Head In Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 930
23.6.18 IDDHOR1—IDE Drive Head Out Register Device 1
Register (IDER—D22:F2).................................................................... 931
23.6.19 IDDHOR0—IDE Drive Head Out Register Device 0
Register (IDER—D22:F2).................................................................... 931
23.6.20 IDESD0R—IDE Status Device 0 Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 932
23.6.21 IDESD1R—IDE Status Device 1 Register
(IDER—D22:F2) ................................................................................ 933
23.6.22 IDECR—IDE Command Register (IDER—D22:F2) ................................... 933
23.7 IDE BAR1 ....................................................................................................... 934
23.7.1 IDDCR—IDE Device Control Register (IDER—D22:F2)............................. 934
23.7.2 IDASR—IDE Alternate status Register (IDER—D22:F2) ........................... 934
23.8 IDE BAR4 ....................................................................................................... 935
23.8.1 IDEPBMCR—IDE Primary Bus Master Command
Register (IDER—D22:F2).................................................................... 936
23.8.2 IDEPBMDS0R—IDE Primary Bus Master Device
Specific 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2) ..................................................... 936
23.8.3 IDEPBMSR—IDE Primary Bus Master Status
Register (IDER—D22:F2).................................................................... 937
23.8.4 IDEPBMDS1R—IDE Primary Bus Master Device
Specific 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2) ..................................................... 937
23.8.5 IDEPBMDTPR0—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 938
23.8.6 IDEPBMDTPR1—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 938
23.8.7 IDEPBMDTPR2—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 2 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 938
23.8.8 IDEPBMDTPR3—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 3 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 938
23.8.9 IDESBMCR—IDE Secondary Bus Master Command
Register (IDER—D22:F2).................................................................... 939
23.8.10 IDESBMDS0R—IDE Secondary Bus Master Device
Specific 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2) ..................................................... 939
23.8.11 IDESBMSR—IDE Secondary Bus Master Status
Register (IDER—D22:F2).................................................................... 940
23.8.12 IDESBMDS1R—IDE Secondary Bus Master Device
Specific 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2) ..................................................... 940
23.8.13 IDESBMDTPR0—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 940
23.8.14 IDESBMDTPR1—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 941
23.8.15 IDESBMDTPR2—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 2 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 941
23.8.16 IDESBMDTPR3—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Table Pointer Byte 3 Register (IDER—D22:F2)....................................... 941
23.9 Serial Port for Remote Keyboard and Text (KT)
Redirection (KT—D22:F3) ................................................................................. 942
23.9.1 VVID—Vendor Identification Register (KT—D22:F3) ............................... 943
23.9.2 DID—Device Identification Register (KT—D22:F3).................................. 943
23.9.3 CMD—Command Register Register (KT—D22:F3)................................... 943
23.9.4 STS—Device Status Register (KT—D22:F3)........................................... 944
23.9.5 RID—Revision ID Register (KT—D22:F3) .............................................. 944
23.9.6 CC—Class Codes Register (KT—D22:F3) ............................................... 944
23.9.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register (KT—D22:F3) ........................................ 945
23.9.8 KTIBA—KT IO Block Base Address Register
(KT—D22:F3) ................................................................................... 945
23.9.9 KTMBA—KT Memory Block Base Address Register
(KT—D22:F3) ................................................................................... 945
23.9.10 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register (KT—D22:F3) .............................. 946
23.9.11 SID—Subsystem ID Register (KT—D22:F3)........................................... 946
23.9.12 CAP—Capabilities Pointer Register (KT—D22:F3) ................................... 946
23.9.13 INTR—Interrupt Information Register (KT—D22:F3)............................... 946

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 23.9.14 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register
(KT—D22:F3).................................................................................... 947
23.9.15 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities ID Register
(KT—D22:F3).................................................................................... 947
23.9.16 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Capability ID
Register (KT—D22:F3) ....................................................................... 947
23.9.17 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control
Register (KT—D22:F3) ....................................................................... 948
23.9.18 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address
Register (KT—D22:F3) ....................................................................... 948
23.9.19 MAU—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Upper
Address Register (KT—D22:F3) ........................................................... 948
23.9.20 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data
Register (KT—D22:F3) ....................................................................... 949
23.10 KT IO/ Memory Mapped Device Registers ............................................................ 949
23.10.1 KTRxBR—KT Receive Buffer Register (KT—D23:F3) ................................ 950
23.10.2 KTTHR—KT Transmit Holding Register (KT—D23:F3) .............................. 950
23.10.3 KTDLLR—KT Divisor Latch LSB Register (KT—D23:F3) ............................ 951
23.10.4 KTIER—KT Interrupt Enable Register (KT—D23:F3) ................................ 951
23.10.5 KTDLMR—KT Divisor Latch MSB Register (KT—D23:F3)........................... 952
23.10.6 KTIIR—KT Interrupt Identification Register
(KT—D23:F3).................................................................................... 952
23.10.7 KTFCR—KT FIFO Control Register (KT—D23:F3)..................................... 953
23.10.8 KTLCR—KT Line Control Register (KT—D23:F3)...................................... 953
23.10.9 KTMCR—KT Modem Control Register (KT—D23:F3) ................................ 954
23.10.10 KTLSR—KT Line Status Register (KT—D23:F3)....................................... 955
23.10.11 KTMSR—KT Modem Status Register (KT—D23:F3).................................. 956

Figures
2-1 PCH Interface Signals Block Diagram ......................................................................60
2-2 Example External RTC Circuit.................................................................................97
4-1 PCH High-Level Clock Diagram ............................................................................. 121
5-1 Generation of SERR# to Platform ......................................................................... 130
5-2 LPC Interface Diagram ........................................................................................ 140
5-3 PCH DMA Controller............................................................................................ 144
5-4 DMA Request Assertion through LDRQ# ................................................................ 147
5-5 TCO Legacy/Compatible Mode SMBus Configuration ................................................ 194
5-6 Advanced TCO Mode ........................................................................................... 196
5-7 Serial Post over GPIO Reference Circuit ................................................................. 198
5-8 Flow for Port Enable / Device Present Bits.............................................................. 206
5-9 Serial Data transmitted over the SGPIO Interface ................................................... 210
5-10 EHCI with USB 2.0 with Rate Matching Hub ........................................................... 226
5-11 PCH Intel® Management Engine High-Level Block Diagram ...................................... 256
5-12 Flash Partition Boundary ..................................................................................... 260
5-13 Flash Descriptor Sections .................................................................................... 261
5-14 Analog Port Characteristics .................................................................................. 270
5-15 LVDS Signals and Swing Voltage .......................................................................... 272
5-16 LVDS Clock and Data Relationship ........................................................................ 272
5-17 Panel Power Sequencing ..................................................................................... 273
5-18 HDMI Overview.................................................................................................. 274
5-19 DP Overview...................................................................................................... 275
5-20 SDVO Conceptual Block Diagram .......................................................................... 277
6-1 PCH Ballout (top view—left side) (Desktop) ........................................................... 284
6-2 PCH Ballout (top view—right side) (Desktop) ......................................................... 285
6-3 PCH ballout (top View—Leff side) (Mobile Only) ...................................................... 295
6-4 PCH ballout (top View—right side) (Mobile Only)..................................................... 296
6-5 PCH ballout (top view—left side) (Mobile SFF Only) ................................................. 307
6-6 PCH ballout (top view—right side) (Mobile SFF Only) ............................................... 308
7-1 PCH Desktop Package Drawing............................................................................. 320
7-2 PCH B-Step Mobile Package Drawing..................................................................... 322
7-3 PCH Mobile SFF Package Drawing ......................................................................... 324
8-1 G3 w/RTC Loss to S4/S5 Timing Diagram .............................................................. 363
8-2 S5 to S0 Timing Diagram .................................................................................... 363

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 8-3 S3/M3 to S0 Timing Diagram............................................................................... 364
8-4 S5/Moff - S5/M3 Timing Diagram ......................................................................... 364
8-5 S0 to S5 Timing Diagram .................................................................................... 365
8-6 DRAMPWRGD Timing Diagram ............................................................................. 365
8-7 Clock Cycle Time ............................................................................................... 366
8-8 Transmitting Position (Data to Strobe).................................................................. 366
8-9 Clock Timing ..................................................................................................... 366
8-11 Setup and Hold Times ........................................................................................ 367
8-12 Float Delay ....................................................................................................... 367
8-13 Pulse Width....................................................................................................... 367
8-10 Valid Delay from Rising Clock Edge ...................................................................... 367
8-14 Output Enable Delay .......................................................................................... 368
8-15 USB Rise and Fall Times ..................................................................................... 368
8-16 USB Jitter ......................................................................................................... 368
8-17 USB EOP Width ................................................................................................. 369
8-18 SMBus/SMLINK Transaction ................................................................................ 369
8-19 SMBus/SMLINK Timeout ..................................................................................... 369
8-20 SPI Timings ...................................................................................................... 370
8-21 Intel® High Definition Audio Input and Output Timings ........................................... 370
8-22 Dual Channel Interface Timings ........................................................................... 371
8-23 Dual Channel Interface Timings ........................................................................... 371
8-24 LVDS Load and Transition Times .......................................................................... 371
8-25 Transmitting Position (Data to Strobe).................................................................. 372
8-26 PCI Express Transmitter Eye ............................................................................... 372
8-27 PCI Express Receiver Eye.................................................................................... 373
8-28 Measurement Points for Differential Waveforms. .................................................... 374
8-29 PCH Test Load ................................................................................................... 375
8-30 Controller Link Receive Timings ........................................................................... 375
8-31 Controller Link Receive Slew Rate ........................................................................ 375

Tables
1-1 Industry Specifications ......................................................................................... 44
1-2 PCI Devices and Functions .................................................................................... 48
1-3 Intel® 5 Series Chipset Desktop SKUs .................................................................... 55
1-4 Intel® 5 Series Chipset Mobile SKUs....................................................................... 56
1-5 Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Server SKUs ................................................................. 57
2-1 Direct Media Interface Signals ............................................................................... 61
2-2 PCI Express* Signals............................................................................................ 61
2-3 Firmware Hub Interface Signals ............................................................................. 62
2-4 PCI Interface Signals............................................................................................ 63
2-5 Serial ATA Interface Signals .................................................................................. 65
2-6 LPC Interface Signals ........................................................................................... 68
2-7 Interrupt Signals ................................................................................................. 68
2-8 USB Interface Signals........................................................................................... 69
2-9 Power Management Interface Signals ..................................................................... 71
2-10 Processor Interface Signals ................................................................................... 74
2-11 SM Bus Interface Signals ...................................................................................... 74
2-12 System Management Interface Signals ................................................................... 75
2-13 Real Time Clock Interface ..................................................................................... 75
2-14 Miscellaneous Signals ........................................................................................... 76
2-15 Intel® High Definition Audio Link Signals................................................................. 77
2-16 Controller Link Signals.......................................................................................... 78
2-17 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Signals.................................................................. 78
2-18 Intel® Quiet System Technology Signals ................................................................. 79
2-19 JTAG Signals ....................................................................................................... 80
2-20 Clock Interface Signals ......................................................................................... 80
2-21 LVDS Interface Signals ......................................................................................... 82
2-22 Analog Display Interface Signals ............................................................................ 83
2-23 Intel® Flexible Display Interface Signals ................................................................. 84
2-24 Digital Display Interface Signals............................................................................. 84
2-25 General Purpose I/O Signals.................................................................................. 87
2-26 Manageability Signals ........................................................................................... 90
2-27 Power and Ground Signals .................................................................................... 91
2-28 Functional Strap Definitions................................................................................... 93
3-1 Integrated Pull-Up and Pull-Down Resistors ............................................................. 99

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 3-2 Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Desktop Configurations ........... 101
3-3 Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Mobile Configurations ............. 106
3-4 Power Plane for Input Signals for Desktop Configurations ........................................ 112
3-5 Power Plane for Input Signals for Mobile Configurations ........................................... 115
4-1 PCH System Clock Inputs .................................................................................... 119
4-2 PCH System Clock Outputs .................................................................................. 120
5-1 PCI Bridge Initiator Cycle Types ........................................................................... 123
5-2 Type 1 Address Format ....................................................................................... 126
5-3 MSI versus PCI IRQ Actions ................................................................................. 128
5-4 LAN Mode Support.............................................................................................. 135
5-5 LPC Cycle Types Supported ................................................................................. 140
5-6 Start Field Bit Definitions..................................................................................... 141
5-7 Cycle Type Bit Definitions .................................................................................... 141
5-8 Transfer Size Bit Definition .................................................................................. 141
5-9 SYNC Bit Definition ............................................................................................. 142
5-10 DMA Transfer Size .............................................................................................. 145
5-11 Address Shifting in 16-Bit I/O DMA Transfers ......................................................... 146
5-12 Counter Operating Modes .................................................................................... 151
5-13 Interrupt Controller Core Connections ................................................................... 153
5-14 Interrupt Status Registers ................................................................................... 154
5-15 Content of Interrupt Vector Byte .......................................................................... 154
5-16 APIC Interrupt Mapping1 ..................................................................................... 160
5-17 Stop Frame Explanation ...................................................................................... 163
5-18 Data Frame Format ............................................................................................ 164
5-19 Configuration Bits Reset by RTCRST# Assertion...................................................... 167
5-20 INIT# Going Active............................................................................................. 169
5-21 NMI Sources...................................................................................................... 170
5-22 General Power States for Systems Using the PCH ................................................... 171
5-23 State Transition Rules for the PCH ........................................................................ 172
5-24 System Power Plane ........................................................................................... 173
5-25 Causes of SMI and SCI ....................................................................................... 174
5-26 Sleep Types....................................................................................................... 178
5-27 GPI Wake Events ............................................................................................... 180
5-28 Transitions Due to Power Failure .......................................................................... 181
5-29 Transitions Due to Power Button .......................................................................... 182
5-30 Transitions Due to RI# Signal .............................................................................. 183
5-31 Write Only Registers with Read Paths in ALT Access Mode........................................ 185
5-32 PIC Reserved Bits Return Values .......................................................................... 187
5-33 Register Write Accesses in ALT Access Mode .......................................................... 187
5-34 SLP_LAN# Pin Behavior ...................................................................................... 189
5-35 Causes of Host and Global Resets ......................................................................... 191
5-36 Event Transitions that Cause Messages ................................................................. 195
5-37 Multi-activity LED message type ........................................................................... 209
5-38 Legacy Replacement Routing ............................................................................... 212
5-39 Debug Port Behavior........................................................................................... 220
5-40 I2C Block Read................................................................................................... 230
5-41 Enable for SMBALERT# ....................................................................................... 232
5-42 Enables for SMBus Slave Write and SMBus Host Events ........................................... 233
5-43 Enables for the Host Notify Command ................................................................... 233
5-44 Slave Write Registers.......................................................................................... 234
5-45 Command Types ................................................................................................ 235
5-46 Slave Read Cycle Format..................................................................................... 236
5-47 Data Values for Slave Read Registers.................................................................... 236
5-48 Host Notify Format ............................................................................................. 239
5-49 I2C Write Commands to the ME ............................................................................ 243
5-50 Block Read Command – Byte Definition ................................................................. 244
5-51 Processor Core Read Data Definition ..................................................................... 246
5-52 Region Size versus Erase Granularity of Flash Components ...................................... 259
5-53 Region Access Control Table ................................................................................ 262
5-54 Hardware Sequencing Commands and Opcode Requirements ................................... 265
5-55 Flash Protection Mechanism Summary .................................................................. 266
5-56 Recommended Pinout for 8-Pin Serial Flash Device ................................................. 267
5-57 Recommended Pinout for 16-Pin Serial Flash Device ............................................... 268
5-58 PCH supported Audio formats over HDMI and DisplayPort* ...................................... 276
5-59 PCH Digital Display Port Pin Mapping..................................................................... 278
5-60 Display Co-Existence Table .................................................................................. 279
6-1 PCH Ballout by Signal name (Desktop Only)........................................................... 286

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 6-2 PCH Ballout by Signal name (Mobile Only)............................................................. 297
6-3 PCH Ballout by Signal name (Mobile SFF Only)....................................................... 309
8-1 Storage Conditions............................................................................................. 325
8-2 Mobile Thermal Design Power .............................................................................. 326
8-3 PCH Absolute Maximum Ratings........................................................................... 326
8-4 PCH Power Supply Range.................................................................................... 327
8-5 Measured ICC (Desktop Only) ............................................................................. 327
8-6 Measured ICC (Mobile Only)................................................................................ 328
8-7 Measured ICC (SFF Only) ................................................................................... 329
8-8 DC Characteristic Input Signal Association............................................................. 330
8-9 DC Input Characteristics ..................................................................................... 332
8-10 DC Characteristic Output Signal Association .......................................................... 334
8-11 DC Output Characteristics ................................................................................... 337
8-12 Other DC Characteristics..................................................................................... 339
8-13 Signal Groups ................................................................................................... 340
8-14 CRT DAC Signal Group DC Characteristics: Functional Operating Range
(VccADAC = 3.3 V ±5%) .................................................................................... 340
8-15 LVDS Interface: Functional Operating Range (VccALVDS = 3.3 V ±5%) .................... 341
8-16 Display Port Auxiliary Signal Group DC Characteristics ............................................ 341
8-17 PCI Express* Interface Timings ........................................................................... 342
8-18 HDMI Interface Timings (DDP[D:B][3:0]).............................................................. 343
8-19 SDVO Interface Timings...................................................................................... 343
8-20 DisplayPort Interface Timings (DDP[D:B][3:0])...................................................... 344
8-21 DisplayPort Aux Interface ................................................................................... 345
8-22 DDC Characteristics
DDC Signals: CRT_DDC_CLK, CRT_DDC_DATA, L_DDC_CLK, L_DDC_DATA, SDVO_CTRLCLK, SDVO_CTRLDATA, DDP[D:C]_CTRLCLK,
DDP[D:C]_CTRLDATA .......................................................................................................
345
8-23 LVDS Interface AC characteristics at Various Frequencies ........................................ 346
8-24 CRT DAC AC Characteristics ................................................................................ 348
8-25 Clock Timings.................................................................................................... 348
8-26 PCI Interface Timing .......................................................................................... 352
8-27 Universal Serial Bus Timing ................................................................................. 353
8-28 SATA Interface Timings ...................................................................................... 354
8-29 SMBus Timing ................................................................................................... 354
8-30 Intel® High Definition Audio Timing ...................................................................... 355
8-31 LPC Timing ....................................................................................................... 355
8-32 Miscellaneous Timings ........................................................................................ 356
8-33 SPI Timings (20 MHz)......................................................................................... 356
8-34 SPI Timings (33 MHz)......................................................................................... 357
8-35 SPI Timings (50 MHz)......................................................................................... 357
8-36 SST Timings...................................................................................................... 358
8-37 PECI Timings..................................................................................................... 359
8-38 Controller Link Receive Timings ........................................................................... 359
8-39 Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings.......................................................... 360
9-1 PCI Devices and Functions .................................................................................. 378
9-2 Fixed I/O Ranges Decoded by Intel® PCH.............................................................. 379
9-3 Variable I/O Decode Ranges ................................................................................ 382
9-4 Memory Decode Ranges from Processor Perspective ............................................... 383
10-1 Chipset Configuration Register Memory Map (Memory Space) .................................. 387
11-1 PCI Bridge Register Address Map (PCI-PCI—D30:F0) .............................................. 435
12-1 Gigabit LAN Configuration Registers Address Map
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) ....................................................................................... 453
13-1 LPC Interface PCI Register Address Map (LPC I/F—D31:F0) ..................................... 467
13-2 DMA Registers................................................................................................... 492
13-3 PIC Registers .................................................................................................... 503
13-4 APIC Direct Registers ......................................................................................... 511
13-5 APIC Indirect Registers....................................................................................... 511
13-6 RTC I/O Registers .............................................................................................. 516
13-7 RTC (Standard) RAM Bank .................................................................................. 517
13-8 Processor Interface PCI Register Address Map ....................................................... 521
13-9 Power Management PCI Register Address Map (PM—D31:F0)................................... 524
13-10 APM Register Map .............................................................................................. 531
13-11 ACPI and Legacy I/O Register Map ....................................................................... 532
13-12 TCO I/O Register Address Map............................................................................. 551
13-13 Registers to Control GPIO Address Map................................................................. 558
14-1 SATA Controller PCI Register Address Map (SATA–D31:F2)...................................... 571
14-2 Bus Master IDE I/O Register Address Map ............................................................. 600

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 14-3 AHCI Register Address Map ................................................................................. 608
14-4 Generic Host Controller Register Address Map ........................................................ 609
14-5 Port [5:0] DMA Register Address Map ................................................................... 619
15-1 SATA Controller PCI Register Address Map (SATA–D31:F5) ...................................... 637
15-2 Bus Master IDE I/O Register Address Map ............................................................. 655
16-1 USB EHCI PCI Register Address Map (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) ........................... 663
16-2 Enhanced Host Controller Capability Registers........................................................ 685
16-3 Enhanced Host Controller Operational Register Address Map .................................... 688
16-4 Debug Port Register Address Map ......................................................................... 701
17-1 Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) ................................................................... 705
17-2 Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) ................................................................... 728
18-1 SMBus Controller PCI Register Address Map (SMBus—D31:F3) ................................. 757
18-2 SMBus I/O and Memory Mapped I/O Register Address Map ...................................... 764
19-1 PCI Express* Configuration Registers Address Map
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/) .................................................... 775
20-1 Memory-Mapped Registers .................................................................................. 815
21-1 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Register Address Map
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) ....................................................... 823
21-2 Gigabit LAN SPI Flash Program Register Address Map
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)................................................ 846
22-1 Thermal Sensor Register Address Map................................................................... 859
22-2 Thermal Memory Mapped Configuration Register Address Map.................................. 868
23-1 Intel® MEI Configuration Registers Address Map
(MEI—D22:F0)................................................................................................... 887
23-1 MEI1 Configuration Registers Address Map
(MEI—D22:F1)................................................................................................... 899
23-2 MEI MMIO Register Address Map (VE—D23:F0) ...................................................... 909
23-3 MEI MMIO Register Address Map (VE—D23:F0) ...................................................... 912
23-4 IDE Function for remote boot and Installations PT IDER Register Address Map............ 915
23-5 IDE BAR0 Register Address Map ........................................................................... 924
23-6 IDE BAR4 Register Address Map ........................................................................... 935
23-7 Serial Port for Remote Keyboard and Text (KT) Redirection Register
Address Map...................................................................................................... 942
23-8 KT IO/ Memory Mapped Device Register Address Map ............................................. 949

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Revision History

Revision
Description Revision Date
Number

001 • Initial release. September 2009

• SATA Port Multiplier Removal

• 1.5V On-Die PLL Voltage Regulator Support Removal
• Update on Note 9 for Table 2-25, “General Purpose I/O Signal”
• Updated GPIO15 and GPIO27 in Table 2-28, “Functional Strap Definition”
• Added Measure Icc for SFF Table
• Updated Measured Icc for Desktop and Mobile Tables
• Updated Table 2-20 CLKOUTFLEX0 type
• Updated PCIe Port Configurations
• Updated PME_B0_S5_DIS Bit Discription
• Updated Section 5.14.2.2 Advanced TCO Mode
• Updated Table 9-9 Other DC Characteristics
002 January 2010
• Updated GCAP_ID Default Value
• Updated t240 and t218 Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings
• Added XTAL25 DC and AC Characteristics
• Added CEV1 Core Energy Value 1 Register to Section 22.2
• Updated Section 14.4.1.11 VSP - Vendor Specific Default Value
• Updated Desktop SKUs Definitions
• Added BCLK Input to AC Characteristics
• Updated MPC2- Miscellaneous Port Configuration Register 2
• Updated DMIC - DMI Control Register Description
• Updated NV_CLE Nomical pull-down in Table 3-1. Integrated Pull-ups and Pull-Downs
• Updated Section 10.1.62 BUC - Backed Up Control Register

• Addeed Intel® B55 Express Chipset

• Updated bit description for USBIRA—USB Initialization Register A
• Updated Table 2-29. Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Device
and Revision ID Table.
• Updated bit description for GP_RST_SEL1 — GPIO Reset Select register
• Updated bit description for GP_RST_SEL2 — GPIO Reset Select register
003 June 2010
• Updated bit description for GP_RST_SEL3 — GPIO Reset Select register
• Update Table 3-1 to include SPI_CS0#
• Updated Table 8-1, Storage Conditions
• Added Section 5.27.2.9 through Section 5.27.2.14
• Updated Table 8-14, PCI Express* Interface Timings
• Updated Section 21.1.2, HSFS—Hardware Sequencing Flash Status Register

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 Revision
Description Revision Date
Number

• Updated Table 1-1, Industry Standards

• Updated Section 1.2, Overview
— Updated the initial set of bullets
— Updated Intel® Active Management Technology Section
— Updated Serial Over Lan (SOL) Function Section
— Added KVM Section
— Updated IDE-R Function Section
— Added PCH Display Interface Section
— Added Intel® Flexible Display Interconnect (FDI) Section
• Updated Table 2-5, Serial ATA Interface Signals
— Added TEMP_ALERT# to the SATA5GP /GPIO49 / TEMP_ALERT# Signals
— SCLOCK/GPIO22 Signal
• Added note under Table 2-7, “Interrupt Signals”
• Updated Table 2-8, “USB Interface Signals” Overcurrent Indicators description.
• Updated Table 2-9, “Power Management Interface Signals” description for SLP_LAN#/
GPIO29.
• Update Table 2-15, “Intel High Definition Audio LInk Signals” description for
HDA_DOCK_RST#/GPIO13.
• Added Note 12 to Table 2-25, “General Purpose I/O SIgnals”.
• Updated Table 2-27, “Power and Ground Signals” description for DcpSusByp.
• Updated Table 2-28, “Functional Strap Definitions” Comment column for GNT3#/
GPIO55.
• Updated Table 2-29, “Intel 5 Series Chipset and Intel 3400 Series Chipset Device and
Revision ID Table”.
004 • Added Note to Section 5.2, “PCI Express* Root Ports (D28:F0, F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7)”. January 2012
• Added note on wake up settings to Section 5.3.4.1.1, “Advanced Power Management
Wake Up” and Section 5.3.4.1.2, “ACPI Power Management Wake Up”.
• Updated Table 5-27, “Causes of Wake Events”.
• ”Added Section 5.13.10.5, “SLP_LAN# Pin Behavior” and Section 5.13.10.6, “RTCRST#
and SRTCRST#”.
• Updated Section 5.13.13, “Reset Behavior”.
• Updated Section 5.14.2.2, “Advanced TCO Mode”.
• Updated Section 5.16.11, “SGPIO Signals”.
• Added note to Block Read/Write command in Section 5.20.1.1, “Command Protocols”
for the SMBus Host Controller.
• Updated Section 5.27, “PCH Display Interfaces”.
• Updated Section 8.2, “Absolute Maximum and Minimum Ratings”.
• Updated VOL3 and VOH3 in Table 8-10, “DC Output Characteristics”.
• Updated VccVRM in Table 8-11, “Other DC Characteristics”. Also, Added Note 3 to the
table.
• Added notes to Table 8-16, “PCI Express* Interface Timings”, Table 8-17, “HDMI
Interface Timings”, and Table 8-18, “SDVO Interface Timings“.
• Added SMLink0 Clock timings to Table 8-24, “Clock Timings”.
• Updated Table 8-28, “SMBus Timing”.
• Updated Table 8-37, “Controller Link Receive Timings”.
• Added Note 18 to Table 8-18, “Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings” for
LAN_RST# timing.
• Added Figure 8-30, “Controller Link Receive Timings” and Figure 8-31, “Controller Link
Receive Slew Rate”.

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Description Revision Date
Number

• Chapter 9, “Register and Memory Mapping”

— Added R/WL register access attribute definition and updated the definition for
“Default”.
— Added notes to Table 9-1, “PCI Devices and Functions”.
— Updated Table 9-2, “Fixed I/O Ranges Decoded by Intel PCH”.
— Updated Table 9-3, “Variable I/O Decode Ranges”.
— Updated Table 9-4, “Memory Decode Ranges from Processor Perspective”.
— Updated Section 9.4.1, “Boot-Block Update Scheme”.
• Updated Section 10.1.9, “LCAP—Link Capabilities Register” Bits 17:15 L1 Exit Latency
(EL1).
• Updated Section 10.1.10, “LCTL—Link Control Register”.
• Updated Section 10.1.15, “RPFN—Root Port Function Number and Hide for PCI
Express* Root Ports” for bits 30:28 and 26:24.
• Updated Section 10.1.43, “OIC— Other Interrupt Control Register” note below table.
• Updated Section 10.1.62, “BUC—Backed Up control Register” bit 5 and bit 0.
• Updated Section 10.1.64, “CG—Clock Gating Register” bits 29:28.
• Updated Section 10.1.69, “USBOCM2—Overcurrent MAP Register 2”.
• Added Section 13.1.12, “CAPP—Capability List Pointer Register (LPC I/F—D31:Fo)
• Updated Section 14.1.22, “IDE_TIM—IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F2)”.
• Added Section 14.1.23, “SIDETIM—Slave IDE Timing Register”, Section 14.1.24,
“SDMA_CNT—Synchronous DMA Control Register”, Section 14.1.25,
“SDMA_TIM—Synchronous DMA Timing Register”, and Section 14.1.26,
“IDE_CONFIG—IDE I/O COnfiguration Register”.
• Updated Section 14.1.37, “SCLKGC—SATA Clock General Configuration Register”.
• Updated Section 14.3.2.3, “PxSERR—Serial ATA Error Register (B31:F2)” bit 23.
004 • Updated Section 14.4.1.10, “RSTF—RST Feature Capabilities Register” bit 7. January 2012
• Updated Section 14.4.1.12, “Intel® RST Feature Capabilities”.
• Updated Section 14.4.2.5, “PxIS—Port [5:0] Interrupt Status Register (D31:F2)” and
Section 14.4.2.6, “PxIE—Port [5:0] Interrupt Enable Register 9D31:F2)”
• Updated Section 15.1.21, “IDE_TIM—IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F5)”
• Added Section 15.1.22, “SDMA_CNT—Synchronous DMA Control Register”, Section
15.1.23, “SDMB_TIM—Synchronous DMA Timing Register”, and Section 15.1.24,
“IDE_CONFIG—IDE I/O COnfiguration Register”.
• Added note to Section 16.1, “USB EHCI Configuration Registers (USB EHCI—D29:F0,
D26:F0)”.
• Updated Section 16.1.20, “PWR_CNTL_STS—Power Managment Control/Status
Register” bits 1:0.
• Updated Section 16.1.31, “EHCIR1—EHCI Initialization Register 1”
• Added Section 16.1.32, “EHCIIR2—EHCI Initialization Register 2, Section 16.1.38,
“EHCIIR3—EHCI Initialization Register 3”, and Section 16.1.39, “EHCIIR4—EHCI
Initialization Register 4”.
• Added Section 17.1.20, “HDINIT1—Intel High Definition Audio Initialization Register
1”.
• Updated Section 17.2.15, “SSYNC—Stream Synchronization Register”.
• Added note to Section 19.1, “PCI Express Configuration Registers (PCI
Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)”.
• Updated Section 21.1.2, “HSFS—Hardware Sequencing Flash Status Register” bit 13
and Section 21.4.2, “HSFS—Hardware Sequencing Flash Status Register” bit 13
• Updated Section 22.1.3, “CMD—Command” bit 2.
• Updated Section 22.2.5, “TSTTP—Thermal Sensor Temperature Trip Point Register” bits
23:16.
• Updated Section 22.2.12, “PTA—PCH Temperature Adjust”.

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Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
Features

 Direct Media Interface  USB 2.0

— 10 Gb/s each direction, full duplex — Two EHCI Host Controllers, supporting up to
— Transparent to software fourteen external ports
 PCI Express* — Per-Port-Disable Capability
— NEW: 8 PCI Express root ports — Includes up to two USB 2.0 High-speed Debug
— NEW: PCI Express 2.0 specification running at Ports
2.5 GT/s. — Supports wake-up from sleeping states S1–S4
— NEW: Ports 1–4 or Ports 5–8 can independently — Supports legacy Keyboard/Mouse software
be configured to support four x1s, two x2s, one  Integrated Gigabit LAN Controller
x2 and 2 x1s, or one x4 port widths. — NEW: PCI Express* connection
— Support for full 2.5 Gb/s bandwidth in each — Integrated ASF Management Controller
direction per x1 lane — Network security with System Defense
— Module based Hot-Plug supported (such as, — Supports IEEE 802.3
ExpressCard*) — 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Support
 PCI Bus Interface — Jumbo Frame Support
— Supports PCI Rev 2.3 Specification at 33 MHz  Intel® Active Management Technology with System
— Four available PCI REQ/GNT pairs Defense
— Support for 64-bit addressing on PCI using DAC — NEW: Network Outbreak Containment Heuristics
protocol  Intel® I/O Virtualization (VT-d) Support
 Integrated Serial ATA Host Controller  Intel® Trusted Execution Technology Support
— Up to six SATA ports  Power Management Logic
— Supports ACPI 4.0a
— Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s
— ACPI-defined power states (system level S0, S1,
(300 MB/s).
— Integrated AHCI controller S3, S4, and S5 states, various internal device
levels of Dx states, and processor driven C
 External SATA support
— NEW: Port Disable Capability states)
 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology — ACPI Power Management Timer
— Configures the PCH SATA controller as a RAID — SMI# generation
controller supporting RAID 0/1/5/10 — All registers readable/restorable for proper
 Intel® High Definition Audio Interface resume from 0 V suspend states
— PCI Express endpoint — Support for A-based legacy power management
— Independent Bus Master logic for eight general for non-ACPI implementations
purpose streams: four input and four output  External Glue Integration
— Support four external Codecs — Integrated Pull-up, Pull-down and Series
— Supports variable length stream slots Termination resistors on processor interface
— Supports multichannel, 32-bit sample depth, — Integrated Pull-down and Series resistors on USB
192 kHz sample rate output  Enhanced DMA Controller
— Provides mic array support — Two cascaded 8237 DMA controllers
— Allows for non-48 kHz sampling output — Supports LPC DMA
— Support for ACPI Device States
— Low Voltage Mode
 Intel® Quiet System Technology
— Four TACH signals and Four PWM signals
 Simple Serial Transport (SST) 1.0 Bus and Platform
Environmental Control Interface (PECI)

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  SMBus  Interrupt Controller
— Faster speed, up to 100 kbps — Supports up to eight PCI interrupt pins
— Flexible SMBus/SMLink architecture to optimize — Supports PCI 2.3 Message Signaled Interrupts
for ASF — Two cascaded 8259 with 15 interrupts
— Provides independent manageability bus through — Integrated I/O APIC capability with 24 interrupts
SMLink interface — Supports Processor System Bus interrupt
— Supports SMBus 2.0 Specification delivery
— Host interface allows processor to communicate  1.05 V operation with 1.5 V and 3.3 V I/O
using SMBus — 5 V tolerant buffers on PCI, USB and selected
— Slave interface allows an internal or external Legacy signals
Microcontroller to access system resources  1.05 V Core Voltage
— Compatible with most two-wire components that  Five Integrated Voltage Regulators for different
are also I2C compatible power rails
 Firmware Hub Interface supports BIOS Memory size
 High Precision Event Timers up to 8 MB
— Advanced operating system interrupt scheduling
 Low Pin Count (LPC) I/F
 Timers Based on 8254 — Supports two Master/DMA devices.
— System timer, Refresh request, Speaker tone — Support for Security Device (Trusted Platform
output Module) connected to LPC.
 Real-Time Clock  GPIO
— 256-byte battery-backed CMOS RAM — TTL, Open-Drain, Inversion
— Integrated oscillator components — GPIO lock down
— Lower Power DC/DC Converter implementation  Package
 System TCO Reduction Circuits — 27 mm x 27 mm FCBGA (Desktop Only)
— Timers to generate SMI# and Reset upon — 27 mm x 25 mm FCBGA (Mobile Only)
detection of system hang — 22 mm x 20 mm FCBGA (Mobile SFF Only)
— Timers to detect improper processor reset
 Analog Display Port
— Integrated processor frequency strap logic  Digital Display
— Supports ability to disable external devices — Three Digital Display ports capable of supporting
 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) HDMI/DVI and Display port
— Supports up to two SPI devices — One Digital Display port supporting SDVO
— Supports 20 MHz, 33 MHz, and 50 MHz SPI — LDVS (Mobile Only)
devices  Intel® Anti-Theft Technology
— Support up to two different erase granularities  JTAG
— Boundary Scan for testing during board
manufacturing
Note: Not all features are available on all PCH SKUs. See Section 1.3 for more details.

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1 Introduction
1.1 About This Manual
This document is intended for Original Equipment Manufacturers and BIOS vendors
creating Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset based products. This
document is for the following components:
• Intel® 5 Series Chipset
— Intel® P55 Express Chipset
— Intel® H55 Express Chipset
— Intel® H57 Express Chipset
— Intel® Q57 Express Chipset
— Intel® B55 Express Chipset
— Intel® PM55 Express Chipset
— Intel® QM57 Express Chipset
— Intel® HM55 Express Chipset
— Intel® HM57 Express Chipset
— Intel® QS57 Express Chipset
• Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
— Intel® 3400 Chipset
— Intel® 3420 Chipset
— Intel® 3450 Chipset

Section 1.3 provides high-level feature differences for the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and
Intel® 3400 Series Chipset.

Note: Throughout this document, PCH is used as a general term and refers to the Intel® 5
Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset, unless specifically noted otherwise.

Note: Throughout this document, the term “Desktop” refers to information that is for the
Intel® P55 Express Chipset, Intel® H55 Express Chipset, Intel® H57 Express Chipset,
Intel® Q57 Express Chipset, Intel® B55 Express Chipset, Intel® 3400 Chipset, Intel®
3420 Chipset, Intel® 3450 Chipset, unless specifically noted otherwise.

Throughout this document, the term “Mobile Only” refers to information that is for the
Intel® PM55 Express Chipset, Intel® QM57 Express Chipset, Intel® HM55 Express
Chipset, Intel® HM57 Express Chipset, and the Intel® QS57 Express Chipset, unless
specifically noted otherwise.

This manual assumes a working knowledge of the vocabulary and principles of PCI
Express*, USB, AHCI, SATA, Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio), SMBus,
PCI, ACPI, and LPC. Although some details of these features are described within this
manual, see the individual industry specifications listed in Table 1-1 for the complete
details.

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Table 1-1. Industry Specifications

Specification Location

PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision 1.1 http://www.pcisig.com/specifications

PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision 2.0 http://www.pcisig.com/specifications
Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.1 http://developer.intel.com/design/
(LPC) chipsets/industry/lpc.htm
System Management Bus Specification, Version 2.0
http://www.smbus.org/specs/
(SMBus)
PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 (PCI) http://www.pcisig.com/specifications
PCI Power Management Specification, Revision 1.2 http://www.pcisig.com/specifications
SFF-8485 Specification for Serial GPIO (SGPIO) Bus,
ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8485.PDF
Revision 0.7
Advanced Host Controller Interface specification for http://www.intel.com/technology/
Serial ATA, Revision 1.2 serialata/ahci.htm
Intel® High Definition Audio Specification, Revision http://www.intel.com/standards/
1.0 hdaudio/
Universal Serial Bus Specification (USB), Revision 2.0 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, Version
http://www.acpi.info/spec.htm
3.0b (ACPI)
Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification for http://developer.intel.com/technology/
Universal Serial Bus, Revision 1.0 (EHCI) usb/ehcispec.htm
Serial ATA Specification, Revision 2.5 http://www.serialata.org/
Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0, Revision
http://www.serialata.org/
1.0
Serial ATA II Cables and Connectors Volume 2 Gold http://www.serialata.org/
Alert Standard Format Specification, Version 1.03 http://www.dmtf.org/standards/asf
IEEE 802.3 Fast Ethernet http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/
AT Attachment - 6 with Packet Interface (ATA/ATAPI -
http://T13.org (T13 1410D)
6)
IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timers) http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/
Specification, Revision 0.98a hpetspec.htm
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/
TPM Specification 1.02, Level 2 Revision 103
specs/TPM
http://www.intel.com/technology/
Intel® Virtualization Technology platform-technology/virtualization/
index.htm

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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 1 introduces the PCH and provides information on manual organization and
gives a general overview of the PCH.

Chapter 2. Signal Description

Chapter 2 provides a block diagram of the PCH and a detailed description of each
signal. Signals are arranged according to interface and details are provided as to the
drive characteristics (Input/Output, Open Drain, etc.) of all signals.

Chapter 3. PCH Pin States

Chapter 3 provides a complete list of signals, their associated power well, their logic
level in each power state, and their logic level before and after reset.

Chapter 4. PCH and System Clock Domains

Chapter 4 provides a list of each clock domain associated with the PCH in an Intel® 5
Series Chipset or Intel® 3400 Series Chipset based system.

Chapter 5. Functional Description

Chapter 5 provides a detailed description of the functions in the PCH. All PCI buses,
devices and functions in this manual are abbreviated using the following nomenclature;
Bus:Device:Function. This manual abbreviates buses as B0 and B1, devices as D22,
D25, D25, D26, D27, D28, D29, D30 and D31 and functions as F0, F1, F2, F3, F4, F5,
F6 and F7. For example Device 31 Function 0 is abbreviated as D31:F0, Bus 1 Device 8
Function 0 is abbreviated as B1:D8:F0. Generally, the bus number will not be used, and
can be considered to be Bus 0. Note that the PCH external PCI bus is typically Bus 1,
but may be assigned a different number depending upon system configuration.

Chapter 6. Ballout Definition

Chapter 6 provides a table of each signal and its ball assignment in the package.

Chapter 7. Package Information

Chapter 7 provides drawings of the physical dimensions and characteristics of the
package.

Chapter 8. Electrical Characteristics

Chapter 8 provides all AC and DC characteristics including detailed timing diagrams.

Chapter 9. Register and Memory Mappings

Chapter 9 provides an overview of the registers, fixed I/O ranges, variable I/O ranges
and memory ranges decoded by the PCH.

Chapter 10. Chipset Configuration Registers

Chapter 10 provides a detailed description of all registers and base functionality that is
related to chipset configuration and not a specific interface (such as LPC, PCI, or PCI
Express*). It contains the root complex register block, which describes the behavior of
the upstream internal link.

Chapter 11. PCI-to-PCI Bridge Registers

Chapter 11 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the PCI-to-PCI
bridge. This bridge resides at Device 30, Function 0 (D30:F0).

Chapter 12. Integrated LAN Controller Registers

Chapter 12 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the PCH’s
integrated LAN controller. The integrated LAN Controller resides at Device 25, Function
0 (D25:F0).

Chapter 13. LPC Bridge Registers

Chapter 13 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the LPC bridge.
This bridge resides at Device 31, Function 0 (D31:F0). This function contains registers
for many different units within the PCH including DMA, Timers, Interrupts, Processor
Interface, GPIO, Power Management, System Management and RTC.

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Chapter 14. SATA Controller Registers

Chapter 14 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the SATA
controller #1. This controller resides at Device 31, Function 2 (D31:F2).

Chapter 15. SATA Controller Registers

Chapter 15 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the SATA
controller #2. This controller resides at Device 31, Function 5 (D31:F5).

Chapter 16. EHCI Controller Registers

Chapter 16 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the two EHCI
host controllers. These controllers reside at Device 29, Function 0 (D29:F0) and Device
26, Function 0 (D26:F0).

Chapter 17. Intel® High Definition Audio Controller Registers

Chapter 17 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the Intel® High
Definition Audio controller. This controller resides at Device 27, Function 0 (D27:F0).

Chapter 18. SMBus Controller Registers

Chapter 18 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the SMBus
controller. This controller resides at Device 31, Function 3 (D31:F3).

Chapter 19. PCI Express* Port Controller Registers

Chapter 19 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the PCI Express
controller. This controller resides at Device 28, Functions 0 to 5 (D28:F0-F7).

Chapter 20. High Precision Event Timers Registers

Chapter 20 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the multimedia
timer memory mapped register space.

Chapter 21. Serial Peripheral Interface Registers

Chapter 21 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the SPI
memory mapped register space.

Chapter 22. Thermal Sensors

Chapter 22 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the thermal
sensors PCI configuration space. The registers reside at Device 31, Function 6
(D31:F6).

Chapter 23. Intel® Management Engine (Intel® ME)

Chapter 23 provides a detailed description of all registers that reside in the Intel ME
controller. The registers reside at Device 22, Function 0 (D22:F0).

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1.2 Overview
The PCH provides extensive I/O support. Functions and capabilities include:
• PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision 2.0 support for up to eight ports
• PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 support for 33 MHz PCI operations
(supports up to four Req/Gnt pairs)
• ACPI Power Management Logic Support, Revision 3.0b
• Enhanced DMA controller, interrupt controller, and timer functions
• Integrated Serial ATA host controllers with independent DMA operation on up to six
ports
• USB host interface with support for up to fourteen USB ports; two EHCI high-speed
USB 2.0 Host controllers and 2 rate matching hubs
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet MAC with System Defense
• System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 with additional
support for I2C devices
• Supports Intel® High Definition Audio
• Supports Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
• Supports Intel® Active Management Technology
• Supports Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
• Supports Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
• Supports Intel® Flexible Display Interconnect (Intel® FDI)
• Supports buffered mode generating extra clocks from a clock chip
• Analog and Digital Display ports
— Analog CRT
— HDMI
— DVI
— DisplayPort 1.1
— SDVO
— LVDS (Mobile Only)
— Embedded DisplayPort
• Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
• Firmware Hub (FWH) interface support
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support
• Intel® Quiet System Technology (Desktop only)
• Intel® Anti-Theft Technology
• JTAG Boundary Scan support

The PCH incorporates a variety of PCI devices and functions, as shown in Table 1-2.
They are divided into eight logical devices. The first is the DMI-To-PCI bridge (Device
30). The second device (Device 31) contains most of the standard PCI functions that
always existed in the PCI-to-ISA bridges (South Bridges), such as the Intel® PIIX4. The
third and fourth (Device 29 and Device 26) are the USB host controller devices. The
fifth (Device 28) is the PCI Express device. The sixth (Device 27) is the HD Audio
controller device, and the seventh (Device 25) is the Gigabit Ethernet controller device.
The eighth (Device 22) is the Intel® Management Engine Interface Controller.

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Table 1-2. PCI Devices and Functions

Bus:Device:Function Function Description

Bus 0:Device 30:Function 0 DMI-to-PCI Bridge

Bus 0:Device 31:Function 0 LPC Controller1
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 2 SATA Controller #1
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 5 SATA Controller #23
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 6 Thermal Subsystem
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 3 SMBus Controller
Bus 0:Device 29:Function 0 USB HS EHCI Controller #1
Bus 0:Device 26:Fucntion 0 USB HS EHCI Controller #2
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 0 PCI Express* Port 1
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 1 PCI Express Port 2
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 2 PCI Express Port 3
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 3 PCI Express Port 4
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 4 PCI Express Port 5
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 5 PCI Express Port 6
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 6 PCI Express Port 7
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 7 PCI Express Port 8
Bus 0:Device 27:Function 0 Intel® High Definition Audio Controller
Bus 0:Device 25:Function 0 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 0 Intel® Management Engine Interface (Intel® MEI) #1
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 1 Intel® Management Engine Interface (Intel® MEI) #2
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 2 IDE-R
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 3 KT

NOTES:
1. The PCI-to-LPC bridge contains registers that control LPC, Power Management, System
Management, GPIO, Processor Interface, RTC, Interrupts, Timers, and DMA.
2. Device 26:Function 2 may be configured as Device 29:Function 3 during BIOS Post.
3. SATA Controller 2 is only visible when D31:F2 CC.SCC=01h.

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1.2.1 Capability Overview

The following sub-sections provide an overview of the PCH capabilities.

Direct Media Interface (DMI)

Direct Media Interface (DMI) is the chip-to-chip connection between the processor and
PCH. This high-speed interface integrates advanced priority-based servicing allowing
for concurrent traffic and true isochronous transfer capabilities. Base functionality is
completely software-transparent, permitting current and legacy software to operate
normally.

PCI Express* Interface

The PCH provides up to 8 PCI Express Root Ports, supporting the PCI Express Base
Specification, Revision 2.0. Each Root Port supports 2.5 Gb/s bandwidth in each
direction (5 Gb/s concurrent). PCI Express Root Ports 1-4 and Ports 5–8 can be
independently configured as four x1s, two x2s, one x2 and 2 x1s, or one x4 port
widths.

Serial ATA (SATA) Controller

The PCH has two integrated SATA host controllers that support independent DMA
operation on up to six ports and supports data transfer rates of up to 3.0 GB/s (300
MB/s). The SATA controller contains two modes of operation—a legacy mode using I/O
space, and an AHCI mode using memory space. Software that uses legacy mode will
not have AHCI capabilities.

The PCH supports the Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a. The PCH also supports
several optional sections of the Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0
Specification, Revision 1.0 (AHCI support is required for some elements).

AHCI
The PCH provides hardware support for Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), a
new programming interface for SATA host controllers. Platforms supporting AHCI may
take advantage of performance features such as no master/slave designation for SATA
devices—each device is treated as a master—and hardware-assisted native command
queuing. AHCI also provides usability enhancements such as Hot-Plug. AHCI requires
appropriate software support (such as an AHCI driver) and for some features, hardware
support in the SATA device or additional platform hardware. See Section 1.3 for details
on SKU feature availability.

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology

The PCH provides support for Intel® Rapid Storage Technology, providing both AHCI
(see above for details on AHCI) and integrated RAID functionality. The industry-leading
RAID capability provides high-performance RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 functionality on up to
6 SATA ports of the PCH. Matrix RAID support is provided to allow multiple RAID levels
to be combined on a single set of hard drives, such as RAID 0 and RAID 1 on two disks.
Other RAID features include hot spare support, SMART alerting, and RAID 0 auto
replace. Software components include an Option ROM for pre-boot configuration and
boot functionality, a Microsoft Windows* compatible driver, and a user interface for
configuration and management of the RAID capability of the PCH. See Section 1.3 for
details on SKU feature availability.

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PCI Interface
The PCH PCI interface provides a 33 MHz, Revision 2.3 implementation. The PCH
integrates a PCI arbiter that supports up to four external PCI bus masters in addition to
the internal PCH requests. This allows for combinations of up to four PCI down devices
and PCI slots.

Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface

The PCH implements an LPC Interface as described in the LPC 1.1 Specification. The
Low Pin Count (LPC) bridge function of the PCH resides in PCI Device 31:Function 0. In
addition to the LPC bridge interface function, D31:F0 contains other functional units
including DMA, interrupt controllers, timers, power management, system management,
GPIO, and RTC.

Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

The PCH implements an SPI Interface as an alternative interface for the BIOS flash
device. An SPI flash device can be used as a replacement for the FWH, and is required
to support Gigabit Ethernet, Intel® Active Management Technology and integrated
Intel® Quiet System Technology. The PCH supports up to two SPI flash devices with
speeds of up to 50 MHz using two chip select pins.

Compatibility Modules (DMA Controller, Timer/Counters, Interrupt

Controller)
The DMA controller incorporates the logic of two 8237 DMA controllers, with seven
independently programmable channels. Channels 0–3 are hardwired to 8-bit, count-by-
byte transfers, and channels 5–7 are hardwired to 16-bit, count-by-word transfers. Any
two of the seven DMA channels can be programmed to support fast Type-F transfers.
Channel 4 is reserved as a generic bus master request.

The PCH supports LPC DMA, which is similar to ISA DMA, through the PCH’s DMA
controller. LPC DMA is handled through the use of the LDRQ# lines from peripherals
and special encoding on LAD[3:0] from the host. Single, Demand, Verify, and
Increment modes are supported on the LPC interface.

The timer/counter block contains three counters that are equivalent in function to those
found in one 8254 programmable interval timer. These three counters are combined to
provide the system timer function, and speaker tone. The 14.31818 MHz oscillator
input provides the clock source for these three counters.

The PCH provides an ISA-Compatible Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) that

incorporates the functionality of two 8259 interrupt controllers. The two interrupt
controllers are cascaded so that 14 external and two internal interrupts are possible. In
addition, the PCH supports a serial interrupt scheme.

All of the registers in these modules can be read and restored. This is required to save
and restore system state after power has been removed and restored to the platform.

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)

In addition to the standard ISA compatible Programmable Interrupt controller (PIC)
described in the previous section, the PCH incorporates the Advanced Programmable
Interrupt Controller (APIC).

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Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controllers

The PCH contains up to two Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) host controllers
that support USB high-speed signaling. High-speed USB 2.0 allows data transfers up to
480 Mb/s. The PCH also contains two Rate Matching Hubs (RMH) that support USB full-
speed and low-speed signaling.

The PCH supports up to fourteen USB 2.0 ports. All fourteen ports are high-speed, full-
speed, and low-speed capable.

Gigabit Ethernet Controller

The Gigabit Ethernet Controller provides a system interface using a PCI function. The
controller provides a full memory-mapped or IO mapped interface along with a 64 bit
address master support for systems using more than 4 GB of physical memory and
DMA (Direct Memory Addressing) mechanisms for high performance data transfers. Its
bus master capabilities enable the component to process high-level commands and
perform multiple operations; this lowers processor utilization by off-loading
communication tasks from the processor. Two large configurable transmit and receive
FIFOs (up to 20 KB each) help prevent data underruns and overruns while waiting for
bus accesses. This enables the integrated LAN controller to transmit data with
minimum interframe spacing (IFS).

The LAN controller can operate at multiple speeds (10/100/1000 MB/s) and in either
full duplex or half duplex mode. In full duplex mode the LAN controller adheres with the
IEEE 802.3x Flow Control Specification. Half duplex performance is enhanced by a
proprietary collision reduction mechanism. See Section 5.3 for details.

RTC
The PCH contains a Motorola* MC146818B-compatible real-time clock with 256 bytes
of battery-backed RAM. The real-time clock performs two key functions: keeping track
of the time of day and storing system data, even when the system is powered down.
The RTC operates on a 32.768 KHz crystal and a 3 V battery.

The RTC also supports two lockable memory ranges. By setting bits in the configuration
space, two 8-byte ranges can be locked to read and write accesses. This prevents
unauthorized reading of passwords or other system security information.

The RTC also supports a date alarm that allows for scheduling a wake up event up to 30
days in advance, rather than just 24 hours in advance.

GPIO
Various general purpose inputs and outputs are provided for custom system design.
The number of inputs and outputs varies depending on the PCH’s configuration.

Enhanced Power Management

The PCH power management functions include enhanced clock control and various low-
power (suspend) states (such as, Suspend-to-RAM and Suspend-to-Disk). A hardware-
based thermal management circuit permits software-independent entrance to low-
power states. The the PCH contains full support for the Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) Specification, Revision 3.0a.

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Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) (Not available on

all the Intel® 5 Series Chipset or Intel® 3400 Series Chipset SKUs)
Intel AMT is a fundamental component of Intel® vPro™ technology. Intel AMT is a set of
advanced manageability features developed as a direct result of IT customer feedback
gained through Intel market research. With the advent of powerful tools like the Intel®
System Defense Utility, the extensive feature set of Intel AMT easily integrates into any
network environment. See Section 1.3 for details on SKU feature availability.

Manageability
In addition to Intel® AMT, the PCH integrates several functions designed to manage the
system and lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the system. These system
management functions are designed to report errors, diagnose the system, and recover
from system lockups without the aid of an external microcontroller.
• TCO Timer. The PCH’s integrated programmable TCO timer is used to detect
system locks. The first expiration of the timer generates an SMI# that the system
can use to recover from a software lock. The second expiration of the timer causes
a system reset to recover from a hardware lock.
• Processor Present Indicator. The PCH looks for the processor to fetch the first
instruction after reset. If the processor does not fetch the first instruction, the PCH
will reboot the system.
• ECC Error Reporting. When detecting an ECC error, the host controller has the
ability to send one of several messages to the PCH. The host controller can instruct
the PCH to generate either an SMI#, NMI, SERR#, or TCO interrupt.
• Function Disable. The PCH provides the ability to disable the following integrated
functions: LAN, USB, LPC, Intel® HD Audio, SATA, PCI Express or SMBus. Once
disabled, these functions no longer decode I/O, memory, or PCI configuration
space. Also, no interrupts or power management events are generated from the
disabled functions.
• Intruder Detect. The PCH provides an input signal (INTRUDER#) that can be
attached to a switch that is activated by the system case being opened. The PCH
can be programmed to generate an SMI# or TCO interrupt due to an active
INTRUDER# signal.

System Management Bus (SMBus 2.0)

The PCH contains an SMBus Host interface that allows the processor to communicate
with SMBus slaves. This interface is compatible with most I2C devices. Special I2C
commands are implemented.

The PCH’s SMBus host controller provides a mechanism for the processor to initiate
communications with SMBus peripherals (slaves). Also, the PCH supports slave
functionality, including the Host Notify protocol. Hence, the host controller supports
eight command protocols of the SMBus interface (see System Management Bus
(SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0): Quick Command, Send Byte, Receive Byte, Write
Byte/Word, Read Byte/Word, Process Call, Block Read/Write, and Host Notify.

The PCH SMBus also implements hardware-based Packet Error Checking for data
robustness and the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to dynamically provide address
to all SMBus devices.

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Intel® High Definition Audio Controller

The Intel® High Definition Audio Specification defines a digital interface that can be
used to attach different types of codecs, such as audio and modem codecs. The PCH’s
Intel® HD Audio controller supports up to 4 codecs. The link can operate at either 3.3 V
or 1.5 V.

With the support of multi-channel audio stream, 32-bit sample depth, and sample rate
up to 192 kHz, the Intel® HD Audio controller provides audio quality that can deliver CE
levels of audio experience. On the input side, the PCH adds support for an array of
microphones.

Intel® Quiet System Technology (Intel® QST)

The PCH integrates four fan speed sensors (four TACH signals) and four fan speed
controllers (three Pulse Width Modulator signals), which enables monitoring and
controlling up to four fans on the system. With the new implementation of the single-
wire Simple Serial Transport (SST) 1.0 bus and Platform Environmental Control
Interface (PECI), the PCH provides an easy way to connect to SST-based thermal
sensors and access the processor thermal data. In addition, coupled with the new
sophisticated fan speed control algorithms, Intel® QST provides effective thermal and
acoustic management for the platform.

Note: Intel® Quiet System Technology functionality requires a correctly configured system,
including an appropriate processor, Intel® Management Engine firmware, and system
BIOS support.

Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Not available on all the Intel® 5 Series

Chipset or Intel® 3400 Series Chipset SKUs)

The PCH introduces a new hardware-based security technology which encrypts data
stored on any SATA compliant HDD in AHCI Mode. This feature gives the end-user the
ability to restrict access to HDD data by unknown parties. Intel® Anti-Theft Technology
can be used alone or can be combined with software encryption applications to add
protection against data theft.

Intel® Anti-Theft Technology functionality requires a correctly configured system,

including an appropriate processor, Intel® Management Engine firmware, and system
BIOS support.

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d)

The PCH provides hardware support for implementation of Intel® Virtualization
Technology with Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d). Intel® VT-d Technology consists of
technology components that support the virtualization of platforms based on Intel®
Architecture Processors. Intel® VT-d Technology enables multiple operating systems
and applications to run in independent partitions. A partition behaves like a virtual
machine (VM) and provides isolation and protection across partitions. Each partition is
allocated its own subset of host physical memory.

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JTAG Boundary-Scan
The PCH adds the industry standard JTAG interface and enables Boundary-Scan in
place of the XOR chains used in previous generations. Boundary-Scan can be used to
ensure device connectivity during the board manufacturing process. The JTAG interface
allows system manufacturers to improve efficiency by using industry available tools to
test the PCH on an assembled board. Since JTAG is a serial interface, it eliminates the
need to create probe points for every pin in an XOR chain. This eases pin breakout and
trace routing and simplifies the interface between the system and a bed-of-nails tester.

Note: Contact your local Intel Field Sales Representative for additional information about
JTAG usage on the PCH.

Serial Over Lan (SOL) Function

This function supports redirection of keyboard and text screens to a terminal window
on a remote console. The keyboard and text redirection enables the control of the client
machine through the network without the need to be physically near that machine. Text
and keyboard redirection allows the remote machine to control and configure a client
system. The SOL function emulates a standard PCI device and redirects the data from
the serial port to the management console using the integrated LAN.

KVM
KVM provides enhanced capabilities to its predecessor – SOL. In addition to the
features set provided by SOL, KVM provides mouse and graphic redirection across the
integrated LAN. Unlike SOL, KVM does not appear as a host accessible PCI device but is
instead almost completely performed by Intel AMT Firmware with minimal BIOS
interaction as described in the Intel ME BIOS Writer’s Guide. The KVM feature is only
available with internal graphics.

IDE-R Function
The IDE-R function is an IDE Redirection interface that provides client connection to
management console ATA/ATAPI devices such as hard disk drives and optical disk
drives. A remote machine can setup a diagnostic SW or OS installation image and direct
the client to boot an IDE-R session. The IDE-R interface is the same as the IDE
interface although the device is not physically connected to the system and supports
the ATA/ATAPI-6 specification. IDE-R does not conflict with any other type of boot and
can instead be implemented as a boot device option. The Intel AMT solution will use
IDE-R when remote boot is required. The device attached through IDE-R is only visible
to software during a management boot session. During normal boot session, the IDE-R
controller does not appear as a PCI present device.

PCH Display Interface

The PCH integrates latest display technologies such as HDMI*, DisplayPort*, Embedded
DisplayPort (eDP*), SDVO, and DVI along with legacy display technologies: Analog Port
(VGA) and LVDS (mobile only). The Analog Port and LVDS Port are dedicated ports on
the PCH and the Digital Ports B, C and D can be configured to drive HDMI, DVI, or
DisplayPort. Digital Port B can also be configured as SDVO while Digital Port D can be
configured as eDP. The HDMI interface supports the HDMI* 1.3C specification while the
DisplayPort interface supports the DisplayPort* 1.1a specification. The PCH supports
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection for high definition content playback over
digital interfaces. The PCH also integrates audio codecs for audio support over HDMI
and DisplayPort interfaces.

The PCH receives the display data over the Intel® FDI and transcodes the data as per
the display technology protocol and sends the data through the display interface.

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Intel® Flexible Display Interconnect (FDI)

The Intel® FDI connects the display engine in the processor with the display interfaces
on the PCH. The display data from the frame buffer is processed by the display engine
and sent to the PCH where it is transcoded and driven out on the panel. Intel FDI
involves two channels – A and B for display data transfer.

Intel FDI Channel A has 4 lanes and Channel B supports 4 lanes depending on the
display configuration. Each of the Intel FDI Channel lanes uses differential signal
supporting 2.7 Gb/s. For two display configurations Intel FDI CH A maps to display pipe
A while Intel CH B maps to the second display pipe B.

1.3 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series

Chipset SKU Definition
Table 1-3. Intel® 5 Series Chipset Desktop SKUs

SKU Name(s)
Feature Set
Q57 H57 H55 P55 B55

PCI Express* 2.0 Ports 8 8 65 8 65

USB* 2.0 Ports 14 14 124 14 124
SATA Ports 6 6 6 6 6
HDMI/DVI/VGA/SDVO/DisplayPort/eDP Yes Yes Yes No Yes
LVDS No No No No No
Integrated Graphics Support with PAVP 1.5 Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Intel® Quiet System Technology Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Intel® Rapid AHCI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Storage
Technology Raid 0/1/5/10 Support Yes Yes No Yes No

Intel® ME Ignition FW only No No No Yes No

Intel® AT Yes No No No No
Intel® AMT 6.0 Yes No No No No
Intel® Remote PC Assist Technology for
Yes No No No No
Business
Intel® Remote PC Assist Technology for
No Yes Yes No No
Consumer
Intel® Remote Wake Technology No Yes Yes No No

NOTES:
1. Contact your local Intel Field Sales Representative for currently available PCH SKUs.
2. Table above shows feature difference between the PCH skus. If a feature is not listed in the
table it is considered a Base feature that is included in all SKUs.
3. The PCH provides hardware support for AHCI functionality when enabled by appropriate
system configurations and software drivers.
4. USB ports 6 and 7 are disabled.
5. PCIe* ports 7 and 8 are disabled.

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Table 1-4. Intel® 5 Series Chipset Mobile SKUs

SKU Name(s)
Feature Set
QM57 HM57 PM55 HM55 QS57

PCI Express* 2.0 Ports 8 8 8 65 8

USB* 2.0 Ports 14 14 14 124 14
SATA Ports 6 6 6 46 6
HDMI/DVI/VGA/SDVO/DisplayPort/eDP Yes Yes No Yes Yes
LVDS Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Graphics Support with PAVP 1.5 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Intel® Quiet System Technology No No No No No
Intel®Rapid AHCI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Storage
Technology Raid 0/1/5/10 Support Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Intel® ME Ignition FW only No No Yes No No

Intel® AT Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Intel® Active Managment Technology
Yes No No No Yes
(Intel AMT) 6.0
Intel® Remote PC Assist Technology for
Yes No No No Yes
Business
Intel® Remote PC Assist Technology for
No Yes No No No
Consumer
Intel® Remote Wake Technology No No No No No

NOTES:
1. Contact your local Intel Field Sales Representative for currently available PCH SKUs.
2. Table above shows feature difference between the PCH SKUs. If a feature is not listed in
the table it is considered a Base feature that is included in all skus.
3. The PCH provides hardware support for AHCI functionality when enabled by appropriate
system configurations and software drivers.
4. USB ports 6 and 7 are disabled.
5. PCIe* ports 7 and 8 are disabled.
6. SATA ports 2 and 3 are disabled.

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Table 1-5. Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Server SKUs

SKU Name(s)

Feature Set Intel® Intel®

Intel® 3400
3420 3450
Chipset
Chipset Chipset

PCI Express* 2.0 Ports 67 8 8

USB* 2.0 Ports 85 124 14
SATA Ports 46 6 6
HDMI/DVI/VGA/SDVO/DisplayPort No No Yes
LVDS No No No
Graphics Support with PAVP 1.5 No No Yes
Intel® Quiet System Technology No No Yes
Intel®Rapid AHCI No3 Yes Yes
Storage
Technology Raid 0/1/5/10 Support No Yes Yes

Intel® ME Ignition FW only Yes Yes No

Intel® AT No No Yes
Intel® AMT 6.0 No No Yes
Intel® Remote PC Assist Technology for Business No No Yes
Intel® Remote PC Assist Technology for Consumer No No No
Intel® Remote Wake Technology No No Yes

1. Contact your local Intel Field Sales Representative for currently available PCH skus.
2. Table above shows feature difference between the PCH skus. If a feature is not listed in the
table it is considered a Base feature that is included in all skus.
3. The PCH provides hardware support for AHCI functionality when enabled by appropriate
system configurations and software drivers.
4. USB ports 6 and 7 are disabled.
5. USB ports 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are disabled.
6. SATA ports 2 and 3 are disabled.
7. PCIe* ports 7 and 8 are disabled.

1.4 Reference Documents

Document Number /
Document
Location

http://download.intel.com/
Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
design/processor/
Specification Update
specupdt/322166.pdf
www.intel.com/Assets/
Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Thermal
PDF/designguide/
Mechanical Specifications and Design Guidelines
322171.pdf

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2 Signal Description
This chapter provides a detailed description of each signal. The signals are arranged in
functional groups according to their associated interface.

The “#” symbol at the end of the signal name indicates that the active, or asserted
state occurs when the signal is at a low voltage level. When “#” is not present, the
signal is asserted when at the high voltage level.

The “†” symbol at the end of the signal name indicates that the signal is mobile only.

The following notations are used to describe the signal type:

I Input Pin
O Output Pin
OD O Open Drain Output Pin.
I/OD Bi-directional Input/Open Drain Output Pin.
I/O Bi-directional Input / Output Pin.

CMOS CMOS buffers. 1.5 V tolerant.

COD CMOS Open Drain buffers. 3.3 V tolerant.
HVCMOS High Voltage CMOS buffers. 3.3 V tolerant.
A Analog reference or output.

The “Type” for each signal is indicative of the functional operating mode of the signal.
Unless otherwise noted in Section 3.2 or Section 3.3, a signal is considered to be in the
functional operating mode after RTCRST# de-asserts for signals in the RTC well, after
RSMRST# de-asserts for signals in the suspend well, after PWROK asserts for signals in
the core well, and after LAN_RST# de-asserts for signals in the LAN well.

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Figure 2-1. PCH Interface Signals Block Diagram

AD[31:0]
C/BE[3:0]#
DEVSEL#
FRAME# PCI Express* PETp[8:1], PETn[8:1]
IRDY#
TRDY#
Interface PERp[8:1], PERn[8:1]
STOP#
PAR
PERR#
REQ0# SATA[5:0]TXP, SATA[5:0]TXN
REQ1#/GPIO50 PCI SATA[5:0]RXP, SATA[5:0]RXN
REQ2#/GPIO52 SATAICOMPO
REQ3#/GPIO54 Interface SATAICOMPI
GNT0# Serial ATA SATALED#
GNT1#/GPIO51 SATA0GP/GPIO21
GNT2#/GPIO53
Interface SATA1GP/GPIO19
GNT3#/GPIO55 SATA2GP/GPIO36
SERR# SATA3GP/GPIO37
PME# SATA4GP/GPIO16
CLKIN_PCILOOPBACK SATA5GP/GPIO49/TEMP_ALERT#
PCIRST# SCLOCK/GPIO22
PLOCK# SLOAD/GPIO38
SDATAOUT0/GPIO39
INIT3_3V# SDATAOUT1/GPIO48
RCIN# Processor
A20GATE
PROCPWRGD
Interface
THRMTRIP#
SYS_RESET#
SPI_CS0#; SPI_CS1# RSMRST#
SPI_MISO SLP_S3#
SPI_MOSI SPI SLP_S4#
SPI_CLK SLP_S5#/GPIO63
SLP_M#
CLKRUN#†/GPIO32
CLOCKOUT_BCLK0_[P:N]/CLKOUT_PCIE8_[P:N} PWROK
CLKOUT_DP_[P:N]/CLKOUT_BCLK1_[P:N] MEPWROK
CLKIN_DMI_P;CLKIN_DMI_N Power PWRBTN#
RI#
XTAL25_OUT Clock Mgnt. WAKE#
CLKOUT_PEG_A_[P:N];CLKOUT_PEG_B_[P:N] Outputs SUS_STAT#/GPIO61
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]_P; CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]_N SUSCLK/GPIO62
LAN_RST#
CLKOUT_PCI[4:0]
BATLOW#†/GPIO72
CLKOUTFLEX0/GPIO64;CLKOUTFLEX1/GPIO65 PLTRST#
CLKOUTFLEX2/GPIO66;CLKOUTFLEX3/GPIO67 STP_PCI#/GPIO34
ACPRESENT †/GPIO31

TBD
CLKIN_BCLK_P;CLKIN_BCLK_N DRAMPWROK
CLKIN_DMI_P;CLKIN_DMI_N
LAN_PHY_PWR_CTRL
CLKIN_SATA_[P:N]/CKSSCD_[P:N]
CLKIN_DOT96P;CLKIN_DOT96N SLP_LAN#/GPIO29
XTAL25_IN PMSYNCH
REF14CLKIN Clock
PCIECLKRQ0#/GPIO73;PCIECLKRQ1#/GPIO18 Intel® HDA_RST#
PCIECLKRQ2#/GPIO20;PCIECLKRQ3#/GPIO25 Inputs HDA_SYNC
PCIECLKRQ4#/GPIO26;PCIECLKRQ5#/GPIO44 High HDA_BCLK
PCIECLKRQ6#/GPIO45;PCIECLKRQ7#/GPIO46 Definition HDA_SDO
PEG_A_CLKRQ#/GPIO47;PEG_B_CLKRQ#/GPIO56 Audio HDA_SDIN[3:0]
XCLK_RCOMP HDA_DOCK_EN#†;HDA_DOCK_RST#†

Direct DMI[3:0]TXP, DMI[3:0]TXN

SERIRQ DMI[3:0]RXP, DMI[3:0]RXN
PIRQ[D:A]#
Interrupt Media DMI_ZCOMP
PIRQ[H:E]#/GPIO[5:2] Interface Interface DMI_IRCOMP

LAD[3:0]/FWH[3:0]
USB[13:0]P; USB[13:0]N LPC / FWH LFRAME#/FWH4
OC0#/GPIO59; OC1#/GPIO40 Interface LDRQ0#; LDRQ1#/GPIO23
OC2#/GPIO41; OC3#/GPIO42 SMBDATA; SMBCLK
OC4#/GPIO43; OC5#/GPIO9 USB SMBus
SMBALERT#/GPIO11
OC6#/GPIO10; OC7#/GPIO14 Interface
USBRBIAS
USBRBIAS# INTRUDER#;
System SML[0:1]DATA;SML[0:1]CLK;
RTCX1 Mgnt. SML0ALERT#/GPIO60
RTC SML1ALERT#/GPIO74
RTCX2
CRT_RED;CRT_GREEN;CRT_BLUE
Analog DAC_IREF
INTVRMEN
CRT_HSYNC;CRT_VSYNC
SPKR Misc. Display CRT_DDC_CLK;CRT_DDC_DATA
SRTCRST#
RTCRST#
Signals CRT_IRTN
LVDS[A:B]_DATA[3:0]†
LVDS[A:B]_DATA#[3:0]†
General LVDS[A:B]_CLK†:LVDS[A:B]_CLK#†
GPIO[72,57,35,32,28, 27,15,8,0]
Purpose LVD_VREFH †;LVD_VREFL†;LFV_VBG†
I/O LVDS LVD_IBG†
L_DDC_CLK†;L_DDC_DATA†
PWM[3:0]/TP[12:9]† L_VDDEN†;L_BLKTEN †;L_BKLTCTL†
TACH0/GPIO17; TACH1/GPIO1
TACH2/GPIO6; TACH3/GPIO7 Fan Speed DDPB_[3:0]P;DDPB_[3:0]N;
SST Control Digital DDPC_[3:0]P;DDPC_[3:0]N;
PECI Display DDPD_[3:0]P;DDPD_[3:0]N;
DDP[B:D]_AUXP;DDP[B:D]_AUXN;
JTAGTCK Interface DDP[B:D]_HPD
JTAGTMS JTAG* SDVO_CTRLCLK;SDVO_CTRLDATA
JTAGTDI DDPC_CTRLCLK;DDPC_CTRLDATA
JTAGTDO DDPD_CTRLCLK;DDPD_CTRLDATA
CL_CLK1 † SDVO_INTP;SDVO_INTN
Controller SDVO_TVCLKINP;SDVO_TVCLKINN
CL_DATA1†
CL_RST1#† Link SDVO_STALLP;SDVO_STALLN

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2.1 Direct Media Interface (DMI) to Host Controller

Table 2-1. Direct Media Interface Signals

Name Type Description

DMI0TXP,
O Direct Media Interface Differential Transmit Pair 0
DMI0TXN
DMI0RXP,
I Direct Media Interface Differential Receive Pair 0
DMI0RXN
DMI1TXP,
O Direct Media Interface Differential Transmit Pair 1
DMI1TXN
DMI1RXP,
I Direct Media Interface Differential Receive Pair 1
DMI1RXN
DMI2TXP,
O Direct Media Interface Differential Transmit Pair 2
DMI2TXN
DMI2RXP,
I Direct Media Interface Differential Receive Pair 2
DMI2RXN
DMI3TXP,
O Direct Media Interface Differential Transmit Pair 3
DMI3TXN
DMI3RXP,
I Direct Media Interface Differential Receive Pair 3
DMI3RXN
Impedance Compensation Input: Determines DMI input
DMI_ZCOMP I
impedance.
Impedance/Current Compensation Output: Determines DMI
DMI_IRCOMP O
output impedance and bias current.

2.2 PCI Express*

Table 2-2. PCI Express* Signals

Name Type Description

PETp1, PETn1 O PCI Express* Differential Transmit Pair 1

PERp1, PERn1 I PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 1
PETp2, PETn2 O PCI Express Differential Transmit Pair 2
PERp2, PERn2 I PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 2
PETp3, PETn3 O PCI Express Differential Transmit Pair 3
PERp3, PERn3 I PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 3
PETp4, PETn4 O PCI Express Differential Transmit Pair 4
PERp4, PERn4 I PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 4
PETp5, PETn5 O PCI Express Differential Transmit Pair 5
PERp5, PERn5 I PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 5
PETp6, PETn6 O PCI Express Differential Transmit Pair 6
PERp6, PERn6 I PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 6
PCI Express Differential Transmit Pair 7
PETp7, PETn7 O NOTE: Port 7 may not be available in all PCH SKUs. Please see
Chapter 1.3 for more information.

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Table 2-2. PCI Express* Signals

Name Type Description

PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 7

PERp7, PERn7 I NOTE: Port 7 may not be available in all PCH SKUs. Please see
Chapter 1.3 for more information.
PCI Express Differential Transmit Pair 8
PETp8, PETn8 O NOTE: Port 8 may not be available in all PCH SKUs. Please see
Chapter 1.3 for more information.
PCI Express Differential Receive Pair 8
PERp8, PERn8 I NOTE: Port 8 may not be available in all PCH SKUs. Please see
Chapter 1.3 for more information.

2.3 Firmware Hub Interface

Table 2-3. Firmware Hub Interface Signals

Name Type Description

FWH[3:0] / Firmware Hub Signals. These signals are multiplexed with the LPC
I/O
LAD[3:0] address signals.
FWH4 / Firmware Hub Signals. This signal is multiplexed with the LPC
O
LFRAME# LFRAME# signal.
Initialization 3.3 V: INIT3_3V# is asserted by the PCH for 16 PCI
INIT3_3V# O
clocks to reset the processor. This signal is intended for Firmware Hub.

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2.4 PCI Interface

Table 2-4. PCI Interface Signals (Sheet 1 of 3)
Name Type Description

PCI Address/Data: AD[31:0] is a multiplexed address and data

bus. During the first clock of a transaction, AD[31:0] contain a
AD[31:0] I/O physical address (32 bits). During subsequent clocks, AD[31:0]
contain data. The PCH will drive all 0s on AD[31:0] during the
address phase of all PCI Special Cycles.
Bus Command and Byte Enables: The command and byte enable
signals are multiplexed on the same PCI pins. During the address
phase of a transaction, C/BE[3:0]# define the bus command.
During the data phase C/BE[3:0]# define the Byte Enables.

C/BE[3:0]# Command Type

0000b Interrupt Acknowledge
0001b Special Cycle
0010b I/O Read
0011b I/O Write
C/BE[3:0]# I/O
0110b Memory Read
0111b Memory Write
1010b Configuration Read
1011b Configuration Write
1100b Memory Read Multiple
1110b Memory Read Line
1111b Memory Write and Invalidate
All command encodings not shown are reserved. The PCH does not
decode reserved values, and therefore will not respond if a PCI
master generates a cycle using one of the reserved values.
Device Select: The PCH asserts DEVSEL# to claim a PCI
transaction. As an output, the PCH asserts DEVSEL# when a PCI
master peripheral attempts an access to an internal PCH address or
an address destined for DMI (main memory or graphics). As an
DEVSEL# I/O
input, DEVSEL# indicates the response to a PCH-initiated
transaction on the PCI bus. DEVSEL# is tri-stated from the leading
edge of PLTRST#. DEVSEL# remains tri-stated by the PCH until
driven by a target device.
Cycle Frame: The current initiator drives FRAME# to indicate the
beginning and duration of a PCI transaction. While the initiator
asserts FRAME#, data transfers continue. When the initiator
FRAME# I/O negates FRAME#, the transaction is in the final data phase.
FRAME# is an input to the PCH when the PCH is the target, and
FRAME# is an output from the PCH when the PCH is the initiator.
FRAME# remains tri-stated by the PCH until driven by an initiator.
Initiator Ready: IRDY# indicates the PCH ability, as an initiator, to
complete the current data phase of the transaction. It is used in
conjunction with TRDY#. A data phase is completed on any clock
both IRDY# and TRDY# are sampled asserted. During a write,
IRDY# I/O IRDY# indicates the PCH has valid data present on AD[31:0].
During a read, it indicates the PCH is prepared to latch data. IRDY#
is an input to the PCH when the PCH is the target and an output
from the PCH when the PCH is an initiator. IRDY# remains tri-stated
by the PCH until driven by an initiator.

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Table 2-4. PCI Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 3)

Name Type Description

Target Ready: TRDY# indicates the PCH ability, as a target, to

complete the current data phase of the transaction. TRDY# is used
in conjunction with IRDY#. A data phase is completed when both
TRDY# and IRDY# are sampled asserted. During a read, TRDY#
indicates that the PCH, as a target, has placed valid data on
TRDY# I/O
AD[31:0]. During a write, TRDY# indicates the PCH, as a target is
prepared to latch data. TRDY# is an input to the PCH when the PCH
is the initiator and an output from the PCH when the PCH is a
target. TRDY# is tri-stated from the leading edge of PLTRST#.
TRDY# remains tri-stated by the PCH until driven by a target.
Stop: STOP# indicates that the PCH, as a target, is requesting the
initiator to stop the current transaction. STOP# causes the PCH, as
STOP# I/O
an initiator, to stop the current transaction. STOP# is an output
when the PCH is a target and an input when the PCH is an initiator.
Calculated/Checked Parity: PAR uses “even” parity calculated on
36 bits, AD[31:0] plus C/BE[3:0]#. “Even” parity means that the
PCH counts the number of ones within the 36 bits plus PAR and the
sum is always even. The PCH always calculates PAR on 36 bits
regardless of the valid byte enables. The PCH generates PAR for
address and data phases and only ensures PAR to be valid one PCI
clock after the corresponding address or data phase. The PCH
drives and tri-states PAR identically to the AD[31:0] lines except
PAR I/O
that the PCH delays PAR by exactly one PCI clock. PAR is an output
during the address phase (delayed one clock) for all PCH initiated
transactions. PAR is an output during the data phase (delayed one
clock) when the PCH is the initiator of a PCI write transaction, and
when it is the target of a read transaction. The PCH checks parity
when it is the target of a PCI write transaction. If a parity error is
detected, the PCH will set the appropriate internal status bits, and
has the option to generate an NMI# or SMI#.
Parity Error: An external PCI device drives PERR# when it receives
data that has a parity error. The PCH drives PERR# when it detects
PERR# I/O a parity error. The PCH can either generate an NMI# or SMI# upon
detecting a parity error (either detected internally or reported using
the PERR# signal).
REQ0#
REQ1#/ GPIO50 PCI Requests: The PCH supports up to 4 masters on the PCI bus.
I
REQ2#/ GPIO52 REQ[3:1]# pins can instead be used as GPIO.
REQ3#/GPIO54
PCI Grants: The PCH supports up to 4 masters on the PCI bus.
GNT0# GNT[3:1]# pins can instead be used as GPIO.
GNT1#/ GPIO51 Pull-up resistors are not required on these signals. If pull-ups are
O used, they should be tied to the Vcc3_3 power rail.
GNT2#/ GPIO53
GNT3#/GPIO55 NOTE: GNT[3:0]# are sampled as a functional strap. See
Section 2.28.1 for details.
PCI Clock: This is a 33 MHz clock feedback input to reduce skew
CLKIN_PCILOO between PCH PCI clock and clock observed by connected PCI
I
PBACK devices. This signal must be connected to one of the pins in the
group CLKOUT_PCI[4:0]

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Table 2-4. PCI Interface Signals (Sheet 3 of 3)

Name Type Description

PCI Reset: This is the Secondary PCI Bus reset signal. It is a

logical OR of the primary interface PLTRST# signal and the state of
PCIRST# O
the Secondary Bus Reset bit of the Bridge Control register
(D30:F0:3Eh, bit 6).
PCI Lock: This signal indicates an exclusive bus operation and may
require multiple transactions to complete. The PCH asserts PLOCK#
PLOCK# I/O
when it performs non-exclusive transactions on the PCI bus.
PLOCK# is ignored when PCI masters are granted the bus.
System Error: SERR# can be pulsed active by any PCI device that
SERR# I/OD detects a system error condition. Upon sampling SERR# active, the
PCH has the ability to generate an NMI, SMI#, or interrupt.
PCI Power Management Event: PCI peripherals drive PME# to
wake the system from low-power states S1–S5. PME# assertion can
also be enabled to generate an SCI from the S0 state. In some
PME# I/OD
cases the PCH may drive PME# active due to an internal wake
event. The PCH will not drive PME# high, but it will be pulled up to
VccSus3_3 by an internal pull-up resistor.

2.5 Serial ATA Interface

Table 2-5. Serial ATA Interface Signals (Sheet 1 of 3)
Name Type Description

Serial ATA 0 Differential Transmit Pairs: These are outbound

SATA0TXP high-speed differential signals to Port 0.
O
SATA0TXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 0 is the primary master of SATA
Controller 1.
Serial ATA 0 Differential Receive Pair: These are inbound high-
SATA0RXP speed differential signals from Port 0.
I
SATA0RXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 0 is the primary master of SATA
Controller 1.
Serial ATA 1 Differential Transmit Pair: These are outbound
SATA1TXP high-speed differential signals to Port 1.
O
SATA1TXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 1 is the secondary master of SATA
Controller 1.
Serial ATA 1 Differential Receive Pair: These are inbound high-
SATA1RXP speed differential signals from Port 1.
I
SATA1RXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 1 is the secondary master of SATA
Controller 1.
— SATA2TXP Serial ATA 2 Differential Transmit Pair: These are outbound
SATA2TXN high-speed differential signals to Port 2.
In compatible mode, SATA Port 2 is the primary slave of SATA
O
Controller 1.

NOTE: SATA Port 2 may not be available in all PCH SKUs.

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Table 2-5. Serial ATA Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 3)

Name Type Description

Serial ATA 2 Differential Receive Pair: These are inbound high-

speed differential signals from Port 2.
SATA2RXP In compatible mode, SATA Port 2 is the primary slave of SATA
I
SATA2RXN Controller 1.

NOTE: SATA Port 2 may not be available in all PCH SKUs.

Serial ATA 3 Differential Transmit Pair: These are outbound
high-speed differential signals to Port 3
SATA3TXP In compatible mode, SATA Port 3 is the secondary slave of SATA
O
SATA3TXN Controller 1.

NOTE: SATA Port 3 may not be available in all PCH SKUs.

Serial ATA 3 Differential Receive Pair: These are inbound high-
speed differential signals from Port 3
SATA3RXP In compatible mode, SATA Port 3 is the secondary slave of SATA
I
SATA3RXN Controller 1.

NOTE: SATA Port 3 may not be available in all PCH SKUs.

Serial ATA 4 Differential Transmit Pair: These are outbound
SATA4TXP high-speed differential signals to Port 4.
O
SATA4TXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 4 is the primary master of SATA
Controller 2.
Serial ATA 4 Differential Receive Pair: These are inbound high-
SATA4RXP speed differential signals from Port 4.
I
SATA4RXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 4 is the primary master of SATA
Controller 2.
Serial ATA 5 Differential Transmit Pair: These are outbound
SATA5TXP high-speed differential signals to Port 5.
O
SATA5TXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 5 is the secondary master of SATA
Controller 2.
Serial ATA 5 Differential Receive Pair: These are inbound high-
SATA5RXP speed differential signals from Port 5.
I
SATA5RXN In compatible mode, SATA Port 5 is the secondary master of SATA
Controller 2.
Serial ATA Compensation Output: Connected to the external
SATAICOMPO O precision resistor to VccCore. Must be connected to SATAICOMPI on
the board.
Serial ATA Compensation Input: Connected to SATAICOMPO on
SATAICOMPI I
the board.
Serial ATA 0 General Purpose: This is an input pin which can be
configured as an interlock switch corresponding to SATA Port 0.
SATA0GP / When used as an interlock switch status indication, this signal
I should be driven to ‘0’ to indicate that the switch is closed and to ‘1’
GPIO21
to indicate that the switch is open.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO21.
Serial ATA 1 General Purpose: This is an input pin which can be
configured as an interlock switch corresponding to SATA Port 1.
SATA1GP / When used as an interlock switch status indication, this signal
I should be driven to ‘0’ to indicate that the switch is closed and to ‘1’
GPIO19
to indicate that the switch is open.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO19.

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Table 2-5. Serial ATA Interface Signals (Sheet 3 of 3)

Name Type Description

Serial ATA 2 General Purpose: This is an input pin which can be

configured as an interlock switch corresponding to SATA Port 2.
SATA2GP / When used as an interlock switch status indication, this signal
I
GPIO36 should be driven to ‘0’ to indicate that the switch is closed and to ‘1’
to indicate that the switch is open.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO36.
Serial ATA 3 General Purpose: This is an input pin which can be
configured as an interlock switch corresponding to SATA Port 3.
SATA3GP / When used as an interlock switch status indication, this signal
I
GPIO37 should be driven to ‘0’ to indicate that the switch is closed and to ‘1’
to indicate that the switch is open.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO37.
Serial ATA 4 General Purpose: This is an input pin which can be
configured as an interlock switch corresponding to SATA Port 4.
SATA4GP / When used as an interlock switch status indication, this signal
I
GPIO16 should be driven to ‘0’ to indicate that the switch is closed and to ‘1’
to indicate that the switch is open.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO16.
Serial ATA 5 General Purpose: This is an input pin which can be
configured as an interlock switch corresponding to SATA Port 5.
SATA5GP / When used as an interlock switch status indication, this signal
GPIO49 / I
should be driven to ‘0’ to indicate that the switch is closed and to ‘1’
TEMP_ALERT#
to indicate that the switch is open.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO49.
Serial ATA LED: This signal is an open-drain output pin driven
during SATA command activity. It is to be connected to external
SATALED# OD O circuitry that can provide the current to drive a platform LED. When
active, the LED is on. When tri-stated, the LED is off. An external
pull-up resistor to Vcc3_3 is required.
SGPIO Reference Clock: The SATA controller uses rising edges of
this clock to transmit serial data, and the target uses the falling
SCLOCK/ edge of this clock to latch data. The SCLOCK frequency supported is
OD O
GPIO22
32 kHz.
This signal can instead be used as a GPIO22.
SGPIO Load: The controller drives a ‘1’ at the rising edge of
SCLOCK to indicate either the start or end of a bit stream. A 4-bit
SLOAD/GPIO38 OD O vendor specific pattern will be transmitted right after the signal
assertion.
This signal can instead be used as a GPIO38.
SDATAOUT0/
SGPIO Dataout: Driven by the controller to indicate the drive
GPIO39
OD O status in the following sequence: drive 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 2...
SDATAOUT1/
These signals can instead be used as GPIOs.
GPIO48

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2.6 LPC Interface

Table 2-6. LPC Interface Signals

Name Type Description

LAD[3:0] / LPC Multiplexed Command, Address, Data: For LAD[3:0], internal pull-
I/O
FWH[3:0] ups are provided.
LFRAME# /
O LPC Frame: LFRAME# indicates the start of an LPC cycle, or an abort.
FWH4
LPC Serial DMA/Master Request Inputs: LDRQ[1:0]# are used to
LDRQ0#, request DMA or bus master access. These signals are typically connected
LDRQ1# / I to an external Super I/O device. An internal pull-up resistor is provided on
GPIO23 these signal.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO23.

2.7 Interrupt Interface

Table 2-7. Interrupt Signals

Name Type Description

Serial Interrupt Request: This pin implements the serial interrupt

SERIRQ I/OD
protocol.
PCI Interrupt Requests: In non-APIC mode the PIRQx# signals can
be routed to interrupts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 15 as
described in Section 5.8.6. Each PIRQx# line has a separate Route
Control register.
PIRQ[D:A]# I/OD
In APIC mode, these signals are connected to the internal I/O APIC in
the following fashion: PIRQA# is connected to IRQ16, PIRQB# to
IRQ17, PIRQC# to IRQ18, and PIRQD# to IRQ19. This frees the
legacy interrupts.
PCI Interrupt Requests: In non-APIC mode the PIRQx# signals can
be routed to interrupts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 15 as
described in Section 5.8.6. Each PIRQx# line has a separate Route
Control register.
PIRQ[H:E]# /
I/OD In APIC mode, these signals are connected to the internal I/O APIC in
GPIO[5:2]
the following fashion: PIRQE# is connected to IRQ20, PIRQF# to
IRQ21, PIRQG# to IRQ22, and PIRQH# to IRQ23. This frees the
legacy interrupts.
These signals can instead be used as GPIOs.

NOTE: PIRQ Interrupts can only be shared if it is configured as level sensitive. They cannot be
shared if configured as edge triggered.

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2.8 USB Interface

Table 2-8. USB Interface Signals (Sheet 1 of 2)

Name Type Description

Universal Serial Bus Port [1:0] Differential: These differential

pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 0.
USBP0P,
I/O
USBP0N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [1:0] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 1.
USBP1P,
I/O
USBP1N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [3:2] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 2.
USBP2P,
I/O
USBP2N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [3:2] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 3.
USBP3P,
I/O
USBP3N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [5:4] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 4.
USBP4P,
I/O
USBP4N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [5:4] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 5.
USBP5P,
I/O
USBP5N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [7:6] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 6.
USBP6P,
I/O
USBP6N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [7:6] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 7.
USBP7P,
I/O
USBP7N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.

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Table 2-8. USB Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 2)

Name Type Description

Universal Serial Bus Port [9:8] Differential: These differential

pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 8.
USBP8P,
I/O
USBP8N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [9:8] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 9.
USBP9P,
I/O
USBP9N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [11:10] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 10.
USBP10P,
I/O
USBP10N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [11:10] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 11.
USBP11P,
I/O
USBP11N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [13:12] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 12.
USBP12P,
I/O
USBP12N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Universal Serial Bus Port [13:12] Differential: These differential
pairs are used to transmit Data/Address/Command signals for port 13.
USBP13P,
I/O
USBP13N NOTE: No external resistors are required on these signals. The PCH
integrates 15 kΩ pull-downs and provides an output driver
impedance of 45 Ω which requires no external series resistor.
Overcurrent Indicators: These signals set corresponding bits in the
OC0# / GPIO59
USB controllers to indicate that an overcurrent condition has occurred.
OC1# / GPIO40
These signals can instead be used as GPIOs.
OC2# / GPIO41
OC3# / GPIO42 NOTES:
I
OC4# / GPIO43 1. OC# pins are not 5 V tolerant.
OC5# / GPIO9 2. Depending on platform configuration, sharing of OC# pins may
OC6# / GPIO10 be required.
3. OC#[3:0] can only be used for EHCI controller #1
OC7# / GPIO14
4. OC#[4:7] can only be used for EHCI controller #2
USB Resistor Bias: Analog connection point for an external resistor.
USBRBIAS O
Used to set transmit currents and internal load resistors.
USB Resistor Bias Complement: Analog connection point for an
USBRBIAS# I external resistor. Used to set transmit currents and internal load
resistors.

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2.9 Power Management Interface

Table 2-9. Power Management Interface Signals (Sheet 1 of 3)

Name Type Description

Platform Reset: The PCH asserts PLTRST# to reset devices on the

platform (such as, SIO, FWH, LAN, processor, etc.). The PCH asserts
PLTRST# during power-up and when software initiates a hard reset
sequence through the Reset Control register (I/O Register CF9h). The
PCH drives PLTRST# inactive a minimum of 1 ms after both PWROK
PLTRST# O
and SYS_PWROK are driven high. The PCH drives PLTRST# active a
minimum of 1 ms when initiated through the Reset Control register
(I/O Register CF9h).

NOTE: PLTRST# is in the VccSus3_3 well.

Thermal Trip: When low, this signal indicates that a thermal trip from
the processor occurred, and the PCH will immediately transition to a
THRMTRIP# I
S5 state. The PCH will not wait for the processor stop grant cycle since
the processor has overheated.
S3 Sleep Control: SLP_S3# is for power plane control. This signal
SLP_S3# O shuts off power to all non-critical systems when in S3 (Suspend To
RAM), S4 (Suspend to Disk), or S5 (Soft Off) states.
S4 Sleep Control: SLP_S4# is for power plane control. This signal
shuts power to all non-critical systems when in the S4 (Suspend to
Disk) or S5 (Soft Off) state.
SLP_S4# O
NOTE: This pin must be used to control the DRAM power to use the
PCH’s DRAM power-cycling feature. See Chapter 5.13.10.2 for
details
S5 Sleep Control: SLP_S5# is for power plane control. This signal is
SLP_S5# / used to shut power off to all non-critical systems when in the S5 (Soft
O
GPIO63 Off) states.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO63
Manageability Sleep State Control: SLP_M# is for power plane
SLP_M# O control. If no Management Engine firmware is present, SLP_M# will
have the same timings as SLP_S3#.
LAN Sub-System Sleep Control: When SLP_LAN# is deasserted it
indicates that the PHY device must be powered. When SLP_LAN# is
asserted, power can be shut off to the PHY device. SLP_LAN# will
always be deasserted in S0 and anytime SLP_A# is deasserted.
SLP_LAN# /
O A SLP_LAN#/GPIO Select Soft-Strap can be used for systems NOT
GPIO29
using SLP_LAN# functionality to revert to GPIO29 usage. When soft-
strap is 0 (default), pin function will be SLP_LAN#. When soft-strap is
set to 1, the pin returns to its regular GPIO mode.
The pin behavior is summarized in Section 5.13.10.5.
Power OK: When asserted, PWROK is an indication to the PCH that all
of its core power rails are powered and stable. PWROK can be driven
asynchronously. When PWROK is negated, the PCH asserts PLTRST#.

PWROK I NOTE: It is required that the power rails associated with PCI/PCIe
typically the 3.3 V, 5 V, and 12 V core well rails) have been
valid for 99 ms prior to PCH PWROK assertion to comply with
the 100 ms PCI 2.3/PCIe 2.0 specification on PLTRST# de-
assertion. PWROK must not glitch, even if RSMRST# is low.

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Table 2-9. Power Management Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 3)

Name Type Description

Management Engine Power OK: When asserted, this signal

MEPWROK I
indicates that power to the ME subsystem is stable.
Power Button: The Power Button will cause SMI# or SCI to indicate a
system request to go to a sleep state. If the system is already in a
sleep state, this signal will cause a wake event. If PWRBTN# is pressed
PWRBTN# I for more than 4 seconds, this will cause an unconditional transition
(power button override) to the S5 state. Override will occur even if the
system is in the S1–S4 states. This signal has an internal pull-up
resistor and has an internal 16 ms de-bounce on the input.
Ring Indicate: This signal is an input from a modem. It can be
RI# I
enabled as a wake event, and this is preserved across power failures.
System Reset: This pin forces an internal reset after being
SYS_RESET# I debounced. The PCH will reset immediately if the SMBus is idle;
otherwise, it will wait up to 25 ms ± 2 ms for the SMBus to idle before
forcing a reset on the system.
Resume Well Reset: This signal is used for resetting the resume
power plane logic. This signal must be asserted for at least 10 ms after
RSMRST# I
the suspend power wells are valid. When de-asserted, this signal is an
indication that the suspend power wells are stable.
LAN Reset: When asserted, the internal LAN controller is in reset.
This signal must remain asserted until at least 1 ms after the LAN
power well (VccLAN) and ME power well (VccME3_3) are valid. Also,
LAN_RST# must assert a minimum of 40 ns before the LAN power rails
become inactive. When de-asserted, this signal is an indication that
LAN power wells are stable.
LAN_RST# I
NOTES:
1. If Intel LAN is enabled, LAN_RST# must be connected to the
same source as MEPWROK.
2. If Intel LAN is not used or disabled, LAN_RST# must be
grounded through an external pull-down resistor.
LAN PHY Power Control: LAN_PHY_PWR_CTRL should be connected
to LAN_DISABLE_N on the Intel 82567 GbE PHY. The PCH will drive
LAN_PHY_PWR_CTRL low to put the PHY into a low power state when
LAN_PHY_PW functionality is not needed.
R_CTRL / O
GPIO12 NOTES:
LAN_PHY_PWR_CTRL can only be driven low if SLP_LAN# is de-
asserted.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO12.
PCI Express* Wake Event: Sideband wake signal on PCI Express
WAKE# I
asserted by components requesting wake up.
Suspend Status: This signal is asserted by the PCH to indicate that
the system will be entering a low power state soon. This can be
monitored by devices with memory that need to switch from normal
SUS_STAT# /
O refresh to suspend refresh mode. It can also be used by other
GPIO61
peripherals as an indication that they should isolate their outputs that
may be going to powered-off planes.
This signal can instead be used as GPIO61.
Suspend Clock: This clock is an output of the RTC generator circuit to
SUSCLK /
O use by other chips for refresh clock.
GPIO62
This signal can instead be used as GPIO62.

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Table 2-9. Power Management Interface Signals (Sheet 3 of 3)

Name Type Description

DRAM Power OK: This signal should connect to the Processor’s

SM_DRAMPWROK pin. The PCH asserts this pin to indicate when DRAM
power is on.
DRAMPWROK O
NOTE:
1. This pin should have External pull-up to the an always on
Voltage level of 1.05 V / 1.1 V
Power Management Sync: Provides state information from the PCH
PMSYNCH O
to the processor relevant to C-state transitions.
PCI Clock Run: Mobile only signal used to support PCI CLKRUN
CLKRUN# protocol. Connects to peripherals that need to request clock restart or
(Mobile Only) / prevention of clock stopping.
I/O
GPIO32
Mobile: Can be configured as CLKRUN#
(Desktop Only)
Desktop: GPIO mode only.
Battery Low: Mobile only signal is an input from the battery to
indicate that there is insufficient power to boot the system. Assertion
BATLOW#
will prevent wake from S3–S5 state. This signal can also be enabled to
(Mobile Only) / cause an SMI# when asserted.
I
GPIO72
Mobile: Can be configured as BATLOW#
(Desktop Only)
Desktop: GPIO mode only.
NOTE: Desktop requires a weak external pull-up
System Power OK: This generic power good input to the PCH is
driven and used in a platform-specific manner. While PWROK always
indicates that the CORE well of the PCH is stable, SYS_PWROK is used
to inform the PCH that power is stable to some other system
SYS_PWROK I component(s) and the system is ready to start the exit from reset. The
particular component(s) associated with SYS_PWROK can vary across
platform types supported by the same generation of the PCH.
Depending on the platform, the PCH may expect (and wait) for
SYS_PWROK at different stages of the boot flow before continuing.
Stop PCI Clock: This signal is an output to the external clock
STP_PCI# / generator for it to turn off the PCI clock.
O
GPIO34
This signal can instead be used as GPIO34.

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2.10 Processor Interface

Table 2-10. Processor Interface Signals

Name Type Description

Keyboard Controller Reset Processor: The keyboard controller

can generate INIT# to the processor. This saves the external OR gate
with the PCH’s other sources of INIT#. When the PCH detects the
assertion of this signal, INIT# is generated for
RCIN# I
16 PCI clocks.

NOTE: The PCH will ignore RCIN# assertion during transitions to the
S1, S3, S4, and S5 states.
A20 Gate: A20GATE is from the keyboard controller. The signal acts
A20GATE I as an alternative method to force the A20M# signal active. It saves
the external OR gate needed with various other chipsets.
Processor Power Good: This signal should be connected to the
PROCPWRGD O processor’s VCCPWRGOOD_1 and VCCPWRGOOD_0 input to indicate
when the processor power is valid.

2.11 SMBus Interface

Table 2-11. SM Bus Interface Signals

Name Type Description

SMBDATA I/OD SMBus Data: External pull-up resistor is required.

SMBCLK I/OD SMBus Clock: External pull-up resistor is required.
SMBus Alert: This signal is used to wake the system or generate
SMBALERT# /
I SMI#.
GPIO11
This signal can instead be used as GPIO11.

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2.12 System Management Interface

Table 2-12. System Management Interface Signals

Name Type Description

Intruder Detect: This signal can be set to disable system if box

INTRUDER# I detected open. This signal’s status is readable, so it can be used like a
GPI if the Intruder Detection is not needed.
System Management Link 0 Data: SMBus link to external PHY.
SML0DATA I/OD
External pull-up is required.
System Management Link 0 Clock: SMBus link to external PHY.
SML0CLK I/OD
External pull-up is required.
SMLink Alert 0: Output of the integrated LAN controller to external
SML0ALERT# / PHY. External pull-up resistor is required.
O OD
GPIO60 /
This signal can instead be used as GPIO60.
SMLink Alert 1: Alert for the Intel ME SMBus controller to optional
SML1ALERT# /
O OD Embedded Controller or BMC. External pull-up resistor is required.
GPIO74
This signal can instead be used as GPIO74.
System Management Link 1 Clock: SMBus link to optional
SML1CLK /
I/OD Embedded Controller or BMC. External pull-up resistor is required.
GPIO58
This signal can instead be used as GPIO58.
System Management Link 1 Data: SMBus link to optional
SML1DATA /
I/OD Embedded Controller or BMC. External pull-up resistor is required.
GPIO75
This signal can instead be used as GPIO75.

2.13 Real Time Clock Interface

Table 2-13. Real Time Clock Interface
Name Type Description

Crystal Input 1: This signal is connected to the 32.768 kHz crystal. If

RTCX1 Special no external crystal is used, then RTCX1 can be driven with the desired
clock rate.
Crystal Input 2: This signal is connected to the 32.768 kHz crystal. If
RTCX2 Special
no external crystal is used, then RTCX2 should be left floating.

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2.14 Miscellaneous Signals

Table 2-14. Miscellaneous Signals
Name Type Description

Internal Voltage Regulator Enable: This signal enables the

INTVRMEN I internal 1.05 V regulators.
This signal must be always pulled-up to VccRTC.
Speaker: The SPKR signal is the output of counter 2 and is internally
“ANDed” with Port 61h bit 1 to provide Speaker Data Enable. This
signal drives an external speaker driver device, which in turn drives
the system speaker. Upon PLTRST#, its output state is 0.
SPKR O
NOTE: SPKR is sampled as a functional strap. See Section 2.28.1 for
more details. There is a weak integrated pull-down resistor on
SPKR pin.
RTC Reset: When asserted, this signal resets register bits in the RTC
well.

NOTES:
1. Unless CMOS is being cleared (only to be done in the G3
RTCRST# I
power state), the RTCRST# input must always be high when
all other RTC power planes are on.
2. In the case where the RTC battery is dead or missing on the
platform, the RTCRST# pin must rise before the RSMRST#
pin.
Secondary RTC Reset: This signal resets the manageability register
bits in the RTC well when the RTC battery is removed.

NOTES:
SRTCRST# I 1. The SRTCRST# input must always be high when all other RTC
power planes are on.
2. In the case where the RTC battery is dead or missing on the
platform, the SRTCRST# pin must rise before the RSMRST#
pin.

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2.15 Intel® High Definition Audio Link

Table 2-15. Intel® High Definition Audio Link Signals

Name Type Description

Intel® High Definition Audio Reset: Master hardware reset to

HDA_RST# O
external codec(s).
Intel® High Definition Audio Sync: 48 kHz fixed rate sample
sync to the codec(s). Also used to encode the stream number.
HDA_SYNC O
NOTE: This signal is sampled as a functional strap. See
Section 2.28.1 for more details. There is a weak
integrated pull-down resistor on this pin.
Intel® High Definition Audio Bit Clock Output: 24.000 MHz
serial data clock generated by the Intel® High Definition Audio
HDA_BCLK O
controller (the PCH). This signal has a weak internal pull-down
resistor.
Intel® High Definition Audio Serial Data Out: Serial TDM
data output to the codec(s). This serial output is double-pumped
for a bit rate of 48 Mb/s for Intel® High Definition Audio.
HDA_SDO O
NOTE: This signal is sampled as a functional strap. See
Section 2.28.1 for more details. There is a weak
integrated pull-down resistor on this pin.
Intel® High Definition Audio Serial Data In [3:0]: Serial
TDM data inputs from the codecs. The serial input is single-
pumped for a bit rate of 24 Mb/s for Intel® High Definition Audio.
These signals have integrated pull-down resistors, which are
HDA_SDIN[3:0] I
always enabled.

NOTE: During enumeration, the PCH will drive this signal. During
normal operation, the CODEC will drive it.
High Definition Audio Dock Enable: This mobile signal
controls the external Intel® HD Audio docking isolation logic. This
is an active low signal. When de-asserted the external docking
switch is in isolate mode. When asserted the external docking
HDA_DOCK_EN# switch electrically connects the Intel® HD Audio dock signals to
(Mobile Only) / O the corresponding PCH signals.
GPIO33 Mobile: Can be configured as HDA_DOCK_EN#
Desktop: GPIO mode only.

NOTE: This signal is sampled as a functional strap. See

Section 2.28.1 for more details.
Intel High Definition Audio Dock Reset: This signal is a
dedicated HDA_RST# signal for the codec(s) in the docking
station. Aside from operating independently from the normal
HDA_DOCK_RST# HDA_RST# signal, it otherwise works similarly to the HDA_RST#
O
/ GPIO13 signal.
This signal is shared with GPIO13. This signal defaults to GPIO13
mode after PLTRST#. BIOS is responsible for configuring GPIO13
to HDA_DOCK_RST# mode.

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2.16 Controller Link

Table 2-16. Controller Link Signals

Signal Name Type Description

CL_RST1# / Controller Link Reset 1: Controller Link reset that connects to a

TP20 O Wireless LAN Device supporting Intel® Active Management
(Desktop Only) Technology.

CL_CLK1 / TP18 Controller Link Clock 1: Bi-directional clock that connects to a

I/O Wireless LAN Device supporting Intel® Active Management
(Desktop Only)
Technology.
CL_DATA1 / Controller Link Data 1: Bi-directional data that connects to a
TP19 I/O Wireless LAN Device supporting Intel® Active Management
(Desktop Only) Technology.

2.17 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

Table 2-17. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Signals

Name Type Description

SPI_CS0# O SPI Chip Select 0: Used as the SPI bus request signal.
SPI_CS1# O SPI Chip Select 1: Used as the SPI bus request signal.
SPI_MISO I SPI Master IN Slave OUT: Data input pin for the PCH.
SPI Master OUT Slave IN: Data output pin for the PCH.

SPI_MOSI O NOTE: This signal is sampled as a functional strap. See

Section 2.28.1 for more details. There is a weak integrated
pull-down resistor on this pin.
SPI Clock: SPI clock signal, during idle the bus owner will drive the
SPI_CLK O
clock signal low. 17.86 MHz and 31.25 MHz.

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2.18 Intel® Quiet System Technology and Thermal

Reporting
Table 2-18. Intel® Quiet System Technology Signals

Signal Name Type Description

Fan Pulse Width Modulation Outputs: Pulse Width Modulated

duty cycle output signal that is used for Intel® Quiet System
Technology.
PWM[3:0]
When controlling a 3-wire fan, this signal controls a power
(Desktop Only) /
OD O transistor that, in turn, controls power to the fan. When controlling
TP[12:9]
a 4-wire fan, this signal is connected to the “Control” signal on the
(Mobile Only)
fan. The polarity of this signal is programmable. The output default
is low.
These signals are 5 V tolerant.
TACH0
(Desktop Only) /
GPIO17
TACH1
(Desktop Only) / Fan Tachometer Inputs: Tachometer pulse input signal that is
GPIO1 used to measure fan speed. This signal is connected to the “Sense”
I signal on the fan.
TACH2
(Desktop Only) / These signals can instead be used as a GPIOs.
GPIO6
TACH3
(Desktop Only) /
GPIO7
Simple Serial Transport: Single-wire, serial bus. Connect to SST
SST I/O
compliant devices such as SST thermal sensors or voltage sensors.
Platform Environment Control Interface: Single-wire, serial
PECI I/O bus. Connect to corresponding pin of the processor for accessing
processor digital thermometer.

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2.19 JTAG Signals

Table 2-19. JTAG Signals

Name Type Description

Test Clock Input (TCK): The test clock input provides the clock
JTAG_TCK I for the JTAG test logic.
Test Mode Select (TMS): The signal is decoded by the Test
JTAG_TMS I
Access Port (TAP) controller to control test operations.
Test Data Input (TDI): Serial test instructions and data are
JTAG_TDI I
received by the test logic at TDI.
Test Data Output (TDO): TDO is the serial output for test
JTAG_TDO OD
instructions and data from the test logic defined in this standard.
Test Reset (RST): RST is an active low asynchronous signal that
can reset the Test Access Port (TAP) controller.
TRST# I NOTE: The RST signal is optional per the IEEE 1149.1
specification, and is not functional for Boundary Scan
Testing.

NOTE: JTAG Pin definitions are from IEEE Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan
Architecture (IEEE Std. 1149.1-2001).

2.20 Clock Signals

Table 2-20. Clock Interface Signals (Sheet 1 of 3)
Name Type Description
CLKIN_BCLK_P, 133 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip in
I
CLKIN_BCLK_N Buffer-Through Mode.
CLKOUT_BCLK0_P /
CLKOUT_PCIE8_P, 133 MHz Differential output to Processor or 100 MHz
O PCIe* Gen 1.1 specification differential output to PCI
CLKOUT_BCLK0_N /
Express devices.
CLKOUT_PCIE8_N
CLKOUT_DP_P /
CLKOUT_BCLK1_P, 120 MHz Differential output for DisplayPort reference or
O
CLKOUT_DP_N / 133 MHz Differential output to processor
CLKOUT_BCLK1_N
100 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip in
Buffer-Through Mode.
CLKIN_DMI_P,
I
CLKIN_DMI_N NOTE: This input clock is required to be PCIe 2.0 jitter
spec compliant from a clock chip, for PCIe 2.0
discrete Graphics platforms.
CLKOUT_DMI_P, 100 MHz Gen2 specification jitter tolerant differential
O
CLKOUT_DMI_N output to processor.
CLKIN_SATA_P /
100 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip,
CKSSCD_P,
I provided separately from CLKIN_DMI, for use only as a
CLKIN_SATA_N / 100 MHz source for SATA.
CKSSCD_N
CLKIN_DOT96P,
I 96 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip.
CLKIN_DOT96N

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Table 2-20. Clock Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 3)

Name Type Description
Connection for 25 MHz crystal to the PCH oscillator
XTAL25_IN I
circuit.
Connection for 25 MHz crystal to the PCH oscillator
XTAL25_OUT O
circuit.
Single-ended 14.31818 MHz reference clock driven by a
REFCLK14IN I
clock chip.
CLKOUT_PEG_A_P, 100 MHz Gen2 specification differential output to PCI-
O
CLKOUT_PEG_A_N Express Graphics device
CLKOUT_PEG_B_P, 100 MHz Gen2 specification differential output to a
O
CLKOUT_PEG_B_N second PCI-Express Graphics device
PEG_A_CLKRQ# / GPIO47, Clock Request Signals for PEG SLOTS
I
PEG_B_CLKRQ# / GPIO56 These signals can instead be used as GPIOs
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]P, 100 MHz PCIe* Gen1.1 specification differential output
O
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]N to PCI Express* devices
PCIECLKRQ0# / GPIO73,
PCIECLKRQ1# / GPIO18, Clock Request Signals for PCI Express 100 MHz Clocks
PCIECLKRQ2# / GPIO20,
These signals can instead be used as GPIOs
PCIECLKRQ3# / GPIO25,
I
PCIECLKRQ4# / GPIO26,
PCIECLKRQ5# / GPIO44, NOTE: External Pull-up Resistor required if used for
PCIECLKRQ6# / GPIO45, CLKREQ# functionality
PCIECLKRQ7# / GPIO46
Single Ended 33.3 MHz outputs to PCI connectors/
devices. One of these signals must be connected to
CLKOUT_PCI[4:0] O CLKIN_PCILOOPBACK to function as a PCI clock
loopback. This allows skew control for variable lengths of
CLKOUT_PCI[4:0].
Configurable as a GPIO or as an Intel® Management
Firmware programmable output clock, which can be
configured as one of the following:
• 33 MHz
CLKOUTFLEX0 / GPIO64 O • 14.31818 MHz
• DC Output logic ‘0’ (Default)

NOTE: Default clock setting requires no Intel ME FW

configuration.
Configurable as a GPIO or as an Intel® Management
Firmware programmable output clock, which can be
configured as one of the following:
Non functional and unsupported clock output value
(Default)
CLKOUTFLEX1 / GPIO65 O • 33 MHz
• 14.31818 MHz output to SIO
• DC Output logic ‘0’

NOTE: Default clock setting requires no Intel ME FW

configuration.

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Table 2-20. Clock Interface Signals (Sheet 3 of 3)

Name Type Description
Configurable as a GPIO or as an Intel® Management
Firmware programmable output clock which can be
configured as one of the following:
• 33 MHz
CLKOUTFLEX2 / GPIO66 O • 14.31818 MHz (Default)
• DC Output logic ‘0’

NOTE: Default clock setting requires no Intel ME FW

configuration.
Configurable as a GPIO or as an Intel® Management
Firmware programmable output clock which can be
configured as one of the following:
• 48 MHz (Default)
• 33 MHz
CLKOUTFLEX3 / GPIO67 O
• 14.31818 MHz output to SIO
• DC Output logic ‘0’

NOTE: Default clock setting requires no Intel ME FW

configuration.
Differential clock buffer Impedance Compensation:
XCLK_RCOMP I/O Connected to an external precision resistor (90.9 ohms
± 1%) to VccIO.

2.21 LVDS Signals (Mobile only)

Table 2-21. LVDS Interface Signals (Sheet 1 of 2)

Name Type Description

LVDSA_DATA[3:0] O LVDS Channel A differential data output – positive

LVDSA_DATA#[3:0] O LVDS Channel A differential data output – negative
LVDSA_CLK O LVDS Channel A differential clock output – positive
LVDSA_CLK# O LVDS Channel A differential clock output – negative
LVDSB_DATA[3:0] O LVDS Channel B differential data output – positive
LVDSB_DATA#[3:0] O LVDS Channel B differential data output – negative
LVDSB_CLK O LVDS Channel B differential clock output – positive
LVDSB_CLK# O LVDS Channel B differential clock output – negative
L_DDC_CLK I/O EDID support for flat panel display
L_DDC_DATA I/O EDID support for flat panel display
Control signal (clock) for external SSC clock chip control –
L_CTRL_CLK I/O
optional
Control signal (data) for external SSC clock chip control –
L_CTRL_DATA I/O
optional
LVDS Panel Power Enable:
Panel power control enable control for LVDS.
L_VDD_EN O
This signal is also called VDD_DBL in the CPIS specification
and is used to control the VDC source to the panel logic.

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Table 2-21. LVDS Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 2)

Name Type Description

LVDS Backlight Enable:

Panel backlight enable control for LVDS.
L_BKLTEN O
This signal is also called ENA_BL in the CPIS specification
and is used to gate power into the backlight circuitry.
Panel Backlight Brightness Control:
Panel brightness control for LVDS.
L_BKLTCTL O
This signal is also called VARY_BL in the CPIS specification
and is used as the PWM Clock input signal.
LVDS_VREFH O Test mode voltage reference.
LVDS_VREFL O Test mode voltage reference.
LVD_IBG I LVDS reference current.
LVD_VBG O Test mode voltage reference.

2.22 Analog Display /CRT DAC Signals

Table 2-22. Analog Display Interface Signals

Name Type Description

O RED Analog Video Output: This signal is a CRT Analog video

CRT_RED
A output from the internal color palette DAC.
O GREEN Analog Video Output: This signal is a CRT Analog
CRT_GREEN
A video output from the internal color palette DAC.
O BLUE Analog Video Output: This signal is a CRT Analog video
CRT_BLUE
A output from the internal color palette DAC.
Resistor Set: Set point resistor for the internal color palette
I/O
DAC_IREF DAC. A 1 KOhm 1% resistor is required between DAC_IREF and
A
motherboard ground.

O CRT Horizontal Synchronization: This signal is used as the

CRT_HSYNC horizontal sync (polarity is programmable) or “sync interval”.
HVCMOS
2.5 V output
O CRT Vertical Synchronization: This signal is used as the
CRT_VSYNC
HVCMOS vertical sync (polarity is programmable). 2.5V output.

I/O
CRT_DDC_CLK Monitor Control Clock
COD
I/O
CRT_DDC_DATA Monitor Control Data
COD
I/O
CRT_IRTN Monitor Interrupt Return
COD

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2.23 Intel® Flexible Display Interface (FDI)

Table 2-23. Intel® Flexible Display Interface Signals

Signal Name Type Description

FDI_RXP[3:0] I Display Link 1 positive data in

FDI_RXN[3:0] I Display Link 1 negative data in
FDI_FSYNC[0] O Display link 1 Frame sync
FDI_LSYNC[0] O Display link 1 Line sync
FDI_RXP[7:4] I Display Link 2 positive data in
FDI_RXN[7:4] I Display Link 2 negative data in
FDI_FSYNC[1] O Display link 2 Frame sync
FDI_LSYNC[1] O Display link 2 Line sync
FDI_INT O Used for Display interrupts from the PCH to processor.

2.24 Digital Display Signals

Table 2-24. Digital Display Interface Signals (Sheet 1 of 3)
Name Type Description
Port B: Capable of SDVO / HDMI / DVI / DisplayPort

SDVO
DDPB_[0]P: red
DDPB_[1]P: green
DDPB_[2]P: blue
DDPB_[3]P: clock

HDMI / DVI Port B Data and Clock Lines

DDPB_[3:0]P O DDPB_[0]P: TMDSB_DATA2
DDPB_[1]P: TMDSB_DATA1
DDPB_[2]P: TMDSB_DATA0
DDPB_[3]P: TMDSB_CLK

DisplayPort Port B
DDPB_[0]P: Display Port Lane 0
DDPB_[1]P: Display Port Lane 1
DDPB_[2]P: Display Port Lane 2
DDPB_[3]P: Display Port Lane 3

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Table 2-24. Digital Display Interface Signals (Sheet 2 of 3)

Name Type Description

Port B: Capable of SDVO / HDMI / DVI / DisplayPort

SDVO
DDPB_[0]N: red complement
DDPB_[1]N: green complement
DDPB_[2]N: blue complement
DDPB_[3]N: clock complement

HDMI / DVI Port B Data and Clock Line Complements

DDPB_[3:0]N O DDPB_[0]N: TMDSB_DATA2B
DDPB_[1]N: TMDSB_DATA1B
DDPB_[2]N: TMDSB_DATA0B
DDPB_[3]N: TMDSB_CLKB

DisplayPort Port B
DDPB_[0]N: Display Port Lane 0 complement
DDPB_[1]N: Display Port Lane 1 complement
DDPB_[2]N: Display Port Lane 2 complement
DDPB_[3]N: Display Port Lane 3 complement
DDPB_AUXP I/O Port B: Display Port Aux
DDPB_AUXN I/O Port B: Display Port Aux Complement
DDPB_HPD I Port B: TMDSB_HPD Hot Plug Detect
SDVO_CRTLCLK I/O Port B: HDMI Control Clock. Shared with port B SDVO
SDVO_CTRLDATA I/O Port B: HDMI Control Data. Shared with port B SDVO
SDVO_INTP I SDVO_INTP: Serial Digital Video Input Interrupt
SDVO_INTN I SDVO_INTN: Serial Digital Video Input Interrupt Complement.
SDVO_TVCLKINP: Serial Digital Video TVOUT Synchronization
SDVO_TVCLKINP I
Clock.
SDVO_TVCLKINN: Serial Digital Video TVOUT Synchronization
SDVO_TVCLKINN I
Clock Complement.
SDVO_STALLP I SDVO_STALLP: Serial Digital Video Field Stall.
SDVO_STALLN I SDVO_STALLN: Serial Digital Video Field Stall Complement.
Port C: Capable of HDMI / DVI / DP

HDMI / DVI Port C Data and Clock Lines

DDPC_[0]P: TMDSC_DATA2
DDPC_[1]P: TMDSC_DATA1
DDPC_[2]P: TMDSC_DATA0
DDPC_[3:0]P O DDPC_[3]P: TMDSC_CLK

DisplayPort Port C
DDPC_[0]P: Display Port Lane 0
DDPC_[1]P: Display Port Lane 1
DDPC_[2]P: Display Port Lane 2
DDPC_[3]P: Display Port Lane 3

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Table 2-24. Digital Display Interface Signals (Sheet 3 of 3)

Name Type Description

Port C: Capable of HDMI / DVI / DisplayPort

HDMI / DVI Port C Data and Clock Line Complements

DDPC_[0]N: TMDSC_DATA2B
DDPC_[1]N: TMDSC_DATA1B
DDPC_[2]N: TMDSC_DATA0B
DDPC_[3:0]N O DDPC_[3]N: TMDSC_CLKB

DisplayPort Port C Complements

DDPC_[0]N: Lane 0 complement
DDPC_[1]N: Lane 1 complement
DDPC_[2]N: Lane 2 complement
DDPC_[3]N: Lane 3 complement
DDPC_AUXP I/O Port C: Display Port Aux
DDPC_AUXN I/O Port C: Display Port Aux Complement
DDPC_HPD I Port C: TMDSC_HPD Hot Plug Detect
DDPC_CTRLCLK I/O HDMI port C Control Clock
DDPC_CTRLDATA I/O HDMI port C Control Data
Port D: Capable of HDMI / DVI / DP

HDMI / DVI Port D Data and Clock Lines

DDPD_[0]P: TMDSC_DATA2
DDPD_[1]P: TMDSC_DATA1
DDPD_[2]P: TMDSC_DATA0
DDPD_[3:0]P O DDPD_[3]P: TMDSC_CLK

DisplayPort Port D
DDPD_[0]P: Display Port Lane 0
DDPD_[1]P: Display Port Lane 1
DDPD_[2]P: Display Port Lane 2
DDPD_[3]P: Display Port Lane 3
Port D: Capable of HDMI / DVI / DisplayPort

HDMI / DVI Port D Data and Clock Line Complements

DDPD_[0]N: TMDSC_DATA2B
DDPD_[1]N: TMDSC_DATA1B
DDPD_[2]N: TMDSC_DATA0B
DDPD_[3:0]N O DDPD_[3]N: TMDSC_CLKB

DisplayPort Port D Complements

DDPD_[0]N: Lane 0 complement
DDPD_[1]N: Lane 1 complement
DDPD_[2]N: Lane 2 complement
DDPD_[3]N: Lane 3 complement
DDPD_AUXP I/O Port D: Display Port Aux
DDPD_AUXN I/O Port D: Display Port Aux Complement
DDPD_HPD I Port D: TMDSD_HPD Hot Plug Detect
DDPD_CTRLCLK I/O HDMI port D Control Clock
DDPD_CTRLDATA I/O HDMI port D Control Data

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2.25 General Purpose I/O Signals

NOTES:
1. GPIO Configuration registers within the Core Well are reset whenever PWROK is de-
asserted.
2. GPIO Configuration registers within the Suspend Well are reset when RSMRST# is
asserted, CF9h reset (06h or 0Eh) event occurs, or SYS_RST# is asserted.
3. GPIO24 is an exception to the other GPIO Signals in the Suspend Well and is not
reset by CF9h reset (06h or 0Eh).

Table 2-25. General Purpose I/O Signals (Sheet 1 of 3)

Power Blink
Name Type Tolerance Default Description
Well Capability

GPIO75 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with SML1DATA. (Note 10)
Multiplexed with SML1ALERT#. (Note
GPIO74 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No
10)
GPIO73 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ0#
Native
Mobile: Multiplexed with BATLOW#.
GPIO72 I/O 3.3 V Suspend (Mobile No
Only) Desktop: Unmultiplexed (Note 4)

GPIO67 I/O 3.3 V Core Native No Multiplexed with CLKOUTFLEX3

GPIO66 I/O 3.3 V Core Native No Multiplexed with CLKOUTFLEX2
GPIO65 I/O 3.3 V Core Native No Multiplexed with CLKOUTFLEX1
GPIO64 I/O 3.3 V Core Native No Multiplexed with CLKOUTFLEX0
GPIO63 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with SLP_S5#
GPIO62 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with SUSCLK
GPIO61 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with SUS_STAT#
GPIO60 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with SML0ALERT#
GPIO59 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with OC[0]#. (Note 10)
GPIO58 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with SML1CLK
GPIO57 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPI No Unmultiplexed
GPIO56 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with PEG_B_CLKRQ#
GPIO55 I/O 3.3 V Core Native No Multiplexed with GNT3#
GPIO54 I/O 5.0 V Core Native No Multiplexed with REQ3#. (Note 10)
GPIO53 I/O 3.3 V Core Native No Multiplexed with GNT2#
GPIO52 I/O 5.0 V Core Native No Multiplexed with REQ2#.(Note 10)
GPIO51 I/O 3.3 V Core Native No Multiplexed with GNT1#
GPIO50 I/O 5.0 V Core Native No Multiplexed with REQ1#.(Note 10)
GPIO49 I/O 3.3V Core GPI No Multiplexed with SATA5GP.
GPIO48 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI No Multiplexed with SDATAOUT1.
GPIO47 I/O 3.3V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with PEG_A_CLKRQ#
GPIO46 I/O 3.3V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ7#
GPIO45 I/O 3.3V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ6#

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Table 2-25. General Purpose I/O Signals (Sheet 2 of 3)

Power Blink
Name Type Tolerance Default Description
Well Capability

GPIO44 I/O 3.3V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ5#

GPIO[43:40] I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native No Multiplexed with OC[4:1]#. (Note 10)
GPIO39 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI No Multiplexed with SDATAOUT0.
GPIO38 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI No Multiplexed with SLOAD.
GPIO37 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI No Multiplexed with SATA3GP.
GPIO36 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI No Multiplexed with SATA2GP.
GPIO35 I/O 3.3 V Core GPO No Unmultiplexed.
GPIO34 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI No Multiplexed with STP_PCI#
Multiplexed with HDA_DOCK_EN#
GPIO33 I/O 3.3 V Core GPO No
(Mobile Only) (Note 4)
GPO,
Desktop Only: Unmultiplexed
Native
GPIO32 I/O 3.3 V Core No Mobile Only: Used as CLKRUN#,
(Mobile
only) unavailable as GPIO. (Note 4)

GPIO31 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPI Yes Multiplexed with ACPRESENT (Note 6)
Multiplexed with SUS_PWR_DN_ACK
Desktop: Cannot be used for native
GPIO30 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPI Yes function. Used as GPIO30 only.
Mobile: Used as SUS_PWR_DN_ACK or
GPIO30
GPIO29 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPI No Multiplexed with SLP_LAN# (Note 9)
GPIO28 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPI Yes Unmultiplexed
GPIO27 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPO Yes Unmultiplexed
GPIO26 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native Yes Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ4#
GPIO25 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native Yes Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ3#
Unmultiplexed
NOTE: GPIO24 configuration register
GPIO24 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPO Yes
bits are not cleared by CF9h
reset event.
GPIO23 I/O 3.3 V Core Native Yes Multiplexed with LDRQ1#.
GPIO22 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes Multiplexed with SCLOCK
GPIO21 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes Multiplexed with SATA0GP
GPIO20 I/O 3.3 V Core Native Yes Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ2#
GPIO19 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes Multiplexed with SATA1GP
GPIO18 I/O 3.3 V Core Native Yes (Note 7) Multiplexed with PCIECLKRQ1#
Multiplexed with TACH0.
GPIO17 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes
Mobile: Used as GPIO17 only.
GPIO16 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes Multiplexed with SATA4GP.
GPIO15 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPO Yes Unmultiplexed
GPIO14 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native Yes Multiplexed with OC7#

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Table 2-25. General Purpose I/O Signals (Sheet 3 of 3)

Power Blink
Name Type Tolerance Default Description
Well Capability

3.3 V or
HDA Multiplexed with HDA_DOCK_RST#
GPIO13 I/O 1.5 V GPI Yes
Suspend (Mobile Only) (Note 4)
(Note 11)
Multiplexed with LAN_PHY_PWR_CTRL.
GPIO12 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native Yes GPIO / Native functionality controlled
using soft strap.
GPIO11 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native Yes Multiplexed with SMBALERT#. (Note 10)
GPIO10 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native Yes Multiplexed with OC6#. (Note 10)
GPIO9 I/O 3.3 V Suspend Native Yes Multiplexed with OC5#. (Note 10)
GPIO8 I/O 3.3 V Suspend GPO Yes Unmultiplexed
Multiplexed with TACH[3:2].
GPIO[7:6] I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes
Mobile: Used as GPIO[7:6] only.
GPIO[5:2] I/OD 5V Core GPI Yes Multiplexed with PIRQ[H:E]# (Note 5).
Multiplexed with TACH1.
GPIO1 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes
Mobile: Used as GPIO1 only.
GPIO0 I/O 3.3 V Core GPI Yes Unmultiplexed

NOTES:
1. All GPIOs can be configured as either input or output.
2. GPI[15:0] can be configured to cause a SMI# or SCI. Note that a GPI can be routed to
either an SMI# or an SCI, but not both.
3. Some GPIOs exist in the VccSus3_3 power plane. Care must be taken to make sure GPIO
signals are not driven high into powered-down planes. Also, external devices should not be
driving powered down GPIOs high. Some GPIOs may be connected to pins on devices that
exist in the core well. If these GPIOs are outputs, there is a danger that a loss of core
power (PWROK low) or a Power Button Override event will result in the PCH driving a pin to
a logic 1 to another device that is powered down.
4. The functionality that is multiplexed with the GPIO may not be used in desktop
configuration.
5. When this signal is configured as GPO, the output stage is an open drain.
6. In a ME disabled system, GPIO31 may be used as ACPRESENT from the EC.
7. GPIO18 will toggle at a frequency of approximately 1 Hz when the signal is programmed as
a GPIO (when configured as an output) by BIOS.
8. This pins are used as Functional straps. See Section 2.28.1 for more detail.
9. For functional purposes of SLP_LAN# (the native functionality of the pin), this pin always
behaves as an output even if the GPIO defaults to an input. Therefore, this pin cannot be
used as a true GPIO29 by system designers. If Host BIOS does not control SLP_LAN#
control, SLP_LAN# behavior will be based on the setting of the RTC backed SLP_LAN#
Default Bit (D31:F0:A4h:Bit 8).
10. When the multiplexed GPIO is used as GPIO functionality, care should be taken to ensure
the signal is stable in its inactive state of the native functionality, immediately after reset
until it is initialized to GPIO functionality.
11. GPIO13 is powered by VccSusHDA (either 3.3 V or 1.5 V). Voltage tolerance on the signal
is the same as VccSusHDA.

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2.26 Manageability Signals

The following signals can be optionally used by the PCH Management engine supported
applications and appropriately configured by Management Engine firmware. When
configured and used as a Manageability function, the associated host GPIO functionality
is no longer available. If the Manageability function is not used in a platform, the signal
can be used as a host General Purpose I/O or a native function.

Table 2-26. Manageability Signals

Name Type Description

GPIO30/
Used to indicate Processor Missing to the PCH Management
PROC_MISSING I
Engine.
(Desktop Only)
Used as an alert (active low) to indicate to the external
SATA5GP / GPIO49 / controller (such as, EC or SIO) that temperatures are out of
O
TEMP_ALERT# range for the PCH or Graphics/Memory Controller or the
processor core.
Used in Mobile systems. Input signal from the Embedded
Controller to indicate AC power source or the system battery.
ACPRESENT Active High indicates AC power.
I
(Mobile Only)/ GPIO31
NOTE: This Signal is required unless using Intel Management
Engine Ignition firmware.
Active High output signal asserted by the Intel® ME to the
Embedded Controller, when it does not require the PCH
SUS_PWR_DN_ACK Suspend well to be powered.
O
(Mobile Only)/ GPIO30
NOTE: This signal is required by Management Engine in all
platforms.

NOTE: SLP_LAN#/GPIO29 may also be configured by ME FW in Sx/Moff. See SLP_LAN#/GPIO29 signal

description for details.

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2.27 Power and Ground Signals

Table 2-27. Power and Ground Signals (Sheet 1 of 2)

Name Description

Decoupling: This signal is for RTC decoupling only. This signal requires
DcpRTC
decoupling.
Decoupling: Internally generated 1.5V powered off of Suspend Well. This
DcpSST signal requires decoupling. Decoupling is required even if this feature is not
used.
Decoupling: 1.05 V Suspend well supply that is supplied internally by
DcpSus
Internal VRs. This signal requires decoupling.
Decoupling: 1.05 V Suspend well supply that is supplied internally by
DcpSusByp
Internal VRs. This signal requires decoupling.
Reference for 5 V tolerance on core well inputs. This power may be shut off in
V5REF
S3, S4, S5 or G3 states.
Reference for 5 V tolerance on suspend well inputs. This power is not
V5REF_Sus
expected to be shut off unless the system is unplugged.
1.05 V supply for core well logic. This power may be shut off in S3, S4, S5 or
VccCore
G3 states.
3.3 V supply for core well I/O buffers. This power may be shut off in S3, S4,
Vcc3_3
S5 or G3 states.
1.05 V supply for the Intel® Management Engine. This plane must be on in
VccME
S0 and other times the Intel® Management Engine is used.
3.3 V supply for the Intel® Management Engine I/O and SPI I/O. This is a
separate power plane that may or may not be powered in S3–S5 states. This
VccME3_3
plane must be on in S0 and other times the Intel® Management Engine is
used.
Power supply for DMI.
VccDMI 1.1 V or 1.05 V based on the processor used. See the respective processor
documentation to find the appropriate voltage level.
1.05 V supply for LAN controller logic. This is a separate power plane that
may or may not be powered in S3–S5 states.
VccLAN

NOTE: VccLAN may be grounded if Intel LAN is disabled.

3.3 V (can drop to 2.0 V min. in G3 state) supply for the RTC well. This power
is not expected to be shut off unless the RTC battery is removed or
completely drained.
VccRTC
NOTE: Implementations should not attempt to clear CMOS by using a jumper
to pull VccRTC low. Clearing CMOS in a PCH-based platform can be
done by using a jumper on RTCRST# or GPI.
1.05 V supply for core well I/O buffers. This power may be shut off in S3, S4,
VccIO
S5 or G3 states.
3.3 V supply for suspend well I/O buffers. This power is not expected to be
VccSus3_3
shut off unless the system is unplugged.
Suspend supply for Intel® High Definition Audio. This pin can be either 1.5 or
VccSusHDA
3.3 V.
VccVRM 1.8 V supply for internal PLL and VRMs
VccpNAND This pin should be pulled up to 1.8V or 3.3V.

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Table 2-27. Power and Ground Signals (Sheet 2 of 2)

Name Description

1.05 V supply for Display PLL A Analog Power. This power is supplied by the
VccADPLLA
core well.
1.05 V supply for Display PLL B Analog Power. This power is supplied by the
VccADPLLB
core well.
3.3 V supply for Display DAC Analog Power. This power is supplied by the core
VccADAC
well.
Vss Grounds.
Non-Critical To Function. These pins are for package mechanical reliability.
VSS_NCTF
NOTE: These pins should be connected to Ground.
Non-Critical To Function. These pins are for package mechanical reliability.
Vcc3_3_NCTF
NOTE: These pins should be connected the same as the Vcc3_3 pins.
Non-Critical To Function. These pins are for package mechanical reliability.
VccRTC_NCTF
NOTE: These pins should be connected to DcpRTC or left as No Connect.
VccSUS3_3_N Non-Critical To Function. These pins are for package mechanical reliability.
CTF NOTE: These pins should be connected the same as the VccSUS3_3 pins.
V_CPU_IO_NC Non-Critical To Function. These pins are for package mechanical reliability.
TF NOTE: These pins should be connected the same as the V_CPU_IO pins.
Non-Critical To Function. These pins are for package mechanical reliability.
TP22_NCTF
NOTE: These pins should be connected to Ground.
1.05 V Analog power supply for internal clock PLL. This requires a filter and
power is supplied by the core well.
VccAClk
NOTE: This pin can be left as no connect in On-Die VR enabled mode
(default).
1.05 V Analog power supply for SATA. This signal is used for the analog
power for SATA. This requires an LC filter and is supplied by the core well.
VccSATAPLL Must be powered even if SATA is not used.
NOTE: This pin can be left as no connect in On-Die VR enabled mode
(default).
1.05 V Analog Power for DMI. This power is supplied by the core well. This
requires an LC filter.
VccAPLLEXP
NOTE: This pin can be left as no connect in On-Die VR enabled mode
(default).
1.05 V analog power supply for the FDI PLL. This power is supplied with core
well. This requires an LC filter.
VccFDIPLL
NOTE: This pin can be left as no connect in On-Die VR enabled mode
(default).
VccALVDS 3.3 V Analog power supply for LVDS (Mobile Only)
1.8 V I/O power supply for LVDS. (Mobile Only) This power is supplied by
VccTX_LVDS
core well.
Powered by the same supply as the processor I/O voltage. This supply is used
V_CPU_IO to drive the processor interface signals. See the respective processor
documentation to find the appropriate voltage level.

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2.28 Pin Straps

2.28.1 Functional Straps
The following signals are used for static configuration. They are sampled at the rising
edge of PWROK to select configurations (except as noted), and then revert later to their
normal usage. To invoke the associated mode, the signal should be driven at least four
PCI clocks prior to the time it is sampled.

The PCH has implemented Soft Straps. Soft Straps are used to configure specific
functions within the PCH and processor very early in the boot process before BIOS or
SW intervention. When Descriptor Mode is enabled, the PCH will read Soft Strap data
out of the SPI device prior to the de-assertion of reset to both the Management Engine
and the Host system. See Section 5.24.2 for information on Descriptor Mode.

Table 2-28. Functional Strap Definitions (Sheet 1 of 4)

When
Signal Usage Comment
Sampled

The signal has a weak internal pull-down.

NOTE: The internal pull-down is disabled after PLTRST# de-

asserts. If the signal is sampled high, this indicates
Rising edge of
SPKR No Reboot that the system is strapped to the “No Reboot”
PWROK
mode (the PCH will disable the TCO Timer system
reboot feature). The status of this strap is readable
using the NO REBOOT bit (Chipset Config Registers:
Offset 3410h:bit 5).
This signal has a weak internal pull up. Note that the
Rising edge of internal pull-up is disabled after PLTRST# de-asserts.
INIT3_3V# Reserved
PWROK
NOTE: This signal should not be pulled low.
The signal has a weak internal pull-up. If the signal is
sampled low, this indicates that the system is strapped to
the “topblock swap” mode.
The status of this strap is readable using the Top Swap bit
(Chipset Config Registers:Offset 3414h:bit 0).
GNT[3]#/ Top-Block Rising edge of
GPIO[55] Swap Override PWROK NOTES:
1. The internal pull-up is disabled after PLTRST#
deasserts.
2. Software will not be able to clear the Top-Swap bit
until the system is rebooted without GNT3#/GPIO55
being pulled down.
Integrated 1.05 Integrated 1.05 V VRMs is enabled when high
INTVRMEN V VRM Enable / Always
Disable NOTE: This signal should always be pulled high

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Table 2-28. Functional Strap Definitions (Sheet 2 of 4)

When
Signal Usage Comment
Sampled

This signal has a weak internal pull-up.

Note that the internal pull-up is disabled after PCIRST# de-
asserts.
This field determines the destination of accesses to the
BIOS memory range. Also, controllable using Boot BIOS
Destination bit (Chipset Config Registers:Offset 3410h:bit
11). This strap is used in conjunction with Boot BIOS
Destination Selection 0 strap.
Boot BIOS
Bit11 Bit 10
Destination
Boot BIOS Strap 0 1 Reserved
GNT1# / bit [1] Rising edge of
GPIO51 PWROK 1 0 PCI
BBS[1] 1 1 SPI
0 0 LPC
NOTE: If option 00 LPC is selected, BIOS may still be
placed on LPC; however, all platforms with the PCH
require SPI flash connected directly to the PCH SPI
bus with a valid descriptor to boot.
NOTE: Booting to PCI is intended for debut/testing only.
Boot BIOS Destination Select to LPC/PCI by
functional strap or using Boot BIOS Destination Bit
will not affect SPI accesses initiated by Intel®
Management Engine or Integrated GbE LAN.
This Signal has a weak internal pull-up.
Note that the internal pull-up is disabled after PCIRST# de-
asserts.
This field determines the destination of accesses to the
BIOS memory range. Also, controllable using Boot BIOS
Destination bit (Chipset Config Registers:Offset 3410h:bit
10). This strap is used in conjunction with Boot BIOS
Destination Selection 1 strap.

Boot BIOS
Bit11 Bit 10
Destination
Boot BIOS Strap 0 1 Reserved
Rising edge of 1 0 PCI
GNT[0]# bit[0]
PWROK
BBS[0] 1 1 SPI
0 0 LPC

NOTE: If option 00 LPC is selected, BIOS may still be

placed on LPC; however, all platforms with the PCH
require SPI flash connected directly to the PCH's SPI
bus with a valid descriptor to boot.
NOTE: Booting to PCI is intended for debut/testing only.
Boot BIOS Destination Select to LPC/PCI by
functional strap or using Boot BIOS Destination Bit
will not affect SPI accesses initiated by Management
Engine or Integrated GbE LAN.

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Table 2-28. Functional Strap Definitions (Sheet 3 of 4)

When
Signal Usage Comment
Sampled

This Signal has a weak internal pull-up.

Note that the internal pull-up is disabled after PCIRST# de-
asserts.
GNT2#/ ESI Strap Rising edge of Tying this strap low configures DMI for ESI compatible
GPIO53 (Server Only) PWROK operation.
NOTE: ESI compatible mode is for server platforms only.
This signal should not be pulled low for desktop and
mobile.
Rising edge of This signal has a weak internal pull down.
NV_ALE Reserved
PWROK NOTE: This signal should not be pulled high
Signal has a weak internal pull-up.
If strap is sampled high, the security measures defined in
the Flash Descriptor will be in effect (default).
If sampled low, the Flash Descriptor Security will be
overridden.
Flash Descriptor
HDA_DOCK_E Security Rising edge of This strap should only be asserted low using external pull
N#/GPIO[33] Override/ ME PWROK down in manufacturing/debug environments ONLY.
Debug Mode NOTE: Asserting the GPIO33 low on the rising edge of
PWROK will also halt Intel® Management Engine
after chipset bringup and disable runtime Intel®
Management Engine features. This is a debug mode
and must not be asserted after manufacturing/
debug.
Rising edge of This signal has a weak internal pull-down resistor. This
SPI_MOSI Reserved
MEPWROK signal must be sampled low.
DMI Termination Rising edge
NV_CLE This signal has a weak internal pull-down.
Voltage of PWROK
Rising edge of This signal has a weak internal pull down.
HDA_SDO Reserved
RSMRST# NOTE: This signal should not be pulled high
This signal has a weak internal pull up. Note that the weak
Rising edge of
GPIO8 Reserved internal pull-up is disabled after RSMRST# de-asserts.
RSMRST#
NOTE: This signal should not be pulled low
This signal has a weak internal pull-up. note that the weak
Rising edge of internal pull-up is disabled after RSMRST# de-asserts.
GPIO27 Reserved
RSMRST# NOTE: This signal should not be pulled low and can be left
as a No Connect.
On-Die PLL
This signal has a weak internal pull down.
Voltage Rising edge of
HDA_SYNC On-Die PLL VR is supplied by 1.8 V when sampled low.
Regulator RSMRST# pin
Voltage Select NOTE: This signal should not be pulled high.

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Table 2-28. Functional Strap Definitions (Sheet 4 of 4)

When
Signal Usage Comment
Sampled

Low = Intel® Management Engine Crypto Transport Layer

Security (TLS) cipher suite with no confidentiality
High = Intel® Management Engine Crypto TLS cipher suite
with confidentiality
Rising edge of This signal has a weak internal pull down.
GPIO15 Reserved NOTE: A strong pull up may be needed for GPIO
RSMRST# pin
functionality
NOTE: This signal is required to be pulled up to enable TLS.
If this signal is pulled down or left floating Intel®
RPAT and Intel® AMT with TLS will not be
functional.
This signal has a weak internal pull-down.
Note that the weak internal pull-down is disabled after
Rising Edge of
L_DDC_DATA LVDS PLTRST# de-asserts.
PWROK
LVDS is enabled when sampled high. When sampled low
LVDS is Disabled.
This signal has a weak internal pull-down.
Note that the weak internal pull-down is disabled after
SDVO_CTRLDA Digital Display Rising Edge of
PLTRST# de-asserts.
TA Port (Port B) PWROK
Port B is enabled when sampled high. When sampled low
Port B is Disabled.
This signal has a weak internal pull-down.
Note that the weak internal pull-down is disabled after
DDPC_CTRLDA Digital Display Rising Edge of
PLTRST# de-asserts.
TA Port (Port C) PWROK
Port C is enabled when sampled high. When sampled low
Port C is Disabled.
This signal has a weak internal pull-down.
Note that the weak internal pull-down is disabled after
DDPD_CTRLDA Digital Display Rising Edge of
PLTRST# de-asserts.
TA Port (Port D) PWROK
Port D is enabled when sampled high. When sampled low
Port D is Disabled.

NOTE: See Section 3.1 for full details on pull-up/pull-down resistors.

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2.28.2 External RTC Circuitry

The PCH implements an internal oscillator circuit that is sensitive to step voltage
changes in VccRTC. Figure 2-2 shows an example schematic recommended to ensure
correct operation of the PCH RTC.

Figure 2-2. Example External RTC Circuit

3.3V Sus VCCRTC

Schottky Diodes 1uF 0.1uF

RTCX2
1 KΩ
R1
32.768 KHz 10MΩ
Vbatt 20 KΩ 20 KΩ
Xtal

RTCX1

1.0 uF 1.0 uF C1 C2

RTCRST#

SRTCRST#

Notes:
1. The exact capacitor values for C1 and C2 must be based on the crystal maker recommendations.
2. Vbatt is voltage provided by the battery.
3. VccRTC, RTCX1, and RTCX2 are PCH pins.
4. VccRTC powers PCH RTC well.
5. RTCX1 is the input to the internal oscillator.
6. RTCX2 is the amplified feedback for the external crystal.

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3 PCH Pin States

3.1 Integrated Pull-Ups and Pull-Downs
Table 3-1. Integrated Pull-Up and Pull-Down Resistors (Sheet 1 of 2)

Signal Resistor Nominal Notes

Pull-up/Pull-
CL_CLK1 32/100 13, 22
down
Pull-up/Pull-
CL_DATA1 32/100 13, 22
down
CLKOUTFLEX[3:0]/GPIO[67:64] Pull-down 20K 1, 16
HDA_RST# Pull-down 20K 2, 16
GPIO15 Pull-down 20K 3, 21
HDA_BCLK Pull-down 20K 1, 16
HDA_DOCK_EN#/GPIO33 Pull-up 20K 3, 7
HDA_SDIN[3:0] Pull-down 20K 2
HDA_DOCK_RST# /GPIO13 Pull-down 20K 19, 20
HDA_SYNC, HDA_SDO Pull-down 20K 2, 7
GNT[3:1]#/GPIO[55,53,51], GNT0# Pull-up 20K 3, 11, 12
GPIO8 Pull-up 20K 3, 21
LAD[3:0]# / FHW[3:0]# Pull-up 20K 3
LDRQ0#, LDRQ1# / GPIO23 Pull-up 20K 3
NV_ALE, NV_CLE Pull-down 20K 13
PME# Pull-up 20K 3
INIT3_3V# Pull-up 20K 3
PWRBTN# Pull-up 20K 3
SPI_MOSI Pull-down 20K 3,7
SPI_CS0#, SPI_CS1#, SPI_MISO Pull-up 20K 3
SPKR Pull-down 20K 3,15
TACH[3:0]/GPIO[7,6,1,17] Pull-up 20K 3;only on TACH[3:0]
USB[13:0] [P,N] Pull-down 20K 5
DDP[D:C]_CTRLCLK Pull-down 10K
DDP[D:C]_CRTLDATA Pull down 20K 3, 15
SDVO_CTRLDATA,L_DDC_DATA Pull down 20K 3, 15
SDVO_CTRLCLK Pull down 20K 3
BATLOW#/GPIO72 Pull-up 20K 3
CLKOUT_PCI[4:0] Pull-down 20K 1, 16
GPIO27 Pull-up 20K 3, 21
PCIECLKRQ0#/GPIO73 Pull-up 20K 3, 21
JTAG_TDI, JTAG_TMS, TRST# Pull-up 20K 1, 17

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Table 3-1. Integrated Pull-Up and Pull-Down Resistors (Sheet 2 of 2)

Signal Resistor Nominal Notes

JTAG_TCK Pull-down 20K 1, 18
GPIO28 Pull-up 20K 3
PCIECLKRQ6#/GPIO45 Pull-up 20K 3

NOTES:
1. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 10 kΩ to 40 kΩ.
2. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 9 kΩ to 50 kΩ.
3. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 15 kΩ to 40 kΩ.
4. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 7.5kΩ to 16kΩ.
5. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 14.25 kΩ to 24.8 kΩ.
6. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 10 kΩ to 30 kΩ.
7. The pull-up or pull-down on this signal is only enabled at boot/reset for strapping function.
8. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 10 kΩ to 20 kΩ.
The internal pull-up is only enabled during PLTRST# assertion.
9. The pull-down on this signal is only enabled when in S3.
10. The pull-up or pull-down on this signal is only enabled during reset.
11. The pull-up on this signal is not enabled when PCIRST# is high.
12. The pull-up on this signal is not enabled when PWROK is low.
13. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 15 kΩ to 31 kΩ.
14. The pull-down is disabled after pins are driven strongly to logic zero when PWROK
is asserted.
15. The Pull-up or pull down is not active when PLTRST# is NOT asserted.
16. The pull-down is enabled when PWROK is low.
17. External termination is also required on these signals for JTAG enabling. Internal pull-up
is added in B-step Silicon.
18. External termination is also required on these signals for JTAG enabling. Internal pull-down
is added in B-step Silicon.
19. Simulation data shows that these resistor values can range from 20 kΩ to 27 kΩ.
20. Pull-down is enabled only when PCIRST# pin is driven low.
21. Pull-up is disabled after RSMRST# is de-asserted.
22. The Controller Link Clock and Data buffers use internal pull-up or pull-down resistors
to drive a logical 1 or 0.

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3.2 Output and I/O Signals Planes and States

Table 3.2and Table 3-3 shows the power plane associated with the output and I/O
signals, as well as the state at various times. Within the table, the following terms are
used:
“High-Z” Tri-state. The PCH not driving the signal high or low.
“High” The PCH is driving the signal to a logic 1.
“Low” The PCH is driving the signal to a logic 0.
“Defined” Driven to a level that is defined by the function or external pull-
up/pull-down resistor (will be high or low).
“Undefined” The PCH is driving the signal, but the value is indeterminate.
“Running” Clock is toggling or signal is transitioning because function not
stopping.
“Off” The power plane is off; The PCH is not driving when configured
as an output or sampling when configured as an input.
“Input” The PCH is sampling and signal state determined by external
driver.

Note: Signal levels are the same in S4 and S5, except as noted.

The PCH suspend well signal states are indeterminate and undefined and may glitch
prior to RSMRST# de-assertion. This does not apply to SLP_S3#, SLP_S4#, SLP_S5#,
GPIO24, and GPIO29. These signals are determinate and defined prior to RSMRST# de-
assertion.

The PCH core well signal states are indeterminate and undefined and may glitch prior to
PWROK assertion. This does not apply to THRMTRIP#. This signal is determinate and
defined prior to PWROK assertion.

Table 3-2. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Desktop Configurations
(Sheet 1 of 5)
Power During Immediately
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2

PCI Express*

PETp[8:1], PETn[8:1] Core High High5 Defined OFF OFF

DMI

DMI[3:0]TXP,
Core High High Defined Off Off
DMI[3:0]TXN

PCI Bus

AD[31:0] Core Low Undefined Defined Off Off

C/BE[3:0]# Core Low Undefined Defined Off Off
DEVSEL# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
FRAME# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
GNT0#8, GNT[3:1]#8/
Core High High High Off Off
GPIO[55, 53, 51]
IRDY#, TRDY# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

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Table 3-2. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Desktop Configurations
(Sheet 2 of 5)
Power During Immediately
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2

PAR Core Low Low Low Off Off

PCIRST# Suspend Low High High Low Low
PERR# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
PLOCK# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
STOP# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

LPC/FWH Interface

LAD[3:0] / FWH[3:0] Core High High High Off Off

LFRAME# / FWH[4] Core High High High Off Off

INIT3_3V#8 Core High High High Off Off

SATA Interface

SATA[5:0]TXP,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off Off
SATA[5:0]TXN
SATALED# Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off Off
SATAICOMPO Core High High Defined Off Off
SCLOCK/GPIO22 Core High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Off Off
SLOAD/GPIO38 Core High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Off Off
SDATAOUT[1:0]/
Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
GPIO[48,39]
Interrupts

PIRQ[A:D]#, Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

PIRQ[H:E]# /
Core High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Off Off
GPIO[5:2]
SERIRQ Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

USB Interface

USB[13:0][P,N] Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined

USBRBIAS Suspend High-Z High-Z High High High

Power Management

LAN_PHY_PWR_CTRL11
Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined
/GPIO12
PLTRST# Suspend Low High High Low Low
6
SLP_M# Suspend Low High High Defined Defined
SLP_S3# Suspend Low High High Low Low
SLP_S4# Suspend Low High High High Low
SLP_S5#/GPIO63 Suspend Low High High High Low3
SUS_STAT#/GPIO61 Suspend Low High High Low Low
SUSCLK/GPIO62 Suspend Low Running
DRAMPWROK Suspend Low High-Z High-Z High-Z Low
PMSYNCH Core Low Low Defined Off Off

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Table 3-2. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Desktop Configurations
(Sheet 3 of 5)
Power During Immediately
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2

STP_PCI#/GPIO34 Core High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Off Off

SLP_LAN#/GPIO299 Suspend Low Defined9 High Defined Defined

Processor Interface

Dependant on
A20M# CPU A20GATE See Note 1 High Off Off
Signal
PROCPWRGD CPU Low3 High High Off Off

SMBus Interface

SMBCLK, SMBDATA Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined

System Management Interface

SML0ALERT# / GPIO60 Suspend High-Z High-Z12 Defined Defined Defined

SML0DATA Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined
SML0CLK Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined
GPIO58/SML1CLK Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined
SML1ALERT#/GPIO74 Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined
SML1DATA//GPIO75 Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined
JTAG_TDO Suspend High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z

Miscellaneous Signals
8
SPKR Core Low Low Defined Off Off
Clocking Signals

CLKOUT_BCLK0_P /
CLKOUT_PCIE8_P,
Core Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_BCLK0_N /
CLKOUT_PCIE8_N
CLKOUT_DP_P /
CLKOUT_BCLK1_P,
Core Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_DP_N /
CLKOUT_BCLK1_N
CLKOUT_DMI_P,
Core Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_DMI_N
CLKOUT_PEG_A_P,
Core Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_PEG_A_N
CLKOUT_PEG_B_P,
Core Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_PEG_B_N
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0] P,
Core Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0] N
CLKOUT_PCI[4:0] Core Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUTFLEX[3:0]/ Running/
Core Low Low Off Off
GPIO[67:64] Low
XTAL25_OUT Core Running Running Running Off Off
XCLK_RCOMP Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

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Table 3-2. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Desktop Configurations
(Sheet 4 of 5)
Power During Immediately
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2

Intel® High Definition Audio Interface

HDA
HDA_RST# Low Low4 Defined Low Low
Suspend
HDA
HDA_SDO8 Low Low Low Low Low
Suspend
HDA
HDA_SYNC8 Low Low Low Low Low
Suspend
HDA
HDA_BCLK Low Low Low Low Low
Suspend

UnMultiplexed GPIO Signals

GPIO88 Suspend High High Defined Defined Defined

GPIO158 Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined
GPIO24 Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined
GPIO278 Suspend High Low Defined Defined Defined
GPIO32 Core High High Defined Off Off
GPIO35 Core Low Low Defined Off Off
GPIO57 Suspend High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Defined
GPIO72 Suspend High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Defined
Multiplexed GPIO Signals used as GPIO only

GPIO0 Core High-Z (Input) High-Z(Input) Defined Off Off

HDA
GPIO1310, 14 Low High-Z Defined Defined Defined
Suspend
GPIO28 Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined
GPIO3010 Suspend High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Defined
GPIO3110 Suspend High-Z (Input) High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Defined
GPIO3310 Core High High Defined Off Off

SPI Interface

SPI_CS0# ME33IO High13 High Defined Defined Defined

13
SPI_CS1# ME33IO High High Defined Defined Defined
SPI_MOSI8 ME33IO Low13 Low Defined Defined Defined
13
SPI_CLK ME33IO Low Low Running Defined Defined

Intel® Quiet System Technology and Thermal Reporting

PWM[3:0] Core High-Z Low Defined Off Off

SST Suspend High-Z Low Defined Off Off
PECI CPU Low Low Defined Off Off

Analog Display / CRT DAC Signals

CRT_RED, CRT_GREEN,
Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
CRT_BLUE
DAC_IREF Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

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Table 3-2. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Desktop Configurations
(Sheet 5 of 5)
Power During Immediately
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2

CRT_HSYNC Core Low Low Low Off Off

CRT_VSYNC Core Low Low Low Off Off
CRT_DDC_CLK Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
CRT_DDC_DATA Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
CRT_IRTN Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

Intel® Flexible Display Interface

FDI_RXP[7:0],
Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
FDI_RXN[7:0]
FDI_FSYNC[1:0] Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
FDI_LSYNC[1:0] Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
FDI_INT Core High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
Digital Display Interface

DDP[D:B]_[3:0]P,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off Off
DDP[D:B]_[3:0]N
DDP[D:B]_AUXP,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off Off
DDP[D:B]_AUXN
SDVO_CTRLCLK,
Core Low High-Z Defined Off Off
SDVO_CTRLDATA
DDPC_CTRLCLK,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off Off
DDPC_CTRLDATA
DDPD_CTRLCLK,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off Off
DDPD_CTRLDATA

NOTES:
1. PCH drives PROCPWRGD after PWROK and SYS_PWROK signals are active, and thus will be
driven low by PCH when either of these signals are inactive. During boot, or during a hard
reset with power cycling, PROCPWRGD will be expected to transition from low to High-Z
2. The states of Core and processor signals are evaluated at the times During PLTRST# and
Immediately after PLTRST#. The states of the LAN and GLAN signals are evaluated at the
times During LAN_RST# and Immediately after LAN_RST#. The states of the Controller
Link signals are taken at the times During CL_RST1# and Immediately after CL_RST1#.
The states of the Suspend signals are evaluated at the times During RSMRST# and
Immediately after RSMRST#, with an exception to GPIO signals; see Section 2.25 for more
details on GPIO state after reset. The states of the HDA signals are evaluated at the times
During HDA_RST# and Immediately after HDA_RST#.
3. SLP_S5# signals will be high in the S4 state.
4. Low until Intel® High Definition Audio Controller Reset bit set (D27:F0:Offset
HDBAR+08h:bit 0), at which time HDA_RST# will be High and HDA_BIT_CLK will be
Running.
5. PETp/n[8:1] high until port is enabled by software.
6. The SLP_M# state will be determined by Intel® Management Engine Firmware.
7. The state of signals in S3–S5 will be defined by Intel® AMT Policies.
8. This signal is sampled as a functional strap during reset. See Functional straps definition
table for usage.
9. SLP_LAN# behavior after reset is dependent on value of SLP_LAN# default value bit.

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10. Native functionality multiplexed with these GPIOs are not used in Desktop Configurations.
During reset an Internal pull-down will drive this pin low. The pull down will be disabled
after PCIRST# de-assertion.
11. Native/GPIO functionality controlled using soft straps. Default to Native functionality until
soft straps are loaded.
12. State of the pins depend on the source of VccME3_3 power.
13. Pin is tri-stated prior to MEPWROK assertion during Reset.
14. GPIO13 is powered by VccSusHDA (either 3.3 V or 1.5 V). Pin tolerance is determined by
VccSusHDA voltage.

Table 3-3. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Mobile Configurations
(Sheet 1 of 5)
Power During Immediately C-x
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2 states

PCI Express*
PET[8:1]p,
Core High High5 Defined Defined Off Off
PET[8:1]n
DMI
DMI[3:0]TXP,
Core High High Defined Defined Off Off
DMI[3:0]TXN
PCI Bus

AD[31:0] Core Low Undefined Defined Defined Off Off

C/BE[3:0]# Core Low Undefined Defined Defined Off Off

CLKRUN#18 (Mobile
Core Low Low Defined Defined Off Off
Only) / GPIO32

GNT0#8
GNT[3:1]#8/ Core High High High High Off Off
GPIO[55,53,51]

DEVSEL# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

FRAME# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

IRDY#, TRDY# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

PAR Core Low Undefined Defined Defined Off Off

PCIRST# Suspend Low High High High Low Low

PERR# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

PLOCK# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

STOP# Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off

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Table 3-3. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Mobile Configurations
(Sheet 2 of 5)
Power During Immediately C-x
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2 states

LPC/FWH Interface
LAD[3:0] /
Core High High High High Off Off
FWH[3:0]
LFRAME# / FWH[4] Core High High High High Off Off
INIT3_3V#8 Core High High High High Off Off

SATA Interface
SATA[5:0]TXP,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
SATA[5:0]TXN
SATALED# Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
SATAICOMPO Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
High-Z
SCLOCK/GPIO22 Core High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Off Off
(Input)
High-Z
SLOAD/GPIO38 Core High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Off Off
(Input)
SDATAOUT[1:0]/ High-Z
Core High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Off Off
GPIO[48,39] (Input)
Interrupts
PIRQ[A:D]# Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
PIRQ[H:E]# / High-Z
Core High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Off Off
GPIO[5:2] (Input)
SERIRQ Core High-Z High-Z Running High-Z Off Off
USB Interface
USB[13:0][P,N] Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined Defined
USBRBIAS Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
Power Management
PLTRST# Suspend Low High High High Low Low
SLP_M#6 Suspend Low High High High Defined Defined
SLP_S3# Suspend Low High High High Low Low
SLP_S4# Suspend Low High High High High Defined
SLP_S5#/GPIO63 Suspend Low High High High High Low3
SUS_STAT#/GPIO61 Suspend Low High High High Low Low
SUSCLK Suspend Low Running
SUS_PWR_DN_ACK/ High-Z
Suspend High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO30 (Input)
DRAMPWROK Suspend Low High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Low
LAN_PHY_PWR_CTR
Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined Defined
L10/GPIO12
Defined/
PMSYNCH Core Low Low Defined Off Off
Low
High-Z
STP_PCI#/GPIO34 Core High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Off Off
(Input)
SLP_LAN#15/
Suspend Low Defined15 High High Defined Defined
GPIO29

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Table 3-3. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Mobile Configurations
(Sheet 3 of 5)
Power During Immediately C-x
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2 states

Processor Interface
1
PROCPWRGD Core Low High High High Off Off
SMBus Interface
SMBCLK, SMBDATA Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
System Management Interface
SML0ALERT#/
Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO60
SML0DATA Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
SML0CLK Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO58/SML1CLK Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
SML1ALERT#/
Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO74
SML1DATA/GPIO75 Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
JTAG_TDO Suspend High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z
Miscellaneous Signals
SPKR8 Core Low Low Defined Defined Off Off
Clocking Signals
CLKOUT_BCLK0_P /
CLKOUT_PCIEB_P,
Core Running Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_BCLK0_N /
CLKOUT_PCIEB_N
CLKOUT_DP_P /
CLKOUT_BCLK1_P,
Core Running Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_DP_N /
CLKOUT_BCLK1_N,
CLKOUT_DMI_P,
Core Running Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_DMI_N
XTAL25_OUT Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
XCLK_RCOMP Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
CLKOUT_PEG_A_P,
Core Running Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_PEG_A_N
CLKOUT_PEG_B_P,
Core Running Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_PEG_B_N
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]
P,
Core Running Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]
N
CLKOUT_PCI[4:0] Core Running Running Running Running Off Off
CLKOUTFLEX[3:0]/ Running/
Core Low Low Running Off Off
GPIO[67:64] Low
Intel® High Definition Audio Interface
HDA
HDA_RST# Low Low4 High Defined Low Low
Suspend

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Table 3-3. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Mobile Configurations
(Sheet 4 of 5)
Power During Immediately C-x
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2 states
HDA
HDA_SDO8 Low Low Low Low Low Low
Suspend
HDA
HDA_SYNC8 Low Low Low Low Low Low
Suspend
HDA
HDA_BCLK Low Low Low Low Low Low
Suspend
HDA_DOCK_EN#/
Core High High12 Defined Defined Off Off
GPIO33
HDA_DOCK_RST#/ HDA
Low11 High-Z11 Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO1319 Suspend
UnMultiplexed GPIO Signals
8
GPIO8 Suspend High High Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO158 Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO24 Suspend Low Low Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO278 Suspend High Low Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO28 Suspend High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Defined Defined
GPIO35 Core Low Low Defined Defined Off Off
High-Z
GPIO57 Suspend High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Defined Defined
(Input)
Multiplexed GPIO Signals used as GPIO only
High-Z
GPIO0 Core High-Z (Input) Defined Defined Off Off
(Input)
GPIO[7,6,1,17]9 Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
SPI Interface
SPI_CS0# ME33IO High17 High Defined Defined Defined Defined
17
SPI_CS1# ME33IO High High Defined Defined Defined Defined
SPI_MOSI8 ME33IO Low17 Low Defined Defined Defined Defined
SPI_CLK ME33IO Low17 Low Running Running Defined Defined
®
Intel Quiet System Technology and Thermal Reporting
PECI CPU Low Low Defined Defined Off Off
Controller Link
CL_CLK16 Suspend High/Low14 High/Low14 Defined Defined Defined Defined
CL_DATA16 Suspend High/Low14 High/Low14 Defined Defined Defined Defined
6
CL_RST1# Suspend Low High High High High High
LVDS Signals
LVDSA_DATA[3:0], Defined/ Defined/
Core High-Z High-Z Off Off
LVDSA_DATA#[3:0] High-Z13 High-Z13
LVDSA_CLK, Defined/ Defined/
Core High-Z High-Z Off Off
LVDSA_CLK# High-Z13 High-Z13
LVDSB_DATA[3:0], Defined/ Defined/
Core High-Z High-Z Off Off
LVDSB_DATA#[3:0] High-Z13 High-Z13

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Table 3-3. Power Plane and States for Output and I/O Signals for Mobile Configurations
(Sheet 5 of 5)
Power During Immediately C-x
Signal Name S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
Plane Reset2 after Reset2 states
LVDSB_CLK, Defined/ Defined/
Core High-Z High-Z Off Off
LVDSB_CLK# High-Z13 High-Z13
L_DDC_CLK Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
L_DDC_DATA Core Low High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
High/ High/
L_VDD_EN Core High-Z High-Z Off Off
High-Z13 High-Z13
High/ High/
L_BKLTEN Core High-Z High-Z Off Off
High-Z13 High-Z13
High/ High/
L_BKLTCTL Core High-Z High-Z Off Off
High-Z13 High-Z13
L_CTRL_CLK Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
L_CTRL_DATA Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
LVD_VBG,
LVD_VREFH, Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
LVD_VREFL
Analog Display / CRT DAC Signals
CRT_RED,
CRT_GREEN, Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
CRT_BLUE
DAC_IREF Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
CRT_HSYNC Core Low Low Low Low Off Off
CRT_VSYNC Core Low Low Low Low Off Off
CRT_DDC_CLK Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
CRT_DDC_DATA Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
CRT_IRTN Core High-Z High-Z High-Z High-Z Off Off
®
Intel Flexible Display Interface
FDI_RXP[7:0],
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
FDI_RXN[7:0]
FDI_FSYNC[1:0] Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
FDI_LSYNC[1:0] Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
FDI_INT Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
Digital Display Interface
DDP[D:B]_[3:0]P,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
DDP[D:B]_[3:0]N,
DDP[D:B]_AUXP,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
DDP[D:B]_AUXN
SDVO_CTRLCLK,
Core Low High-Z Defined Defined Off Off
SDVO_CTRLDATA
DDPC_CTRLCLK,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined High-Z Off
DDPC_CTRLDATA
DDPD_CTRLCLK,
Core High-Z High-Z Defined Defined High-Z Off
DDPD_CTRLDATA

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NOTES:
1. PCH drives PROCPWRGD after PWROK and SYS_PWROK signals are active, and thus will be
driven low by PCH when either of these signals are inactive. During boot, or during a hard
reset with power cycling, PROCPWRGD will be expected to transition from low to High-Z
2. The states of Core and processor signals are evaluated at the times during PLTRST# and
Immediately after PLTRST#. The states of the LAN and GLAN signals are evaluated at the
times During LAN_RST# and Immediately after LAN_RST#. The states of the Controller
Link signals are taken at the times During CL_RST1# and Immediately after CL_RST1#.
The states of the Suspend signals are evaluated at the times During RSMRST# and
Immediately after RSMRST#, with an exception to GPIO signals; see Section 2.25 for more
details on GPIO state after reset. The states of the HDA signals are evaluated at the times
During HDA_RST# and Immediately after HDA_RST#.
3. SLP_S5# signals will be high in the S4 state.
4. Low until Intel® High Definition Audio Controller Reset bit set (D27:F0:Offset
HDBAR+08h:bit 0), at which time HDA_RST# will be High and HDA_BIT_CLK will be
Running.
5. PETp/n[8:1] high until port is enabled by software.
6. The SLP_M# state will be determined by Intel® Management Engine Firmware.
7. The state of signals in S3–S5 will be defined by Intel® AMT Policies.
8. This signal is sampled as a functional strap during Reset. See Functional straps definition
table for usage.
9. Native functionality multiplexed with these GPIOs is not used in Mobile Configurations.
10. Native/GPIO functionality controlled using soft straps. Default to Native functionality until
soft straps are loaded.
11. This pin will be driven to a High when Dock Attach bit is set (Docking Control Register
D27:F0 offset 4Ch). During reset an Internal pull-down will drive this pin low. The pull
down will be disabled after PCIRST# de-assertion.
12. This pin will be driven to a Low when Dock Attach bit is set (Docking Control Register
D27:F0 offset 4Ch).
13. PCH tristates these signals when LVDS port is disabled.
14. Controller Link Clock and Data buffers use internal pull-up and pull-down resistors to drive
a logical 1 or a 0.
15. SLP_LAN# behavior after reset is dependent on value of SLP_LAN# default value bit.
16. State of the pins depend on the source of VccME3_3 power.
17. Pin is tri-stated prior to MEPWROK assertion during Reset.
18. CLKRUN# is driven to a logic 1 during reset for Mobile configurations (default is native
function) to ensure that PCI clocks can toggle before devices come out of reset. For
desktop configurations this pin defaults to GPIO mode strongly driving a logic 1.
19. HDA_DOCK_RST#/GPIO13 is powered by VccSusHDA (either 3.3 V or 1.5 V). Pin tolerance
is determined by VccSusHDA voltage.

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3.3 Power Planes for Input Signals

Table 3-4 and Table 3-5 show the power plane associated with each input signal, as
well as what device drives the signal at various times. Valid states include:
• High
• Low
• Static: Will be high or low, but will not change
• Driven: Will be high or low, and is allowed to change
• Running: For input clocks

The PCH suspend well signal states are indeterminate and undefined and may glitch
prior to RSMRST# de-assertion. This does not apply to LAN_RST#, SLP_S3#,
SLP_S4#, S4_STATE# and SLP_S5#. These signals are determinate and defined prior
to RSMRST# de-assertion.

The PCH core well signal states are indeterminate and undefined and may glitch prior to
PWROK assertion. This does not apply to FERR# and THRMTRIP#. These signals are
determinate and defined prior to PWROK assertion.

Table 3-4. Power Plane for Input Signals for Desktop Configurations (Sheet 1 of 3)

Signal Name Power Well Driver During Reset S0/S1 S3 S4/S5

DMI

DMI_CLKP, DMI_CLKN Core Clock Generator Running Off Off

DMI[3:0]RXP, DMI[3:0]RXN Core Processor Driven Off Off

PCI Express*

PER[8:1]p, PERn[8:1]n Core PCI Express* Device Driven Off Off

PCI Bus

REQ0#,
REQ1# / GPIO501
Core External Pull-up Driven Off Off
REQ2# / GPIO521
REQ3# / GPIO541
PME# Suspend Internal Pull-up Driven Driven Driven
SERR# Core PCI Bus Peripherals High Off Off

LPC Interface

LDRQ0# Core LPC Devices High Off Off

LDRQ1# / GPIO231 Core LPC Devices High Off Off

SATA Interface

SATA[5:0]RXP,
Core SATA Drive Driven Off Off
SATA[5:0]RXN
SATAICOMPI Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off
SATA[5:4]GP/TEMP_ALERT/ External Device or
Core Driven Off Off
GPIO[49,16]1 External Pull-up/Pull-down
SATA[3:0]GP / GPIO[37, 36, External Device or
Core Driven Off Off
19, 21]1 External Pull-up/Pull-down

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Table 3-4. Power Plane for Input Signals for Desktop Configurations (Sheet 2 of 3)

Signal Name Power Well Driver During Reset S0/S1 S3 S4/S5

USB Interface

OC[7:0]#/
Suspend External Pull-ups Driven Driven Driven
GPIO[14,10,9,43:40,59]1

USBRBIAS# Suspend External Pull-down Driven Driven Driven

Power Management

MEPWROK Suspend External Circuit High Driven Driven

LAN_RST# Suspend External Circuit High Static Static
PWRBTN# Suspend Internal Pull-up Driven Driven Driven
PWROK RTC System Power Supply Driven Driven Driven
RI# Suspend Serial Port Buffer Driven Driven Driven
RSMRST# RTC External RC Circuit High High High
SYS_RESET# Core External Circuit Driven Off Off
SYS_PWROK Suspend External Circuit High Driven Driven
THRMTRIP# CPU External Thermal Sensor Driven Off Off
WAKE# Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven

Processor Interface

A20GATE Core External Micro controller Static Off Off

RCIN# Core External Micro controller High Off Off

System Management Interface

SMBALERT# / GPIO11 Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven

INTRUDER# RTC External Switch Driven High High

JTAG Interface

JTAG_TDI Suspend Internal Pull-up4 High High High

JTAG_TMS Suspend Internal Pull-up4 High High High
5
JTAG_TCK Suspend Internal Pull-down Low Low Low

Miscellaneous Signals

INTVRMEN2 RTC External Pull-up High High High

RTCRST# RTC External RC Circuit High High High
SRTCRST# RTC External RC Circuit High High High

Digital Display Interface

DDP[B:C:D]_HPD Core External Pull-down Driven Off Off

SDVO_INTP,
Core SDVO controller device Driven Off Off
SDVO_INTN
SDVO_TVCLKINP,
Core SDVO controller device Driven Off Off
SDVO_TVCLKINN

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Table 3-4. Power Plane for Input Signals for Desktop Configurations (Sheet 3 of 3)

Signal Name Power Well Driver During Reset S0/S1 S3 S4/S5

SDVO_STALLP,
Core SDVO controller device Driven Off Off
SDVO_STALLN

Intel® Flexible Display Interface

FDI_RXP[7:0],
Core Processor Driven Off Off
FDI_RXN[7:0]

Clock Interface

CLKIN_DMI_P, CLKIN_DMI_N Core Clock Generator Running Running Off

CLKIN_SATA_N/CKSSCD_N,
Core Clock Generator Running Running Off
CLKIN_SATA_P/CKSSCD_P
CLKIN_BCLK_P,
Core Clock Generator Running Running Off
CLKIN_BCLK_N
CLKIN_DOT_96P,
Core Clock Generator Running Running Off
CLKIN_DOT_96N
CLKIN_PCILOOPBACK Core Clock Generator Running Running Off
PCIECLKRQ[7:3]#/
GPIO[46:44,26:25]1,PCIECL Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven
KRQ0#/GPIO731
PCIECLKRQ[2:1]#/
Core External Pull-up Driven Driven Off
GPIO[20:18]1
PEG_A_CLKRQ#/GPIO471,
Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven
PEG_B_CLKRQ#/GPIO561
REFCLK14IN Core Clock Generator Running Running Off
XTAL25_IN Core Clock Generator High-Z High-Z High-Z

Intel® High Definition Audio Interface

HDA_SDIN[3:0] Suspend Internal Pull-down Low Low Low

SPI Interface

SPI_MISO ME33IO External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven

Intel® Quiet System Technology

TACH[3:0]/GPIO[7,6,1,17]1 Core External Pull-up Driven Off Off

NOTES:
1. These signals can be configured as outputs in GPIO mode.
2. This signal is sampled as a functional strap during Reset. See Functional straps definition
table for usage.
3. State of the pins depend on the source of VccME3_3 power.
4. Internal pull-ups are implemented.
5. Internal pull-down is implemented.

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Table 3-5. Power Plane for Input Signals for Mobile Configurations (Sheet 1 of 3)
C-x
Signal Name Power Well Driver During Reset S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
states

DMI

DMI_CLKP, DMI_CLKN Core Clock Generator Running Running Off Off

DMI[3:0]RXP,
Core Processor Driven Driven Off Off
DMI[3:0]RXN
PCI Express*

PER[6:1]p, PER[6:1]n Core PCI Express* Device Driven Driven Off Off

PCI Bus

REQ0#,
REQ1# / GPIO501
Core External Pull-up Driven Driven Off Off
REQ2# / GPIO521
REQ3# / GPIO541
PME# Suspend Internal Pull-up Driven Driven Driven Driven
SERR# Core PCI Bus Peripherals Driven High Off Off

LPC Interface

LDRQ0# Core Internal Pull-up Driven High Off Off

1
LDRQ1# / GPIO23 Core Internal Pull-up Driven High Off Off

SATA Interface
SATA[5:0]RXP,
Core SATA Drive Driven Driven Off Off
SATA[5:0]RXN
SATAICOMPI Core High-Z High-Z Defined Off Off
SATA[5:4]GP/
External Device or
TEMP_ALERT/ Core Driven Driven Off Off
External Pull-up/Pull-down
GPIO[49,16]1
SATA[3:0]GP / External Device or
Core Driven Driven Off Off
GPIO[37, 36, 19, 21]1 External Pull-up/Pull-down

USB Interface

OC[7:0]#/
GPIO[14,10,9,43:40, Suspend External Pull-ups Driven Driven Driven Driven
59]

USBRBIAS# Suspend External Pull-down Driven Driven Driven Driven

Power Management

ACPRESENT (Mobile
Suspend External Microcontroller Driven Driven Driven Driven
Only) /GPIO311
BATLOW# (Mobile
Suspend External Pull-up High High Driven Driven
Only) /GPIO721
MEPWROK Suspend External Circuit Driven Driven Driven Driven
LAN_RST# Suspend External Circuit High High High High
PWRBTN# Suspend Internal Pull-up Driven Driven Driven Driven
PWROK RTC System Power Supply Driven Driven Off Off
RI# Suspend Serial Port Buffer Driven Driven Driven Driven

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Table 3-5. Power Plane for Input Signals for Mobile Configurations (Sheet 2 of 3)
C-x
Signal Name Power Well Driver During Reset S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
states

RSMRST# RTC External RC Circuit High High High High

SYS_RESET# Core External Circuit Driven Driven Off Off
THRMTRIP# CPU Thermal Sensor Driven Driven Off Off
WAKE# Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven Driven

Processor Interface

A20GATE Core External Microcontroller Static Static Off Off

RCIN# Core External Microcontroller High High Off Off

System Management Interface

SMBALERT# / GPIO11 Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven Driven
INTRUDER# RTC External Switch Driven Driven High High
JTAG Interface

JTAG_TDI Suspend Internal Pull-up4 High High High High

4
JTAG_TMS Suspend Internal Pull-up High High High High
JTAG_TCK Suspend Internal Pull-down5 Low Low Low Low

Miscellaneous Signals
INTVRMEN2 RTC External Pull-up High High High High
RTCRST# RTC External RC Circuit High High High High
SRTCRST# RTC External RC Circuit High High High High

Intel® High Definition Audio Interface

Intel® High Definition
HDA_SDIN[3:0] Suspend Driven Low Low Low
Audio Codec

SPI Interface
SPI_MISO ME33IO Internal Pull-up Driven Driven Driven Driven

Clock Interface

CLKIN_DMI_P,
Core Clock Generator Running Running Off Off
CLKIN_DMI_N
CLKIN_SATA_N/
CKSSCD_N,
Core Clock Generator Running Running Off Off
CLKIN_SATA_P/
CKSSCD_P
CLKIN_BCLK_P,
Core Clock Generator Running Running Off Off
CLKIN_BCLK_N
CLKIN_DOT_96P,
Core Clock Generator Running Running Off Off
CLKIN_DOT_96N
CLKIN_PCILOOPBACK Core Clock Generator Running Running Off Off
PCIECLKRQ[7:3]#/
GPIO[46:44,26:25]1,
Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven Driven
PCIECLKRQ0#/
GPIO731

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Table 3-5. Power Plane for Input Signals for Mobile Configurations (Sheet 3 of 3)
C-x
Signal Name Power Well Driver During Reset S0/S1 S3 S4/S5
states

PCIECLKRQ[2:1]#/
Core External Pull-up Driven Driven Off Off
GPIO[20:18]1
PEG_A_CLKRQ#/
GPIO471,
Suspend External Pull-up Driven Driven Driven Driven
PEG_B_CLKRQ#/
GPIO561
XTAL25_IN Core Clock Generator High-Z High-Z Off Off
REFCLK14IN Core Clock Generator High-Z High-Z Off Off
CLKIN_PCILOOPBACK Core Clock Generator High-Z High-Z Off Off
®
Intel Flexible Display Interface

FDI_RXP[7:0],
Core Processor Driven Driven Off Off
FDI_RXN[7:0]

Digital Display Interface

DDP[B:C:D]_HPD Core External Pull-down Driven Driven Off Off

SDVO_INTP,
Core SDVO controller device Driven Driven Off Off
SDVO_INTN
SDVO_TVCLKINP,
Core SDVO controller device Driven Driven Off Off
SDVO_TVCLKINN
SDVO_STALLP,
Core SDVO controller device Driven Driven Off Off
SDVO_STALLN

NOTES:
1. These signals can be configured as outputs in GPIO mode.
2. This signal is sampled as a functional strap during Reset. See Functional straps definition
table for usage.
3. State of the pins depend on the source of VccME3_3 power.
4. Internal pull-ups are implemented .
5. Internal pull-down is implemented only.

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4 System Clocks
Table 4-1 shows the system clock input to the PCH. Table 4-2 shows system clock
domains generated by the PCH in buffered mode. Figure 4-1 shows the assumed
connection of the Main Clock Generator to the PCH in buffer mode to the various
system components. For complete details of the system clocking solution, see the
system’s clock generator component specification, Clock Signals section and the PCH
Clocks.

Table 4-1. PCH System Clock Inputs

Clock Domain Frequency Usage

CLKIN_SATA_P /
CKSSCD_P, 100 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip for
100 MHz
CLKIN_SATA_N / use only as a 100 MHz source for SATA clock.
CKSSCD_N
100 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip used
for DMI.
CLKIN_DMI_P,
100 MHz
CLKIN_DMI_N NOTE: This input clock is required to be PCIe 2.0 jitter spec
compliant from a clock chip, for PCIe 2.0 discrete
Graphics platforms.
33 MHz clock feedback input to reduce skew between PCH
CLKIN_PCILOOPB PCI clock and clock observed by connected PCI devices.
33 MHz
ACK This signal must be connected to one of the pins in the
group CLKOUT_PCI[4:0]
Single-ended 14.31818 MHz reference clock driven by a
14.31818
REFCLK14IN clock chip. Used for ACPI timer and Multimedia Timers.
MHz
Expected to be shut off during S3.
96 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip. Used
CLKIN_DOT96P,
96 MHz to generate the 48-MHz USB/SIO clocks and 24 MHz HDA
CLKIN_DOT96N
bit clock.
CLKIN_BCLK_P, 133 MHz differential reference clock from a clock chip in
133 MHZ
CLKIN_BCLK_N Buffer-Through Mode.

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Table 4-2. PCH System Clock Outputs

Clock Domain Frequency Usage

Single Ended 33.3MHz outputs to PCI connectors/

devices. One of these signals must be connected to
CLKIN_PCILOOPBACK to function as a PCI clock
CLKOUT_PCI[4:0] 33 MHz
loopback. This allows skew control for variable lengths
of CLKOUT_PCI[4:0]. PCI Bus, LPC I/F. These only go
to external PCI and LPC devices.
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]P, 100 MHz PCIe* Gen1.1 specification differential output
100 MHz
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0]N to PCI Express* devices
CLKOUT_PEG_A_P,
CLKOUT_PEG_A_N, 100 MHz PCIe* Gen2 specification differential output to
100 MHz
CLKOUT_PEG_B_P, PCI Express* Graphics devices
CLKOUT_PEG_B_N,
CLKOUTFLEX0 /
GPIO64,
33 MHz or
CLKOUTFLEX1 /
14.31818 33 MHz or 14.31818 MHz output
GPIO65,
MHz
CLKOUTFLEX2 /
GPIO66
48 MHz, 33
CLKOUTFLEX3 / MHz, or
48 MHz, 33 MHz, 14.31818 MHz output
GPIO67 14.31818
MHz
17.86 MHz/ Drive SPI devices connected to the PCH. Generated by
SPI_CLK
31.25 MHz the PCH.
CLKOUT_BCLK0_P /
CLKOUT_PCIE8_P, 133 MHz Differential output to Processor or 100 MHz
133 MHz Or
PCIe* Gen 1.1 specification differential output to PCI
CLKOUT_BCLK0_N / 100 MHz
Express* devices
CLKOUT_PCIE8_N
CLKOUT_DP_P /
CLKOUT_BCLK1_P, 120 MHz or 120 MHz Differential output for DisplayPort reference or
CLKOUT_DP_N / 133 MHz 133 MHz Differential output to Processor
CLKOUT_BCLK1_N

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Figure 4-1. PCH High-Level Clock Diagram

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5 Functional Description
This chapter describes the functions and interfaces of the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and
Intel® 3400 Series Chipset.

5.1 DMI-to-PCI Bridge (D30:F0)

The DMI-to-PCI bridge resides in PCI Device 30, Function 0 on bus 0. This portion of
the PCH implements the buffering and control logic between PCI and Direct Media
Interface (DMI). The arbitration for the PCI bus is handled by this PCI device. The PCI
decoder in this device must decode the ranges for the DMI. All register contents are
lost when core well power is removed.

Direct Media Interface (DMI) is the chip-to-chip connection between the Processor and
the PCH. This high-speed interface integrates advanced priority-based servicing
allowing for concurrent traffic and true isochronous transfer capabilities. Base
functionality is completely software transparent permitting current and legacy software
to operate normally.

To provide for true isochronous transfers and configurable Quality of Service (QoS)
transactions, the PCH supports two virtual channels on DMI—VC0 and VC1. These two
channels provide a fixed arbitration scheme where VC1 is always the highest priority.
VC0 is the default conduit of traffic for DMI and is always enabled. VC1 must be
specifically enabled and configured at both ends of the DMI link (that is, the PCH and
processor).

Configuration registers for DMI, virtual channel support, and DMI active state power
management (ASPM) are in the RCRB space in the Chipset Config Registers
(Chapter 10.1.1).

DMI is also capable of operating in an Enterprise Southbridge Interface (ESI)

compatible mode. ESI is a chip-to-chip connection for server chipsets. In this ESI-
compatible mode, the DMI signals require AC coupling. A hardware strap is used to
configure DMI in ESI-compatible mode see Section 2.28 for details.

5.1.1 PCI Bus Interface

The PCH PCI interface supports PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3, at 33 MHz.
The PCH integrates a PCI arbiter that supports up to four external PCI bus masters in
addition to the internal PCH requests.

5.1.2 PCI Bridge As an Initiator

The bridge initiates cycles on the PCI bus when granted by the PCI arbiter. The bridge
generates the following cycle types:

Table 5-1. PCI Bridge Initiator Cycle Types

Command C/BE# Notes

I/O Read/Write 2h/3h Non-posted

Memory Read/Write 6h/7h Writes are posted
Configuration Read/Write Ah/Bh Non-posted
Special Cycles 1h Posted

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5.1.2.1 Memory Reads and Writes

The bridge bursts memory writes on PCI that are received as a single packet from DMI.

5.1.2.2 I/O Reads and Writes

The bridge generates single DW I/O read and write cycles. When the cycle completes
on the PCI bus, the bridge generates a corresponding completion on DMI. If the cycle is
retried, the cycle is kept in the down bound queue and may be passed by a postable
cycle.

5.1.2.3 Configuration Reads and Writes

The bridge generates single DW configuration read and write cycles. When the cycle
completes on the PCI bus, the bridge generates a corresponding completion. If the
cycle is retried, the cycle is kept in the down bound queue and may be passed by a
postable cycle.

5.1.2.4 Locked Cycles

The bridge propagates locks from DMI per the PCI Local Bus Specification. The PCI
bridge implements bus lock, which means the arbiter will not grant to any agent except
DMI while locked.

If a locked read results in a target or master abort, the lock is not established (as per
the PCI Local Bus Specification). Agents north of the PCH must not forward a
subsequent locked read to the bridge if they see the first one finish with a failed
completion.

5.1.2.5 Target / Master Aborts

When a cycle initiated by the bridge is master/target aborted, the bridge will not re-
attempt the same cycle. For multiple DW cycles, the bridge increments the address and
attempts the next DW of the transaction. For all non-postable cycles, a target abort
response packet is returned for each DW that was master or target aborted on PCI. The
bridge drops posted writes that abort.

5.1.2.6 Secondary Master Latency Timer

The bridge implements a Master Latency Timer using the SMLT register which, upon
expiration, causes the de-assertion of FRAME# at the next legal clock edge when there
is another active request to use the PCI bus.

5.1.2.7 Dual Address Cycle (DAC)

The bridge will issue full 64-bit dual address cycles for device memory-mapped
registers above 4 GB.

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5.1.2.8 Memory and I/O Decode to PCI

The PCI bridge in the PCH is a subtractive decode agent, which follows the following
rules when forwarding a cycle from DMI to the PCI interface:
• The PCI bridge will positively decode any memory/IO address within its window
registers, assuming PCICMD.MSE (D30:F0:Offset 04h:bit 1) is set for memory
windows and PCICMD.IOSE (D30:F0:Offset 04h:bit 0) is set for I/O windows.
• The PCI bridge will subtractively decode any 64-bit memory address not claimed
by another agent, assuming PCICMD.MSE (D30:F0:Offset 04h:bit 1) is set.
• The PCI bridge will subtractively decode any 16-bit I/O address not claimed by
another agent assuming PCICMD.IOSE (D30:F0:Offset 04h:bit 0) is set.
• If BCTRL.IE (D30:F0:Offset 3Eh:bit 2) is set, the PCI bridge will not positively
forward from primary to secondary called out ranges in the I/O window per PCI
Local Bus Specification (I/O transactions addressing the last 768 bytes in each, 1
KB block: offsets 100h to 3FFh). The PCI bridge will still take them subtractively
assuming the above rules.
• If BCTRL.VGAE (D30:F0:Offset 3Eh:bit 3) is set, the PCI bridge will positively
forward from primary to secondary I/O and memory ranges as called out in the PCI
Bridge Specification, assuming the above rules are met.

5.1.3 Parity Error Detection and Generation

PCI parity errors can be detected and reported. The following behavioral rules apply:
• When a parity error is detected on PCI, the bridge sets the SECSTS.DPE
(D30:F0:Offset 1Eh:bit 15).
• If the bridge is a master and BCTRL.PERE (D30:F0:Offset 3Eh:bit 0) is set and one
of the parity errors defined below is detected on PCI, then the bridge will set
SECSTS.DPD (D30:F0:Offset 1Eh:bit 8) and will also generate an internal SERR#.
— During a write cycle, the PERR# signal is active, or
— A data parity error is detected while performing a read cycle
• If an address or command parity error is detected on PCI and PCICMD.SEE
(D30:F0:Offset 04h:bit 8), BCTRL.PERE, and BCTRL.SEE (D30:F0:Offset 3Eh:bit 1)
are all set, the bridge will set PSTS.SSE (D30:F0:Offset 06h:bit 14) and generate
an internal SERR#.
• If the PSTS.SSE is set because of an address parity error and the PCICMD.SEE is
set, the bridge will generate an internal SERR#.
• When bad parity is detected from DMI, bad parity will be driven on all data from the
bridge.
• When an address parity error is detected on PCI, the PCI bridge will never claim the
cycle. This is a slight deviation from the PCI bridge spec, which says that a cycle
should be claimed if BCTRL.PERE is not set. However, DMI does not have a concept
of address parity error, so claiming the cycle could result in the rest of the system
seeing a bad transaction as a good transaction.

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5.1.4 PCIRST#
The PCIRST# pin is generated under two conditions:
• PLTRST# active
• BCTRL.SBR (D30:F0:Offset 3Eh:bit 6) set to 1

The PCIRST# pin is in the suspend well. PCIRST# should be tied to PCI bus agents, but
not other agents in the system.

5.1.5 Peer Cycles

The PCI bridge may be the initiator of peer cycles. Peer cycles include memory, I/O,
and configuration cycle types. Peer cycles are only allowed through VC0, and are
enabled with the following bits:
• BPC.PDE (D30:F0:Offset 4Ch:bit 2) – Memory and I/O cycles
• BPC.CDE (D30:F0:Offset 4Ch:bit 1) – Configuration cycles

When enabled for peer for one of the above cycle types, the PCI bridge will perform a
peer decode to see if a peer agent can receive the cycle. When not enabled, memory
cycles (posted and/or non-posted) are sent to DMI, and I/O and/or configuration cycles
are not claimed.

Configuration cycles have special considerations. Under the PCI Local Bus Specification,
these cycles are not allowed to be forwarded upstream through a bridge. However, to
enable things such as manageability, BPC.CDE can be set. When set, type 1 cycles are
allowed into the part. The address format of the type 1 cycle is slightly different from a
standard PCI configuration cycle to allow addressing of extended PCI space. The format
is shown in Table 5-2.

Table 5-2. Type 1 Address Format

Bits Definition

31:27 Reserved (same as the PCI Local Bus Specification)

Extended Configuration Address – allows addressing of up to 4K. These bits
26:24
are combined with bits 7:2 to get the full register.
23:16 Bus Number (same as the PCI Local Bus Specification)
15:11 Device Number (same as the PCI Local Bus Specification)
10:8 Function Number (same as the PCI Local Bus Specification)
7:2 Register (same as the PCI Local Bus Specification)
1 0
0 Must be 1 to indicate a type 1 cycle. Type 0 cycles are not decoded.

Note: The PCH USB controllers cannot perform peer-to-peer traffic.

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5.1.6 PCI-to-PCI Bridge Model

From a software perspective, the PCH contains a PCI-to-PCI bridge. This bridge
connects DMI to the PCI bus. By using the PCI-to-PCI bridge software model, the PCH
can have its decode ranges programmed by existing plug-and-play software such that
PCI ranges do not conflict with graphics aperture ranges in the Host controller.

5.1.7 IDSEL to Device Number Mapping

When addressing devices on the external PCI bus (with the PCI slots), the PCH asserts
one address signal as an IDSEL. When accessing device 0, the PCH asserts AD16.
When accessing Device 1, the PCH asserts AD17. This mapping continues all the way
up to device 15 where the PCH asserts AD31. Note that the PCH internal functions
(Intel® High Definition Audio, USB, SATA and PCI Bridge) are enumerated like they are
off of a separate PCI bus (DMI) from the external PCI bus.

5.1.8 Standard PCI Bus Configuration Mechanism

The PCI Bus defines a slot based “configuration space” that allows each device to
contain up to eight functions with each function containing up to 256, 8-bit
configuration registers. The PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 defines two bus
cycles to access the PCI configuration space: Configuration Read and Configuration
Write. Memory and I/O spaces are supported directly by the processor. Configuration
space is supported by a mapping mechanism implemented within the PCH. The PCI
Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 defines two mechanisms to access configuration
space, Mechanism 1 and Mechanism 2. The PCH only supports Mechanism 1.

Warning: Configuration writes to internal devices, when the devices are disabled, are illegal and
may cause undefined results.

5.2 PCI Express* Root Ports (D28:F0,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,

F6, F7)
There are eight root ports available in the PCH. The root ports are compliant to the PCI
Express 2.0 specification running at 2.5 GT/s. The ports all reside in device 28, and
take function 0 – 7. Port 1 is function 0, port 2 is function 1, port 3 is function 2, port 4
is function 3, port 5 is function 4, port 6 is function 5, port 7 is function 6, and port 8 is
function 7.

Note: This section assumes the default PCI Express Function Number-to-Root Port mapping is
used. Function numbers for a given root port are assignable through the “Root Port
Function Number and Hide for PCI Express Root Ports” registers (RCBA+0404h).

PCI Express Root Ports 1-4 and Ports 5-8 can independently be configured as four x1s,
two x2s, one x2 and 2 x1s, or one x4 port widths. The port configuration is set by soft
straps in the Flash Descriptor.

Note: PCI Express port 7 and 8 are not available for the H55, HM55, and Intel 3400 chipsets.
PCIe* ports are numbered from 1–8.

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5.2.1 Interrupt Generation

The root port generates interrupts on behalf of Hot-Plug and power management
events, when enabled. These interrupts can either be pin based, or can be MSIs, when
enabled.

When an interrupt is generated using the legacy pin, the pin is internally routed to the
PCH interrupt controllers. The pin that is driven is based upon the setting of the chipset
configuration registers. Specifically, the chipset configuration registers used are the
D28IP (Base address + 310Ch) and D28IR (Base address + 3146h) registers.

Table 5-3 summarizes interrupt behavior for MSI and wire-modes. In the table “bits”
refers to the Hot-Plug and PME interrupt bits.

Table 5-3. MSI versus PCI IRQ Actions

Wire-Mode
Interrupt Register MSI Action
Action

All bits 0 Wire inactive No action

Send
One or more bits set to 1 Wire active
message
Send
One or more bits set to 1, new bit gets set to 1 Wire active
message
One or more bits set to 1, software clears some (but not all) Send
Wire active
bits message
One or more bits set to 1, software clears all bits Wire inactive No action
Software clears one or more bits, and one or more bits are Send
Wire active
set on the same clock message

5.2.2 Power Management

5.2.2.1 S3/S4/S5 Support
Software initiates the transition to S3/S4/S5 by performing an IO write to the Power
Management Control register in the PCH. After the IO write completion has been
returned to the processor, each root port will send a PME_Turn_Off TLP (Transaction
Layer Packet) message on its downstream link. The device attached to the link will
eventually respond with a PME_TO_Ack TLP message followed by sending a
PM_Enter_L23 DLLP (Data Link Layer Packet) request to enter the L2/L3 Ready state.
When all of the PCH root ports links are in the L2/L3 Ready state, the PCH power
management control logic will proceed with the entry into S3/S4/S5.

Prior to entering S3, software is required to put each device into D3HOT. When a device
is put into D3HOT, it will initiate entry into a L1 link state by sending a PM_Enter_L1
DLLP. Thus under normal operating conditions when the root ports sends the
PME_Turn_Off message the link will be in state L1. However, when the root port is
instructed to send the PME_Turn_Off message, it will send it whether or not the link
was in L1. Endpoints attached to PCH can make no assumptions about the state of the
link prior to receiving a PME_Turn_Off message.

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5.2.2.2 Resuming from Suspended State

The root port contains enough circuitry in the suspend well to detect a wake event
through the WAKE# signal and to wake the system. When WAKE# is detected asserted,
an internal signal is sent to the power management controller of the PCH to cause the
system to wake up. This internal message is not logged in any register, nor is an
interrupt/GPE generated due to it.

5.2.2.3 Device Initiated PM_PME Message

When the system has returned to a working state from a previous low power state, a
device requesting service will send a PM_PME message continuously, until acknowledge
by the root port. The root port will take different actions depending upon whether this
is the first PM_PME has been received, or whether a previous message has been
received but not yet serviced by the operating system.

If this is the first message received (RSTS.PS - D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset

60h:bit 16 is cleared), the root port will set RSTS.PS, and log the PME Requester ID
into RSTS.RID (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 60h:bits 15:0). If an interrupt is
enabled using RCTL.PIE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 5Ch:bit 3), an interrupt
will be generated. This interrupt can be either a pin or an MSI if MSI is enabled using
MC.MSIE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 82h:bit 0). See Section 5.2.2.4 for
SMI/SCI generation.

If this is a subsequent message received (RSTS.PS is already set), the root port will set
RSTS.PP (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 60h:bit 17) and log the PME Requester
ID from the message in a hidden register. No other action will be taken.

When the first PME event is cleared by software clearing RSTS.PS, the root port will set
RSTS.PS, clear RSTS.PP, and move the requester ID from the hidden register into
RSTS.RID.

If RCTL.PIE is set, an interrupt will be generated. If RCTL.PIE is not set, a message will
be sent to the power management controller so that a GPE can be set. If messages
have been logged (RSTS.PS is set), and RCTL.PIE is later written from a 0 to a 1, and
interrupt will be generated. This last condition handles the case where the message
was received prior to the operating system re-enabling interrupts after resuming from
a low power state.

5.2.2.4 SMI/SCI Generation

Interrupts for power management events are not supported on legacy operating
systems. To support power management on non-PCI Express aware operating systems,
PM events can be routed to generate SCI. To generate SCI, MPC.PMCE must be set.
When set, a power management event will cause SMSCS.PMCS (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/
F5/F6/F7:Offset DCh:bit 31) to be set.

Additionally, BIOS workarounds for power management can be supported by setting

MPC.PMME (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset D8h:bit 0). When this bit is set,
power management events will set SMSCS.PMMS (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/
F7:Offset DCh:bit 0), and SMI # will be generated. This bit will be set regardless of
whether interrupts or SCI is enabled. The SMI# may occur concurrently with an
interrupt or SCI.

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5.2.3 SERR# Generation

SERR# may be generated using two paths – through PCI mechanisms involving bits in
the PCI header, or through PCI Express* mechanisms involving bits in the PCI Express
capability structure.

Figure 5-1. Generation of SERR# to Platform

Secondary Parity Error

PSTS.SSE
PCI Primary Parity Error
Secondary SERR#

PCICMD.SEE SERR#
Correctable SERR#
PCI Express Fatal SERR#
Non-Fatal SERR#

5.2.4 Hot-Plug
Each root port implements a Hot-Plug controller which performs the following:
• Messages to turn on / off / blink LEDs
• Presence and attention button detection
• Interrupt generation

The root port only allows Hot-Plug with modules (such as, ExpressCard*). Edge-
connector based Hot-Plug is not supported.

5.2.4.1 Presence Detection

When a module is plugged in and power is supplied, the physical layer will detect the
presence of the device, and the root port sets SLSTS.PDS (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/
F5:Offset 5Ah:bit 6) and SLSTS.PDC (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3:Offset 6h:bit 3). If SLCTL.PDE
(D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 58h:bit 3) and SLCTL.HPE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/
F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 58h:bit 5) are both set, the root port will also generate an
interrupt.

When a module is removed (using the physical layer detection), the root port clears
SLSTS.PDS and sets SLSTS.PDC. If SLCTL.PDE and SLCTL.HPE are both set, the root
port will also generate an interrupt.

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5.2.4.2 Message Generation

When system software writes to SLCTL.AIC (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset
58h:bits 7:6) or SLCTL.PIC (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 58h:bits 9:8), the
root port will send a message down the link to change the state of LEDs on the module.

Writes to these fields are non-postable cycles, and the resulting message is a postable
cycle. When receiving one of these writes, the root port performs the following:
• Changes the state in the register
• Generates a completion into the upstream queue
• Formulates a message for the downstream port if the field is written to regardless
of if the field changed
• Generates the message on the downstream port
• When the last message of a command is transmitted, sets SLSTS.CCE (D28:F0/F1/
F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 58h:bit 4) to indicate the command has completed. If
SLCTL.CCE and SLCTL.HPE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 58h:bit 5) are
set, the root port generates an interrupt.

The command completed register (SLSTS.CC) applies only to commands issued by

software to control the Attention Indicator (SLCTL.AIC), Power Indicator (SLCTL.PIC),
or Power Controller (SLCTL.PCC). However, writes to other parts of the Slot Control
Register would invariably end up writing to the indicators, power controller fields;
Hence, any write to the Slot Control Register is considered a command and if enabled,
will result in a command complete interrupt. The only exception to this rule is a write to
disable the command complete interrupt which will not result in a command complete
interrupt.

A single write to the Slot Control register is considered to be a single command, and
hence receives a single command complete, even if the write affects more than one
field in the Slot Control Register.

5.2.4.3 Attention Button Detection

When an attached device is ejected, an attention button could be pressed by the user.
This attention button press will result in a the PCI Express message
“Attention_Button_Pressed” from the device. Upon receiving this message, the root
port will set SLSTS.ABP (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 5Ah:bit 0).

If SLCTL.ABE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5:Offset 58h:bit 0) and SLCTL.HPE (D28:F0/F1/

F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset 58h:bit 5) are set, the Hot-Plug controller will also generate
an interrupt. The interrupt is generated on an edge-event. For example, if SLSTS.ABP is
already set, a new interrupt will not be generated.

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5.2.4.4 SMI/SCI Generation

Interrupts for Hot-Plug events are not supported on legacy operating systems. To
support Hot-Plug on non-PCI Express aware operating systems, Hot-Plug events can be
routed to generate SCI. To generate SCI, MPC.HPCE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/
F7:Offset D8h:bit 30) must be set. When set, enabled Hot-Plug events will cause
SMSCS.HPCS (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset DCh:bit 30) to be set.

Additionally, BIOS workarounds for Hot-Plug can be supported by setting MPC.HPME

(D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset D8h:bit 1). When this bit is set, Hot-Plug events
can cause SMI status bits in SMSCS to be set. Supported Hot-Plug events and their
corresponding SMSCS bit are:
• Command Completed – SCSCS.HPCCM (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset
DCh:bit 3)
• Presence Detect Changed – SMSCS.HPPDM (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset
DCh:bit 1)
• Attention Button Pressed – SMSCS.HPABM (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset
DCh:bit 2)
• Link Active State Changed – SMSCS.HPLAS (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset
DCh:bit 4)

When any of these bits are set, SMI# will be generated. These bits are set regardless of
whether interrupts or SCI are enabled for Hot-Plug events. The SMI# may occur
concurrently with an interrupt or SCI.

5.3 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (B0:D25:F0)

The PCH chipset integrates a Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controller. The integrated GbE
controller is compatible with the Intel® 82577/82578 Platform LAN Connect device. The
integrated GbE controller provides two interfaces for 10/100/1000 Mb/s and
manageability operation:
• Based on PCI Express*—A high-speed SerDes interface using PCI Express electrical
signaling at half speed while keeping the custom logical protocol for active state
operation mode.
• System Management Bus (SMBus)—A very low speed connection for low power
state mode for manageability communication only. At this low power state mode
the Ethernet link speed is reduced to 10 Mb/s.

The 82577/82578 can be connected to any available PCI Express port in the PCH
chipset. The 82577/82578 only runs at a speed of 1250 Mb/s, which is 1/2 of the gen1
2.5 Gb/s PCI Express frequency. Each of the PCI Express root ports in the PCH chipset
have the ability to run at the 1250 Mb/s rate. There is no need to implement a
mechanism to detect that the 82577/82578 is connected. The port configuration (if
any), attached to the 82577/82578, is pre-loaded from the NVM. The selected port
adjusts the transmitter to run at the 1250 Mb/s rate and does not need to be PCI
Express compliant.

Note: PCIe validation tools cannot be used for electrical validation of this interface; however,
PCIe layout rules apply for on-board routing.

The integrated GbE controller operates at full-duplex at all supported speeds or half-
duplex at 10/100 Mb/s. It also adheres to the IEEE 802.3x Flow Control Specification.

Note: GbE operation (1000 Mb/s) is only supported in S0 mode. In Sx modes, SMBus is the
only active bus and is used to support manageability/remote wake-up functionality.

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The integrated GbE controller provides a system interface using a PCI Express function.
A full memory-mapped or I/O-mapped interface is provided to the software, along with
DMA mechanisms for high performance data transfer.

The integrated GbE controller features are:

• Network Features
— Compliant with the 1 Gb/s Ethernet 802.3 802.3u 802.3ab specifications
— Multi-speed operation: 10/100/1000 Mb/s
— Full-duplex operation at 10/100/1000Mb/s: Half-duplex at 10/100 Mb/s
— Flow control support compliant with the 802.3X specification
— VLAN support compliant with the 802.3q specification
— MAC address filters: perfect match unicast filters; multicast hash filtering,
broadcast filter and promiscuous mode
— PCI Express/SMBus interface to GbE PHYs
• Host Interface Features
— 64-bit address master support for systems using more than 4 GB of physical
memory
— Programmable host memory receive buffers (256 Bytes to 16 KB)
— Intelligent interrupt generation features to enhance driver performance
— Descriptor ring management hardware for transmit and receive
— Software controlled reset (resets everything except the configuration space)
— Message Signaled Interrupts
• Performance Features
— Configurable receive and transmit data FIFO, programmable in 1 KB increments
— TCP segmentation capability compatible with NT 5.x off loading features
— Fragmented UDP checksum offload for packet reassembly
— IPv4 and IPv6 checksum offload support (receive, transmit, and TCP
segmentation offload)
— Split header support to eliminate payload copy from user space to host space
— Receive Side Scaling (RSS) with two hardware receive queues
— Supports 9018 bytes of jumbo packets
— Packet buffer size
— LinkSec offload compliant with 802.3ae specification
— TimeSync offload compliant with 802.1as specification
• Virtualization Technology Features
— Warm function reset – function level reset (FLR)
— VMDq1
• Power Management Features
— Magic Packet* wake-up enable with unique MAC address
— ACPI register set and power down functionality supporting D0 and D3 states
— Full wake up support (APM, ACPI)
— MAC power down at Sx, DMoff with and without WoL

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5.3.1 GbE PCI Express* Bus Interface

The GbE controller has a PCI Express interface to the host processor and host memory.
The following sections detail the bus transactions.

5.3.1.1 Transaction Layer

The upper layer of the host architecture is the transaction layer. The transaction layer
connects to the device core using an implementation specific protocol. Through this
core-to-transaction-layer protocol, the application-specific parts of the device interact
with the subsystem and transmit and receive requests to or from the remote agent,
respectively.

5.3.1.2 Data Alignment

5.3.1.2.1 4 KB Boundary

PCI requests must never specify an address/length combination that causes a memory
space access to cross a 4 KB boundary. It is hardware’s responsibility to break requests
into 4 KB-aligned requests (if needed). This does not pose any requirement on
software. However, if software allocates a buffer across a 4 KB boundary, hardware
issues multiple requests for the buffer. Software should consider aligning buffers to a
4 KB boundary in cases where it improves performance.

The alignment to the 4 KB boundaries is done in the core. The transaction layer does
not do any alignment according to these boundaries.

5.3.1.2.2 64 Bytes

PCI requests are multiples of 64 bytes and aligned to make better use of memory
controller resources. Writes, however, can be on any boundary and can cross a 64-byte
alignment boundary.

5.3.1.3 Configuration Request Retry Status

The integrated GbE controller might have a delay in initialization due to an NVM read. If
the NVM configuration read operation is not completed and the device receives a
configuration request, the device responds with a configuration request retry
completion status to terminate the request, and thus effectively stalls the configuration
request until such time that the sub-system has completed local initialization and is
ready to communicate with the host.

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5.3.2 Error Events and Error Reporting

5.3.2.1 Data Parity Error
The PCI host bus does not provide parity protection, but it does forward parity errors
from bridges. The integrated GbE controller recognizes parity errors through the
internal bus interface and sets the Parity Error bit in PCI configuration space. If parity
errors are enabled in configuration space, a system error is indicated on the PCI host
bus. The offending cycle with a parity error is dropped and not processed by the
integrated GbE controller.

5.3.2.2 Completion with Unsuccessful Completion Status

A completion with unsuccessful completion status (any status other than 000) is
dropped and not processed by the integrated GbE controller. Furthermore, the request
that corresponds to the unsuccessful completion is not retried. When this unsuccessful
completion status is received, the System Error bit in the PCI configuration space is set.
If the system errors are enabled in configuration space, a system error is indicated on
the PCI host bus.

5.3.3 Ethernet Interface

The integrated GbE controller provides a complete CSMA/CD function supporting IEEE
802.3 (10 Mb/s), 802.3u (100 Mb/s) implementations. It also supports the IEEE 802.3z
and 802.3ab (1000 Mb/s) implementations. The device performs all of the functions
required for transmission, reception, and collision handling called out in the standards.

The mode used to communicate between the PCH and the 82577/82578 PHY supports
10/100/1000 Mb/s operation, with both half- and full-duplex operation at 10/100 Mb/s,
and full-duplex operation at 1000 Mb/s.

5.3.3.1 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset

82577/82578 PHY Interface
The integrated GbE controller and the 82577/82578 PHY communicate through the
PCIe and SMBus interfaces. All integrated GbE controller configuration is performed
using device control registers mapped into system memory or I/O space. The 82577/
82578 is configured using the PCI Express or SMBus interface.

The integrated GbE controller supports various modes as listed in Table 5-4.

Table 5-4. LAN Mode Support

Mode System State Interface Active Connections

PCI Express or
Normal 10/100/1000 Mb/s S0 82577/82578
SMBus1
Manageability and Remote Wake-up Sx SMBus 82577/82578
NOTES:
1. GbE operation is not supported in Sx states.

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5.3.4 PCI Power Management

The integrated GbE controller supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI) specification as well as Advanced Power Management (APM). This enables the
network-related activity (using an internal host wake signal) to wake up the host. For
example, from Sx (S3-S5) to S0.

The integrated GbE controller contains power management registers for PCI and
supports D0 and D3 states. PCIe transactions are only allowed in the D0 state, except
for host accesses to the integrated GbE controller’s PCI configuration registers.

5.3.4.1 Wake Up
The integrated GbE controller supports two types of wake-up mechanisms:
1. Advanced Power Management (APM) Wake Up
2. ACPI Power Management Wake Up

Both mechanisms use an internal logic signal to wake the system up. The wake-up
steps are as follows:
1. Host wake event occurs (note that packet is not delivered to host).
2. The 82577/82578 receives a WoL packet/link status change.
3. The 82577/82578 wakes up the integrated GbE controller using an SMBus
message.
4. The integrated GbE controller sets the PME_STATUS bit.
5. System wakes from Sx state to S0 state.
6. The host LAN function is transitioned to D0.
7. The host clears the PME_STATUS bit.

5.3.4.1.1 Advanced Power Management Wake Up

Advanced Power Management Wake Up or APM Wake Up was previously known as

Wake on LAN (WoL). It is a feature that has existed in the 10/100 Mb/s NICs for several
generations. The basic premise is to receive a broadcast or unicast packet with an
explicit data pattern and then to assert a signal to wake up the system. In earlier
generations, this was accomplished by using a special signal that ran across a cable to
a defined connector on the motherboard. The NIC would assert the signal for
approximately 50 ms to signal a wake up. The integrated GbE controller uses (if
configured to) an in-band PM_PME message for this.

At power up, the integrated GbE controller reads the APM Enable bits from the NVM PCI
Init Control Word into the APM Enable (APME) bits of the Wake Up Control (WUC)
register. These bits control enabling of APM wake up.

When APM wake up is enabled, the integrated GbE controller checks all incoming
packets for Magic Packets*.

Once the integrated GbE controller receives a matching Magic Packet*, it:
• Sets the Magic Packet* Received bit in the Wake Up Status (WUS) register.
• Sets the PME_Status bit in the Power Management Control/Status Register
(PMCSR).

APM wake up is supported in all power states and only disabled if a subsequent NVM
read results in the APM Wake Up bit being cleared or the software explicitly writes a 0b
to the APM Wake Up (APM) bit of the WUC register.

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Note: APM wake up settings will be restored to NVM default by the PCH when LAN connected
Device (PHY) power is turned off and subsequently restored. Some example host WOL
flows are:
1. When system transitions to G3 after WOL is disabled from the BIOS, APM host WOL
would get enabled.
2. Anytime power to the LAN Connected Device (PHY) is cycled while in S4/S5 after
WOL is disabled from the BIOS, APM host WOL would get enabled. Anytime power
to the LAN Connected Device (PHY) is cycled while in S3, APM host WOL
configuration is lost.

5.3.4.1.2 ACPI Power Management Wake Up

The integrated GbE controller supports ACPI Power Management based Wake ups. It
can generate system wake-up events from three sources:
• Receiving a Magic Packet*.
• Receiving a Network Wake Up Packet.
• Detecting a link change of state.

Activating ACPI Power Management Wakeup requires the following steps:

• The software device driver programs the Wake Up Filter Control (WUFC) register to
indicate the packets it needs to wake up from and supplies the necessary data to
the IPv4 Address Table (IP4AT) and the Flexible Filter Mask Table (FFMT), Flexible
Filter Length Table (FFLT), and the Flexible Filter Value Table (FFVT). It can also set
the Link Status Change Wake Up Enable (LNKC) bit in the Wake Up Filter Control
(WUFC) register to cause wake up when the link changes state.
• The operating system (at configuration time) writes a 1b to the PME_EN bit of the
Power Management Control/Status Register (PMCSR.8).
Normally, after enabling wake up, the operating system writes a 11b to the lower two
bits of the PMCSR to put the integrated GbE controller into low-power mode.
Once wake up is enabled, the integrated GbE controller monitors incoming packets,
first filtering them according to its standard address filtering method, then filtering
them with all of the enabled wake-up filters. If a packet passes both the standard
address filtering and at least one of the enabled wake-up filters, the integrated GbE
controller:
• Sets the PME_Status bit in the PMCSR
• Sets one or more of the Received bits in the Wake Up Status (WUS) register. (More
than one bit is set if a packet matches more than one filter.)
If enabled, a link state change wake up causes similar results, setting the Link Status
Changed (LNKC) bit in the Wake Up Status (WUS) register when the link goes up or
down.
After receiving a wake-up packet, the integrated GbE controller ignores any subsequent
wake-up packets until the software device driver clears all of the Received bits in the
Wake Up Status (WUS) register. It also ignores link change events until the software
device driver clears the Link Status Changed (LNKC) bit in the Wake Up Status (WUS)
register.

Note: ACPI wake up settings are not preserved when the LAN Connected Device (PHY) power
is turned off and subsequently restored. Some example host WOL flows are:
1. Anytime power to the LAN Connected Device (PHY) is cycled while in S3 or S4,
ACPI host WOL configuration is lost.

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5.3.5 Configurable LEDs

The integrated GbE controller supports three controllable and configurable LEDs that
are driven from the 82577/82578. Each of the three LED outputs can be individually
configured to select the particular event, state, or activity, which is indicated on that
output. In addition, each LED can be individually configured for output polarity as well
as for blinking versus non-blinking (steady-state) indication.
The configuration for LED outputs is specified using the LEDCTL register. Furthermore,
the hardware-default configuration for all the LED outputs, can be specified using NVM
fields, thereby supporting LED displays configurable to a particular OEM preference.

Each of the three LEDs might be configured to use one of a variety of sources for output
indication. The MODE bits control the LED source:
• LINK_100/1000 is asserted when link is established at either 100 or 1000 Mb/s.
• LINK_10/1000 is asserted when link is established at either 10 or 1000 Mb/s.
• LINK_UP is asserted when any speed link is established and maintained.
• ACTIVITY is asserted when link is established and packets are being transmitted or
received.
• LINK/ACTIVITY is asserted when link is established AND there is NO transmit or
receive activity
• LINK_10 is asserted when a 10 Mb/ps link is established and maintained.
• LINK_100 is asserted when a 100 Mb/s link is established and maintained.
• LINK_1000 is asserted when a 1000 Mb/s link is established and maintained.
• FULL_DUPLEX is asserted when the link is configured for full duplex operation.
• COLLISION is asserted when a collision is observed.
• PAUSED is asserted when the device's transmitter is flow controlled.
• LED_ON is always asserted; LED_OFF is always de-asserted.

The IVRT bits enable the LED source to be inverted before being output or observed by
the blink-control logic. LED outputs are assumed to normally be connected to the
negative side (cathode) of an external LED.

The BLINK bits control whether the LED should be blinked while the LED source is
asserted, and the blinking frequency (either 200 ms on and 200 ms off or 83 ms on and
83 ms off). The blink control can be especially useful for ensuring that certain events,
such as ACTIVITY indication, cause LED transitions, which are sufficiently visible to a
human eye. The same blinking rate is shared by all LEDs.

5.3.6 Function Level Reset Support (FLR)

The integrated GbE controller supports FLR capability. FLR capability can be used in
conjunction with Intel® Virtualization Technology. FLR allows an operating system in a
Virtual Machine to have complete control over a device, including its initialization,
without interfering with the rest of the platform. The device provides a software
interface that enables the operating system to reset the entire device as if a PCI reset
was asserted.

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5.3.6.1 FLR Steps

5.3.6.1.1 FLR Initialization

1. FLR is initiated by software by writing a 1b to the Initiate FLR bit.
2. All subsequent requests targeting the function is not claimed and will be master
abort immediate on the bus. This includes any configuration, I/O or memory cycles,
however, the function must continue to accept completions targeting the function.

5.3.6.1.2 FLR Operation

Function resets all configuration, I/O and memory registers of the function except
those indicated otherwise and resets all internal states of the function to the default or
initial condition.

5.3.6.1.3 FLR Completion

The Initiate FLR bit is reset (cleared) when the FLR reset completes. This bit can be
used to indicate to the software that the FLR reset completed.

Note: From the time the Initiate FLR bit is written to 1b, software must wait at least 100 ms
before accessing the function.

5.4 LPC Bridge (with System and Management

Functions) (D31:F0)
The LPC bridge function of the PCH resides in PCI Device 31:Function 0. In addition to
the LPC bridge function, D31:F0 contains other functional units including DMA,
Interrupt controllers, Timers, Power Management, System Management, GPIO, and
RTC. In this chapter, registers and functions associated with other functional units
(power management, GPIO, USB, etc.) are described in their respective sections.

Note: The LPC bridge cannot be configured as a subtractive decode agent.

5.4.1 LPC Interface

The PCH implements an LPC interface as described in the Low Pin Count Interface
Specification, Revision 1.1. The LPC interface to the PCH is shown in Figure 5-2. Note
that the PCH implements all of the signals that are shown as optional, but peripherals
are not required to do so.

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Figure 5-2. LPC Interface Diagram

PCI Bus

PCI PCI PCI PCI

CLK RST# SERIRQ PME#

LAD [3:0]
PCH
LFRAME#
LDRQ[1:0]#
(Optional)
LPC Device
LPCPD#
SUS_STAT#
(Optional)
LSMI#
GPI
(Optional)

5.4.1.1 LPC Cycle Types

The PCH implements all of the cycle types described in the Low Pin Count Interface
Specification, Revision 1.1. Table 5-5 shows the cycle types supported by the PCH.

Table 5-5. LPC Cycle Types Supported

Cycle Type Comment

Memory Read 1 byte only. (See Note 1 below)

Memory Write 1 byte only. (See Note 1 below)
1 byte only. The PCH breaks up 16- and 32-bit processor cycles into
I/O Read
multiple 8-bit transfers.
1 byte only. The PCH breaks up 16- and 32-bit processor cycles into
I/O Write
multiple 8-bit transfers.
DMA Read Can be 1, or 2 bytes
DMA Write Can be 1, or 2 bytes
Bus Master Read Can be 1, 2, or 4 bytes. (See Note 2 below)
Bus Master Write Can be 1, 2, or 4 bytes. (See Note 2 below)

NOTES:
1. The PCH provides a single generic memory range (LGMR) for decoding memory cycles and
forwarding them as LPC Memory cycles on the LPC bus. The LGMR memory decode range
is 64 KB in size and can be defined as being anywhere in the 4 GB memory space. This
range needs to be configured by BIOS during POST to provide the necessary memory
resources. BIOS should advertise the LPC Generic Memory Range as Reserved to the OS to
avoid resource conflict. For larger transfers, the PCH performs multiple 8-bit transfers. If
the cycle is not claimed by any peripheral, it is subsequently aborted, and the PCH returns
a value of all 1s to the processor. This is done to maintain compatibility with ISA memory
cycles where pull-up resistors would keep the bus high if no device responds.
2. Bus Master Read or Write cycles must be naturally aligned. For example, a 1-byte transfer
can be to any address. However, the 2-byte transfer must be word-aligned (that is, with an
address where A0=0). A DWord transfer must be DWord-aligned (that is, with an address
where A1 and A0 are both 0).

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5.4.1.2 Start Field Definition

Table 5-6. Start Field Bit Definitions

Bits[3:0]
Definition
Encoding

0000 Start of cycle for a generic target

0010 Grant for bus master 0
0011 Grant for bus master 1
Stop/Abort: End of a cycle for a
1111
target.

NOTE: All other encodings are RESERVED.

5.4.1.3 Cycle Type / Direction (CYCTYPE + DIR)

The PCH always drives bit 0 of this field to 0. Peripherals running bus master cycles
must also drive bit 0 to 0. Table 5-7 shows the valid bit encodings.

Table 5-7. Cycle Type Bit Definitions

Bits[3:2] Bit1 Definition

00 0 I/O Read
00 1 I/O Write
01 0 Memory Read
01 1 Memory Read
10 0 DMA Read
10 1 DMA Write
Reserved. If a peripheral performing a bus master cycle generates this
11 x
value, the PCH aborts the cycle.

5.4.1.4 Size
Bits[3:2] are reserved. The PCH always drives them to 00. Peripherals running bus
master cycles are also supposed to drive 00 for bits 3:2; however, the PCH ignores
those bits. Bits[1:0] are encoded as listed in Table 5-8.

Table 5-8. Transfer Size Bit Definition

Bits[1:0] Size

00 8-bit transfer (1 byte)

01 16-bit transfer (2 bytes)
Reserved. The PCH never drives this combination. If a peripheral running a bus
10
master cycle drives this combination, the PCH may abort the transfer.
11 32-bit transfer (4 bytes)

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5.4.1.5 SYNC
Valid values for the SYNC field are shown in Table 5-9.

Table 5-9. SYNC Bit Definition

Bits[3:0] Indication

Ready: SYNC achieved with no error. For DMA transfers, this also indicates DMA
0000
request de-assertion and no more transfers desired for that channel.
Short Wait: Part indicating wait-states. For bus master cycles, the PCH does not
0101 use this encoding. Instead, the PCH uses the Long Wait encoding (see next encoding
below).
Long Wait: Part indicating wait-states, and many wait-states will be added. This
0110 encoding driven by the PCH for bus master cycles, rather than the Short Wait
(0101).
Ready More (Used only by peripheral for DMA cycle): SYNC achieved with no
1001 error and more DMA transfers desired to continue after this transfer. This value is
valid only on DMA transfers and is not allowed for any other type of cycle.
Error: Sync achieved with error. This is generally used to replace the SERR# or
IOCHK# signal on the PCI/ISA bus. It indicates that the data is to be transferred,
1010 but there is a serious error in this transfer. For DMA transfers, this not only indicates
an error, but also indicates DMA request de-assertion and no more transfers desired
for that channel.

NOTES:
1. All other combinations are RESERVED.
2. If the LPC controller receives any SYNC returned from the device other than short (0101),
long wait (0110), or ready (0000) when running a FWH cycle, indeterminate results may
occur. A FWH device is not allowed to assert an Error SYNC.

5.4.1.6 SYNC Time-Out

There are several error cases that can occur on the LPC interface. The PCH responds as
defined in section 4.2.1.9 of the Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.1 to
the stimuli described therein. There may be other peripheral failure conditions;
however, these are not handled by the PCH.

5.4.1.7 SYNC Error Indication

The PCH responds as defined in section 4.2.1.10 of the Low Pin Count Interface
Specification, Revision 1.1.
Upon recognizing the SYNC field indicating an error, the PCH treats this as a SERR by
reporting this into the Device 31 Error Reporting Logic.

5.4.1.8 LFRAME# Usage

The PCH follows the usage of LFRAME# as defined in the Low Pin Count Interface
Specification, Revision 1.1.
The PCH performs an abort for the following cases (possible failure cases):
• The PCH starts a Memory, I/O, or DMA cycle, but no device drives a valid SYNC
after four consecutive clocks.
• The PCH starts a Memory, I/O, or DMA cycle, and the peripheral drives an invalid
SYNC pattern.
• A peripheral drives an illegal address when performing bus master cycles.
• A peripheral drives an invalid value.

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5.4.1.9 I/O Cycles

For I/O cycles targeting registers specified in the PCH decode ranges, the PCH performs
I/O cycles as defined in the Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.1. These
are 8-bit transfers. If the processor attempts a 16-bit or 32-bit transfer, the PCH breaks
the cycle up into multiple 8-bit transfers to consecutive I/O addresses.

Note: If the cycle is not claimed by any peripheral (and subsequently aborted), the PCH
returns a value of all 1s (FFh) to the processor. This is to maintain compatibility with
ISA I/O cycles where pull-up resistors would keep the bus high if no device responds.

5.4.1.10 Bus Master Cycles

The PCH supports Bus Master cycles and requests (using LDRQ#) as defined in the Low
Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.1. The PCH has two LDRQ# inputs, and
thus supports two separate bus master devices. It uses the associated START fields for
Bus Master 0 (0010b) or Bus Master 1 (0011b).

Note: The PCH does not support LPC Bus Masters performing I/O cycles. LPC Bus Masters
should only perform memory read or memory write cycles.

5.4.1.11 LPC Power Management

LPCPD# Protocol
Same timings as for SUS_STAT#. Upon driving SUS_STAT# low, LPC peripherals drive
LDRQ# low or tri-state it. The PCH shuts off the LDRQ# input buffers. After driving
SUS_STAT# active, the PCH drives LFRAME# low, and tri-states (or drive low)
LAD[3:0].

Note: The Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.1 defines the LPCPD# protocol
where there is at least 30 µs from LPCPD# assertion to LRST# assertion. This
specification explicitly states that this protocol only applies to entry/exit of low power
states which does not include asynchronous reset events. The PCH asserts both
SUS_STAT# (connects to LPCPD#) and PLTRST# (connects to LRST#) at the same time
during a global reset. This is not inconsistent with the LPC LPCPD# protocol.

5.4.1.12 Configuration and PCH Implications

LPC I/F Decoders

To allow the I/O cycles and memory mapped cycles to go to the LPC interface, the PCH
includes several decoders. During configuration, the PCH must be programmed with the
same decode ranges as the peripheral. The decoders are programmed using the Device
31:Function 0 configuration space.

Note: The PCH cannot accept PCI write cycles from PCI-to-PCI bridges or devices with similar
characteristics (specifically those with a “Retry Read” feature which is enabled) to an
LPC device if there is an outstanding LPC read cycle towards the same PCI device or
bridge. These cycles are not part of normal system operation, but may be encountered
as part of platform validation testing using custom test fixtures.

Bus Master Device Mapping and START Fields

Bus Masters must have a unique START field. In the case of the PCH that supports two
LPC bus masters, it drives 0010 for the START field for grants to bus master 0
(requested using LDRQ0#) and 0011 for grants to bus master #1 (requested using
LDRQ1#.). Thus, no registers are needed to configure the START fields for a particular
bus master.

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5.5 DMA Operation (D31:F0)

The PCH supports LPC DMA using the PCH’s DMA controller. The DMA controller has
registers that are fixed in the lower 64 KB of I/O space. The DMA controller is
configured using registers in the PCI configuration space. These registers allow
configuration of the channels for use by LPC DMA.
The DMA circuitry incorporates the functionality of two 8237 DMA controllers with
seven independently programmable channels (Figure 5-3). DMA controller 1 (DMA-1)
corresponds to DMA channels 0–3 and DMA controller 2 (DMA-2) corresponds to
channels 5–7. DMA channel 4 is used to cascade the two controllers and defaults to
cascade mode in the DMA Channel Mode (DCM) Register. Channel 4 is not available for
any other purpose. In addition to accepting requests from DMA slaves, the DMA
controller also responds to requests that software initiates. Software may initiate a
DMA service request by setting any bit in the DMA Channel Request Register to a 1.
Figure 5-3. PCH DMA Controller

Channel 4
Channel 0

Channel 1 Channel 5
DMA-1 DMA-2
Channel 2 Channel 6

Channel 3 Channel 7

Each DMA channel is hardwired to the compatible settings for DMA device size:
channels [3:0] are hardwired to 8-bit, count-by-bytes transfers, and channels [7:5] are
hardwired to 16-bit, count-by-words (address shifted) transfers.
The PCH provides 24-bit addressing in compliance with the ISA-Compatible
specification. Each channel includes a 16-bit ISA-Compatible Current Register which
holds the 16 least-significant bits of the 24-bit address, an ISA-Compatible Page
Register which contains the eight next most significant bits of address.
The DMA controller also features refresh address generation, and auto-initialization
following a DMA termination.

5.5.1 Channel Priority

For priority resolution, the DMA consists of two logical channel groups: channels 0–3
and channels 4–7. Each group may be in either fixed or rotate mode, as determined by
the DMA Command Register.
DMA I/O slaves normally assert their DREQ line to arbitrate for DMA service. However,
a software request for DMA service can be presented through each channel's DMA
Request Register. A software request is subject to the same prioritization as any
hardware request. See the detailed register description for Request Register
programming information in Section 13.2.

5.5.1.1 Fixed Priority

The initial fixed priority structure is as follows:

High priority Low priority

0, 1, 2, 3 5, 6, 7

The fixed priority ordering is 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. In this scheme, channel 0 has the
highest priority, and channel 7 has the lowest priority. Channels [3:0] of DMA-1 assume
the priority position of channel 4 in DMA-2, thus taking priority over channels 5, 6,
and 7.

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5.5.1.2 Rotating Priority

Rotation allows for “fairness” in priority resolution. The priority chain rotates so that the
last channel serviced is assigned the lowest priority in the channel group (0–3, 5–7).

Channels 0–3 rotate as a group of 4. They are always placed between channel 5 and
channel 7 in the priority list.

Channel 5–7 rotate as part of a group of 4. That is, channels (5–7) form the first three
positions in the rotation, while channel group (0–3) comprises the fourth position in the
arbitration.

5.5.2 Address Compatibility Mode

When the DMA is operating, the addresses do not increment or decrement through the
High and Low Page Registers. Therefore, if a 24-bit address is 01FFFFh and increments,
the next address is 010000h, not 020000h. Similarly, if a 24-bit address is 020000h
and decrements, the next address is 02FFFFh, not 01FFFFh. However, when the DMA is
operating in 16-bit mode, the addresses still do not increment or decrement through
the High and Low Page Registers but the page boundary is now 128 K. Therefore, if a
24-bit address is 01FFFEh and increments, the next address is 000000h, not
0100000h. Similarly, if a 24-bit address is 020000h and decrements, the next address
is 03FFFEh, not 02FFFEh. This is compatible with the 8237 and Page Register
implementation used in the PC-AT. This mode is set after CPURST is valid.

5.5.3 Summary of DMA Transfer Sizes

Table 5-10 lists each of the DMA device transfer sizes. The column labeled “Current
Byte/Word Count Register” indicates that the register contents represents either the
number of bytes to transfer or the number of 16-bit words to transfer. The column
labeled “Current Address Increment/Decrement” indicates the number added to or
taken from the Current Address register after each DMA transfer cycle. The DMA
Channel Mode Register determines if the Current Address Register will be incremented
or decremented.

5.5.3.1 Address Shifting When Programmed for 16-Bit I/O Count

by Words

Table 5-10. DMA Transfer Size

Current Address
Current Byte/Word
DMA Device Date Size And Word Count Increment/
Count Register
Decrement

8-Bit I/O, Count By Bytes Bytes 1

16-Bit I/O, Count By Words (Address
Words 1
Shifted)

The PCH maintains compatibility with the implementation of the DMA in the PC AT that
used the 8237. The DMA shifts the addresses for transfers to/from a 16-bit device
count-by-words.

Note: The least significant bit of the Low Page Register is dropped in 16-bit shifted mode.
When programming the Current Address Register (when the DMA channel is in this
mode), the Current Address must be programmed to an even address with the address
value shifted right by one bit.

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The address shifting is shown in Table 5-11.

Table 5-11. Address Shifting in 16-Bit I/O DMA Transfers

16-Bit I/O Programmed

Output 8-Bit I/O Programmed
Address (Ch 5–7)
Address Address (Ch 0–3)
(Shifted)

A0 A0 0
A[16:1] A[16:1] A[15:0]
A[23:17] A[23:17] A[23:17]

NOTE: The least significant bit of the Page Register is dropped in 16-bit shifted mode.

5.5.4 Autoinitialize
By programming a bit in the DMA Channel Mode Register, a channel may be set up as
an autoinitialize channel. When a channel undergoes autoinitialization, the original
values of the Current Page, Current Address and Current Byte/Word Count Registers
are automatically restored from the Base Page, Address, and Byte/Word Count
Registers of that channel following TC. The Base Registers are loaded simultaneously
with the Current Registers by the microprocessor when the DMA channel is
programmed and remain unchanged throughout the DMA service. The mask bit is not
set when the channel is in autoinitialize. Following autoinitialize, the channel is ready to
perform another DMA service, without processor intervention, as soon as a valid DREQ
is detected.

5.5.5 Software Commands

There are three additional special software commands that the DMA controller can
execute. The three software commands are:
• Clear Byte Pointer Flip-Flop
• Master Clear
• Clear Mask Register

They do not depend on any specific bit pattern on the data bus.

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5.6 LPC DMA

DMA on LPC is handled through the use of the LDRQ# lines from peripherals and
special encodings on LAD[3:0] from the host. Single, Demand, Verify, and Increment
modes are supported on the LPC interface. Channels 0–3 are 8 bit channels. Channels
5–7 are 16-bit channels. Channel 4 is reserved as a generic bus master request.

5.6.1 Asserting DMA Requests

Peripherals that need DMA service encode their requested channel number on the
LDRQ# signal. To simplify the protocol, each peripheral on the LPC I/F has its own
dedicated LDRQ# signal (they may not be shared between two separate peripherals).
The PCH has two LDRQ# inputs, allowing at least two devices to support DMA or bus
mastering.

LDRQ# is synchronous with LCLK (PCI clock). As shown in Figure 5-4, the peripheral
uses the following serial encoding sequence:
• Peripheral starts the sequence by asserting LDRQ# low (start bit). LDRQ# is high
during idle conditions.
• The next three bits contain the encoded DMA channel number (MSB first).
• The next bit (ACT) indicates whether the request for the indicated DMA channel is
active or inactive. The ACT bit is 1 (high) to indicate if it is active and 0 (low) if it is
inactive. The case where ACT is low is rare, and is only used to indicate that a
previous request for that channel is being abandoned.
• After the active/inactive indication, the LDRQ# signal must go high for at least 1
clock. After that one clock, LDRQ# signal can be brought low to the next encoding
sequence.

If another DMA channel also needs to request a transfer, another sequence can be sent
on LDRQ#. For example, if an encoded request is sent for channel 2, and then channel
3 needs a transfer before the cycle for channel 2 is run on the interface, the peripheral
can send the encoded request for channel 3. This allows multiple DMA agents behind an
I/O device to request use of the LPC interface, and the I/O device does not need to self-
arbitrate before sending the message.

Figure 5-4. DMA Request Assertion through LDRQ#

LCLK

LDRQ#
Start MSB LSB ACT Start

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5.6.2 Abandoning DMA Requests

DMA Requests can be de-asserted in two fashions: on error conditions by sending an
LDRQ# message with the ‘ACT’ bit set to 0, or normally through a SYNC field during the
DMA transfer. This section describes boundary conditions where the DMA request needs
to be removed prior to a data transfer.

There may be some special cases where the peripheral desires to abandon a DMA
transfer. The most likely case of this occurring is due to a floppy disk controller which
has overrun or underrun its FIFO, or software stopping a device prematurely.

In these cases, the peripheral wishes to stop further DMA activity. It may do so by
sending an LDRQ# message with the ACT bit as 0. However, since the DMA request was
seen by the PCH, there is no assurance that the cycle has not been granted and will
shortly run on LPC. Therefore, peripherals must take into account that a DMA cycle may
still occur. The peripheral can choose not to respond to this cycle, in which case the
host will abort it, or it can choose to complete the cycle normally with any random data.

This method of DMA de-assertion should be prevented whenever possible, to limit

boundary conditions both on the PCH and the peripheral.

5.6.3 General Flow of DMA Transfers

Arbitration for DMA channels is performed through the 8237 within the host. Once the
host has won arbitration on behalf of a DMA channel assigned to LPC, it asserts
LFRAME# on the LPC I/F and begins the DMA transfer. The general flow for a basic DMA
transfer is as follows:
1. The PCH starts transfer by asserting 0000b on LAD[3:0] with LFRAME# asserted.
2. The PCH asserts ‘cycle type’ of DMA, direction based on DMA transfer direction.
3. The PCH asserts channel number and, if applicable, terminal count.
4. The PCH indicates the size of the transfer: 8 or 16 bits.
5. If a DMA read…
— The PCH drives the first 8 bits of data and turns the bus around.
— The peripheral acknowledges the data with a valid SYNC.
— If a 16-bit transfer, the process is repeated for the next 8 bits.
6. If a DMA write…
— The PCH turns the bus around and waits for data.
— The peripheral indicates data ready through SYNC and transfers the first byte.
— If a 16-bit transfer, the peripheral indicates data ready and transfers the next
byte.
7. The peripheral turns around the bus.

5.6.4 Terminal Count

Terminal count is communicated through LAD[3] on the same clock that DMA channel is
communicated on LAD[2:0]. This field is the CHANNEL field. Terminal count indicates
the last byte of transfer, based upon the size of the transfer.

For example, on an 8-bit transfer size (SIZE field is 00b), if the TC bit is set, then this is
the last byte. On a 16-bit transfer (SIZE field is 01b), if the TC bit is set, then the
second byte is the last byte. The peripheral, therefore, must internalize the TC bit when
the CHANNEL field is communicated, and only signal TC when the last byte of that
transfer size has been transferred.

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5.6.5 Verify Mode

Verify mode is supported on the LPC interface. A verify transfer to the peripheral is
similar to a DMA write, where the peripheral is transferring data to main memory. The
indication from the host is the same as a DMA write, so the peripheral will be driving
data onto the LPC interface. However, the host will not transfer this data into main
memory.

5.6.6 DMA Request De-assertion

An end of transfer is communicated to the PCH through a special SYNC field
transmitted by the peripheral. An LPC device must not attempt to signal the end of a
transfer by de-asserting LDREQ#. If a DMA transfer is several bytes (such as, a transfer
from a demand mode device) the PCH needs to know when to de-assert the DMA
request based on the data currently being transferred.

The DMA agent uses a SYNC encoding on each byte of data being transferred, which
indicates to the PCH whether this is the last byte of transfer or if more bytes are
requested. To indicate the last byte of transfer, the peripheral uses a SYNC value of
0000b (ready with no error), or 1010b (ready with error). These encodings tell the PCH
that this is the last piece of data transferred on a DMA read (PCH to peripheral), or the
byte that follows is the last piece of data transferred on a DMA write (peripheral to the
PCH).

When the PCH sees one of these two encodings, it ends the DMA transfer after this byte
and de-asserts the DMA request to the 8237. Therefore, if the PCH indicated a 16-bit
transfer, the peripheral can end the transfer after one byte by indicating a SYNC value
of 0000b or 1010b. The PCH does not attempt to transfer the second byte, and de-
asserts the DMA request internally.

If the peripheral indicates a 0000b or 1010b SYNC pattern on the last byte of the
indicated size, then the PCH only de-asserts the DMA request to the 8237 since it does
not need to end the transfer.

If the peripheral wishes to keep the DMA request active, then it uses a SYNC value of
1001b (ready plus more data). This tells the 8237 that more data bytes are requested
after the current byte has been transferred, so the PCH keeps the DMA request active
to the 8237. Therefore, on an 8-bit transfer size, if the peripheral indicates a SYNC
value of 1001b to the PCH, the data will be transferred and the DMA request will remain
active to the 8237. At a later time, the PCH will then come back with another
START–CYCTYPE–CHANNEL–SIZE etc. combination to initiate another transfer to the
peripheral.

The peripheral must not assume that the next START indication from the PCH is
another grant to the peripheral if it had indicated a SYNC value of 1001b. On a single
mode DMA device, the 8237 will re-arbitrate after every transfer. Only demand mode
DMA devices can be assured that they will receive the next START indication from the
PCH.

Note: Indicating a 0000b or 1010b encoding on the SYNC field of an odd byte of a 16-bit
channel (first byte of a 16-bit transfer) is an error condition.

Note: The host stops the transfer on the LPC bus as indicated, fills the upper byte with
random data on DMA writes (peripheral to memory), and indicates to the 8237 that the
DMA transfer occurred, incrementing the 8237’s address and decrementing its byte
count.

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5.6.7 SYNC Field / LDRQ# Rules

Since DMA transfers on LPC are requested through an LDRQ# assertion message, and
are ended through a SYNC field during the DMA transfer, the peripheral must obey the
following rule when initiating back-to-back transfers from a DMA channel.

The peripheral must not assert another message for eight LCLKs after a de-assertion is
indicated through the SYNC field. This is needed to allow the 8237, that typically runs
off a much slower internal clock, to see a message de-asserted before it is re-asserted
so that it can arbitrate to the next agent.

Under default operation, the host only performs 8-bit transfers on 8-bit channels and
16-bit transfers on 16-bit channels.

The method by which this communication between host and peripheral through system
BIOS is performed is beyond the scope of this specification. Since the LPC host and LPC
peripheral are motherboard devices, no “plug-n-play” registry is required.

The peripheral must not assume that the host is able to perform transfer sizes that are
larger than the size allowed for the DMA channel, and be willing to accept a SIZE field
that is smaller than what it may currently have buffered.

To that end, it is recommended that future devices that may appear on the LPC bus,
that require higher bandwidth than 8-bit or 16-bit DMA allow, do so with a bus
mastering interface and not rely on the 8237.

5.7 8254 Timers (D31:F0)

The PCH contains three counters that have fixed uses. All registers and functions
associated with the 8254 timers are in the core well. The 8254 unit is clocked by a
14.31818 MHz clock.

Counter 0, System Timer

This counter functions as the system timer by controlling the state of IRQ0 and is
typically programmed for Mode 3 operation. The counter produces a square wave with
a period equal to the product of the counter period (838 ns) and the initial count value.
The counter loads the initial count value 1 counter period after software writes the
count value to the counter I/O address. The counter initially asserts IRQ0 and
decrements the count value by two each counter period. The counter negates IRQ0
when the count value reaches 0. It then reloads the initial count value and again
decrements the initial count value by two each counter period. The counter then
asserts IRQ0 when the count value reaches 0, reloads the initial count value, and
repeats the cycle, alternately asserting and negating IRQ0.

Counter 1, Refresh Request Signal

This counter provides the refresh request signal and is typically programmed for Mode
2 operation and only impacts the period of the REF_TOGGLE bit in Port 61. The initial
count value is loaded one counter period after being written to the counter I/O address.
The REF_TOGGLE bit will have a square wave behavior (alternate between 0 and 1) and
will toggle at a rate based on the value in the counter. Programming the counter to
anything other than Mode 2 will result in undefined behavior for the REF_TOGGLE bit.

Counter 2, Speaker Tone

This counter provides the speaker tone and is typically programmed for Mode 3
operation. The counter provides a speaker frequency equal to the counter clock
frequency (1.193 MHz) divided by the initial count value. The speaker must be enabled
by a write to port 061h (see NMI Status and Control ports).

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5.7.1 Timer Programming

The counter/timers are programmed in the following fashion:
1. Write a control word to select a counter.
2. Write an initial count for that counter.
3. Load the least and/or most significant bytes (as required by Control Word bits 5, 4)
of the 16-bit counter.
4. Repeat with other counters.

Only two conventions need to be observed when programming the counters. First, for
each counter, the control word must be written before the initial count is written.
Second, the initial count must follow the count format specified in the control word
(least significant byte only, most significant byte only, or least significant byte and then
most significant byte).

A new initial count may be written to a counter at any time without affecting the
counter's programmed mode. Counting is affected as described in the mode definitions.
The new count must follow the programmed count format.

If a counter is programmed to read/write two-byte counts, the following precaution

applies: A program must not transfer control between writing the first and second byte
to another routine which also writes into that same counter. Otherwise, the counter will
be loaded with an incorrect count.

The Control Word Register at port 43h controls the operation of all three counters.
Several commands are available:
• Control Word Command. Specifies which counter to read or write, the operating
mode, and the count format (binary or BCD).
• Counter Latch Command. Latches the current count so that it can be read by the
system. The countdown process continues.
• Read Back Command. Reads the count value, programmed mode, the current
state of the OUT pins, and the state of the Null Count Flag of the selected counter.

Table 5-12 lists the six operating modes for the interval counters.

Table 5-12. Counter Operating Modes

Mode Function Description

Output is 0. When count goes to 0, output goes to

0 Out signal on end of count (=0)
1 and stays at 1 until counter is reprogrammed.
Output is 0. When count goes to 0, output goes to
1 Hardware retriggerable one-shot
1 for one clock time.
Rate generator (divide by n Output is 1. Output goes to 0 for one clock time,
2
counter) then back to 1 and counter is reloaded.
Output is 1. Output goes to 0 when counter rolls
over, and counter is reloaded. Output goes to 1
3 Square wave output
when counter rolls over, and counter is reloaded,
etc.
Output is 1. Output goes to 0 when count expires
4 Software triggered strobe
for one clock time.
Output is 1. Output goes to 0 when count expires
5 Hardware triggered strobe
for one clock time.

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5.7.2 Reading from the Interval Timer

It is often desirable to read the value of a counter without disturbing the count in
progress. There are three methods for reading the counters: a simple read operation,
counter Latch command, and the Read-Back command. Each is explained below.

With the simple read and counter latch command methods, the count must be read
according to the programmed format; specifically, if the counter is programmed for two
byte counts, two bytes must be read. The two bytes do not have to be read one right
after the other. Read, write, or programming operations for other counters may be
inserted between them.

5.7.2.1 Simple Read

The first method is to perform a simple read operation. The counter is selected through
port 40h (counter 0), 41h (counter 1), or 42h (counter 2).

Note: Performing a direct read from the counter does not return a determinate value,
because the counting process is asynchronous to read operations. However, in the case
of counter 2, the count can be stopped by writing to the GATE bit in port 61h.

5.7.2.2 Counter Latch Command

The Counter Latch command, written to port 43h, latches the count of a specific
counter at the time the command is received. This command is used to ensure that the
count read from the counter is accurate, particularly when reading a two-byte count.
The count value is then read from each counter’s Count register as was programmed by
the Control register.

The count is held in the latch until it is read or the counter is reprogrammed. The count
is then unlatched. This allows reading the contents of the counters on the fly without
affecting counting in progress. Multiple Counter Latch Commands may be used to latch
more than one counter. Counter Latch commands do not affect the programmed mode
of the counter in any way.

If a Counter is latched and then, some time later, latched again before the count is
read, the second Counter Latch command is ignored. The count read is the count at the
time the first Counter Latch command was issued.

5.7.2.3 Read Back Command

The Read Back command, written to port 43h, latches the count value, programmed
mode, and current states of the OUT pin and Null Count flag of the selected counter or
counters. The value of the counter and its status may then be read by I/O access to the
counter address.

The Read Back command may be used to latch multiple counter outputs at one time.
This single command is functionally equivalent to several counter latch commands, one
for each counter latched. Each counter's latched count is held until it is read or
reprogrammed. Once read, a counter is unlatched. The other counters remain latched
until they are read. If multiple count Read Back commands are issued to the same
counter without reading the count, all but the first are ignored.

The Read Back command may additionally be used to latch status information of
selected counters. The status of a counter is accessed by a read from that counter's
I/O port address. If multiple counter status latch operations are performed without
reading the status, all but the first are ignored.

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Both count and status of the selected counters may be latched simultaneously. This is
functionally the same as issuing two consecutive, separate Read Back commands. If
multiple count and/or status Read Back commands are issued to the same counters
without any intervening reads, all but the first are ignored.

If both count and status of a counter are latched, the first read operation from that
counter returns the latched status, regardless of which was latched first. The next one
or two reads, depending on whether the counter is programmed for one or two type
counts, returns the latched count. Subsequent reads return unlatched count.

5.8 8259 Interrupt Controllers (PIC) (D31:F0)

The PCH incorporates the functionality of two 8259 interrupt controllers that provide
system interrupts for the ISA compatible interrupts. These interrupts are: system
timer, keyboard controller, serial ports, parallel ports, floppy disk, mouse, and DMA
channels. In addition, this interrupt controller can support the PCI based interrupts, by
mapping the PCI interrupt onto the compatible ISA interrupt line. Each 8259 core
supports eight interrupts, numbered 0–7. Table 5-13 shows how the cores are
connected.

Table 5-13. Interrupt Controller Core Connections

.

8259 Typical Interrupt

8259 Connected Pin / Function
Input Source

0 Internal Internal Timer / Counter 0 output / HPET #0

1 Keyboard IRQ1 via SERIRQ
2 Internal Slave controller INTR output
3 Serial Port A IRQ3 via SERIRQ, PIRQ#
Master
4 Serial Port B IRQ4 via SERIRQ, PIRQ#
5 Parallel Port / Generic IRQ5 via SERIRQ, PIRQ#
6 Floppy Disk IRQ6 via SERIRQ, PIRQ#
7 Parallel Port / Generic IRQ7 via SERIRQ, PIRQ#
Internal Real Time
0 Internal RTC / HPET #1
Clock
1 Generic IRQ9 via SERIRQ, SCI, TCO, or PIRQ#
2 Generic IRQ10 via SERIRQ, SCI, TCO, or PIRQ#
IRQ11 via SERIRQ, SCI, TCO, or PIRQ#, or HPET
3 Generic
#2
IRQ12 via SERIRQ, SCI, TCO, or PIRQ#, or HPET
Slave 4 PS/2 Mouse
#3
State Machine output based on processor FERR#
5 Internal assertion. May optionally be used for SCI or TCO
interrupt if FERR# not needed.
SATA Primary (legacy mode), or via SERIRQ or
6 SATA
PIRQ#
SATA Secondary (legacy mode) or via SERIRQ or
7 SATA
PIRQ#

The PCH cascades the slave controller onto the master controller through master
controller interrupt input 2. This means there are only 15 possible interrupts for the
PCH PIC.

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Interrupts can individually be programmed to be edge or level, except for IRQ0, IRQ2,
IRQ8#, and IRQ13.

Note: Active-low interrupt sources (such as, the PIRQ#s) are inverted inside the PCH. In the
following descriptions of the 8259s, the interrupt levels are in reference to the signals
at the internal interface of the 8259s, after the required inversions have occurred.
Therefore, the term “high” indicates “active,” which means “low” on an originating
PIRQ#.

5.8.1 Interrupt Handling

5.8.1.1 Generating Interrupts
The PIC interrupt sequence involves three bits, from the IRR, ISR, and IMR, for each
interrupt level. These bits are used to determine the interrupt vector returned, and
status of any other pending interrupts. Table 5-14 defines the IRR, ISR, and IMR.

Table 5-14. Interrupt Status Registers

Bit Description

Interrupt Request Register. This bit is set on a low to high transition of the interrupt
IRR line in edge mode, and by an active high level in level mode. This bit is set whether or
not the interrupt is masked. However, a masked interrupt will not generate INTR.
Interrupt Service Register. This bit is set, and the corresponding IRR bit cleared,
ISR when an interrupt acknowledge cycle is seen, and the vector returned is for that
interrupt.
Interrupt Mask Register. This bit determines whether an interrupt is masked.
IMR
Masked interrupts will not generate INTR.

5.8.1.2 Acknowledging Interrupts

The processor generates an interrupt acknowledge cycle that is translated by the host
bridge into a PCI Interrupt Acknowledge Cycle to the PCH. The PIC translates this
command into two internal INTA# pulses expected by the 8259 cores. The PIC uses the
first internal INTA# pulse to freeze the state of the interrupts for priority resolution. On
the second INTA# pulse, the master or slave sends the interrupt vector to the
processor with the acknowledged interrupt code. This code is based upon bits [7:3] of
the corresponding ICW2 register, combined with three bits representing the interrupt
within that controller.

Table 5-15. Content of Interrupt Vector Byte

Master, Slave Interrupt Bits [7:3] Bits [2:0]

IRQ7,15 111
IRQ6,14 110
IRQ5,13 101
IRQ4,12 100
ICW2[7:3]
IRQ3,11 011
IRQ2,10 010
IRQ1,9 001
IRQ0,8 000

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5.8.1.3 Hardware/Software Interrupt Sequence

1. One or more of the Interrupt Request lines (IRQ) are raised high in edge mode, or
seen high in level mode, setting the corresponding IRR bit.
2. The PIC sends INTR active to the processor if an asserted interrupt is not masked.
3. The processor acknowledges the INTR and responds with an interrupt acknowledge
cycle. The cycle is translated into a PCI interrupt acknowledge cycle by the host
bridge. This command is broadcast over PCI by the PCH.
4. Upon observing its own interrupt acknowledge cycle on PCI, the PCH converts it
into the two cycles that the internal 8259 pair can respond to. Each cycle appears
as an interrupt acknowledge pulse on the internal INTA# pin of the cascaded
interrupt controllers.
5. Upon receiving the first internally generated INTA# pulse, the highest priority ISR
bit is set and the corresponding IRR bit is reset. On the trailing edge of the first
pulse, a slave identification code is broadcast by the master to the slave on a
private, internal three bit wide bus. The slave controller uses these bits to
determine if it must respond with an interrupt vector during the second INTA#
pulse.
6. Upon receiving the second internally generated INTA# pulse, the PIC returns the
interrupt vector. If no interrupt request is present because the request was too
short in duration, the PIC returns vector 7 from the master controller.
7. This completes the interrupt cycle. In AEOI mode the ISR bit is reset at the end of
the second INTA# pulse. Otherwise, the ISR bit remains set until an appropriate
EOI command is issued at the end of the interrupt subroutine.

5.8.2 Initialization Command Words (ICWx)

Before operation can begin, each 8259 must be initialized. In the PCH, this is a four
byte sequence. The four initialization command words are referred to by their
acronyms: ICW1, ICW2, ICW3, and ICW4.

The base address for each 8259 initialization command word is a fixed location in the
I/O memory space: 20h for the master controller, and A0h for the slave controller.

5.8.2.1 ICW1
An I/O write to the master or slave controller base address with data bit 4 equal to 1 is
interpreted as a write to ICW1. Upon sensing this write, the PCH’s PIC expects three
more byte writes to 21h for the master controller, or A1h for the slave controller, to
complete the ICW sequence.

A write to ICW1 starts the initialization sequence during which the following
automatically occur:
1. Following initialization, an interrupt request (IRQ) input must make a low-to-high
transition to generate an interrupt.
2. The Interrupt Mask Register is cleared.
3. IRQ7 input is assigned priority 7.
4. The slave mode address is set to 7.
5. Special mask mode is cleared and Status Read is set to IRR.

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5.8.2.2 ICW2
The second write in the sequence (ICW2) is programmed to provide bits [7:3] of the
interrupt vector that will be released during an interrupt acknowledge. A different base
is selected for each interrupt controller.

5.8.2.3 ICW3
The third write in the sequence (ICW3) has a different meaning for each controller.
• For the master controller, ICW3 is used to indicate which IRQ input line is used to
cascade the slave controller. Within the PCH, IRQ2 is used. Therefore, bit 2 of ICW3
on the master controller is set to a 1, and the other bits are set to 0s.
• For the slave controller, ICW3 is the slave identification code used during an
interrupt acknowledge cycle. On interrupt acknowledge cycles, the master
controller broadcasts a code to the slave controller if the cascaded interrupt won
arbitration on the master controller. The slave controller compares this
identification code to the value stored in its ICW3, and if it matches, the slave
controller assumes responsibility for broadcasting the interrupt vector.

5.8.2.4 ICW4
The final write in the sequence (ICW4) must be programmed for both controllers. At
the very least, bit 0 must be set to a 1 to indicate that the controllers are operating in
an Intel Architecture-based system.

5.8.3 Operation Command Words (OCW)

These command words reprogram the Interrupt controller to operate in various
interrupt modes.
• OCW1 masks and unmasks interrupt lines.
• OCW2 controls the rotation of interrupt priorities when in rotating priority mode,
and controls the EOI function.
• OCW3 sets up ISR/IRR reads, enables/disables the special mask mode (SMM), and
enables/disables polled interrupt mode.

5.8.4 Modes of Operation

5.8.4.1 Fully Nested Mode
In this mode, interrupt requests are ordered in priority from 0 through 7, with 0 being
the highest. When an interrupt is acknowledged, the highest priority request is
determined and its vector placed on the bus. Additionally, the ISR for the interrupt is
set. This ISR bit remains set until: the processor issues an EOI command immediately
before returning from the service routine; or if in AEOI mode, on the trailing edge of
the second INTA#. While the ISR bit is set, all further interrupts of the same or lower
priority are inhibited, while higher levels generate another interrupt. Interrupt priorities
can be changed in the rotating priority mode.

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5.8.4.2 Special Fully-Nested Mode

This mode is used in the case of a system where cascading is used, and the priority has
to be conserved within each slave. In this case, the special fully-nested mode is
programmed to the master controller. This mode is similar to the fully-nested mode
with the following exceptions:
• When an interrupt request from a certain slave is in service, this slave is not locked
out from the master's priority logic and further interrupt requests from higher
priority interrupts within the slave are recognized by the master and initiate
interrupts to the processor. In the normal-nested mode, a slave is masked out
when its request is in service.
• When exiting the Interrupt Service routine, software has to check whether the
interrupt serviced was the only one from that slave. This is done by sending a Non-
Specific EOI command to the slave and then reading its ISR. If it is 0, a non-
specific EOI can also be sent to the master.

5.8.4.3 Automatic Rotation Mode (Equal Priority Devices)

In some applications, there are a number of interrupting devices of equal priority.
Automatic rotation mode provides for a sequential 8-way rotation. In this mode, a
device receives the lowest priority after being serviced. In the worst case, a device
requesting an interrupt has to wait until each of seven other devices are serviced at
most once.

There are two ways to accomplish automatic rotation using OCW2; the Rotation on
Non-Specific EOI Command (R=1, SL=0, EOI=1) and the rotate in automatic EOI mode
which is set by (R=1, SL=0, EOI=0).

5.8.4.4 Specific Rotation Mode (Specific Priority)

Software can change interrupt priorities by programming the bottom priority. For
example, if IRQ5 is programmed as the bottom priority device, then IRQ6 is the highest
priority device. The Set Priority Command is issued in OCW2 to accomplish this, where:
R=1, SL=1, and LO–L2 is the binary priority level code of the bottom priority device.

In this mode, internal status is updated by software control during OCW2. However, it
is independent of the EOI command. Priority changes can be executed during an EOI
command by using the Rotate on Specific EOI Command in OCW2 (R=1, SL=1, EOI=1
and LO–L2=IRQ level to receive bottom priority.

5.8.4.5 Poll Mode

Poll mode can be used to conserve space in the interrupt vector table. Multiple
interrupts that can be serviced by one interrupt service routine do not need separate
vectors if the service routine uses the poll command. Poll mode can also be used to
expand the number of interrupts. The polling interrupt service routine can call the
appropriate service routine, instead of providing the interrupt vectors in the vector
table. In this mode, the INTR output is not used and the microprocessor internal
Interrupt Enable flip-flop is reset, disabling its interrupt input. Service to devices is
achieved by software using a Poll command.

The Poll command is issued by setting P=1 in OCW3. The PIC treats its next I/O read as
an interrupt acknowledge, sets the appropriate ISR bit if there is a request, and reads
the priority level. Interrupts are frozen from the OCW3 write to the I/O read. The byte
returned during the I/O read contains a 1 in bit 7 if there is an interrupt, and the binary
code of the highest priority level in bits 2:0.

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5.8.4.6 Edge and Level Triggered Mode

In ISA systems this mode is programmed using bit 3 in ICW1, which sets level or edge
for the entire controller. In the PCH, this bit is disabled and a new register for edge and
level triggered mode selection, per interrupt input, is included. This is the Edge/Level
control Registers ELCR1 and ELCR2.

If an ELCR bit is 0, an interrupt request will be recognized by a low-to-high transition

on the corresponding IRQ input. The IRQ input can remain high without generating
another interrupt. If an ELCR bit is 1, an interrupt request will be recognized by a high
level on the corresponding IRQ input and there is no need for an edge detection. The
interrupt request must be removed before the EOI command is issued to prevent a
second interrupt from occurring.

In both the edge and level triggered modes, the IRQ inputs must remain active until
after the falling edge of the first internal INTA#. If the IRQ input goes inactive before
this time, a default IRQ7 vector is returned.

5.8.4.7 End of Interrupt (EOI) Operations

An EOI can occur in one of two fashions: by a command word write issued to the PIC
before returning from a service routine, the EOI command; or automatically when AEOI
bit in ICW4 is set to 1.

5.8.4.8 Normal End of Interrupt

In normal EOI, software writes an EOI command before leaving the interrupt service
routine to mark the interrupt as completed. There are two forms of EOI commands:
Specific and Non-Specific. When a Non-Specific EOI command is issued, the PIC clears
the highest ISR bit of those that are set to 1. Non-Specific EOI is the normal mode of
operation of the PIC within the PCH, as the interrupt being serviced currently is the
interrupt entered with the interrupt acknowledge. When the PIC is operated in modes
that preserve the fully nested structure, software can determine which ISR bit to clear
by issuing a Specific EOI. An ISR bit that is masked is not cleared by a Non-Specific EOI
if the PIC is in the special mask mode. An EOI command must be issued for both the
master and slave controller.

5.8.4.9 Automatic End of Interrupt Mode

In this mode, the PIC automatically performs a Non-Specific EOI operation at the
trailing edge of the last interrupt acknowledge pulse. From a system standpoint, this
mode should be used only when a nested multi-level interrupt structure is not required
within a single PIC. The AEOI mode can only be used in the master controller and not
the slave controller.

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5.8.5 Masking Interrupts

5.8.5.1 Masking on an Individual Interrupt Request
Each interrupt request can be masked individually by the Interrupt Mask Register
(IMR). This register is programmed through OCW1. Each bit in the IMR masks one
interrupt channel. Masking IRQ2 on the master controller masks all requests for service
from the slave controller.

5.8.5.2 Special Mask Mode

Some applications may require an interrupt service routine to dynamically alter the
system priority structure during its execution under software control. For example, the
routine may wish to inhibit lower priority requests for a portion of its execution but
enable some of them for another portion.

The special mask mode enables all interrupts not masked by a bit set in the Mask
register. Normally, when an interrupt service routine acknowledges an interrupt without
issuing an EOI to clear the ISR bit, the interrupt controller inhibits all lower priority
requests. In the special mask mode, any interrupts may be selectively enabled by
loading the Mask Register with the appropriate pattern. The special mask mode is set
by OCW3 where: SSMM=1, SMM=1, and cleared where SSMM=1, SMM=0.

5.8.6 Steering PCI Interrupts

The PCH can be programmed to allow PIRQA#-PIRQH# to be routed internally to
interrupts 3–7, 9–12, 14 or 15. The assignment is programmable through the PIRQx
Route Control registers, located at 60–63h and 68–6Bh in Device 31:Function 0. One or
more PIRQx# lines can be routed to the same IRQx input. If interrupt steering is not
required, the Route registers can be programmed to disable steering.

The PIRQx# lines are defined as active low, level sensitive to allow multiple interrupts
on a PCI board to share a single line across the connector. When a PIRQx# is routed to
specified IRQ line, software must change the IRQ's corresponding ELCR bit to level
sensitive mode. The PCH internally inverts the PIRQx# line to send an active high level
to the PIC. When a PCI interrupt is routed onto the PIC, the selected IRQ can no longer
be used by an active high device (through SERIRQ). However, active low interrupts can
share their interrupt with PCI interrupts.

Internal sources of the PIRQs, including SCI and TCO interrupts, cause the external
PIRQ to be asserted. The PCH receives the PIRQ input, like all of the other external
sources, and routes it accordingly.

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5.9 Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

(APIC) (D31:F0)
In addition to the standard ISA-compatible PIC described in the previous chapter, the
PCH incorporates the APIC. While the standard interrupt controller is intended for use
in a uni-processor system, APIC can be used in either a uni-processor or multi-
processor system.

5.9.1 Interrupt Handling

The I/O APIC handles interrupts very differently than the 8259. Briefly, these
differences are:
• Method of Interrupt Transmission. The I/O APIC transmits interrupts through
memory writes on the normal datapath to the processor, and interrupts are handled
without the need for the processor to run an interrupt acknowledge cycle.
• Interrupt Priority. The priority of interrupts in the I/O APIC is independent of the
interrupt number. For example, interrupt 10 can be given a higher priority than
interrupt 3.
• More Interrupts. The I/O APIC in the PCH supports a total of 24 interrupts.
• Multiple Interrupt Controllers. The I/O APIC architecture allows for multiple I/O
APIC devices in the system with their own interrupt vectors.

5.9.2 Interrupt Mapping

The I/O APIC within the PCH supports 24 APIC interrupts. Each interrupt has its own
unique vector assigned by software. The interrupt vectors are mapped as follows, and
match “Config 6” of the Multi-Processor Specification.

Table 5-16. APIC Interrupt Mapping1 (Sheet 1 of 2)

Using Direct Using PCI
IRQ # Internal Modules
SERIRQ from Pin Message

0 No No No Cascade from 8259 #1

1 Yes No Yes
2 No No No 8254 Counter 0, HPET #0 (legacy mode)
3 Yes No Yes
4 Yes No Yes
5 Yes No Yes
6 Yes No Yes
7 Yes No Yes
8 No No No RTC, HPET #1 (legacy mode)
9 Yes No Yes Option for SCI, TCO
10 Yes No Yes Option for SCI, TCO
11 Yes No Yes HPET #2, Option for SCI, TCO (Note2)
12 Yes No Yes HPET #3 (Note 3)
13 No No No FERR# logic
14 Yes No Yes SATA Primary (legacy mode)
15 Yes No Yes SATA Secondary (legacy mode)

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Table 5-16. APIC Interrupt Mapping1 (Sheet 2 of 2)

Using Direct Using PCI
IRQ # Internal Modules
SERIRQ from Pin Message

16 PIRQA# PIRQA#
17 PIRQB# PIRQB# Internal devices are routable; see
Yes
18 PIRQC# PIRQC# Section 10.1.26 though Section 10.1.42.

19 PIRQD# PIRQD#
20 N/A PIRQE#4
21 N/A PIRQF#4 Option for SCI, TCO, HPET #0,1,2, 3. Other
Yes internal devices are routable; see
22 N/A PIRQG#4 Section 10.1.26 though Section 10.1.42.
23 N/A PIRQH#4
NOTES:
1. When programming the polarity of internal interrupt sources on the APIC, interrupts 0
through 15 receive active-high internal interrupt sources, while interrupts 16 through 23
receive active-low internal interrupt sources.
2. If IRQ 11 is used for HPET #2, software should ensure IRQ 11 is not shared with any other
devices to ensure the proper operation of HPET #2. The PCH hardware does not prevent
sharing of IRQ 11.
3. If IRQ 12 is used for HPET #3, software should ensure IRQ 12 is not shared with any other
devices to ensure the proper operation of HPET #3. The PCH hardware does not prevent
sharing of IRQ 12.
4. PIRQ[E:H] are Multiplexed with GPIO pins. Interrupts PIRQ[E:H] will not be exposed if they
are configured as GPIOs.

5.9.3 PCI / PCI Express* Message-Based Interrupts

When external devices through PCI / PCI Express wish to generate an interrupt, they
will send the message defined in the PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision 1.0a for
generating INTA# – INTD#. These will be translated internal assertions/de-assertions
of INTA# – INTD#.

5.9.4 IOxAPIC Address Remapping

To support Intel® Virtualization Technology, interrupt messages are required to go
through similar address remapping as any other memory request. Address remapping
allows for domain isolation for interrupts, so a device assigned in one domain is not
allowed to generate an interrupt to another domain.

The address remapping is based on the Bus: Device: Function field associated with the
requests. The internal APIC is required to initiate the interrupt message using a unique
Bus: Device: function.

The PCH allows BIOS to program the unique Bus: Device: Function address for the
internal APIC. This address field does not change the APIC functionality and the APIC is
not promoted as a stand-alone PCI device. See Device 31: Function 0 Offset 6Ch for
additional information.

5.9.5 External Interrupt Controller Support

The PCH supports external APICs off of PCI Express ports, and does not support APICs
on the PCI bus. The EOI special cycle is only forwarded to PCI Express ports.

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5.10 Serial Interrupt (D31:F0)

The PCH supports a serial IRQ scheme. This allows a single signal to be used to report
interrupt requests. The signal used to transmit this information is shared between the
host, the PCH, and all peripherals that support serial interrupts. The signal line,
SERIRQ, is synchronous to PCI clock, and follows the sustained tri-state protocol that is
used by all PCI signals. This means that if a device has driven SERIRQ low, it will first
drive it high synchronous to PCI clock and release it the following PCI clock. The serial
IRQ protocol defines this sustained tri-state signaling in the following fashion:
• S – Sample Phase. Signal driven low
• R – Recovery Phase. Signal driven high
• T – Turn-around Phase. Signal released

The PCH supports a message for 21 serial interrupts. These represent the 15 ISA
interrupts (IRQ0–1, 2–15), the four PCI interrupts, and the control signals SMI# and
IOCHK#. The serial IRQ protocol does not support the additional APIC interrupts
(20–23).

Note: When the SATA controller is configured for legacy IDE mode, IRQ14 and IRQ15 are
expected to behave as ISA legacy interrupts that cannot be shared (that is, through the
Serial Interrupt pin). If IRQ14 and IRQ15 are shared with Serial Interrupt pin then
abnormal system behavior may occur. For example, IRQ14/15 may not be detected by
the PCH's interrupt controller. When the SATA controller is not running in Native IDE
mode, IRQ14 and IRQ15 are used as special interrupts. If the SATA controller is in
native modes, these interrupts can be mapped to other devices accordingly.

5.10.1 Start Frame

The serial IRQ protocol has two modes of operation which affect the start frame. These
two modes are: Continuous, where the PCH is solely responsible for generating the
start frame; and Quiet, where a serial IRQ peripheral is responsible for beginning the
start frame.

The mode that must first be entered when enabling the serial IRQ protocol is
continuous mode. In this mode, the PCH asserts the start frame. This start frame is 4,
6, or 8 PCI clocks wide based upon the Serial IRQ Control Register, bits 1:0 at 64h in
Device 31:Function 0 configuration space. This is a polling mode.

When the serial IRQ stream enters quiet mode (signaled in the Stop Frame), the
SERIRQ line remains inactive and pulled up between the Stop and Start Frame until a
peripheral drives the SERIRQ signal low. The PCH senses the line low and continues to
drive it low for the remainder of the Start Frame. Since the first PCI clock of the start
frame was driven by the peripheral in this mode, the PCH drives the SERIRQ line low for
1 PCI clock less than in continuous mode. This mode of operation allows for a quiet,
and therefore lower power, operation.

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5.10.2 Data Frames

Once the Start frame has been initiated, all of the SERIRQ peripherals must start
counting frames based on the rising edge of SERIRQ. Each of the IRQ/DATA frames has
exactly 3 phases of 1 clock each:
• Sample Phase. During this phase, the SERIRQ device drives SERIRQ low if the
corresponding interrupt signal is low. If the corresponding interrupt is high, then
the SERIRQ devices tri-state the SERIRQ signal. The SERIRQ line remains high due
to pull-up resistors (there is no internal pull-up resistor on this signal, an external
pull-up resistor is required). A low level during the IRQ0–1 and IRQ2–15 frames
indicates that an active-high ISA interrupt is not being requested, but a low level
during the PCI INT[A:D], SMI#, and IOCHK# frame indicates that an active-low
interrupt is being requested.
• Recovery Phase. During this phase, the device drives the SERIRQ line high if in
the Sample Phase it was driven low. If it was not driven in the sample phase, it is
tri-stated in this phase.
• Turn-around Phase. The device tri-states the SERIRQ line.

5.10.3 Stop Frame

After all data frames, a Stop Frame is driven by the PCH. The SERIRQ signal is driven
low by the PCH for 2 or 3 PCI clocks. The number of clocks is determined by the
SERIRQ configuration register. The number of clocks determines the next mode.

Table 5-17. Stop Frame Explanation

Stop Frame Width Next Mode

2 PCI clocks Quiet Mode. Any SERIRQ device may initiate a Start Frame
3 PCI clocks Continuous Mode. Only the host (the PCH) may initiate a Start Frame

5.10.4 Specific Interrupts Not Supported Using SERIRQ

There are three interrupts seen through the serial stream that are not supported by the
PCH. These interrupts are generated internally, and are not sharable with other devices
within the system. These interrupts are:
• IRQ0. Heartbeat interrupt generated off of the internal 8254 counter 0.
• IRQ8#. RTC interrupt can only be generated internally.
• IRQ13. Floating point error interrupt generated off of the processor assertion of
FERR#.

The PCH ignores the state of these interrupts in the serial stream, and does not adjust
their level based on the level seen in the serial stream.

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5.10.5 Data Frame Format

Table 5-18 shows the format of the data frames. For the PCI interrupts (A–D), the
output from the PCH is AND’d with the PCI input signal. This way, the interrupt can be
signaled using both the PCI interrupt input signal and using the SERIRQ signal (they
are shared).

Table 5-18. Data Frame Format

Data Clocks Past

Frame Interrupt Start Comment
# Frame

Ignored. IRQ0 can only be generated using the internal

1 IRQ0 2
8524
2 IRQ1 5
3 SMI# 8 Causes SMI# if low. Will set the SERIRQ_SMI_STS bit.
4 IRQ3 11
5 IRQ4 14
6 IRQ5 17
7 IRQ6 20
8 IRQ7 23
9 IRQ8 26 Ignored. IRQ8# can only be generated internally.
10 IRQ9 29
11 IRQ10 32
12 IRQ11 35
13 IRQ12 38
14 IRQ13 41 Ignored. IRQ13 can only be generated from FERR#
15 IRQ14 44 Not attached to SATA logic
16 IRQ15 47 Not attached to SATA logic
17 IOCHCK# 50 Same as ISA IOCHCK# going active.
18 PCI INTA# 53 Drive PIRQA#
19 PCI INTB# 56 Drive PIRQB#
20 PCI INTC# 59 Drive PIRQC#
21 PCI INTD# 62 Drive PIRQD#

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5.11 Real Time Clock (D31:F0)

The Real Time Clock (RTC) module provides a battery backed-up date and time keeping
device with two banks of static RAM with 128 bytes each, although the first bank has
114 bytes for general purpose usage. Three interrupt features are available: time of
day alarm with once a second to once a month range, periodic rates of 122 µs to
500 ms, and end of update cycle notification. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, day of
week, month, and year are counted. Daylight savings compensation is no longer
supported. The hour is represented in twelve or twenty-four hour format, and data can
be represented in BCD or binary format. The design is functionally compatible with the
Motorola MS146818B. The time keeping comes from a 32.768 kHz oscillating source,
which is divided to achieve an update every second. The lower 14 bytes on the lower
RAM block has very specific functions. The first ten are for time and date information.
The next four (0Ah to 0Dh) are registers, which configure and report RTC functions.

The time and calendar data should match the data mode (BCD or binary) and hour
mode (12 or 24 hour) as selected in register B. It is up to the programmer to make
sure that data stored in these locations is within the reasonable values ranges and
represents a possible date and time. The exception to these ranges is to store a value
of C0–FFh in the Alarm bytes to indicate a don’t care situation. All Alarm conditions
must match to trigger an Alarm Flag, which could trigger an Alarm Interrupt if enabled.
The SET bit must be 1 while programming these locations to avoid clashes with an
update cycle. Access to time and date information is done through the RAM locations. If
a RAM read from the ten time and date bytes is attempted during an update cycle, the
value read do not necessarily represent the true contents of those locations. Any RAM
writes under the same conditions are ignored.

Note: The leap year determination for adding a 29th day to February does not take into
account the end-of-the-century exceptions. The logic simply assumes that all years
divisible by 4 are leap years. According to the Royal Observatory Greenwich, years that
are divisible by 100 are typically not leap years. In every fourth century (years divisible
by 400, like 2000), the 100-year-exception is over-ridden and a leap-year occurs. Note
that the year 2100 will be the first time in which the current RTC implementation would
incorrectly calculate the leap-year.

The PCH does not implement month/year alarms.

5.11.1 Update Cycles

An update cycle occurs once a second, if the SET bit of register B is not asserted and
the divide chain is properly configured. During this procedure, the stored time and date
are incremented, overflow is checked, a matching alarm condition is checked, and the
time and date are rewritten to the RAM locations. The update cycle will start at least
488 µs after the UIP bit of register A is asserted, and the entire cycle does not take
more than 1984 µs to complete. The time and date RAM locations (0–9) are
disconnected from the external bus during this time.

To avoid update and data corruption conditions, external RAM access to these locations
can safely occur at two times. When a updated-ended interrupt is detected, almost
999 ms is available to read and write the valid time and date data. If the UIP bit of
Register A is detected to be low, there is at least 488 µs before the update cycle begins.

Warning: The overflow conditions for leap years adjustments are based on more than one date or
time item. To ensure proper operation when adjusting the time, the new time and data
values should be set at least two seconds before leap year occurs.

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5.11.2 Interrupts
The real-time clock interrupt is internally routed within the PCH both to the I/O APIC
and the 8259. It is mapped to interrupt vector 8. This interrupt does not leave the PCH,
nor is it shared with any other interrupt. IRQ8# from the SERIRQ stream is ignored.
However, the High Performance Event Timers can also be mapped to IRQ8#; in this
case, the RTC interrupt is blocked.

5.11.3 Lockable RAM Ranges

The RTC battery-backed RAM supports two 8-byte ranges that can be locked using the
configuration space. If the locking bits are set, the corresponding range in the RAM will
not be readable or writable. A write cycle to those locations will have no effect. A read
cycle to those locations will not return the location’s actual value (resultant value is
undefined).

Once a range is locked, the range can be unlocked only by a hard reset, which will
invoke the BIOS and allow it to relock the RAM range.

5.11.4 Century Rollover

The PCH detects a rollover when the Year byte (RTC I/O space, index offset 09h)
transitions form 99 to 00. Upon detecting the rollover, the PCH sets the
NEWCENTURY_STS bit (TCOBASE + 04h, bit 7). If the system is in an S0 state, this
causes an SMI#. The SMI# handler can update registers in the RTC RAM that are
associated with century value. If the system is in a sleep state (S1–S5) when the
century rollover occurs, the PCH also sets the NEWCENTURY_STS bit, but no SMI# is
generated. When the system resumes from the sleep state, BIOS should check the
NEWCENTURY_STS bit and update the century value in the RTC RAM.

5.11.5 Clearing Battery-Backed RTC RAM

Clearing CMOS RAM in a PCH-based platform can be done by using a jumper on
RTCRST# or GPI. Implementations should not attempt to clear CMOS by using a
jumper to pull VccRTC low.

Using RTCRST# to Clear CMOS

A jumper on RTCRST# can be used to clear CMOS values, as well as reset to default,
the state of those configuration bits that reside in the RTC power well. When the
RTCRST# is strapped to ground, the RTC_PWR_STS bit (D31:F0:A4h bit 2) will be set
and those configuration bits in the RTC power well will be set to their default state.
BIOS can monitor the state of this bit, and manually clear the RTC CMOS array once the
system is booted. The normal position would cause RTCRST# to be pulled up through a
weak pull-up resistor. Table 5-19 shows which bits are set to their default state when
RTCRST# is asserted. This RTCRST# jumper technique allows the jumper to be moved
and then replaced—all while the system is powered off. Then, once booted, the
RTC_PWR_STS can be detected in the set state.

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Table 5-19. Configuration Bits Reset by RTCRST# Assertion

Default
Bit Name Register Location Bit(s)
State

Alarm Interrupt Register B (General I/O space (RTC Index

5 X
Enable (AIE) Configuration) (RTC_REGB) + 0Bh)
Register C (Flag Register) I/O space (RTC Index
Alarm Flag (AF) 5 X
(RTC_REGC) + 0Ch)
General PM Configuration 3
SWSMI_RATE_SEL D31:F0:A4h 7:6 0
Register GEN_PMCON_3
SLP_S4# Minimum General PM Configuration 3
D31:F0:A4h 5:4 0
Assertion Width Register GEN_PMCON_3
SLP_S4# Assertion General PM Configuration 3
D31:F0:A4h 3 0
Stretch Enable Register GEN_PMCON_3
RTC Power Status General PM Configuration 3
D31:F0:A4h 2 0
(RTC_PWR_STS) Register GEN_PMCON_3
Power Failure General PM Configuration 3
D31:F0:A4h 1 0
(PWR_FLR) Register (GEN_PMCON_3)
General PM Configuration 3
AFTERG3_EN D31:F0:A4h 0 0
Register GEN_PMCON_3
Power Button
Power Management 1 Status
Override Status PMBase + 00h 11 0
Register (PM1_STS)
(PRBTNOR_STS)
RTC Event Enable Power Management 1 Enable
PMBase + 02h 10 0
(RTC_EN) Register (PM1_EN)
Sleep Type Power Management 1 Control
PMBase + 04h 12:10 0
(SLP_TYP) (PM1_CNT)
General Purpose Event 0
PME_EN PMBase + 2Ch 11 0
Enables Register (GPE0_EN)
General Purpose Event 0
BATLOW_EN PMBase + 2Ch 10 0
Enables Register (GPE0_EN)
General Purpose Event 0
RI_EN PMBase + 2Ch 8 0
Enables Register (GPE0_EN)
NEWCENTURY_ST TCO1 Status Register
TCOBase + 04h 7 0
S (TCO1_STS)
Intruder Detect TCO2 Status Register
TCOBase + 06h 0 0
(INTRD_DET) (TCO2_STS)
Backed Up Control Register Chipset Config
Top Swap (TS) 0 X
(BUC) Registers:Offset 3414h

Using a GPI to Clear CMOS

A jumper on a GPI can also be used to clear CMOS values. BIOS would detect the
setting of this GPI on system boot-up, and manually clear the CMOS array.

Note: The GPI strap technique to clear CMOS requires multiple steps to implement. The
system is booted with the jumper in new position, then powered back down. The
jumper is replaced back to the normal position, then the system is rebooted again.

Warning: Do not implement a jumper on VccRTC to clear CMOS.

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5.12 Processor Interface (D31:F0)

The PCH interfaces to the processor with following pin-based signals other than DMI:
• Standard Outputs to processor: A20GATE, INIT3_3V#, PROCPWRGD, PMSYNCH,
PECI.
• Standard Input from processor: THRMTRIP#.

Most PCH outputs to the processor use standard buffers. The PCH has separate
V_CPU_IO signals that are pulled up at the system level to the processor voltage, and
thus determines VOH for the outputs to the processor.

The following Processor interface legacy pins were removed from the PCH:
• IGNNE#, STPCLK#, DPSLP#, are DPRSLPVR are no longer required on PCH based
systems.
• A20M#, SMI#, NMI, INIT#, INTR, FERR#: Functionality has been replaced by in-
band Virtual Legacy Wire (VLW) messages. See Section 5.12.3.

5.12.1 Processor Interface Signals and VLW Messages

This section describes each of the signals that interface between the PCH and the
processor(s). Note that the behavior of some signals may vary during processor reset,
as the signals are used for frequency strapping.

5.12.1.1 A20M# (Mask A20) / A20GATE

The A20M# VLW message is asserted when both of the following conditions are true:
• The ALT_A20_GATE bit (Bit 1 of PORT92 register) is a 0.
• The A20GATE input signal is a 0.

The A20GATE input signal is expected to be generated by the external microcontroller

(KBC).

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5.12.1.2 INIT (Initialization)

The INIT# VLW Message is asserted based on any one of several events described in
Table 5-20. When any of these events occur, INIT# is asserted for 16 PCI clocks, then
driven high.

Note: INIT3_3V# is functionally identical to INIT# VLW but it is a physical signal at 3.3 V on
desktop SKUs only.

Table 5-20. INIT# Going Active

Cause of INIT3_3V# Going Active Comment

Shutdown special cycle from processor observed INIT assertion based on value of Shutdown
on PCH-Processor interconnect. Policy Select register (SPS)
PORT92 write, where INIT_NOW (bit 0) transitions
from a 0 to a 1.
PORTCF9 write, where SYS_RST (bit 1) was a 0
and RST_CPU (bit 2) transitions from 0 to 1.
0 to 1 transition on RCIN# must occur
before the PCH will arm INIT3_3V# to be
generated again.
NOTE: RCIN# signal is expected to be low
RCIN# input signal goes low. RCIN# is expected
during S3, S4, and S5 states.
to be driven by the external microcontroller
Transition on the RCIN# signal in
(KBC).
those states (or the transition to
those states) may not necessarily
cause the INIT3_3V# signal to be
generated to the processor.
To enter BIST, software sets CPU_BIST_EN
CPU BIST bit and then does a full processor reset
using the CF9 register.

5.12.1.3 FERR# (Numeric Coprocessor Error)

The PCH supports the coprocessor error function with the FERR# message. The
function is enabled using the CEN bit. If FERR# is driven active by the processor, IRQ13
goes active (internally). When it detects a write to the COPROC_ERR register (I/O
Register F0h), the PCH negates the internal IRQ13 and IGNNE# will be active. IGNNE#
remains active until FERR# is driven inactive. IGNNE# is never driven active unless
FERR# is active.

Note: IGNNE# (Ignore Numeric Error is now internally generated by the processor.

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5.12.1.4 NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt)

Non-Maskable Interrupts (NMIs) can be generated by several sources, as described in
Table 5-21.

Table 5-21. NMI Sources

Cause of NMI Comment

SERR# goes active (either internally, Can instead be routed to generate an SCI, through
externally using SERR# signal, or using the NMI2SCI_EN bit (Device 31:Function 0, TCO
message from processor) Base + 08h, bit 11).
Can instead be routed to generate an SCI, through
IOCHK# goes active using SERIRQ#
the NMI2SCI_EN bit (Device 31:Function 0, TCO
stream (ISA system Error)
Base + 08h, bit 11).

5.12.1.5 Processor Power Good (PROCPWRGD)

This signal is connected to the processor’s VCCPRWGOOD_0 and VCCPRWGOOD_1
input. This signal represents a logical AND of the PCH’s PWROK and SYS_PWROK
signals.

5.12.2 Dual-Processor Issues

5.12.2.1 Usage Differences
In dual-processor designs, some of the processor signals are unused or used differently
than for uniprocessor designs.
• A20M#/A20GATE and FERR# are generally not used, but still supported.
• I/O APIC and SMI# are assumed to be used.

5.12.3 Virtual Legacy Wire (VLW) Messages

The PCH supports VLW messages as alternative method of conveying the status of the
following legacy sideband interface signals to the processor:
• A20M#, INTR, SMI#, INIT#, NMI

Note: IGNNE# VLW message is not required to be generated by the PCH as it is internally
emulated by the Processor.

VLW are inbound messages to the processor. They are communicated using Vendor
Defined Message over the DMI link.

Legacy processor signals can only be delivered using VLW in the PCH. Delivery of
legacy processor signals (A20M#, INTR, SMI#, INIT# or NMI) using I/O APIC controller
is not supported.

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5.13 Power Management (D31:F0)

5.13.1 Features
• Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, Version 3.0b (ACPI)
providing power and thermal management
— ACPI 24-Bit Timer SCI and SMI# Generation
• PCI PME# signal for Wake Up from Low-Power states
• System Sleep State Control
— ACPI S3 state—Suspend to RAM (STR)
— ACPI S4 state—Suspend-to-Disk (STD)
— ACPI G2/S5 state—Soft Off (SOFF)
— Power Failure Detection and Recovery
• Management Engine Power Management Support
— Wake events from the Management Engine (enabled from all S-States including
Catastrophic S5 conditions)

5.13.2 PCH and System Power States

Table 5-22 shows the power states defined for PCH-based platforms. The state names
generally match the corresponding ACPI states.

Table 5-22. General Power States for Systems Using the PCH
State/
Legacy Name / Description
Substates

Full On: Processor operating. Individual devices may be shut down or be placed
G0/S0/C0
into lower power states to save power.
Cx State: Cx states are processor power states within the S0 system state that
provide for various levels of power savings. The processor initiates C-state entry
G0/S0/Cx
and exit while interacting with the PCH. The PCH will base its behavior on the
processor state.
S1: The PCH provides the S1 messages and the S0 messages on a wake event.
G1/S1
It is preferred for systems to use C-states than S1.
Suspend-To-RAM (STR): The system context is maintained in system DRAM,
G1/S3 but power is shut off to non-critical circuits. Memory is retained and refreshes
continue. All external clocks stop except RTC.
Suspend-To-Disk (STD): The context of the system is maintained on the disk.
G1/S4
All power is then shut off to the system except for the logic required to resume.
Soft Off (SOFF): System context is not maintained. All power is shut off except
G2/S5
for the logic required to restart. A full boot is required when waking.
Mechanical OFF (MOFF): System context not maintained. All power is shut off
except for the RTC. No “Wake” events are possible. This state occurs if the user
removes the main system batteries in a mobile system, turns off a mechanical
G3 switch, or if the system power supply is at a level that is insufficient to power the
“waking” logic. When system power returns, transition will depend on the state
just prior to the entry to G3 and the AFTERG3_EN bit in the GEN_PMCON3
register (D31:F0, offset A4). See Table 5-28 for more details.

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Table 5-23 shows the transitions rules among the various states. Note that transitions
among the various states may appear to temporarily transition through intermediate
states. For example, in going from S0 to S3, it may appear to pass through the G1/S1
states. These intermediate transitions and states are not listed in the table.

Table 5-23. State Transition Rules for the PCH

Present
Transition Trigger Next State
State

• DMI Msg • G0/S0/Cx

• SLP_EN bit set • G1/Sx or G2/S5 state
G0/S0/C0
• Power Button Override • G2/S5
• Mechanical Off/Power Failure • G3
• DMI Msg • G0/S0/C0
G0/S0/Cx • Power Button Override • S5
• Mechanical Off/Power Failure • G3

G1/S1, • Any Enabled Wake Event • G0/S0/C0 (See Note 2)

G1/S3, or • Power Button Override • G2/S5
G1/S4 • Mechanical Off/Power Failure • G3
• Any Enabled Wake Event • G0/S0/C0 (See Note 2)
G2/S5
• Mechanical Off/Power Failure • G3
• Optional to go to S0/C0 (reboot) or G2/
S5 (stay off until power button pressed
G3 • Power Returns
or other wake event). (See Notes 1 and
2)

NOTES:
1. Some wake events can be preserved through power failure.
2. Transitions from the S1–S5 or G3 states to the S0 state are deferred until BATLOW# is
inactive in mobile configurations.

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5.13.3 System Power Planes

The system has several independent power planes, as described in Table 5-24. Note
that when a particular power plane is shut off, it should go to a 0 V level.

Table 5-24. System Power Plane

s

Plane Controlled By Description

The SLP_S3# signal can be used to cut the power to the

CPU SLP_S3# signal
processor completely.
When SLP_S3# goes active, power can be shut off to any circuit
not required to wake the system from the S3 state. Since the S3
state requires that the memory context be preserved, power
MAIN SLP_S3# signal must be retained to the main memory.
The processor, devices on the PCI bus, LPC I/F, and graphics will
typically be shut off when the Main power plane is off, although
there may be small subsections powered.
When SLP_S4# goes active, power can be shut off to any circuit
not required to wake the system from the S4. Since the memory
context does not need to be preserved in the S4 state, the power
SLP_S4# signal to the memory can also be shut down.
MEMORY
SLP_S5# signal When SLP_S5# goes active, power can be shut off to any circuit
not required to wake the system from the S5 state. Since the
memory context does not need to be preserved in the S5 state,
the power to the memory can also be shut.
This pin is asserted when the manageability platform goes to
MOff. Depending on the platform, this pin may be used to control
ME SLP_M#
the Management Engine power planes, the clock chip power, LAN
subsystem power, and the SPI flash power.
This signal is asserted in Sx/Moff when both host and Intel® ME
WOL are not supported. This signal can be use to control power
LAN SLP_LAN#
to the Intel 82567 GbE PHY and depending on platform design
may also control power to VccME3_3.
Individual subsystems may have their own power plane. For
Implementation
DEVICE[n] example, GPIO signals may be used to control the power to disk
Specific
drives, audio amplifiers, or the display screen.

5.13.4 SMI#/SCI Generation

Upon any enabled SMI event taking place while the End of SMI (EOS) bit is set, the PCH
will clear the EOS bit and assert SMI to the processor, which will cause it to enter SMM
space. SMI assertion is performed using a Virtual Legacy Wire (VLW) message. Prior
system generations (those based upon legacy processors) used an actual SMI# pin.

Once the SMI VLW has been delivered, the PCH takes no action on behalf of active SMI
events until Host software sets the End of SMI (EOS) bit. At that point, if any SMI
events are still active, the PCH will send another SMI VLW message.

The SCI is a level-mode interrupt that is typically handled by an ACPI-aware operating

system. In non-APIC systems (which is the default), the SCI IRQ is routed to one of the
8259 interrupts (IRQ 9, 10, or 11). The 8259 interrupt controller must be programmed
to level mode for that interrupt.

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In systems using the APIC, the SCI can be routed to interrupts 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, or
23. The interrupt polarity changes depending on whether it is on an interrupt shareable
with a PIRQ or not (see Section 13.1.3). The interrupt remains asserted until all SCI
sources are removed.

Table 5-25 shows which events can cause an SMI and SCI. Note that some events can
be programmed to cause either an SMI or SCI. The usage of the event for SCI (instead
of SMI) is typically associated with an ACPI-based system. Each SMI or SCI source has
a corresponding enable and status bit.

Table 5-25. Causes of SMI and SCI (Sheet 1 of 2)

Cause SCI SMI Additional Enables Where Reported
PME# Yes Yes PME_EN=1 PME_STS
PME_B0 (Internal, Bus 0, PME-
Yes Yes PME_B0_EN=1 PME_B0_STS
Capable Agents)
PCI_EXP_EN=1
PCI Express* PME Messages Yes Yes PCI_EXP_STS
(Not enabled for SMI)
HOT_PLUG_EN=1
PCI Express Hot Plug Message Yes Yes HOT_PLUG_STS
(Not enabled for SMI)
Power Button Press Yes Yes PWRBTN_EN=1 PWRBTN_STS
Power Button Override (Note 7) Yes No None PRBTNOR_STS
RTC Alarm Yes Yes RTC_EN=1 RTC_STS
Ring Indicate Yes Yes RI_EN=1 RI_STS
USB#1 wakes Yes Yes USB1_EN=1 USB1_STS
USB#2 wakes Yes Yes USB2_EN=1 USB2_STS
USB#3 wakes Yes Yes USB3_EN=1 USB3_STS
USB#4 wakes Yes Yes USB4_EN=1 USB4_STS
USB#5 wakes Yes Yes USB5_EN=1 USB5_STS
USB#6 wakes Yes Yes USB6_EN=1 USB6_STS
USB#7 wakes Yes Yes USB7_EN=1 USB7_STS
ACPI Timer overflow
Yes Yes TMROF_EN=1 TMROF_STS
(2.34 sec.)
GPI[x]_Route=10;
GPI[x]_EN=1
(SCI) GPI[x]_STS
Any GPI[15:0] Yes Yes
GPI[x]_Route=01; ALT_GPI_SMI[x]_STS
ALT_GPI_SMI[x]_EN=1
(SMI)
GPIO[27] Yes Yes GP27_EN=1 GP27_STS
TCO SCI Logic Yes No TCOSCI_EN=1 TCOSCI_STS
TCO SCI message from CPU Yes No none CPUSCI_STS
TCO SMI Logic No Yes TCO_EN=1 TCO_STS
TCO SMI—Year 2000 Rollover No Yes none NEWCENTURY_STS
TCO SMI—TCO TIMEROUT No Yes none TIMEOUT
TCO SMI—OS writes to
No Yes none OS_TCO_SMI
TCO_DAT_IN register
TCO SMI—Message from CPU No Yes none CPUSMI_STS
TCO SMI—NMI occurred (and
No Yes NMI2SMI_EN=1 NMI2SMI_STS
NMIs mapped to SMI)

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Table 5-25. Causes of SMI and SCI (Sheet 2 of 2)

Cause SCI SMI Additional Enables Where Reported
TCO SMI—INTRUDER# signal
No Yes INTRD_SEL=10 INTRD_DET
goes active
TCO SMI—Change of the
BIOSWE (D31:F0:DCh, bit 0) No Yes BLE=1 BIOSWR_STS
bit from 0 to 1
TCO SMI—Write attempted to
No Yes BIOSWE=1 BIOSWR_STS
BIOS
BIOS_RLS written to Yes No GBL_EN=1 GBL_STS
GBL_RLS written to No Yes BIOS_EN=1 BIOS_STS
Write to B2h register No Yes APMC_EN = 1 APM_STS
Periodic timer expires No Yes PERIODIC_EN=1 PERIODIC_STS
64 ms timer expires No Yes SWSMI_TMR_EN=1 SWSMI_TMR_STS
Enhanced USB Legacy Support
No Yes LEGACY_USB2_EN = 1 LEGACY_USB2_STS
Event
Enhanced USB Intel Specific
No Yes INTEL_USB2_EN = 1 INTEL_USB2_STS
Event
Serial IRQ SMI reported No Yes none SERIRQ_SMI_STS
Device monitors match address
No Yes none DEVTRAP_STS
in its range
SMB_SMI_EN
SMBus Host Controller No Yes SMBus host status reg.
Host Controller Enabled
SMBus Slave SMI message No Yes none SMBUS_SMI_STS
SMBus SMBALERT# signal
No Yes none SMBUS_SMI_STS
active
SMBus Host Notify message SMBUS_SMI_STS
No Yes HOST_NOTIFY_INTREN
received HOST_NOTIFY_STS
(Mobile Only) BATLOW#
Yes Yes BATLOW_EN=1 BATLOW_STS
assertion
Access microcontroller 62h/66h No Yes MCSMI_EN MCSMI_STS
SLP_EN bit written to 1 No Yes SMI_ON_SLP_EN=1 SMI_ON_SLP_EN_STS
SPI Command Completed No Yes None SPI_SMI_STS
Software Generated GPE Yes Yes SWGPE=1 SWGPE_STS
USB Per-Port Registers Write USB2_EN=1, USB2_STS, Write Enable
No Yes
Enable bit changes to 1 Write_Enable_SMI_Enable=1 Status
GPIO Lockdown Enable bit
No Yes GPIO_UNLOCK_SMI_EN=1 GPIO_UNLOCK_SMI_STS
changes from ‘1’ to ‘0’
NOTES:
1. SCI_EN must be 1 to enable SCI, except for BIOS_RLS. SCI_EN must be 0 to enable SMI.
2. SCI can be routed to cause interrupt 9:11 or 20:23 (20:23 only available in APIC mode).
3. GBL_SMI_EN must be 1 to enable SMI.
4. EOS must be written to 1 to re-enable SMI for the next 1.
5. The PCH must have SMI fully enabled when the PCH is also enabled to trap cycles. If SMI is
not enabled in conjunction with the trap enabling, then hardware behavior is undefined.
6. Only GPI[15:0] may generate an SMI or SCI.
7. When a power button override first occurs, the system will transition immediately to S5.
The SCI will only occur after the next wake to S0 if the residual status bit (PRBTNOR_STS)
is not cleared prior to setting SCI_EN.
8. GBL_STS being set will cause an SCI, even if the SCI_EN bit is not set. Software must take
great care not to set the BIOS_RLS bit (which causes GBL_STS to be set) if the SCI
handler is not in place.

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5.13.4.1 PCI Express* SCI

PCI Express ports and the processor (using DMI) have the ability to cause PME using
messages. When a PME message is received, the PCH will set the PCI_EXP_STS bit. If
the PCI_EXP_EN bit is also set, the PCH can cause an SCI using the GPE1_STS register.

5.13.4.2 PCI Express* Hot-Plug

PCI Express has a Hot-Plug mechanism and is capable of generating a SCI using the
GPE1 register. It is also capable of generating an SMI. However, it is not capable of
generating a wake event.

5.13.5 C-States
PCH-based systems implement C-states by having the processor control the states. The
chipset exchanges messages with the processor as part of the C-state flow, but the
chipset no longer directly controls any of the processor impacts of C-states, such as
voltage levels or processor clocking. In addition to the new messages, the PCH also
provides additional information to the processor using a sideband pin (PM_SYNC). All of
the legacy C-state related pins (STPCLK#, STP_CPU#, DPRSLP#, DPRSLPVR#, etc.) do
not exist on the PCH.

5.13.6 Dynamic PCI Clock Control (Mobile Only)

The PCI clock can be dynamically controlled independent of any other low-power state.
This control is accomplished using the CLKRUN# protocol as described in the PCI Mobile
Design Guide, and is transparent to software.

The Dynamic PCI Clock control is handled using the following signals:
• CLKRUN#: Used by PCI and LPC peripherals to request the system PCI clock to run
• STP_PCI#: Used to stop the system PCI clock

Note: The 33 MHz clock to the PCH is “free-running” and is not affected by the STP_PCI#
signal.

Note: STP_PCI# is only used if PCI/LPC clocks are distributed from clock synthesizer rather
than PCH.

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5.13.6.1 Conditions for Checking the PCI Clock

When there is a lack of PCI activity the PCH has the capability to stop the PCI clocks to
conserve power. “PCI activity” is defined as any activity that would require the PCI
clock to be running.

Any of the following conditions will indicate that it is not okay to stop the PCI clock:
• Cycles on PCI or LPC
• Cycles of any internal device that would need to go on the PCI bus
• SERIRQ activity

Behavioral Description
• When there is a lack of activity (as defined above) for 29 PCI clocks, the PCH de-
asserts (drive high) CLKRUN# for 1 clock and then tri-states the signal.

5.13.6.2 Conditions for Maintaining the PCI Clock

PCI masters or LPC devices that wish to maintain the PCI clock running will observe the
CLKRUN# signal de-asserted, and then must re-assert if (drive it low) within 3 clocks.
• When the PCH has tri-stated the CLKRUN# signal after de-asserting it, the PCH
then checks to see if the signal has been re-asserted (externally).
• After observing the CLKRUN# signal asserted for 1 clock, the PCH again starts
asserting the signal.
• If an internal device needs the PCI bus, the PCH asserts the CLKRUN# signal.

5.13.6.3 Conditions for Stopping the PCI Clock

• If no device re-asserts CLKRUN# once it has been de-asserted for at least 6 clocks,
the PCH stops the PCI clock by asserting the STP_PCI# signal to the clock
synthesizer.
• For case when PCH distribute PCI clock, PCH stop PCI clocks without the
involvement of STP_PCI#.

5.13.6.4 Conditions for Re-Starting the PCI Clock

• A peripheral asserts CLKRUN# to indicate that it needs the PCI clock re-started.
• When the PCH observes the CLKRUN# signal asserted for 1 (free running) clock,
the PCH de-asserts the STP_PCI# signal to the clock synthesizer within 4 (free
running) clocks.
• Observing the CLKRUN# signal asserted externally for 1 (free running) clock, the
PCH again starts driving CLKRUN# asserted.

If an internal source requests the clock to be re-started, the PCH re-asserts CLKRUN#,
and simultaneously de-asserts the STP_PCI# signal. For case when PCH distribute PCI
clock, PCH start PCI clocks without the involvement of STP_PCI#.

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5.13.6.5 LPC Devices and CLKRUN#

If an LPC device (of any type) needs the 33 MHz PCI clock, such as for LPC DMA or LPC
serial interrupt, then it can assert CLKRUN#. Note that LPC devices running DMA or bus
master cycles will not need to assert CLKRUN#, since the PCH asserts it on their behalf.

The LDRQ# inputs are ignored by the PCH when the PCI clock is stopped to the LPC
devices to avoid misinterpreting the request. The PCH assumes that only one more
rising PCI clock edge occurs at the LPC device after the assertion of STP_PCI#. Upon
de-assertion of STP_PCI#, the PCH assumes that the LPC device receives its first clock
rising edge corresponding to the PCH’s second PCI clock rising edge after the de-
assertion.

5.13.7 Sleep States

5.13.7.1 Sleep State Overview
The PCH directly supports different sleep states (S1–S5), which are entered by
methods such as setting the SLP_EN bit or due to a Power Button press. The entry to
the Sleep states is based on several assumptions:
• The G3 state cannot be entered using any software mechanism. The G3 state
indicates a complete loss of power.

5.13.7.2 Initiating Sleep State

Sleep states (S1–S5) are initiated by:
• Masking interrupts, turning off all bus master enable bits, setting the desired type
in the SLP_TYP field, and then setting the SLP_EN bit. The hardware then attempts
to gracefully put the system into the corresponding Sleep state.
• Pressing the PWRBTN# Signal for more than 4 seconds to cause a Power Button
Override event. In this case the transition to the S5 state is less graceful, since
there are no dependencies on DMI messages from the processor or on clocks other
than the RTC clock.
• Assertion of the THRMTRIP# signal will cause a transition to the S5 state. This can
occur when system is in S0 or S1 state.
• Shutdown by integrated manageability functions (ASF/Intel® AMT).
• Internal watchdog timer timeout events.

Table 5-26. Sleep Types

Sleep Type Comment

System lowers the processor’s power consumption. No snooping is possible in this

S1
state.
The PCH asserts SLP_S3#. The SLP_S3# signal controls the power to non-critical
S3 circuits. Power is only retained to devices needed to wake from this sleeping
state, as well as to the memory.
The PCH asserts SLP_S3# and SLP_S4#. The SLP_S4# signal shuts off the power
S4 to the memory subsystem. Only devices needed to wake from this state should be
powered.
S5 The PCH asserts SLP_S3#, SLP_S4# and SLP_S5#.

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5.13.7.3 Exiting Sleep States

Sleep states (S1–S5) are exited based on Wake events. The Wake events forces the
system to a full on state (S0), although some non-critical subsystems might still be
shut off and have to be brought back manually. For example, the hard disk may be shut
off during a sleep state and have to be enabled using a GPIO pin before it can be used.

Upon exit from the PCH-controlled Sleep states, the WAK_STS bit is set. The possible
causes of Wake Events (and their restrictions) are shown in Table 5-27.

Note: (Mobile Only) If the BATLOW# signal is asserted, the PCH does not attempt to wake
from an S1–S5 state, even if the power button is pressed. This prevents the system
from waking when the battery power is insufficient to wake the system. Wake events
that occur while BATLOW# is asserted are latched by the PCH, and the system wakes
after BATLOW# is de-asserted.

Table 5-27 Causes of Wake Events (Sheet 1 of 2)

Wake from Wake from

Wake from S1, Sx After “Reset”
Cause How Enabled
S1, Sx Power Loss Types
(Note 1) (Note 2)

RTC Alarm Set RTC_EN bit in PM1_EN register. Y Y

Power Button Always enabled as Wake event. Y Y Y
GPE0_EN register
Note: GPIs that are in the core well
GPI[15:0] are not capable of waking the system Y
from sleep states when the core well
is not powered.
GPIO27 Set GP27_EN in GPE0_EN Register. Y Y Y
Will use PME#. Wake enable set with
LAN Y Y
LAN logic.
RI# Set RI_EN bit in GPE0_EN register. Y Y
Event sets PME_B0_STS bit;
Intel® High PM_B0_EN must be enabled. Can not
Definition wake from S5 state if it was entered Y Y
Audio due to power failure or power button
override.
Primary PME# PME_B0_EN bit in GPE0_EN register. Y Y
Secondary
Set PME_EN bit in GPE0_EN register. Y Y
PME#
PCI_EXP_WA
PCI_EXP_WAKE bit. (Note 3) Y Y
KE#
Set PME_EN bit in GPE0_EN register.
SATA (Note 4) S1 S1

Must use the PCI Express* WAKE#

PCI_EXP PME
pin rather than messages for wake S1 S1
Message
from S3, S4, or S5.
SMBALERT# Always enabled as Wake event. Y Y Y

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Table 5-27 Causes of Wake Events (Sheet 2 of 2)

Wake from Wake from

Wake from S1, Sx After “Reset”
Cause How Enabled
S1, Sx Power Loss Types
(Note 1) (Note 2)

Wake/SMI# command always

SMBus Slave enabled as a Wake event.
Wake Note: SMBus Slave Message can
Y Y Y
Message wake the system from S1–S5, as well
(01h) as from S5 due to Power Button
Override.
SMBus Host HOST_NOTIFY_WKEN bit SMBus
Notify Slave Command register. Reported in
Y Y Y
message the SMB_WAK_STS bit in the
received GPEO_STS register.
Intel® ME
Non-Maskable Always enabled as a wake event. Y Y Y
Wake
Integrated
WOL Enable Override bit (in
WOL Enable Y Y Y
Configuration Space).
Override

NOTES:
1. This column represents what the PCH would honor as wake events but there may be
enabling dependencies on the device side which are not enabled after a power loss.
2. Reset Types include: Power Button override, Intel ME initiated power button override, Intel
ME initiated host partition reset with power down, Intel ME Watchdog Timer, SMBus
unconditional power down, Processor thermal trip, PCH catastrophic temperature event.
3. When the WAKE# pin is active and the PCI Express device is enabled to wake the system,
the PCH will wake the platform.
4. SATA can only trigger a wake event in S1, but if PME is asserted prior to S3/S4/S5 entry
and software does not clear the PME_B0_STS, a wake event would still result.

It is important to understand that the various GPIs have different levels of functionality
when used as wake events. The GPIs that reside in the core power well can only
generate wake events from sleep states where the core well is powered. Also, only
certain GPIs are “ACPI Compliant,” meaning that their Status and Enable bits reside in
ACPI I/O space. Table 5-27 summarizes the use of GPIs as wake events.

Table 5-27. GPI Wake Events

GPI Power Well Wake From Notes

GPI[7:0] Core S1 ACPI Compliant

GPI[15:8] Suspend S1–S5 ACPI Compliant

The latency to exit the various Sleep states varies greatly and is heavily dependent on
power supply design, so much so that the exit latencies due to the PCH are
insignificant.

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5.13.7.4 PCI Express* WAKE# Signal and PME Event Message

PCI Express ports can wake the platform from any sleep state (S1, S3, S4, or S5) using
the WAKE# pin. WAKE# is treated as a wake event, but does not cause any bits to go
active in the GPE_STS register.

PCI Express ports and the processor (using DMI) have the ability to cause PME using
messages. When a PME message is received, the PCH will set the PCI_EXP_STS bit.

5.13.7.5 Sx-G3-Sx, Handling Power Failures

Depending on when the power failure occurs and how the system is designed, different
transitions could occur due to a power failure.

The AFTERG3_EN bit provides the ability to program whether or not the system should
boot once power returns after a power loss event. If the policy is to not boot, the
system remains in an S5 state (unless previously in S4). There are only three possible
events that will wake the system after a power failure.
1. PWRBTN#: PWRBTN# is always enabled as a wake event. When RSMRST# is low
(G3 state), the PWRBTN_STS bit is reset. When the PCH exits G3 after power
returns (RSMRST# goes high), the PWRBTN# signal is already high (because VCC-
standby goes high before RSMRST# goes high) and the PWRBTN_STS bit is 0.
2. RI#: RI# does not have an internal pull-up. Therefore, if this signal is enabled as a
wake event, it is important to keep this signal powered during the power loss
event. If this signal goes low (active), when power returns the RI_STS bit is set and
the system interprets that as a wake event.
3. RTC Alarm: The RTC_EN bit is in the RTC well and is preserved after a power loss.
Like PWRBTN_STS the RTC_STS bit is cleared when RSMRST# goes low.

The PCH monitors both PCH PWROK and RSMRST# to detect for power failures. If PCH
PWROK goes low, the PWROK_FLR bit is set. If RSMRST# goes low, PWR_FLR is set.

Note: Although PME_EN is in the RTC well, this signal cannot wake the system after a power
loss. PME_EN is cleared by RTCRST#, and PME_STS is cleared by RSMRST#.

Table 5-28. Transitions Due to Power Failure

State at Power Failure AFTERG3_EN bit Transition When Power Returns

1 S5
S0, S1, S3
0 S0
1 S4
S4
0 S0
1 S5
S5
0 S0

5.13.8 Event Input Signals and Their Usage

The PCH has various input signals that trigger specific events. This section describes
those signals and how they should be used.

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5.13.8.1 PWRBTN# (Power Button)

The PCH PWRBTN# signal operates as a “Fixed Power Button” as described in the
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, Version 2.0b. PWRBTN# signal has a 16
ms de-bounce on the input. The state transition descriptions are included in Table 5-29.
Note that the transitions start as soon as the PWRBTN# is pressed (but after the
debounce logic), and does not depend on when the Power Button is released.

Note: During the time that the SLP_S4# signal is stretched for the minimum assertion width
(if enabled), the Power Button is not a wake event. See Power Button Override Function
section below for further detail.

Table 5-29. Transitions Due to Power Button

Present
Event Transition/Action Comment
State

SMI or SCI generated

(depending on SCI_EN, Software typically initiates a
S0/Cx PWRBTN# goes low
PWRBTN_EN and Sleep state
GLB_SMI_EN)
Wake Event. Transitions to
S1–S5 PWRBTN# goes low Standard wakeup
S0 state
No effect since no power
G3 PWRBTN# pressed None
Not latched nor detected
PWRBTN# held low No dependence on processor
Unconditional transition to
S0–S4 for at least 4 (DMI Messages) or any other
S5 state
consecutive seconds subsystem

Power Button Override Function

If PWRBTN# is observed active for at least four consecutive seconds, the state machine
should unconditionally transition to the G2/S5 state, regardless of present state
(S0–S4), even if the PCH PWROK is not active. In this case, the transition to the G2/S5
state should not depend on any particular response from the processor (such as, a DMI
Messages), nor any similar dependency from any other subsystem.

The PWRBTN# status is readable to check if the button is currently being pressed or
has been released. The status is taken after the de-bounce, and is readable using the
PWRBTN_LVL bit.

Note: The 4-second PWRBTN# assertion should only be used if a system lock-up has
occurred. The 4-second timer starts counting when the PCH is in a S0 state. If the
PWRBTN# signal is asserted and held active when the system is in a suspend state
(S1–S5), the assertion causes a wake event. Once the system has resumed to the S0
state, the 4-second timer starts.

Note: During the time that the SLP_S4# signal is stretched for the minimum assertion width
(if enabled by D31:F0:A4h bit 3), the Power Button is not a wake event. As a result, it
is conceivable that the user will press and continue to hold the Power Button waiting for
the system to awake. Since a 4-second press of the Power Button is already defined as
an Unconditional Power down, the power button timer will be forced to inactive while
the power-cycle timer is in progress. Once the power-cycle timer has expired, the
Power Button awakes the system. Once the minimum SLP_S4# power cycle expires,
the Power Button must be pressed for another 4 to 5 seconds to create the Override
condition to S5.

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Sleep Button
The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, Version 2.0b defines an optional
Sleep button. It differs from the power button in that it only is a request to go from S0
to S1–S4 (not S5). Also, in an S5 state, the Power Button can wake the system, but the
Sleep Button cannot.

Although the PCH does not include a specific signal designated as a Sleep Button, one
of the GPIO signals can be used to create a “Control Method” Sleep Button. See the
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, Version 2.0b for implementation details.

5.13.8.2 RI# (Ring Indicator)

The Ring Indicator can cause a wake event (if enabled) from the S1–S5 states.
Table 5-30 shows when the wake event is generated or ignored in different states. If in
the G0/S0/Cx states, the PCH generates an interrupt based on RI# active, and the
interrupt will be set up as a Break event.

Table 5-30. Transitions Due to RI# Signal

Present State Event RI_EN Event

S0 RI# Active X Ignored

0 Ignored
S1–S5 RI# Active
1 Wake Event

Note: Filtering/Debounce on RI# will not be done in PCH. Can be in modem or external.

5.13.8.3 PME# (PCI Power Management Event)

The PME# signal comes from a PCI device to request that the system be restarted. The
PME# signal can generate an SMI#, SCI, or optionally a Wake event. The event occurs
when the PME# signal goes from high to low. No event is caused when it goes from low
to high.

There is also an internal PME_B0 bit. This is separate from the external PME# signal
and can cause the same effect.

5.13.8.4 SYS_RESET# Signal

When the SYS_RESET# pin is detected as active after the 16 ms debounce logic, the
PCH attempts to perform a “graceful” reset, by waiting up to 25 ms for the SMBus to go
idle. If the SMBus is idle when the pin is detected active, the reset occurs immediately;
otherwise, the counter starts. If at any point during the count the SMBus goes idle the
reset occurs. If, however, the counter expires and the SMBus is still active, a reset is
forced upon the system even though activity is still occurring.

Once the reset is asserted, it remains asserted for 5 to 6 ms regardless of whether the
SYS_RESET# input remains asserted or not. It cannot occur again until SYS_RESET#
has been detected inactive after the debounce logic, and the system is back to a full S0
state with PLTRST# inactive. Note that if bit 3 of the CF9h I/O register is set then
SYS_RESET# will result in a full power cycle reset.

5.13.8.5 THRMTRIP# Signal

If THRMTRIP# goes active, the processor is indicating an overheat condition, and the
PCH immediately transitions to an S5 state, driving SLP_S3#, SLP_S4#, SLP_S5# low,
and setting the CTS bit. The transition looks like a power button override.

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When a THRMTRIP# event occurs, the PCH will power down immediately without
following the normal S0 -> S5 path. The PCH will immediately drive SLP_S3#,
SLP_S4#, and SLP_S5# low after sampling THRMTRIP# active.

If the processor is running extremely hot and is heating up, it is possible (although very
unlikely) that components around it, such as the PCH, are no longer executing cycles
properly. Therefore, if THRMTRIP# goes active, and the PCH is relying on state machine
logic to perform the power down, the state machine may not be working, and the
system will not power down.

The PCH provides filtering for short low glitches on the THRMTRIP# signal to prevent
erroneous system shut downs from noise. Glitches shorter than 25 nsec are ignored.

During boot, THRMTRIP# is ignored until SLP_S3#, PWROK, and PLTRST# are all ‘1’.
During entry into a powered-down state (due to S3, S4, S5 entry, power cycle reset,
etc.) THRMTRIP# is ignored until either SLP_S3# = 0, or PCH PWROK = 0, or
SYS_PWROK = 0.

Note: A thermal trip event will:

• Clear the PWRBTN_STS bit
• Clear all the GPE0_EN register bits
• Clear the SMB_WAK_STS bit only if SMB_SAK_STS was set due to SMBus slave
receiving message and not set due to SMBAlert

5.13.9 ALT Access Mode

Before entering a low power state, several registers from powered down parts may
need to be saved. In the majority of cases, this is not an issue, as registers have read
and write paths. However, several of the ISA compatible registers are either read only
or write only. To get data out of write-only registers, and to restore data into read-only
registers, the PCH implements an ALT access mode.

If the ALT access mode is entered and exited after reading the registers of the PCH
timer (8254), the timer starts counting faster (13.5 ms). The following steps listed
below can cause problems:
1. BIOS enters ALT access mode for reading the PCH timer related registers.
2. BIOS exits ALT access mode.
3. BIOS continues through the execution of other needed steps and passes control to
the operating system.

After getting control in step #3, if the operating system does not reprogram the system
timer again, the timer ticks may be happening faster than expected. For example
Microsoft MS-DOS* and its associated software assume that the system timer is
running at 54.6 ms and as a result the time-outs in the software may be happening
faster than expected.

Operating systems (such as, Microsoft Windows* 98 and Windows* 2000) reprogram
the system timer and therefore do not encounter this problem.

For other operating systems (such as, Microsoft MS-DOS*) the BIOS should restore the
timer back to 54.6 ms before passing control to the operating system. If the BIOS is
entering ALT access mode before entering the suspend state it is not necessary to
restore the timer contents after the exit from ALT access mode.

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5.13.9.1 Write Only Registers with Read Paths in ALT Access Mode
The registers described in Table 5-31 have read paths in ALT access mode. The access
number field in the table indicates which register will be returned per access to that
port.

Table 5-31. Write Only Registers with Read Paths in ALT Access Mode (Sheet 1 of 2)

Restore Data Restore Data

I/O # of I/O # of
Access Data Access Data
Addr Rds Addr Rds

DMA Chan 0 base address Timer Counter 0 status, bits

1 1
low byte [5:0]
00h 2
DMA Chan 0 base address Timer Counter 0 base count
2 2
high byte low byte
DMA Chan 0 base count low Timer Counter 0 base count
1 3
byte high byte
01h 2
DMA Chan 0 base count high Timer Counter 1 base count
2 40h 7 4
byte low byte
DMA Chan 1 base address Timer Counter 1 base count
1 5
low byte high byte
02h 2
DMA Chan 1 base address Timer Counter 2 base count
2 6
high byte low byte
DMA Chan 1 base count low Timer Counter 2 base count
1 7
byte high byte
03h 2
DMA Chan 1 base count high Timer Counter 1 status, bits
2 41h 1
byte [5:0]
DMA Chan 2 base address Timer Counter 2 status, bits
1 42h 1
low byte [5:0]
04h 2
DMA Chan 2 base address Bit 7 = NMI Enable,
2 70h 1
high byte Bits [6:0] = RTC Address
DMA Chan 2 base count low DMA Chan 5 base address
1 1
byte low byte
05h 2 C4h 2
DMA Chan 2 base count high DMA Chan 5 base address
2 2
byte high byte
DMA Chan 3 base address DMA Chan 5 base count low
1 1
low byte byte
06h 2 C6h 2
DMA Chan 3 base address DMA Chan 5 base count
2 2
high byte high byte
DMA Chan 3 base count low DMA Chan 6 base address
1 1
byte low byte
07h 2 C8h 2
DMA Chan 3 base count high DMA Chan 6 base address
2 2
byte high byte

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Table 5-31. Write Only Registers with Read Paths in ALT Access Mode (Sheet 2 of 2)

Restore Data Restore Data

I/O # of I/O # of
Access Data Access Data
Addr Rds Addr Rds

DMA Chan 6 base count low

1 DMA Chan 0–3 Command2 1
byte
CAh 2
DMA Chan 6 base count
2 DMA Chan 0–3 Request 2
high byte
DMA Chan 0 Mode: DMA Chan 7 base address
3 1
Bits(1:0) = 00 low byte
08h 6 CCh 2
DMA Chan 1 Mode: DMA Chan 7 base address
4 2
Bits(1:0) = 01 high byte
DMA Chan 2 Mode: DMA Chan 7 base count low
5 1
Bits(1:0) = 10 byte
CEh 2
DMA Chan 3 Mode: Bits(1:0) DMA Chan 7 base count
6 2
= 11. high byte
1 PIC ICW2 of Master controller 1 DMA Chan 4–7 Command2
2 PIC ICW3 of Master controller 2 DMA Chan 4–7 Request
DMA Chan 4 Mode:
3 PIC ICW4 of Master controller 3
Bits(1:0) = 00
PIC OCW1 of Master D0h 6 DMA Chan 5 Mode:
4 4
controller1 Bits(1:0) = 01
PIC OCW2 of Master DMA Chan 6 Mode:
5 5
controller Bits(1:0) = 10

20h 12 PIC OCW3 of Master DMA Chan 7 Mode:

6 6
controller Bits(1:0) = 11.
7 PIC ICW2 of Slave controller
8 PIC ICW3 of Slave controller
9 PIC ICW4 of Slave controller
PIC OCW1 of Slave
10
controller1
11 PIC OCW2 of Slave controller
12 PIC OCW3 of Slave controller

NOTES:
1. The OCW1 register must be read before entering ALT access mode.
2. Bits 5, 3, 1, and 0 return 0.

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5.13.9.2 PIC Reserved Bits

Many bits within the PIC are reserved, and must have certain values written for the PIC
to operate properly. Therefore, there is no need to return these values in ALT access
mode. When reading PIC registers from 20h and A0h, the reserved bits shall return the
values listed in Table 5-32.

Table 5-32. PIC Reserved Bits Return Values

PIC Reserved Bits Value Returned

ICW2(2:0) 000
ICW4(7:5) 000
ICW4(3:2) 00
ICW4(0) 0
OCW2(4:3) 00
OCW3(7) 0
OCW3(5) Reflects bit 6
OCW3(4:3) 01

5.13.9.3 Read Only Registers with Write Paths in ALT Access Mode
The registers described in Table 5-33 have write paths to them in ALT access mode.
Software restores these values after returning from a powered down state. These
registers must be handled special by software. When in normal mode, writing to the
base address/count register also writes to the current address/count register.
Therefore, the base address/count must be written first, then the part is put into ALT
access mode and the current address/count register is written.

Table 5-33. Register Write Accesses in ALT Access Mode

I/O Address Register Write Value

08h DMA Status Register for channels 0–3.

D0h DMA Status Register for channels 4–7.

5.13.10 System Power Supplies, Planes, and Signals

5.13.10.1 Power Plane Control with SLP_S3#,
SLP_S4#, SLP_S5#, SLP_M# and SLP_LAN#
The SLP_S3# output signal can be used to cut power to the system core supply, since it
only goes active for the Suspend-to-RAM state (typically mapped to ACPI S3). Power
must be maintained to the PCH suspend well, and to any other circuits that need to
generate Wake signals from the Suspend-to-RAM state. During S3 (Suspend-to-RAM)
all signals attached to powered down plans will be tri-stated or driven low, unless they
are pulled using a pull-up resistor.

Cutting power to the core may be done using the power supply, or by external FETs on
the motherboard.

The SLP_S4# or SLP_S5# output signal can be used to cut power to the system core
supply, as well as power to the system memory, since the context of the system is
saved on the disk. Cutting power to the memory may be done using the power supply,
or by external FETs on the motherboard.

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The SLP_S4# output signal is used to remove power to additional subsystems that are
powered during SLP_S3#.

SLP_S5# output signal can be used to cut power to the system core supply, as well as
power to the system memory, since the context of the system is saved on the disk.
Cutting power to the memory may be done using the power supply, or by external FETs
on the motherboard.

SLP_M# output signal can be used to cut power to the Management Engine, Clock chip
and SPI flash on a platform that supports Intel® AMT.

SLP_LAN# output signal can be used to cut power to the external Intel 82567 GbE PHY
device. Depending on platform design SLP_LAN# may also be used to control power to
VccME3_3 if it is desired to always power the LAN and ME subsystems up and down
together.

5.13.10.2 SLP_S4# and Suspend-To-RAM Sequencing

The system memory suspend voltage regulator is controlled by the Glue logic. The
SLP_S4# signal should be used to remove power to system memory rather than the
SLP_S5# signal. The SLP_S4# logic in the PCH provides a mechanism to fully cycle the
power to the DRAM and/or detect if the power is not cycled for a minimum time.

Note: To use the minimum DRAM power-down feature that is enabled by the SLP_S4#
Assertion Stretch Enable bit (D31:F0:A4h bit 3), the DRAM power must be controlled
by the SLP_S4# signal.

5.13.10.3 PWROK Signal

When asserted, PWROK is an indication to the PCH that its core well power rails are
powered and stable. PWROK can be driven asynchronously. When PCH PWROK is low,
the PCH asynchronously asserts PLTRST#. PWROK must not glitch, even if RSMRST# is
low.

It is required that the power associated with PCI/PCIe have been valid for 99 ms prior
to PWROK assertion to comply with the 100 ms PCI 2.3 / PCIe 2.0 specification on
PLTRST# de-assertion.

Note: SYS_RESET# is recommended for implementing the system reset button. This saves
external logic that is needed if the PWROK input is used. Additionally, it allows for
better handling of the SMBus and processor resets and avoids improperly reporting
power failures.

5.13.10.4 BATLOW# (Battery Low) (Mobile Only)

The BATLOW# input can inhibit waking from S3, S4, and S5 states if there is not
sufficient power. It also causes an SMI if the system is already in an S0 state.

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5.13.10.5 SLP_LAN# Pin Behavior

Table 5-34 summarizes SLP_LAN# pin behavior.

Table 5-34. SLP_LAN# Pin Behavior

Pin GPIO29 Input /

SLP_LAN
Functionality Output Pin Value In S0 Value in S3-S5/
Default Value
(Determined by (Determined by or M3 Moff
Bit
soft strap) GP_IO_SEL bit)

In (Default) 1 0

0 (Default) Depends on
Out 1 GPIO29 output
data value
SLP_LAN#
In (Default) 1 1

1 Depends on
Out 1 GPIO29 output
data value
0 (Default) In Z (tri-state) 0
1 In Z (tri-state) 1
GPIO29
Depends on Depends on
N/A Out GPIO29 output GPIO29 output
data value data value

5.13.10.6 RTCRST# and SRTCRST#

RTCRST# is used to reset PCH registers in the RTC Well to their default value. If a
jumper is used on this pin, it should only be pulled low when system is in the G3 state
and then replaced to the default jumper position. Upon booting, BIOS should recognize
that RTCRST# was asserted and clear internal PCH registers accordingly. It is
imperative that this signal not be pulled low in the S0 to S5 states.

SRTCRST# is used to reset portions of the Intel Manageability Engine and should not be
connected to a jumper or button on the platform. The only time this signal gets
asserted (driven low in combination with RTCRST#) should be when the coin cell
battery is removed or not installed and the platform is in the G3 state. Pulling this
signal low independently (without RTCRST# also being driven low) may cause the
platform to enter an indeterminate state. Similar to RTCRST#, it is imperative that
SRTCRST# not be pulled low in the S0 to S5 states.

See Figure 2-2 which demonstrates the proper circuit connection of these pins.

5.13.11 Clock Generators

The clock generator is expected to provide the frequencies shown in Table 4-1.

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5.13.12 Legacy Power Management Theory of Operation

Instead of relying on ACPI software, legacy power management uses BIOS and various
hardware mechanisms. The scheme relies on the concept of detecting when individual
subsystems are idle, detecting when the whole system is idle, and detecting when
accesses are attempted to idle subsystems.

However, the operating system is assumed to be at least APM enabled. Without APM
calls, there is no quick way to know when the system is idle between keystrokes. The
PCH does not support burst modes.

5.13.12.1 APM Power Management (Desktop Only)

The PCH has a timer that, when enabled by the 1MIN_EN bit in the SMI Control and
Enable register, generates an SMI once per minute. The SMI handler can check for
system activity by reading the DEVTRAP_STS register. If none of the system bits are
set, the SMI handler can increment a software counter. When the counter reaches a
sufficient number of consecutive minutes with no activity, the SMI handler can then put
the system into a lower power state.

If there is activity, various bits in the DEVTRAP_STS register will be set. Software clears
the bits by writing a 1 to the bit position.

The DEVTRAP_STS register allows for monitoring various internal devices, or Super I/O
devices (SP, PP, FDC) on LPC or PCI, keyboard controller accesses, or audio functions
on LPC or PCI. Other PCI activity can be monitored by checking the PCI interrupts.

5.13.12.2 Mobile APM Power Management (Mobile Only)

In mobile systems, there are additional requirements associated with device power
management. To handle this, the PCH has specific SMI traps available. The following
algorithm is used:
1. The periodic SMI timer checks if a device is idle for the require time. If so, it puts
the device into a low-power state and sets the associated SMI trap.
2. When software (not the SMI handler) attempts to access the device, a trap occurs
(the cycle doesn’t really go to the device and an SMI is generated).
3. The SMI handler turns on the device and turns off the trap.
4. The SMI handler exits with an I/O restart. This allows the original software to
continue.

5.13.13 Reset Behavior

When a reset is triggered, the PCH will send a warning message to the processor to
allow the processor to attempt to complete any outstanding memory cycles and put
memory into a safe state before the platform is reset. When the processor is ready, it
will send an acknowledge message to the PCH. Once the message is received the PCH
asserts PLTRST#.

The PCH does not require an acknowledge message from the processor to trigger
PLTRST#. A global reset will occur after 4 seconds if an acknowledge from the
processor is not received.

When the PCH causes a reset by asserting PLTRST# its output signals will go to their
reset states as defined in Chapter 3.

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A reset in which the host platform is reset and PLTRST# is asserted is called a Host
Reset or Host Partition Reset. Depending on the trigger a host reset may also result in
power cycling see Table 5-37 for details. If a host reset is triggered and the PCH times
out before receiving an acknowledge message from the processor a Global Reset with
power cycle will occur.

A reset in which the host and Intel ME partitions of the platform are reset is called a
Global Reset. During a Global Reset, all PCH functionality is reset except RTC Power
Well backed information and Suspend well status, configuration, and functional logic for
controlling and reporting the reset. Intel ME and Host power back up after the power
cycle period.

Straight to S5 is another reset type where all power wells that are controlled by the
SLP_S3#, SLP_S4#, and SLP_A# pins, as well as SLP_S5# and SLP_LAN# (if pins are
not configured as GPIOs), are turned off. All PCH functionality is reset except RTC
Power Well backed information and Suspend well status, configuration, and functional
logic for controlling and reporting the reset. The host stays there until a valid wake
event occurs.

Table 5-35 shows the various reset triggers.

Table 5-35. Causes of Host and Global Resets (Sheet 1 of 2)

Host Reset Host Reset Global Reset Straight to S5
Trigger without with Power with Power (Host Stays
Power Cycle1 Cycle2 Cycle3 there)

Write of 0Eh to CF9h Register when Global Reset Bit=0b No Yes No (Note 4)
Write of 06h to CF9h Register when Global Reset Bit=0b Yes No No (Note 4)
Write of 06h or 0Eh to CF9h Register when Global Reset
No No Yes
Bit=1b
SYS_RESET# Asserted and CF9h Bit 3 = 0 Yes No No (Note 4)
SYS_RESET# Asserted and CF9h Bit 3 = 1 No Yes No (Note 4)
SMBus Slave Message received for Reset with Power
No Yes No (Note 4)
Cycle
SMBus Slave Message received for Reset without Power
Yes No No (Note 4)
Cycle
TCO Watchdog Timer reaches zero two times Yes No No (Note 4)
Power Failure: PWROK signal goes inactive in S0/S1 or
No No Yes
RSMRST# asserts
SYS_PWROK Failure: SYS_PWROK signal goes inactive
No No Yes
in S0/S1
Processor Thermal Trip (THRMTRIP#) causes transition
No No No Yes
to S5 and reset asserts
Power Button 4 second override causes transition to S5
No No No Yes
and reset asserts
Special shutdown cycle from processor causes CF9h-like
No No Yes
PLTRST# and CF9h Global Reset Bit = 1
Special shutdown cycle from processor causes CF9h-like
No Yes No (Note 4)
PLTRST# and CF9h Global Reset Bit = 0 and Bit 3 = 1
Special shutdown cycle from processor causes CF9h-like
Yes No No (Note 4)
PLTRST# and CF9h Global Reset Bit = 0 and Bit 3 = 0
Intel® Management Engine Triggered Host Reset
Yes No No (Note 4)
without power cycle
Intel Management Engine Triggered Host Reset with
No Yes No (Note 4)
power cycle
Intel Management Engine Watchdog Timer Timeout No No No Yes
Intel Management Engine Triggered Global Reset No No Yes

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Table 5-35. Causes of Host and Global Resets (Sheet 2 of 2)

Host Reset Host Reset Global Reset Straight to S5
Trigger without with Power with Power (Host Stays
Power Cycle1 Cycle2 Cycle3 there)

Intel Management Engine Triggered Host Reset with

No Yes (Note 5) No (Note 4)
power down (host stays there)
PLTRST# Entry Time-out No No Yes
S3/4/5 Entry Timeout No No No Yes
PROCPWRGD Stuck Low No No Yes
Power Management Watchdog Timer No No No Yes
Intel Management Engine Hardware Uncorrectable Error No No No Yes

NOTES:
1. The PCH drops this type of reset request if received while the system is in S3/S4/S5.
2. PCH does not drop this type of reset request if received while system is in a software-
entered S3/S4/S5 state. However, the PCH will perform the reset without executing the
RESET_WARN protocol in these states.
3. The PCH does not send warning message to processor, reset occurs without delay.
4. Trigger will result in Global Reset with power cycle if the acknowledge message is not
received by the PCH.
5. The PCH waits for enabled wake event to complete reset.

5.14 System Management (D31:F0)

The PCH provides various functions to make a system easier to manage and to lower
the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the system. Features and functions can be
augmented using external A/D converters and GPIO, as well as an external
microcontroller.

The following features and functions are supported by the PCH:

• Processor present detection
— Detects if processor fails to fetch the first instruction after reset
• Various Error detection (such as ECC Errors) indicated by host controller
— Can generate SMI#, SCI, SERR, NMI, or TCO interrupt
• Intruder Detect input
— Can generate TCO interrupt or SMI# when the system cover is removed
— INTRUDER# allowed to go active in any power state, including G3
• Detection of bad BIOS Flash (FWH or Flash on SPI) programming
— Detects if data on first read is FFh (indicates that BIOS flash is not
programmed)
• Ability to hide a PCI device
— Allows software to hide a PCI device in terms of configuration space through
the use of a device hide register (See Section 10.1.65)

Note: Voltage ID from the processor can be read using GPI signals.

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5.14.1 Theory of Operation

The System Management functions are designed to allow the system to diagnose failing
subsystems. The intent of this logic is that some of the system management
functionality can be provided without the aid of an external microcontroller.

5.14.1.1 Detecting a System Lockup

When the processor is reset, it is expected to fetch its first instruction. If the processor
fails to fetch the first instruction after reset, the TCO timer times out twice and the PCH
asserts PLTRST#.

5.14.1.2 Handling an Intruder

The PCH has an input signal, INTRUDER#, that can be attached to a switch that is
activated by the system’s case being open. This input has a two RTC clock debounce. If
INTRUDER# goes active (after the debouncer), this will set the INTRD_DET bit in the
TCO2_STS register. The INTRD_SEL bits in the TCO_CNT register can enable the PCH to
cause an SMI# or interrupt. The BIOS or interrupt handler can then cause a transition
to the S5 state by writing to the SLP_EN bit.

The software can also directly read the status of the INTRUDER# signal (high or low) by
clearing and then reading the INTRD_DET bit. This allows the signal to be used as a GPI
if the intruder function is not required.

If the INTRUDER# signal goes inactive some point after the INTRD_DET bit is written
as a 1, then the INTRD_DET signal will go to a 0 when INTRUDER# input signal goes
inactive. Note that this is slightly different than a classic sticky bit, since most sticky
bits would remain active indefinitely when the signal goes active and would
immediately go inactive when a 1 is written to the bit.

Note: The INTRD_DET bit resides in the PCH’s RTC well, and is set and cleared synchronously
with the RTC clock. Thus, when software attempts to clear INTRD_DET (by writing a 1
to the bit location) there may be as much as two RTC clocks (about 65 µs) delay before
the bit is actually cleared. Also, the INTRUDER# signal should be asserted for a
minimum of 1 ms to ensure that the INTRD_DET bit will be set.

Note: If the INTRUDER# signal is still active when software attempts to clear the INTRD_DET
bit, the bit remains set and the SMI is generated again immediately. The SMI handler
can clear the INTRD_SEL bits to avoid further SMIs. However, if the INTRUDER# signal
goes inactive and then active again, there will not be further SMIs, since the
INTRD_SEL bits would select that no SMI# be generated.

5.14.1.3 Detecting Improper Flash Programming

The PCH can detect the case where the BIOS flash is not programmed. This results in
the first instruction fetched to have a value of FFh. If this occurs, the PCH sets the
BAD_BIOS bit. The BIOS flash may reside in FWH or flash on the SPI bus.

5.14.1.4 Heartbeat and Event Reporting using SMLink/SMBus

Heartbeat and event reporting using SMLink/SMBus is no longer supported. The AMT
logic in PCH can be programmed to generate an interrupt to the Management Engine
when an event occurs. The Management Engine will poll the TCO registers to gather
appropriate bits to send the event message to the Gigabit Ethernet controller, if
Management Engine is programmed to do so.

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5.14.2 TCO Modes

5.14.2.1 TCO Legacy/Compatible Mode
In TCO Legacy/Compatible mode, only the host SMBus is used. TCO Slave can be
connected to the host SMBus internally by setting the soft trap TCO Slave Select in the
flash descriptor. If a device has a single SMBus interface and needs access to the TCO
slave and be visible to the host SMBus controller, TCO slave needs to be configured to
be connected to the SMBus pins by the soft strap. In this mode, the Management
Engine SMBus controllers are not used and should be disabled by soft strap.

Figure 5-5. TCO Legacy/Compatible Mode SMBus Configuration

PCH
TCO Legacy/Compatible Mode
Intel ME SMBus
Controller 3 X

Intel ME SMBus X
Controller 2

Intel ME SMBus X
Controller 1
SPD PCI/PCIe*
uCtrl
(Slave) Device
SMBus
Host SMBus

Legacy Sensors
3rd Party
(Master or Slave
TCO Slave NIC
with ALERT)

In TCO Legacy/Compatible mode the PCH can function directly with an external LAN
controller or equivalent external LAN controller to report messages to a network
management console without the aid of the system processor. This is crucial in cases
where the processor is malfunctioning or cannot function due to being in a low-power
state. Table 5-36 includes a list of events that will report messages to the network
management console.

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Table 5-36. Event Transitions that Cause Messages

Event Assertion? de-assertion? Comments

INTRUDER# pin yes no Must be in “S1 or hung S0” state

Must be in “S1 or hung S0” state. Note that
the THRM# pin is isolated when the core
THRM# pin yes yes
power is off, thus preventing this event in
S3–S5.
Watchdog Timer
yes no (NA) “S1 or hung S0” state entered
Expired
GPIO[11]/
yes yes Must be in “S1 or hung S0” state
SMBALERT# pin
BATLOW# yes yes Must be in “S1 or hung S0” state
CPU_PWR_FLR yes no “S1 or hung S0” state entered

NOTE: The GPIO11/SMBALERT# pin will trigger an event message (when enabled by the
GPIO11_ALERT_DISABLE bit) regardless of whether it is configured as a GPI or not.

5.14.2.2 Advanced TCO Mode

The PCH supports the Advanced TCO mode in which SMLink0 and SMLink1 are used in
addition to the host SMBus. See Figure 5-6 for more details. In this mode, the Intel ME
SMBus controllers must be enabled by soft strap in the flash descriptor.

The SMLink0 is dedicated to integrated LAN use and when an Intel PHY 82579 is
connected to SMLink0, a soft strap must be set to indicate that the PHY is connected to
SMLink0. The interface will be running at the frequency of 300 KHz - 400 KHz
depending on different factors such as board routing or bus loading when the Fast Mode
is enabled via a soft strap (See SPI Flash Programming Guide Application Note for more
detail).

When an Intel PHY 82577 or 82578 is connected to SMLink0, a soft strap must be set to
indicate that the PHY is connected to SMLink0.

In the case where a BMC is connected to SMLink1, the BMC communicates with
Management Engine through Intel ME SMBus connected to SMLink1. The host and TCO
slave communicated with BMC through SMBus.

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Figure 5-6. Advanced TCO Mode

PCH Advanced TCO Mode

Intel ME SMBus SMLink1 EC or

Controller 3 BMC

Intel ME SMBus Intel

Controller 2 SMLink0
82577 or
82578

Intel ME SMBus
Controller 1
SPD PCI/PCIe*
(Slave) Device

Host SMBus
SMBus
Legacy Sensors
TCO Slave (Master or Slave
with ALERT)

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5.15 General Purpose I/O (D31:F0)

The PCH contains up to 72 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) signals. Each GPIO
can be configured as an input or output signal. The number of inputs and outputs
varies depending on the configuration. Below is a brief summary of new GPIO features.
• Capability to mask Suspend well GPIOs from CF9h events configured using
GP_RST_SEL registers)
• Added capability to program GPIO prior to switching to output

5.15.1 Power Wells

Some GPIOs exist in the suspend power plane. Care must be taken to make sure GPIO
signals are not driven high into powered-down planes. Some PCH GPIOs may be
connected to pins on devices that exist in the core well. If these GPIOs are outputs,
there is a danger that a loss of core power (PWROK low) or a Power Button Override
event results in the PCH driving a pin to a logic 1 to another device that is powered
down.

5.15.2 SMI# SCI and NMI Routing

The routing bits for GPIO[15:0] allow an input to be routed to SMI#, SCI, NMI or
neither. Note that a bit can be routed to either an SMI# or an SCI, but not both.

5.15.3 Triggering
GPIO[15:0] have “sticky” bits on the input. See the GPE0_STS register and the
ALT_GPI_SMI_STS register. As long as the signal goes active for at least 2 clock cycles,
the PCH keeps the sticky status bit active. The active level can be selected in the
GP_INV register. This does not apply to GPI_NMI_STS residing in GPIO IO space.
If the system is in an S0 or an S1 state, the GPI inputs are sampled at 33 MHz, so the
signal only needs to be active for about 60 ns to be latched. In the S3–S5 states, the
GPI inputs are sampled at 32.768 kHz, and thus must be active for at least 61
microseconds to be latched.
Note: GPIs that are in the core well are not capable of waking the system from sleep states
where the core well is not powered.
If the input signal is still active when the latch is cleared, it will again be set. Another
edge trigger is not required. This makes these signals “level” triggered inputs.

5.15.4 GPIO Registers Lockdown

The following GPIO registers are locked down when the GPIO Lockdown Enable (GLE)
bit is set. The GLE bit resides in D31:F0:GPIO Control (GC) register.
• Offset 00h: GPIO_USE_SEL[31:0]
• Offset 04h: GP_IO_SEL[31:0]
• Offset 0Ch: GP_LVL[31:0]
• Offset 28h: GPI_NMI_EN[15:0]
• Offset 2Ch: GPI_INV[31:0]
• Offset 30h: GPIO_USE_SEL2[63:32]
• Offset 34h: GPI_IO_SEL2[63:32]
• Offset 38h: GP_LVL2[63:32]
• Offset 40h: GPIO_USE_SEL3[95:64]
• Offset 44h: GPI_IO_SEL3[95:64]
• Offset 48h: GP_LVL3[95:64]
• Offset 60h: GP_RST_SEL[31:0]
• Offset 64h: GP_RST_SEL2[63:32]
• Offset 68h: GP_RST_SEL3[95:64]

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Once these registers are locked down, they become Read-Only registers and any
software writes to these registers will have no effect. To unlock the registers, the GPIO
Lockdown Enable (GLE) bit is required to be cleared to ‘0’. When the GLE bit changes
from a ‘1’ to a ‘0’ a System Management Interrupt (SMI#) is generated if enabled.
Once the GPIO_UNLOCK_SMI bit is set, it can not be changed until a PLTRST# occurs.
This ensures that only BIOS can change the GPIO configuration. If the GLE bit is
cleared by unauthorized software, BIOS will set the GLE bit again when the SMI# is
triggered and these registers will continue to be locked down.

5.15.5 Serial POST Codes Over GPIO

The PCH adds the extended capability allowing system software to serialize POST or
other messages on GPIO. This capability negates the requirement for dedicated
diagnostic LEDs on the platform. Additionally, based on the newer BTX form factors, the
PCI bus as a target for POST codes is increasingly difficult to support as the total
number of PCI devices supported are decreasing.

5.15.5.1 Theory of operation

For the PCH generation POST code serialization logic will be shared with GPIO. These
GPIOs will likely be shared with LED control offered by the Super I/O (SIO) component.
Figure 5-7 shows a likely configuration.

Figure 5-7. Serial Post over GPIO Reference Circuit

V_3P3_STBY

R
PCH SIO

LED

Note: The pull-up value is based on the brightness required.

The anticipated usage model is that either the PCH or the SIO can drive a pin low to
turn off an LED. In the case of the power LED, the SIO would normally leave its
corresponding pin in a high-Z state to allow the LED to turn on. In this state, the PCH
can blink the LED by driving its corresponding pin low and subsequently tri-stating the
buffer. The I/O buffer should not drive a ‘1’ when configured for this functionality and
should be capable of sinking 24 mA of current.

An external optical sensing device can detect the on/off state of the LED. By externally
post-processing the information from the optical device, the serial bit stream can be
recovered. The hardware will supply a ‘sync’ byte before the actual data transmission
to allow external detection of the transmit frequency. The frequency of transmission
should be limited to 1 transition every 1 μs to ensure the detector can reliably sample

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the on/off state of the LED. To allow flexibility in pull-up resistor values for power
optimization, the frequency of the transmission is programmable using the DRS field in
the GP_GB_CMDSTS register.

The serial bit stream is Manchester encoded. This choice of transmission ensures that a
transition will be seen on every clock. The 1 or 0 data is based on the transmission
happening during the high or low phase of the clock.

As the clock will be encoded within the data stream, hardware must ensure that the
Z-0 and 0-Z transitions are glitch-free. Driving the pin directly from a flop or through
glitch-free logic are possible methods to meet the glitch-free requirement.

A simplified hardware/software register interface provides control and status

information to track the activity of this block. Software enabling the serial blink
capability should implement an algorithm referenced below to send the serialized
message on the enabled GPIO.
1. Read the Go/Busy status bit in the GP_GB_CMDSTS register and verify it is cleared.
This will ensure that the GPIO is idled and a previously requested message is still
not in progress.
2. Write the data to serialize into the GP_GB_DATA register.
3. Write the DLS and DRS values into the GP_GB_CMDSTS register and set the Go bit.
This may be accomplished using a single write.

The reference diagram shows the LEDs being powered from the suspend supply. By
providing a generic capability that can be used both in the main and the suspend power
planes maximum flexibility can be achieved. A key point to make is that the PCH will
not unintentionally drive the LED control pin low unless a serialization is in progress.
System board connections utilizing this serialization capability are required to use the
same power plane controlling the LED as the PCH GPIO pin. Otherwise, the PCH GPIO
may float low during the message and prevent the LED from being controlled from the
SIO. The hardware will only be serializing messages when the core power well is
powered and the processor is operational.

Care should be taken to prevent the PCH from driving an active ‘1’ on a pin sharing the
serial LED capability. Since the SIO could be driving the line to 0, having the PCH drive
a 1 would create a high current path. A recommendation to avoid this condition
involves choosing a GPIO defaulting to an input. The GP_SER_BLINK register should be
set first before changing the direction of the pin to an output. This sequence ensures
the open-drain capability of the buffer is properly configured before enabling the pin as
an output.

5.15.5.2 Serial Message Format

To serialize the data onto the GPIO, an initial state of high-Z is assumed. The SIO is
required to have its LED control pin in a high-Z state as well to allow the PCH to blink
the LED (see the reference diagram).

The three components of the serial message include the sync, data, and idle fields. The
sync field is 7 bits of ‘1’ data followed by 1 bit of ‘0’ data. Starting from the high-Z state
(LED on) provides external hardware a known initial condition and a known pattern. In
case one or more of the leading 1 sync bits are lost, the 1s followed by 0 provide a
clear indication of ‘end of sync’. This pattern will be used to ‘lock’ external sampling
logic to the encoded clock.

The data field is shifted out with the highest byte first (MSB). Within each byte, the
most significant bit is shifted first (MSb).

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The idle field is enforced by the hardware and is at least 2 bit times long. The hardware
will not clear the Busy and Go bits until this idle time is met. Supporting the idle time in
hardware prevents time-based counting in BIOS as the hardware is immediately ready
for the next serial code when the Go bit is cleared. Note that the idle state is
represented as a high-Z condition on the pin. If the last transmitted bit is a 1, returning
to the idle state will result in a final 0-1 transition on the output Manchester data. Two
full bit times of idle correspond to a count of 4 time intervals (the width of the time
interval is controlled by the DRS field).

The following waveform shows a 1-byte serial write with a data byte of 5Ah. The
internal clock and bit position are for reference purposes only. The Manchester D is the
resultant data generated and serialized onto the GPIO. Since the buffer is operating in
open-drain mode the transitions are from high-Z to 0 and back.

Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Internal Clock

Manchester D

8-bit sync field 2 clk

(1111_1110) 5A data byte idle

5.16 SATA Host Controller (D31:F2, F5)

The SATA function in the PCH has three modes of operation to support different
operating system conditions. In the case of Native IDE enabled operating systems, the
PCH uses two controllers to enable all six ports of the bus. The first controller (Device
31: Function 2) supports ports 0 – 3 and the second controller (Device 31: Function 5)
supports ports 4 and 5. When using a legacy operating system, only one controller
(Device 31: Function 2) is available that supports ports 0 – 3. In AHCI or RAID mode,
only one controller (Device 31: Function 2) is used enabling all six ports and the second
controller (Device 31: Function 5) shall be disabled.

The MAP register, Section 15.1.28, provides the ability to share PCI functions. When
sharing is enabled, all decode of I/O is done through the SATA registers. Device 31,
Function 1 (IDE controller) is hidden by software writing to the Function Disable
Register (D31, F0, offset F2h, bit 1), and its configuration registers are not used.

The PCH SATA controllers feature six sets of interface signals (ports) that can be
independently enabled or disabled (they cannot be tri-stated or driven low). Each
interface is supported by an independent DMA controller.

Note: SATA port 2 and 3 are not available for the HM55 and Intel 3400 chipsets.

The PCH SATA controllers interact with an attached mass storage device through a
register interface that is equivalent to that presented by a traditional IDE host adapter.
The host software follows existing standards and conventions when accessing the
register interface and follows standard command protocol conventions.

Note: SATA interface transfer rates are independent of UDMA mode settings. SATA interface
transfer rates will operate at the bus’s maximum speed, regardless of the UDMA mode
reported by the SATA device or the system BIOS.

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5.16.1 SATA Feature Support

PCH PCH
Feature (AHCI/RAID (AHCI/RAID
Disabled) Enabled)

Native Command Queuing (NCQ) N/A Supported

Auto Activate for DMA N/A Supported
Hot Plug Support N/A Supported
Asynchronous Signal Recovery N/A Supported
3 Gb/s Transfer Rate Supported Supported
ATAPI Asynchronous Notification N/A Supported
Host & Link Initiated Power Management N/A Supported
Staggered Spin-Up Supported Supported
Command Completion Coalescing N/A N/A
External SATA N/A Supported

Feature Description

Native Command Queuing Allows the device to reorder commands for more efficient data
(NCQ) transfers
Collapses a DMA Setup then DMA Activate sequence into a DMA
Auto Activate for DMA
Setup only
Allows for device detection without power being applied and
Hot Plug Support ability to connect and disconnect devices without prior
notification to the system
Asynchronous Signal Provides a recovery from a loss of signal or establishing
Recovery communication after hot plug
3 Gb/s Transfer Rate Capable of data transfers up to 3Gb/s
ATAPI Asynchronous A mechanism for a device to send a notification to the host that
Notification the device requires attention
Host & Link Initiated Power Capability for the host controller or device to request Partial and
Management Slumber interface power states
Enables the host the ability to spin up hard drives sequentially
Staggered Spin-Up
to prevent power load problems on boot
Reduces interrupt and completion overhead by allowing a
Command Completion
specified number of commands to complete and then generating
Coalescing
an interrupt to process the commands
Technology that allows for an outside the box connection of up
External SATA
to 2 meters (when using the cable defined in SATA-IO)

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5.16.2 Theory of Operation

5.16.2.1 Standard ATA Emulation
The PCH contains a set of registers that shadow the contents of the legacy IDE
registers. The behavior of the Command and Control Block registers, PIO, and DMA
data transfers, resets, and interrupts are all emulated.

Note: The PCH will assert INTR when the master device completes the EDD command
regardless of the command completion status of the slave device. If the master
completes EDD first, an INTR is generated and BSY will remain '1' until the slave
completes the command. If the slave completes EDD first, BSY will be '0' when the
master completes the EDD command and asserts INTR. Software must wait for busy to
clear (0) before completing an EDD command, as required by the ATA5 through ATA7
(T13) industry standards.

5.16.2.2 48-Bit LBA Operation

The SATA host controller supports 48-bit LBA through the host-to-device register FIS
when accesses are performed using writes to the task file. The SATA host controller will
ensure that the correct data is put into the correct byte of the host-to-device FIS.

There are special considerations when reading from the task file to support 48-bit LBA
operation. Software may need to read all 16-bits. Since the registers are only 8-bits
wide and act as a FIFO, a bit must be set in the device/control register, which is at
offset 3F6h for primary and 376h for secondary (or their native counterparts).

If software clears bit 7 of the control register before performing a read, the last item
written will be returned from the FIFO. If software sets bit 7 of the control register
before performing a read, the first item written will be returned from the FIFO.

5.16.3 SATA Swap Bay Support

The PCH provides for basic SATA swap bay support using the PSC register configuration
bits and power management flows. A device can be powered down by software and the
port can then be disabled, allowing removal and insertion of a new device.

Note: This SATA swap bay operation requires board hardware (implementation specific),
BIOS, and operating system support.

5.16.4 Hot Plug Operation

The PCH supports Hot Plug Surprise removal and Insertion Notification in the PARTIAL,
SLUMBER and Listen Mode states when used with Low Power Device Presence
Detection. Software can take advantage of power savings in the low power states while
enabling hot plug operation. See chapter 7 of the AHCI specification for details.

5.16.4.1 Low Power Device Presence Detection

Low Power Device Presence Detection enables SATA Link Power Management to co-
exist with hot plug (insertion and removal) without interlock switch or cold presence
detect. The detection mechanism allows Hot Plug events to be detectable by hardware
across all link power states (Active, PARTIAL, SLUMBER) as well as AHCI Listen Mode.

If the Low Power Device Presence Detection circuit is disabled the PCH reverts to Hot
Plug Surprise Removal Notification (without an interlock switch) mode that is mutually
exclusive of the PARTIAL and SLUMBER power management states.

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5.16.5 Function Level Reset Support (FLR)

The SATA Host Controller supports the Function Level Reset (FLR) capability. The FLR
capability can be used in conjunction with Intel® Virtualization Technology. FLR allows
an operating system in a Virtual Machine to have complete control over a device,
including its initialization, without interfering with the rest of the platform. The device
provides a software interface that enables the Operating System to reset the whole
device as if a PCI reset was asserted.

5.16.5.1 FLR Steps

5.16.5.1.1 FLR Initialization

1. A FLR is initiated by software writing a ‘1’ to the Initiate FLR bit.
2. All subsequent requests targeting the Function will not be claimed and will be
Master Abort Immediate on the bus. This includes any configuration, I/O or
Memory cycles, however, the Function shall continue to accept completions
targeting the Function.

5.16.5.1.2 FLR Operation

The Function will Reset all configuration, I/O and memory registers of the Function
except those indicated otherwise and reset all internal states of the Function to the
default or initial condition.

5.16.5.1.3 FLR Completion

The Initiate FLR bit is reset (cleared) when the FLR reset is completed. This bit can be
used to indicate to the software that the FLR reset is completed.

Note: From the time Initiate FLR bit is written to 1 software must wait at least 100 ms before
accessing the function.

5.16.6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Configuration

The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology offers several diverse options for RAID
(redundant array of independent disks) to meet the needs of the end user. AHCI
support provides higher performance and alleviates disk bottlenecks by taking
advantage of the independent DMA engines that each SATA port offers in the PCH.
• RAID Level 0 performance scaling up to 4 drives, enabling higher throughput for
data intensive applications such as video editing.
• Data security is offered through RAID Level 1, which performs mirroring.
• RAID Level 10 provides high levels of storage performance with data protection,
combining the fault-tolerance of RAID Level 1 with the performance of RAID Level
0. By striping RAID Level 1 segments, high I/O rates can be achieved on systems
that require both performance and fault-tolerance. RAID Level 10 requires 4 hard
drives, and provides the capacity of two drives.
• RAID Level 5 provides highly efficient storage while maintaining fault-tolerance on
3 or more drives. By striping parity, and rotating it across all disks, fault tolerance
of any single drive is achieved while only consuming 1 drive worth of capacity. That
is, a 3 drive RAID 5 has the capacity of 2 drives, or a 4 drive RAID 5 has the
capacity of 3 drives. RAID 5 has high read transaction rates, with a medium write
rate. RAID 5 is well suited for applications that require high amounts of storage
while maintaining fault tolerance.

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By using the PCH’s built-in Intel® Rapid Storage Technology, there is no loss of PCI
resources (request/grant pair) or add-in card slot.

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology functionality requires the following items:

1. The PCH SKU enabled for Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (see Section 1.3)
2. Intel® Rapid Storage Manager RAID Option ROM must be on the platform
3. Intel® Rapid Storage Manager drivers, most recent revision.
4. At least two SATA hard disk drives (minimum depends on RAID configuration).

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology is not available in the following configurations:

1. The SATA controller is in compatible mode.

5.16.6.1 Intel® Rapid Storage Manager RAID Option ROM

The Intel® Rapid Storage Manager RAID Option ROM is a standard PnP Option ROM
that is easily integrated into any System BIOS. When in place, it provides the following
three primary functions:
• Provides a text mode user interface that allows the user to manage the RAID
configuration on the system in a pre-operating system environment. Its feature set
is kept simple to keep size to a minimum, but allows the user to create & delete
RAID volumes and select recovery options when problems occur.
• Provides boot support when using a RAID volume as a boot disk. It does this by
providing Int13 services when a RAID volume needs to be accessed by DOS
applications (such as NTLDR) and by exporting the RAID volumes to the System
BIOS for selection in the boot order.
• At each boot up, provides the user with a status of the RAID volumes and the
option to enter the user interface by pressing CTRL-I.

5.16.7 Power Management Operation

Power management of the PCH SATA controller and ports will cover operations of the
host controller and the SATA wire.

5.16.7.1 Power State Mappings

The D0 PCI power management state for device is supported by the PCH SATA
controller.

SATA devices may also have multiple power states. From parallel ATA, three device
states are supported through ACPI. They are:
• D0 – Device is working and instantly available.
• D1 – Device enters when it receives a STANDBY IMMEDIATE command. Exit latency
from this state is in seconds.
• D3 – From the SATA device’s perspective, no different than a D1 state, in that it is
entered using the STANDBY IMMEDIATE command. However, an ACPI method is
also called which will reset the device and then cut its power.

Each of these device states are subsets of the host controller’s D0 state.

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Finally, SATA defines three PHY layer power states, which have no equivalent mappings
to parallel ATA. They are:
• PHY READY – PHY logic and PLL are both on and active.
• Partial – PHY logic is powered, but in a reduced state. Exit latency is no longer
than 10 ns.
• Slumber – PHY logic is powered, but in a reduced state. Exit latency can be up to
10 ms.

Since these states have much lower exit latency than the ACPI D1 and D3 states, the
SATA controller defines these states as sub-states of the device D0 state.

5.16.7.2 Power State Transitions

5.16.7.2.1 Partial and Slumber State Entry/Exit

The partial and slumber states save interface power when the interface is idle. It would
be most analogous to PCI CLKRUN# (in power savings, not in mechanism), where the
interface can have power saved while no commands are pending. The SATA controller
defines PHY layer power management (as performed using primitives) as a driver
operation from the host side, and a device proprietary mechanism on the device side.
The SATA controller accepts device transition types, but does not issue any transitions
as a host. All received requests from a SATA device will be ACKed.

When an operation is performed to the SATA controller such that it needs to use the
SATA cable, the controller must check whether the link is in the Partial or Slumber
states, and if so, must issue a COM_WAKE to bring the link back online. Similarly, the
SATA device must perform the same action.

5.16.7.2.2 Device D1, D3 States

These states are entered after some period of time when software has determined that
no commands will be sent to this device for some time. The mechanism for putting a
device in these states does not involve any work on the host controller, other then
sending commands over the interface to the device. The command most likely to be
used in ATA/ATAPI is the “STANDBY IMMEDIATE” command.

5.16.7.2.3 Host Controller D3HOT State

After the interface and device have been put into a low power state, the SATA host
controller may be put into a low power state. This is performed using the PCI power
management registers in configuration space. There are two very important aspects to
note when using PCI power management.
1. When the power state is D3, only accesses to configuration space are allowed. Any
attempt to access the memory or I/O spaces will result in master abort.
2. When the power state is D3, no interrupts may be generated, even if they are
enabled. If an interrupt status bit is pending when the controller transitions to D0,
an interrupt may be generated.

When the controller is put into D3, it is assumed that software has properly shut down
the device and disabled the ports. Therefore, there is no need to sustain any values on
the port wires. The interface will be treated as if no device is present on the cable, and
power will be minimized.

When returning from a D3 state, an internal reset will not be performed.

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5.16.7.2.4 Non-AHCI Mode PME# Generation

When in non-AHCI mode (legacy mode) of operation, the SATA controller does not
generate PME#. This includes attach events (since the port must be disabled), or
interlock switch events (using the SATAGP pins).

5.16.7.3 SMI Trapping (APM)

Device 31:Function2:Offset C0h (see Section 14.1.42) contain control for generating
SMI# on accesses to the IDE I/O spaces. These bits map to the legacy ranges
(1F0–1F7h, 3F6h, 170–177h, and 376h) and native IDE ranges defined by PCMDBA,
PCTLBA, SCMDBA an SCTLBA. If the SATA controller is in legacy mode and is using
these addresses, accesses to one of these ranges with the appropriate bit set causes
the cycle to not be forwarded to the SATA controller, and for an SMI# to be generated.
If an access to the Bus-Master IDE registers occurs while trapping is enabled for the
device being accessed, then the register is updated, an SMI# is generated, and the
device activity status bits (Section 14.1.43) are updated indicating that a trap
occurred.

5.16.8 SATA Device Presence

In legacy mode, the SATA controller does not generate interrupts based on hot plug/
unplug events. However, the SATA PHY does know when a device is connected (if not in
a partial or slumber state), and it s beneficial to communicate this information to host
software as this will greatly reduce boot times and resume times.

The flow used to indicate SATA device presence is shown in Figure 5-8. The ‘PxE’ bit
refers to PCS.P[3:0]E bits, depending on the port being checked and the ‘PxP’ bits refer
to the PCS.P[3:0]P bits, depending on the port being checked. If the PCS/PxP bit is set
a device is present, if the bit is cleared a device is not present. If a port is disabled,
software can check to see if a new device is connected by periodically re-enabling the
port and observing if a device is present, if a device is not present it can disable the
port and check again later. If a port remains enabled, software can periodically poll
PCS.PxP to see if a new device is connected.

Figure 5-8. Flow for Port Enable / Device Present Bits

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5.16.9 SATA LED

The SATALED# output is driven whenever the BSY bit is set in any SATA port. The
SATALED# is an active-low open-drain output. When SATALED# is low, the LED should
be active. When SATALED# is high, the LED should be inactive.

5.16.10 AHCI Operation

The PCH provides hardware support for Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), a
programming interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry
effort. AHCI defines transactions between the SATA controller and software and enables
advanced performance and usability with SATA. Platforms supporting AHCI may take
advantage of performance features such as no master/slave designation for SATA
devices—each device is treated as a master—and hardware assisted native command
queuing. AHCI also provides usability enhancements such as Hot-Plug. AHCI requires
appropriate software support (such as, an AHCI driver) and for some features,
hardware support in the SATA device or additional platform hardware.

The PCH supports all of the mandatory features of the Serial ATA Advanced Host
Controller Interface Specification, Revision 1.2 and many optional features, such as
hardware assisted native command queuing, aggressive power management, LED
indicator support, and Hot-Plug through the use of interlock switch support (additional
platform hardware and software may be required depending upon the implementation).

Note: For reliable device removal notification while in AHCI operation without the use of
interlock switches (surprise removal), interface power management should be disabled
for the associated port. See Section 7.3.1 of the AHCI Specification for more
information.

5.16.11 SGPIO Signals

The SGPIO signals, in accordance to the SFF-8485 specification, support per-port LED
signaling. These signals are not related to SATALED#, which allows for simplified
indication of SATA command activity. The SGPIO group interfaces with an external
controller chip that fetches and serializes the data for driving across the SGPIO bus.
The output signals then control the LEDs. This feature is only valid in AHCI/RAID mode.

Note: Intel does not validate all possible usage cases of this feature. Customers should
validate their specific design implementation on their own platforms.

5.16.11.1 Mechanism
The enclosure management for SATA Controller 1 (Device 31: Function 2) involves
sending messages that control LEDs in the enclosure. The messages for this function
are stored after the normal registers in the AHCI BAR, at Offset 580h bytes for the PCH
from the beginning of the AHCI BAR as specified by the EM_LOC global register
(Section 14.4.1.8).

Software creates messages for transmission in the enclosure management message

buffer. The data in the message buffer should not be changed if CTL.TM bit is set by
software to transmit an update message. Software should only update the message
buffer when CTL.TM bit is cleared by hardware otherwise the message transmitted will
be indeterminate. Software then writes a register to cause hardware to transmit the
message or take appropriate action based on the message content. The software
should only create message types supported by the controller, which is LED messages
for the PCH. If the software creates other non LED message types (such as, SAF-TE,
SES-2), the SGPIO interface may hang and the result is indeterminate.

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During reset all SGPIO pins will be in tri-state. The interface will continue to be in tri-
state after reset until the first transmission occurs when software programs the
message buffer and sets the transmit bit CTL.TM. The SATA Host controller will initiate
the transmission by driving SCLOCK and at the same time drive the SLOAD to ‘0’ prior
to the actual bit stream transmission. The Host will drive SLOAD low for at least 5
SCLOCK then only start the bit stream by driving the SLOAD to high. SLOAD will be
driven high for 1 SCLOCK follow by vendor specific pattern that is default to “0000” if
software has yet to program the value. A total of 21-bit stream from 7 ports (Port0,
Port1, Port2, Port3, Port4 Port5 and Port6) of 3-bit per port LED message will be
transmitted on SDATAOUT0 pin after the SLOAD is driven high for 1 SCLOCK. Only 3
ports (Port4, Port5 and Port6) of 9 bit total LED message follow by 12 bits of tri-state
value will be transmitted out on SDATAOUT1 pin.

All the default LED message values will be high prior to software setting them, except
the Activity LED message that is configured to be hardware driven that will be
generated based on the activity from the respective port. All the LED message values
will be driven to ‘1’ for the port that is unimplemented as indicated in the Port
Implemented register regardless of the software programmed value through the
message buffer.

There are 2 different ways of resetting the PCH’s SGPIO interface, asynchronous reset
and synchronous reset. Asynchronous reset is caused by platform reset to cause the
SGPIO interface to be tri-state asynchronously. Synchronous reset is caused by setting
the CTL.RESET bit, clearing the GHC.AE bit or HBA reset, where Host Controller will
complete the existing full bit stream transmission then only tri-state all the SGPIO pins.
After the reset, both synchronous and asynchronous, the SGPIO pins will stay tri-
stated.

Note: The PCH Host Controller does not ensure that it will cause the target SGPIO device or
controller to be reset. Software is responsible to keep the PCH SGPIO interface in tri-
state for 2 second to cause a reset on the target of the SGPIO interface.

5.16.11.2 Message Format

Messages shall be constructed with a one DWord header that describes the message to
be sent followed by the actual message contents. The first DWord shall be constructed
as follows:

Bit Description

31:28 Reserved
Message Type (MTYPE): Specifies the type of the message.
The message types are:
0h = LED
27:24 1h = SAF-TE
2h = SES-2
3h = SGPIO (register based interface)
All other values reserved
Data Size (DSIZE): Specifies the data size in bytes. If the message (enclosure
services command) has a data buffer that is associated with it that is transferred, the
23:16 size of that data buffer is specified in this field. If there is no separate data buffer, this
field shall have a value of ‘0’. The data directly follows the message in the message
buffer. For the PCH, this value should always be ‘0’.
Message Size (MSIZE): Specifies the size of the message in bytes. The message size
15:8 does not include the one DWord header. A value of ‘0’ is invalid. For the PCH, the
message size is always 4 bytes.
7:0 Reserved

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The SAF-TE, SES-2, and SGPIO message formats are defined in the corresponding
specifications, respectively. The LED message type is defined in Section 5.16.11.3. It is
the responsibility of software to ensure the content of the message format is correct. If
the message type is not programmed as 'LED' for this controller, the controller shall not
take any action to update its LEDs. Note that for LED message type, the message size
is always consisted of 4 bytes.

5.16.11.3 LED Message Type

The LED message type specifies the status of up to three LEDs. Typically, the usage for
these LEDs is activity, fault, and locate. Not all implementations necessarily contain all
LEDs (for example, some implementations may not have a locate LED). The message
identifies the HBA port number and the Port Multiplier port number that the slot status
applies to. If a Port Multiplier is not in use with a particular device, the Port Multiplier
port number shall be ‘0’. The format of the LED message type is defined in Table 5-37.
The LEDs shall retain their values until there is a following update for that particular
slot.

Table 5-37. Multi-activity LED message type

Byte Description

Value (VAL): This field describes the state of each LED for a particular location. There
are three LEDs that may be supported by the HBA. Each LED has 3 bits of control.
LED values are:
000b – LED shall be off
001b – LED shall be solid on as perceived by human eye
All other values reserved
The LED bit locations are:
Bits 2:0 – Activity LED (may be driven by hardware)
Bits 5:3 – Vendor Specific LED (such as, locate)
Bits 8:6 - Vendor Specific LED (such as, fault)
3-2
Bits 15:9 – Reserved
Vendor specific message is:
Bit 3:0 – Vendor Specific Pattern
Bit 15:4 – Reserved

NOTE: If Activity LED Hardware Driven (ATTR.ALHD) bit is set, host will output the
hardware LED value sampled internally and will ignore software written activity
value on bit [2:0]. Since the PCH Enclosure Management does not support port
multiplier based LED message, the LED message will be generated
independently based on respective port’s operation activity. Vendor specific LED
values Locate (Bits 5:3) and Fault (Bits 8:6) always are driven by software.
Port Multiplier Information: Specifies slot specific information related to Port
Multiplier.
Bits 3:0 specify the Port Multiplier port number for the slot that requires the status
1
update. If a Port Multiplier is not attached to the device in the affected slot, the Port
Multiplier port number shall be '0'. Bits 7:4 are reserved. The PCH does not support LED
messages for devices behind a Port Multiplier. This byte should be 0.
HBA Information: Specifies slot specific information related to the HBA.
Bits 4:0 – HBA port number for the slot that requires the status update.
0 Bit 5 – If set to '1', value is a vendor specific message that applies to the entire
enclosure. If cleared to '0', value applies to the port specified in bits 4:0.
Bits 7:6 – Reserved

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5.16.11.4 SGPIO Waveform

Figure 5-9. Serial Data transmitted over the SGPIO Interface

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5.16.12 External SATA

The PCH supports external SATA. External SATA uses the SATA interface outside of the
system box. The usage model for this feature must comply with the Serial ATA II
Cables and Connectors Volume 2 Gold specification at www.sata-io.org. Intel validates
two configurations:
1. The cable-up solution involves an internal SATA cable that connects to the SATA
motherboard connector and spans to a back panel PCI bracket with an eSATA
connector. A separate eSATA cable is required to connect an eSATA device.
2. The back-panel solution involves running a trace to the I/O back panel and
connecting a device using an external SATA connector on the board.

5.17 High Precision Event Timers

This function provides a set of timers that can be used by the operating system. The
timers are defined such that in the future, the operating system may be able to assign
specific timers to used directly by specific applications. Each timer can be configured to
cause a separate interrupt.

The PCH provides eight timers. The timers are implemented as a single counter, each
with its own comparator and value register. This counter increases monotonically. Each
individual timer can generate an interrupt when the value in its value register matches
the value in the main counter.

The registers associated with these timers are mapped to a memory space (much like
the I/O APIC). However, it is not implemented as a standard PCI function. The BIOS
reports to the operating system the location of the register space. The hardware can
support an assignable decode space; however, the BIOS sets this space prior to
handing it over to the operating system. It is not expected that the operating system
will move the location of these timers once it is set by the BIOS.

5.17.1 Timer Accuracy

1. The timers are accurate over any 1 ms period to within 0.05% of the time specified
in the timer resolution fields.
2. Within any 100 microsecond period, the timer reports a time that is up to two ticks
too early or too late. Each tick is less than or equal to 100 ns, so this represents an
error of less than 0.2%.
3. The timer is monotonic. It does not return the same value on two consecutive
reads (unless the counter has rolled over and reached the same value).

The main counter is clocked by the 14.31818 MHz clock, synchronized into the
66.666 MHz domain. This results in a non-uniform duty cycle on the synchronized
clock, but does have the correct average period. The accuracy of the main counter is as
accurate as the 14.31818 MHz clock.

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5.17.2 Interrupt Mapping

Mapping Option #1 (Legacy Replacement Option)
In this case, the Legacy Replacement Rout bit (LEG_RT_CNF) is set. This forces the
mapping found in Table 5-38.

Table 5-38. Legacy Replacement Routing

Timer 8259 Mapping APIC Mapping Comment

In this case, the 8254 timer will

0 IRQ0 IRQ2
not cause any interrupts
In this case, the RTC will not cause
1 IRQ8 IRQ8
any interrupts.
Per IRQ Routing
2&3 Per IRQ Routing Field
Field.
4, 5, 6, 7 not available not available

NOTE: The Legacy Option does not preclude delivery of IRQ0/IRQ8 using direct FSB interrupt
messages.

Mapping Option #2 (Standard Option)

In this case, the Legacy Replacement Rout bit (LEG_RT_CNF) is 0. Each timer has its
own routing control. The interrupts can be routed to various interrupts in the 8259 or
I/O APIC. A capabilities field indicates which interrupts are valid options for routing. If a
timer is set for edge-triggered mode, the timers should not be share with any PCI
interrupts.

For the PCH, the only supported interrupt values are as follows:

Timer 0 and 1: IRQ20, 21, 22 & 23 (I/O APIC only).

Timer 2: IRQ11 (8259 or I/O APIC) and IRQ20, 21, 22 & 23 (I/O APIC only).

Timer 3: IRQ12 (8259 or I/O APIC) and IRQ 20, 21, 22 & 23 (I/O APIC only).

Interrupts from Timer 4, 5, 6, 7 can only be delivered using direct FSB interrupt
messages.

5.17.3 Periodic vs. Non-Periodic Modes

Non-Periodic Mode
Timer 0 is configurable to 32 (default) or 64-bit mode, whereas Timers 1, 2 and 3 only
support 32-bit mode (See Section 20.1.5).

All of the timers support non-periodic mode.

See Section 2.3.9.2.1 of the IA-PC HPET Specification for a description of this mode.

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Periodic Mode
Timer 0 is the only timer that supports periodic mode. See Section 2.3.9.2.2 of the IA-
PC HPET Specification for a description of this mode.

The following usage model is expected:

1. Software clears the ENABLE_CNF bit to prevent any interrupts.
2. Software Clears the main counter by writing a value of 00h to it.
3. Software sets the TIMER0_VAL_SET_CNF bit.
4. Software writes the new value in the TIMER0_COMPARATOR_VAL register.
5. Software sets the ENABLE_CNF bit to enable interrupts.

The Timer 0 Comparator Value register cannot be programmed reliably by a single

64-bit write in a 32-bit environment except if only the periodic rate is being changed
during run-time. If the actual Timer 0 Comparator Value needs to be reinitialized, then
the following software solution will always work regardless of the environment:
1. Set TIMER0_VAL_SET_CNF bit.
2. Set the lower 32 bits of the Timer0 Comparator Value register.
3. Set TIMER0_VAL_SET_CNF bit.
4. Set the upper 32 bits of the Timer0 Comparator Value register.

5.17.4 Enabling the Timers

The BIOS or operating system PnP code should route the interrupts. This includes the
Legacy Rout bit, Interrupt Rout bit (for each timer), interrupt type (to select the edge
or level type for each timer)

The Device Driver code should do the following for an available timer:
1. Set the Overall Enable bit (Offset 10h, bit 0).
2. Set the timer type field (selects one-shot or periodic).
3. Set the interrupt enable.
4. Set the comparator value.

5.17.5 Interrupt Levels

Interrupts directed to the internal 8259s are active high. See Section 5.9 for
information regarding the polarity programming of the I/O APIC for detecting internal
interrupts.

If the interrupts are mapped to the 8259 or I/O APIC and set for level-triggered mode,
they can be shared with PCI interrupts. They may be shared although it’s unlikely for
the operating system to attempt to do this.

If more than one timer is configured to share the same IRQ (using the
TIMERn_INT_ROUT_CNF fields), then the software must configure the timers to level-
triggered mode. Edge-triggered interrupts cannot be shared.

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5.17.6 Handling Interrupts

If each timer has a unique interrupt and the timer has been configured for edge-
triggered mode, then there are no specific steps required. No read is required to
process the interrupt.

If a timer has been configured to level-triggered mode, then its interrupt must be
cleared by the software. This is done by reading the interrupt status register and
writing a 1 back to the bit position for the interrupt to be cleared.

Independent of the mode, software can read the value in the main counter to see how
time has passed between when the interrupt was generated and when it was first
serviced.

If Timer 0 is set up to generate a periodic interrupt, the software can check to see how
much time remains until the next interrupt by checking the timer value register.

5.17.7 Issues Related to 64-Bit Timers with 32-Bit Processors

A 32-bit timer can be read directly using processors that are capable of 32-bit or 64-bit
instructions. However, a 32-bit processor may not be able to directly read 64-bit timer.
A race condition comes up if a 32-bit processor reads the 64-bit register using two
separate 32-bit reads. The danger is that just after reading one half, the other half rolls
over and changes the first half.

If a 32-bit processor needs to access a 64-bit timer, it must first halt the timer before
reading both the upper and lower 32-bits of the timer. If a 32-bit processor does not
want to halt the timer, it can use the 64-bit timer as a 32-bit timer by setting the
TIMERn_32MODE_CNF bit. This causes the timer to behave as a 32-bit timer. The upper
32-bits are always 0.

Alternatively, software may do a multiple read of the counter while it is running.

Software can read the high 32 bits, then the low 32 bits, the high 32 bits again. If the
high 32 bits have not changed between the two reads, then a rollover has not
happened and the low 32 bits are valid. If the high 32 bits have changed between
reads, then the multiple reads are repeated until a valid read is performed.

Note: On a 64-bit platform, if software attempts a 64 bit read of the 64-bit counter, software
must be aware that some platforms may split the 64 bit read into two 32 bit reads. The
read maybe inaccurate if the low 32 bits roll over between the high and low reads.

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5.18 USB EHCI Host Controllers (D29:F0 and D26:F0)

The PCH contains two Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) host controllers which
support up to fourteen USB 2.0 high-speed root ports. USB 2.0 allows data transfers up
to 480 Mb/s. USB 2.0 based Debug Port is also implemented in the PCH.

5.18.1 EHC Initialization

The following descriptions step through the expected PCH Enhanced Host Controller
(EHC) initialization sequence in chronological order, beginning with a complete power
cycle in which the suspend well and core well have been off.

5.18.1.1 BIOS Initialization

BIOS performs a number of platform customization steps after the core well has
powered up. Contact your Intel Field Representative for additional PCH BIOS
information.

5.18.1.2 Driver Initialization

See Chapter 4 of the Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification for Universal
Serial Bus, Revision 1.0.

5.18.1.3 EHC Resets

In addition to the standard PCH hardware resets, portions of the EHC are reset by the
HCRESET bit and the transition from the D3HOT device power management state to the
D0 state. The effects of each of these resets are:

Reset Does Reset Does not Reset Comments

Memory space The HCRESET must only affect

registers except registers that the EHCI driver
Configuration
HCRESET bit set. Structural controls. PCI Configuration
registers.
Parameters (which is space and BIOS-programmed
written by BIOS). parameters can not be reset.
The D3-to-D0 transition must
not cause wake information
Software writes
Core well registers Suspend well (suspend well) to be lost. It also
the Device Power
(except BIOS- registers; BIOS- must not clear BIOS-
State from D3HOT
programmed programmed core programmed registers because
(11b) to D0
registers). well registers. BIOS may not be invoked
(00b).
following the D3-to-D0
transition.

If the detailed register descriptions give exceptions to these rules, those exceptions
override these rules. This summary is provided to help explain the reasons for the reset
policies.

5.18.2 Data Structures in Main Memory

See Section 3 and Appendix B of the Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification
for Universal Serial Bus, Revision 1.0 for details.

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5.18.3 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller DMA

The PCH USB 2.0 EHC implements three sources of USB packets. They are, in order of
priority on USB during each microframe:
1. The USB 2.0 Debug Port (see Section USB 2.0 Based Debug Port),
2. The Periodic DMA engine, and
3. The Asynchronous DMA engine.
The PCH always performs any currently-pending debug port transaction at the
beginning of a microframe, followed by any pending periodic traffic for the current
microframe. If there is time left in the microframe, then the EHC performs any pending
asynchronous traffic until the end of the microframe (EOF1). Note that the debug port
traffic is only presented on Port #1 and Port #9, while the other ports are idle during
this time.

5.18.4 Data Encoding and Bit Stuffing

See Chapter 8 of the Universal Serial Bus Specification, Revision 2.0.

5.18.5 Packet Formats

See Chapter 8 of the Universal Serial Bus Specification, Revision 2.0.
The PCH EHCI allows entrance to USB test modes, as defined in the USB 2.0
specification, including Test J, Test Packet, etc. However note that the PCH Test Packet
test mode interpacket gap timing may not meet the USB 2.0 specification.

5.18.6 USB 2.0 Interrupts and Error Conditions

Section 4 of the Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification for Universal Serial
Bus, Revision 1.0 goes into detail on the EHC interrupts and the error conditions that
cause them. All error conditions that the EHC detects can be reported through the EHCI
Interrupt status bits. Only PCH-specific interrupt and error-reporting behavior is
documented in this section. The EHCI Interrupts Section must be read first, followed by
this section of the datasheet to fully comprehend the EHC interrupt and error-reporting
functionality.
• Based on the EHC Buffer sizes and buffer management policies, the Data Buffer
Error can never occur on the PCH.
• Master Abort and Target Abort responses from hub interface on EHC-initiated read
packets will be treated as Fatal Host Errors. The EHC halts when these conditions
are encountered.
• The PCH may assert the interrupts which are based on the interrupt threshold as
soon as the status for the last complete transaction in the interrupt interval has
been posted in the internal write buffers. The requirement in the Enhanced Host
Controller Interface Specification for Universal Serial Bus, Revision 1.0 (that the
status is written to memory) is met internally, even though the write may not be
seen on DMI before the interrupt is asserted.
• Since the PCH supports the 1024-element Frame List size, the Frame List Rollover
interrupt occurs every 1024 milliseconds.
• The PCH delivers interrupts using PIRQH#.
• The PCH does not modify the CERR count on an Interrupt IN when the “Do
Complete-Split” execution criteria are not met.
• For complete-split transactions in the Periodic list, the “Missed Microframe” bit does
not get set on a control-structure-fetch that fails the late-start test. If subsequent
accesses to that control structure do not fail the late-start test, then the “Missed
Microframe” bit will get set and written back.

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5.18.6.1 Aborts on USB 2.0-Initiated Memory Reads

If a read initiated by the EHC is aborted, the EHC treats it as a fatal host error. The
following actions are taken when this occurs:
• The Host System Error status bit is set.
• The DMA engines are halted after completing up to one more transaction on the
USB interface.
• If enabled (by the Host System Error Enable), then an interrupt is generated.
• If the status is Master Abort, then the Received Master Abort bit in configuration
space is set.
• If the status is Target Abort, then the Received Target Abort bit in configuration
space is set.
• If enabled (by the SERR Enable bit in the function’s configuration space), then the
Signaled System Error bit in configuration bit is set.

5.18.7 USB 2.0 Power Management

5.18.7.1 Pause Feature
This feature allows platforms to dynamically enter low-power states during brief
periods when the system is idle (that is, between keystrokes). This is useful for
enabling power management features in the PCH. The policies for entering these states
typically are based on the recent history of system bus activity to incrementally enter
deeper power management states. Normally, when the EHC is enabled, it regularly
accesses main memory while traversing the DMA schedules looking for work to do; this
activity is viewed by the power management software as a non-idle system, thus
preventing the power managed states to be entered. Suspending all of the enabled
ports can prevent the memory accesses from occurring, but there is an inherent
latency overhead with entering and exiting the suspended state on the USB ports that
makes this unacceptable for the purpose of dynamic power management. As a result,
the EHCI software drivers are allowed to pause the EHC DMA engines when it knows
that the traffic patterns of the attached devices can afford the delay. The pause only
prevents the EHC from generating memory accesses; the SOF packets continue to be
generated on the USB ports (unlike the suspended state).

5.18.7.2 Suspend Feature

The Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) For Universal Serial Bus Specification,
Section 4.3 describes the details of Port Suspend and Resume.

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5.18.7.3 ACPI Device States

The USB 2.0 function only supports the D0 and D3 PCI Power Management states.
Notes regarding the PCH implementation of the Device States:
1. The EHC hardware does not inherently consume any more power when it is in the
D0 state than it does in the D3 state. However, software is required to suspend or
disable all ports prior to entering the D3 state such that the maximum power
consumption is reduced.
2. In the D0 state, all implemented EHC features are enabled.
3. In the D3 state, accesses to the EHC memory-mapped I/O range will master abort.
Note that, since the Debug Port uses the same memory range, the Debug Port is
only operational when the EHC is in the D0 state.
4. In the D3 state, the EHC interrupt must never assert for any reason. The internal
PME# signal is used to signal wake events, etc.
5. When the Device Power State field is written to D0 from D3, an internal reset is
generated. See section EHC Resets for general rules on the effects of this reset.
6. Attempts to write any other value into the Device Power State field other than 00b
(D0 state) and 11b (D3 state) will complete normally without changing the current
value in this field.

5.18.7.4 ACPI System States

The EHC behavior as it relates to other power management states in the system is
summarized in the following list:
• The System is always in the S0 state when the EHC is in the D0 state. However,
when the EHC is in the D3 state, the system may be in any power management
state (including S0).
• When in D0, the Pause feature (See Section 5.18.7.1) enables dynamic processor
low-power states to be entered.
• The PLL in the EHC is disabled when entering the S3/S4/S5 states (core power
turns off).
• All core well logic is reset in the S3/S4/S5 states.

5.18.8 USB 2.0 Legacy Keyboard Operation

The PCH must support the possibility of a keyboard downstream from either a full-
speed/low-speed or a high-speed port. The description of the legacy keyboard support
is unchanged from USB 1.1.

The EHC provides the basic ability to generate SMIs on an interrupt event, along with
more sophisticated control of the generation of SMIs.

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5.18.9 USB 2.0 Based Debug Port

The PCH supports the elimination of the legacy COM ports by providing the ability for
new debugger software to interact with devices on a USB 2.0 port.

High-level restrictions and features are:

• Operational before USB 2.0 drivers are loaded.
• Functions even when the port is disabled.
• Allows normal system USB 2.0 traffic in a system that may only have one USB port.
• Debug Port device (DPD) must be high-speed capable and connect directly to Port 1
and Port 9 on PCH-based systems (such as, the DPD cannot be connected to
Port 1/Port 9 through a hub. When a DPD is detected the PCH EHCI will bypass the
integrated Rate Matching Hub and connect directly to the port and the DPD.).
• Debug Port FIFO always makes forward progress (a bad status on USB is simply
presented back to software).
• The Debug Port FIFO is only given one USB access per microframe.

The Debug port facilitates operating system and device driver debug. It allows the
software to communicate with an external console using a USB 2.0 connection.
Because the interface to this link does not go through the normal USB 2.0 stack, it
allows communication with the external console during cases where the operating
system is not loaded, the USB 2.0 software is broken, or where the USB 2.0 software is
being debugged. Specific features of this implementation of a debug port are:
• Only works with an external USB 2.0 debug device (console).
• Implemented for a specific port on the host controller.
• Operational anytime the port is not suspended AND the host controller is in D0
power state.
• Capability is interrupted when port is driving USB RESET.

5.18.9.1 Theory of Operation

There are two operational modes for the USB debug port:
1. Mode 1 is when the USB port is in a disabled state from the viewpoint of a standard
host controller driver. In Mode 1, the Debug Port controller is required to generate a
“keepalive” packets less than 2 ms apart to keep the attached debug device from
suspending. The keepalive packet should be a standalone 32-bit SYNC field.
2. Mode 2 is when the host controller is running (that is, host controller’s Run/Stop#
bit is 1). In Mode 2, the normal transmission of SOF packets will keep the debug
device from suspending.

Behavioral Rules
1. In both modes 1 and 2, the Debug Port controller must check for software
requested debug transactions at least every 125 microseconds.
2. If the debug port is enabled by the debug driver, and the standard host controller
driver resets the USB port, USB debug transactions are held off for the duration of
the reset and until after the first SOF is sent.
3. If the standard host controller driver suspends the USB port, then USB debug
transactions are held off for the duration of the suspend/resume sequence and until
after the first SOF is sent.
4. The ENABLED_CNT bit in the debug register space is independent of the similar
port control bit in the associated Port Status and Control register.

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Table 5-39 shows the debug port behavior related to the state of bits in the debug
registers as well as bits in the associated Port Status and Control register.

Table 5-39. Debug Port Behavior

Port Run /
OWNER_CNT ENABLED_CT Suspend Debug Port Behavior
Enable Stop

Debug port is not being used.

0 X X X X
Normal operation.
Debug port is not being used.
1 0 X X X
Normal operation.
Debug port in Mode 1. SYNC
1 1 0 0 X keepalives sent plus debug
traffic
Debug port in Mode 2. SOF
(and only SOF) is sent as
keepalive. Debug traffic is
1 1 0 1 X also sent. Note that no other
normal traffic is sent out this
port, because the port is not
enabled.
Invalid. Host controller driver
should never put controller
1 1 1 0 0
into this state (enabled, not
running and not suspended).
Port is suspended. No debug
1 1 1 0 1
traffic sent.
Debug port in Mode 2. Debug
1 1 1 1 0 traffic is interspersed with
normal traffic.
Port is suspended. No debug
1 1 1 1 1
traffic sent.

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5.18.9.1.1 OUT Transactions

An Out transaction sends data to the debug device. It can occur only when the
following are true:
• The debug port is enabled
• The debug software sets the GO_CNT bit
• The WRITE_READ#_CNT bit is set

The sequence of the transaction is:

1. Software sets the appropriate values in the following bits:
— USB_ADDRESS_CNF
— USB_ENDPOINT_CNF
— DATA_BUFFER[63:0]
— TOKEN_PID_CNT[7:0]
— SEND_PID_CNT[15:8]
— DATA_LEN_CNT
— WRITE_READ#_CNT: (note: this will always be 1 for OUT transactions)
— GO_CNT: (note: this will always be 1 to initiate the transaction)
2. The debug port controller sends a token packet consisting of:
— SYNC
— TOKEN_PID_CNT field
— USB_ADDRESS_CNT field
— USB_ENDPOINT_CNT field
— 5-bit CRC field
3. After sending the token packet, the debug port controller sends a data packet
consisting of:
— SYNC
— SEND_PID_CNT field
— The number of data bytes indicated in DATA_LEN_CNT from the DATA_BUFFER
— 16-bit CRC

NOTE: A DATA_LEN_CNT value of 0 is valid in which case no data bytes would be

included in the packet.
4. After sending the data packet, the controller waits for a handshake response from
the debug device:
— If a handshake is received, the debug port controller:
a. Places the received PID in the RECEIVED_PID_STS field
b. Resets the ERROR_GOOD#_STS bit
c. Sets the DONE_STS bit
— If no handshake PID is received, the debug port controller:
a. Sets the EXCEPTION_STS field to 001b
b. Sets the ERROR_GOOD#_STS bit
c. Sets the DONE_STS bit

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5.18.9.1.2 IN Transactions

An IN transaction receives data from the debug device. It can occur only when the
following are true:
• The debug port is enabled
• The debug software sets the GO_CNT bit
• The WRITE_READ#_CNT bit is reset

The sequence of the transaction is:

1. Software sets the appropriate values in the following bits:
— USB_ADDRESS_CNF
— USB_ENDPOINT_CNF
— TOKEN_PID_CNT[7:0]
— DATA_LEN_CNT
— WRITE_READ#_CNT: (note: this will always be 0 for IN transactions)
— GO_CNT: (note: this will always be 1 to initiate the transaction)
2. The debug port controller sends a token packet consisting of:
— SYNC
— TOKEN_PID_CNT field
— USB_ADDRESS_CNT field
— USB_ENDPOINT_CNT field
— 5-bit CRC field.
3. After sending the token packet, the debug port controller waits for a response from
the debug device.
If a response is received:
— The received PID is placed into the RECEIVED_PID_STS field
— Any subsequent bytes are placed into the DATA_BUFFER
— The DATA_LEN_CNT field is updated to show the number of bytes that were
received after the PID.
4. If a valid packet was received from the device that was one byte in length
(indicating it was a handshake packet), then the debug port controller:
— Resets the ERROR_GOOD#_STS bit
— Sets the DONE_STS bit
5. If a valid packet was received from the device that was more than one byte in
length (indicating it was a data packet), then the debug port controller:
— Transmits an ACK handshake packet
— Resets the ERROR_GOOD#_STS bit
— Sets the DONE_STS bit
6. If no valid packet is received, then the debug port controller:
— Sets the EXCEPTION_STS field to 001b
— Sets the ERROR_GOOD#_STS bit
— Sets the DONE_STS bit.

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5.18.9.1.3 Debug Software

Enabling the Debug Port

There are two mutually exclusive conditions that debug software must address as part
of its startup processing:
• The EHCI has been initialized by system software
• The EHCI has not been initialized by system software

Debug software can determine the current ‘initialized’ state of the EHCI by examining
the Configure Flag in the EHCI USB 2.0 Command Register. If this flag is set, then
system software has initialized the EHCI. Otherwise, the EHCI should not be considered
initialized. Debug software will initialize the debug port registers depending on the
state of the EHCI. However, before this can be accomplished, debug software must
determine which root USB port is designated as the debug port.

Determining the Debug Port

Debug software can easily determine which USB root port has been designated as the
debug port by examining bits 20:23 of the EHCI Host Controller Structural Parameters
register. This 4-bit field represents the numeric value assigned to the debug port (that
is, 0001=port 1).

Debug Software Startup with Non-Initialized EHCI

Debug software can attempt to use the debug port if after setting the OWNER_CNT bit,
the Current Connect Status bit in the appropriate (See Determining the Debug Port
Presence) PORTSC register is set. If the Current Connect Status bit is not set, then
debug software may choose to terminate or it may choose to wait until a device is
connected.
If a device is connected to the port, then debug software must reset/enable the port.
Debug software does this by setting and then clearing the Port Reset bit the PORTSC
register. To ensure a successful reset, debug software should wait at least 50 ms before
clearing the Port Reset bit. Due to possible delays, this bit may not change to 0
immediately; reset is complete when this bit reads as 0. Software must not continue
until this bit reads 0.
If a high-speed device is attached, the EHCI will automatically set the Port Enabled/
Disabled bit in the PORTSC register and the debug software can proceed. Debug
software should set the ENABLED_CNT bit in the Debug Port Control/Status register,
and then reset (clear) the Port Enabled/Disabled bit in the PORTSC register (so that the
system host controller driver does not see an enabled port when it is first loaded).

Debug Software Startup with Initialized EHCI

Debug software can attempt to use the debug port if the Current Connect Status bit in
the appropriate (See Determining the Debug Port) PORTSC register is set. If the
Current Connect Status bit is not set, then debug software may choose to terminate or
it may choose to wait until a device is connected.
If a device is connected, then debug software must set the OWNER_CNT bit and then
the ENABLED_CNT bit in the Debug Port Control/Status register.

Determining Debug Peripheral Presence

After enabling the debug port functionality, debug software can determine if a debug
peripheral is attached by attempting to send data to the debug peripheral. If all
attempts result in an error (Exception bits in the Debug Port Control/Status register
indicates a Transaction Error), then the attached device is not a debug peripheral. If the
debug port peripheral is not present, then debug software may choose to terminate or
it may choose to wait until a debug peripheral is connected.

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5.18.10 EHCI Caching

EHCI Caching is a power management feature in the USB (EHCI) host controllers which
enables the controller to execute the schedules entirely in cache and eliminates the
need for the DMA engine to access memory when the schedule is idle. EHCI caching
allows the processor to maintain longer C-state residency times and provides
substantial system power savings.

5.18.11 USB Pre-Fetch Based Pause

The Pre-Fetch Based Pause is a power management feature in USB (EHCI) host
controllers to ensure maximum C3/C4 processor power state time with C2 popup. This
feature applies to the period schedule, and works by allowing the DMA engine to
identify periods of idleness and preventing the DMA engine from accessing memory
when the periodic schedule is idle. Typically in the presence of periodic devices with
multiple millisecond poll periods, the periodic schedule will be idle for several frames
between polls.

The USB Pre-Fetch Based Pause feature is disabled by setting bit 4 of EHCI
Configuration Register Section 16.2.1.

5.18.12 Function Level Reset Support (FLR)

The USB EHCI Controllers support the Function Level Reset (FLR) capability. The FLR
capability can be used in conjunction with Intel® Virtualization Technology. FLR allows
an Operating System in a Virtual Machine to have complete control over a device,
including its initialization, without interfering with the rest of the platform. The device
provides a software interface that enables the Operating System to reset the whole
device as if a PCI reset was asserted.

5.18.12.1 FLR Steps

5.18.12.1.1 FLR Initialization

1. A FLR is initiated by software writing a ‘1’ to the Initiate FLR bit.
2. All subsequent requests targeting the Function will not be claimed and will be
Master Abort Immediate on the bus. This includes any configuration, I/O or
Memory cycles, however, the Function shall continue to accept completions
targeting the Function.

5.18.12.1.2 FLR Operation

The Function will Reset all configuration, I/O and memory registers of the Function
except those indicated otherwise and reset all internal states of the Function to the
default or initial condition.

5.18.12.1.3 FLR Completion

The Initiate FLR bit is reset (cleared) when the FLR reset is completed. This bit can be
used to indicate to the software that the FLR reset is completed.

Note: From the time Initiate FLR bit is written to 1, software must wait at least 100 ms before
accessing the function.

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5.18.13 USB Overcurrent Protection

The PCH has implemented programmable USB Overcurrent signals. The PCH provides a
total of 8 overcurrent pins to be shared across the 14 ports.

Four overcurrent signals have been allocated to the ports in each USB Device:
• OC[3:0]# for Device 29 (Ports 0-7)
• OC[7:4]# for Device 26 (Ports 8-13)

Each pin is mapped to one or more ports by setting bits in the USBOCM1 and USBOCM2
registers.See Section 10.1.68 and Section 10.1.69. It is system BIOS’ responsibility to
ensure that each port is mapped to only one over current pin. Operation with more
than one overcurrent pin mapped to a port is undefined. It is expected that multiple
ports are mapped to a single overcurrent pin, however they should be connected at the
port and not at the PCH pin. Shorting these pins together may lead to reduced test
capabilities. By default, two ports are routed to each of the OC[6:0]# pins. OC7# is not
used by default.

NOTES:
1. All USB ports routed out of the package must have Overcurrent protection. It is
system BIOS responsibility to ensure all used ports have OC protection.
2. USB Ports that are unused on the system (not routed out from the package) should
not have OC pins assigned to them.

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5.19 Integrated USB 2.0 Rate Matching Hub

5.19.1 Overview
The PCH has integrated two USB 2.0 Rate Matching Hubs (RMH). One hub is connected
to each of the EHCI controllers as shown in the figure below. The Hubs convert low and
full-speed traffic into high-speed traffic. When the RMHs are enabled, they will appear
to software like an external hub is connected to Port 0 of each EHCI controller. In
addition, port 1 of each of the RMHs is muxed with Port 1 of the EHCI controllers and is
able to bypass the RMH for use as the Debug Port.

The hub operates like any USB 2.0 Discrete Hub and will consume one tier of hubs
allowed by the USB 2.0 Spec. section 4.1.1. A maximum of four additional non-root
hubs can be supported on any of the PCH USB Ports. The RMH will report the following
Vendor ID = 8087h and Product ID = 0020h.

Figure 5-10. EHCI with USB 2.0 with Rate Matching Hub

5.19.2 Architecture
A hub consists of three components: the Hub Repeater, the Hub Controller, and the
Transaction Translator.
1. The Hub Repeater is responsible for connectivity setup and tear-down. It also
supports exception handling, such as bus fault detection and recovery and connect/
disconnect detect.
2. The Hub Controller provides the mechanism for host-to-hub communication. Hub-
specific status and control commands permit the host to configure a hub and to
monitor and control its individual downstream facing ports.
3. The Transaction Translator (TT) responds to high-speed split transactions and
translates them to full-/low-speed transactions with full-/low-speed devices
attached on downstream facing ports. There is 1 TT per RMH in the PCH.

See chapter 11 of the USB 2.0 Specification for more details on the architecture of the
hubs.

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5.20 SMBus Controller (D31:F3)

The PCH provides an System Management Bus (SMBus) 2.0 host controller as well as
an SMBus Slave Interface. The host controller provides a mechanism for the processor
to initiate communications with SMBus peripherals (slaves). The PCH is also capable of
operating in a mode in which it can communicate with I2C compatible devices.

The PCH can perform SMBus messages with either packet error checking (PEC) enabled
or disabled. The actual PEC calculation and checking is performed in hardware by the
PCH.

The Slave Interface allows an external master to read from or write to the PCH. Write
cycles can be used to cause certain events or pass messages, and the read cycles can
be used to determine the state of various status bits. The PCH’s internal host controller
cannot access the PCH’s internal Slave Interface.

The PCH SMBus logic exists in Device 31:Function 3 configuration space, and consists
of a transmit data path, and host controller. The transmit data path provides the data
flow logic needed to implement the seven different SMBus command protocols and is
controlled by the host controller. The PCH’s SMBus controller logic is clocked by RTC
clock.

The SMBus Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is supported by using the existing host
controller commands through software, except for the new Host Notify command
(which is actually a received message).

The programming model of the host controller is combined into two portions: a PCI
configuration portion, and a system I/O mapped portion. All static configuration, such
as the I/O base address, is done using the PCI configuration space. Real-time
programming of the Host interface is done in system I/O space.

The PCH SMBus host controller checks for parity errors as a target. If an error is
detected, the detected parity error bit in the PCI Status Register (Device 31:Function
3:Offset 06h:bit 15) is set. If bit 6 and bit 8 of the PCI Command Register (Device
31:Function 3:Offset 04h) are set, an SERR# is generated and the signaled SERR# bit
in the PCI Status Register (bit 14) is set.

5.20.1 Host Controller

The SMBus host controller is used to send commands to other SMBus slave devices.
Software sets up the host controller with an address, command, and, for writes, data
and optional PEC; and then tells the controller to start. When the controller has finished
transmitting data on writes, or receiving data on reads, it generates an SMI# or
interrupt, if enabled.

The host controller supports 8 command protocols of the SMBus interface (see System
Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0): Quick Command, Send Byte,
Receive Byte, Write Byte/Word, Read Byte/Word, Process Call, Block Read/Write, Block
Write–Block Read Process Call, and Host Notify.

The SMBus host controller requires that the various data and command fields be setup
for the type of command to be sent. When software sets the START bit, the SMBus Host
controller performs the requested transaction, and interrupts the processor (or
generates an SMI#) when the transaction is completed. Once a START command has
been issued, the values of the “active registers” (Host Control, Host Command,
Transmit Slave Address, Data 0, Data 1) should not be changed or read until the
interrupt status message (INTR) has been set (indicating the completion of the
command). Any register values needed for computation purposes should be saved prior
to issuing of a new command, as the SMBus host controller updates all registers while
completing the new command.

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The PCH supports the System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0.
Slave functionality, including the Host Notify protocol, is available on the SMBus pins.
The SMLink and SMBus signals can be tied together externally depending on TCO mode
used. See Section 5.14.2 for more details.

Using the SMB host controller to send commands to the PCH SMB slave port is not
supported.

5.20.1.1 Command Protocols

In all of the following commands, the Host Status Register (offset 00h) is used to
determine the progress of the command. While the command is in operation, the
HOST_BUSY bit is set. If the command completes successfully, the INTR bit will be set
in the Host Status Register. If the device does not respond with an acknowledge, and
the transaction times out, the DEV_ERR bit is set. If software sets the KILL bit in the
Host Control Register while the command is running, the transaction will stop and the
FAILED bit will be set.

Quick Command
When programmed for a Quick Command, the Transmit Slave Address Register is sent.
The PEC byte is never appended to the Quick Protocol. Software should force the
PEC_EN bit to 0 when performing the Quick Command. Software must force the
I2C_EN bit to 0 when running this command. See section 5.5.1 of the System
Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 for the format of the protocol.

Send Byte / Receive Byte

For the Send Byte command, the Transmit Slave Address and Device Command
Registers are sent. For the Receive Byte command, the Transmit Slave Address Register
is sent. The data received is stored in the DATA0 register. Software must force the
I2C_EN bit to 0 when running this command.

The Receive Byte is similar to a Send Byte, the only difference is the direction of data
transfer. See sections 5.5.2 and 5.5.3 of the System Management Bus (SMBus)
Specification, Version 2.0 for the format of the protocol.

Write Byte/Word
The first byte of a Write Byte/Word access is the command code. The next 1 or 2 bytes
are the data to be written. When programmed for a Write Byte/Word command, the
Transmit Slave Address, Device Command, and Data0 Registers are sent. In addition,
the Data1 Register is sent on a Write Word command. Software must force the I2C_EN
bit to 0 when running this command. See section 5.5.4 of the System Management Bus
(SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 for the format of the protocol.

Read Byte/Word
Reading data is slightly more complicated than writing data. First the PCH must write a
command to the slave device. Then it must follow that command with a repeated start
condition to denote a read from that device's address. The slave then returns 1 or 2
bytes of data. Software must force the I2C_EN bit to 0 when running this command.

When programmed for the read byte/word command, the Transmit Slave Address and
Device Command Registers are sent. Data is received into the DATA0 on the read byte,
and the DAT0 and DATA1 registers on the read word. See section 5.5.5 of the System
Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 for the format of the protocol.

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Process Call
The process call is so named because a command sends data and waits for the slave to
return a value dependent on that data. The protocol is simply a Write Word followed by
a Read Word, but without a second command or stop condition.

When programmed for the Process Call command, the PCH transmits the Transmit
Slave Address, Host Command, DATA0 and DATA1 registers. Data received from the
device is stored in the DATA0 and DATA1 registers. The Process Call command with
I2C_EN set and the PEC_EN bit set produces undefined results. Software must force
either I2C_EN or PEC_EN to 0 when running this command. See section 5.5.6 of the
System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 for the format of the
protocol.

Note: For process call command, the value written into bit 0 of the Transmit Slave Address
Register (SMB I/O register, offset 04h) needs to be 0.

Note: If the I2C_EN bit is set, the protocol sequence changes slightly: the Command Code
(bits 18:11 in the bit sequence) are not sent - as a result, the slave will not
acknowledge (bit 19 in the sequence).

Block Read/Write
The PCH contains a 32-byte buffer for read and write data which can be enabled by
setting bit 1 of the Auxiliary Control register at offset 0Dh in I/O space, as opposed to a
single byte of buffering. This 32-byte buffer is filled with write data before
transmission, and filled with read data on reception. In the PCH, the interrupt is
generated only after a transmission or reception of 32 bytes, or when the entire byte
count has been transmitted/received.

Note: When operating in I2C mode (I2C_EN bit is set), the PCH will never use the 32-byte
buffer for any block commands.

The byte count field is transmitted but ignored by the PCH as software will end the
transfer after all bytes it cares about have been sent or received.

For a Block Write, software must either force the I2C_EN bit or both the PEC_EN and
AAC bits to 0 when running this command.

The block write begins with a slave address and a write condition. After the command
code the PCH issues a byte count describing how many more bytes will follow in the
message. If a slave had 20 bytes to send, the first byte would be the number 20 (14h),
followed by 20 bytes of data. The byte count may not be 0. A Block Read or Write is
allowed to transfer a maximum of 32 data bytes.

When programmed for a block write command, the Transmit Slave Address, Device
Command, and Data0 (count) registers are sent. Data is then sent from the Block Data
Byte register; the total data sent being the value stored in the Data0 Register. On block
read commands, the first byte received is stored in the Data0 register, and the
remaining bytes are stored in the Block Data Byte register. See section 5.5.7 of the
System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 for the format of the
protocol.

Note: For Block Write, if the I2C_EN bit is set, the format of the command changes slightly.
The PCH will still send the number of bytes (on writes) or receive the number of bytes
(on reads) indicated in the DATA0 register. However, it will not send the contents of the
DATA0 register as part of the message. Also, the Block Write protocol sequence
changes slightly: the Byte Count (bits 27:20 in the bit sequence) are not sent - as a
result, the slave will not acknowledge (bit 28 in the sequence).

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I2C Read
This command allows the PCH to perform block reads to certain I2C devices, such as
serial E2PROMs. The SMBus Block Read supports the 7-bit addressing mode only.

However, this does not allow access to devices using the I2C “Combined Format” that
has data bytes after the address. Typically these data bytes correspond to an offset
(address) within the serial memory chips.

Note: This command is supported independent of the setting of the I2C_EN bit. The I2C Read
command with the PEC_EN bit set produces undefined results. Software must force
both the PEC_EN and AAC bit to 0 when running this command.

For I2C Read command, the value written into bit 0 of the Transmit Slave Address
Register (SMB I/O register, offset 04h) needs to be 0.

The format that is used for the command is shown in Table 5-40.

Table 5-40. I2C Block Read

Bit Description

1 Start
8:2 Slave Address—7 bits
9 Write
10 Acknowledge from slave
18:11 Send DATA1 register
19 Acknowledge from slave
20 Repeated Start
27:21 Slave Address—7 bits
28 Read
29 Acknowledge from slave
37:30 Data byte 1 from slave—8 bits
38 Acknowledge
46:39 Data byte 2 from slave—8 bits
47 Acknowledge
– Data bytes from slave / Acknowledge
– Data byte N from slave—8 bits
– NOT Acknowledge
– Stop

The PCH will continue reading data from the peripheral until the NAK is received.

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Block Write–Block Read Process Call

The block write-block read process call is a two-part message. The call begins with a
slave address and a write condition. After the command code the host issues a write
byte count (M) that describes how many more bytes will be written in the first part of
the message. If a master has 6 bytes to send, the byte count field will have the value 6
(0000 0110b), followed by the 6 bytes of data. The write byte count (M) cannot be 0.

The second part of the message is a block of read data beginning with a repeated start
condition followed by the slave address and a Read bit. The next byte is the read byte
count (N), which may differ from the write byte count (M). The read byte count (N)
cannot be 0.

The combined data payload must not exceed 32 bytes. The byte length restrictions of
this process call are summarized as follows:
• M ≥ 1 byte
• N ≥ 1 byte
• M + N ≤ 32 bytes

The read byte count does not include the PEC byte. The PEC is computed on the total
message beginning with the first slave address and using the normal PEC
computational rules. It is highly recommended that a PEC byte be used with the Block
Write-Block Read Process Call. Software must do a read to the command register
(offset 2h) to reset the 32 byte buffer pointer prior to reading the block data register.

Note that there is no STOP condition before the repeated START condition, and that a
NACK signifies the end of the read transfer.

Note: E32B bit in the Auxiliary Control register must be set when using this protocol.

See section 5.5.8 of the System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0
for the format of the protocol.

5.20.2 Bus Arbitration

Several masters may attempt to get on the bus at the same time by driving the
SMBDATA line low to signal a start condition. The PCH continuously monitors the
SMBDATA line. When the PCH is attempting to drive the bus to a 1 by letting go of the
SMBDATA line, and it samples SMBDATA low, then some other master is driving the bus
and the PCH will stop transferring data.

If the PCH sees that it has lost arbitration, the condition is called a collision. The PCH
will set the BUS_ERR bit in the Host Status Register, and if enabled, generate an
interrupt or SMI#. The processor is responsible for restarting the transaction.

When the PCH is a SMBus master, it drives the clock. When the PCH is sending address
or command as an SMBus master, or data bytes as a master on writes, it drives data
relative to the clock it is also driving. It will not start toggling the clock until the start or
stop condition meets proper setup and hold time. The PCH will also ensure minimum
time between SMBus transactions as a master.

Note: The PCH supports the same arbitration protocol for both the SMBus and the System
Management (SMLink) interfaces.

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5.20.3 Bus Timing

5.20.3.1 Clock Stretching
Some devices may not be able to handle their clock toggling at the rate that the PCH as
an SMBus master would like. They have the capability of stretching the low time of the
clock. When the PCH attempts to release the clock (allowing the clock to go high), the
clock will remain low for an extended period of time.

The PCH monitors the SMBus clock line after it releases the bus to determine whether
to enable the counter for the high time of the clock. While the bus is still low, the high
time counter must not be enabled. Similarly, the low period of the clock can be
stretched by an SMBus master if it is not ready to send or receive data.

5.20.3.2 Bus Time Out (The PCH as SMBus Master)

If there is an error in the transaction, such that an SMBus device does not signal an
acknowledge, or holds the clock lower than the allowed time-out time, the transaction
will time out. The PCH will discard the cycle and set the DEV_ERR bit. The time out
minimum is 25 ms (800 RTC clocks). The time-out counter inside the PCH will start
after the last bit of data is transferred by the PCH and it is waiting for a response.

The 25 ms timeout counter will not count under the following conditions:
1. BYTE_DONE_STATUS bit (SMBus I/O Offset 00h, bit 7) is set
2. The SECOND_TO_STS bit (TCO I/O Offset 06h, bit 1) is not set (this indicates that
the system has not locked up).

5.20.4 Interrupts / SMI#

The PCH SMBus controller uses PIRQB# as its interrupt pin. However, the system can
alternatively be set up to generate SMI# instead of an interrupt, by setting the
SMBUS_SMI_EN bit (Device 31:Function 0:Offset 40h:bit 1).

Table 5-42 and Table 5-43 specify how the various enable bits in the SMBus function
control the generation of the interrupt, Host and Slave SMI, and Wake internal signals.
The rows in the tables are additive, which means that if more than one row is true for a
particular scenario then the Results for all of the activated rows will occur.

Table 5-41. Enable for SMBALERT#

SMB_SMI_EN
INTREN
(Host SMBALERT_DIS
(Host Control
Configuration (Slave Command
Event I/O Register, Result
Register, I/O Register,
Offset 02h,
D31:F3:Offset Offset 11h, Bit 2)
Bit 0)
40h, Bit 1)

X X X Wake generated
SMBALERT#
Slave SMI#
asserted low
X 1 0 generated
(always reported
(SMBUS_SMI_STS)
in Host Status
Register, Bit 5) Interrupt
1 0 0
generated

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Table 5-42. Enables for SMBus Slave Write and SMBus Host Events

INTREN (Host Control SMB_SMI_EN (Host

Event I/O Register, Offset Configuration Register, Event
02h, Bit 0) D31:F3:Offset 40h, Bit1)

Wake generated when

Slave Write to Wake/ asleep.
X X
SMI# Command Slave SMI# generated when
awake (SMBUS_SMI_STS).
Slave Write to Slave SMI# generated when
SMLINK_SLAVE_SMI X X in the S0 state
Command (SMBUS_SMI_STS)
0 X None
Any combination of
Host Status Register 1 0 Interrupt generated
[4:1] asserted
1 1 Host SMI# generated

Table 5-43. Enables for the Host Notify Command

HOST_NOTIFY_INTREN HOST_NOTIFY_WKEN
SMB_SMI_EN (Host
(Slave Control I/O (Slave Control I/O
Config Register, Result
Register, Offset 11h, bit Register, Offset 11h, bit
D31:F3:Off40h, Bit 1)
0) 1)

0 X 0 None
X X 1 Wake generated
1 0 X Interrupt generated
Slave SMI#
1 1 X generated
(SMBUS_SMI_STS)

5.20.5 SMBALERT#
SMBALERT# is multiplexed with GPIO[11]. When enable and the signal is asserted, the
PCH can generate an interrupt, an SMI#, or a wake event from S1–S5.

5.20.6 SMBus CRC Generation and Checking

If the AAC bit is set in the Auxiliary Control register, the PCH automatically calculates
and drives CRC at the end of the transmitted packet for write cycles, and will check the
CRC for read cycles. It will not transmit the contents of the PEC register for CRC. The
PEC bit must not be set in the Host Control register if this bit is set, or unspecified
behavior will result.

If the read cycle results in a CRC error, the DEV_ERR bit and the CRCE bit in the
Auxiliary Status register at offset 0Ch will be set.

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5.20.7 SMBus Slave Interface

The PCH SMBus Slave interface is accessed using the SMBus. The SMBus slave logic will
not generate or handle receiving the PEC byte and will only act as a Legacy Alerting
Protocol device. The slave interface allows the PCH to decode cycles, and allows an
external microcontroller to perform specific actions. Key features and capabilities
include:
• Supports decode of three types of messages: Byte Write, Byte Read, and Host
Notify.
• Receive Slave Address register: This is the address that the PCH decodes. A default
value is provided so that the slave interface can be used without the processor
having to program this register.
• Receive Slave Data register in the SMBus I/O space that includes the data written
by the external microcontroller.
• Registers that the external microcontroller can read to get the state of the PCH.
• Status bits to indicate that the SMBus slave logic caused an interrupt or SMI# due
to the reception of a message that matched the slave address.
— Bit 0 of the Slave Status Register for the Host Notify command
— Bit 16 of the SMI Status Register (Section 13.8.3.9) for all others

Note: The external microcontroller should not attempt to access the PCH SMBus slave logic
until either:
— 800 milliseconds after both: RTCRST# is high and RSMRST# is high, OR
— The PLTRST# de-asserts

If a master leaves the clock and data bits of the SMBus interface at 1 for 50 µs or more
in the middle of a cycle, the PCH slave logic's behavior is undefined. This is interpreted
as an unexpected idle and should be avoided when performing management activities
to the slave logic.

Note: When an external microcontroller accesses the SMBus Slave Interface over the SMBus
a translation in the address is needed to accommodate the least significant bit used for
read/write control. For example, if the PCH slave address (RCV_SLVA) is left at 44h
(default), the external micro controller would use an address of 88h/89h (write/read).

5.20.7.1 Format of Slave Write Cycle

The external master performs Byte Write commands to the PCH SMBus Slave I/F. The
“Command” field (bits 11:18) indicate which register is being accessed. The Data field
(bits 20:27) indicate the value that should be written to that register.

Table 5-44 has the values associated with the registers.

Table 5-44. Slave Write Registers (Sheet 1 of 2)

Register Function

Command Register. See Table 5-45 below for legal values written to this
0
register.
1–3 Reserved
4 Data Message Byte 0
5 Data Message Byte 1

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Table 5-44. Slave Write Registers (Sheet 2 of 2)

Register Function

6–7 Reserved
8 Reserved
9–FFh Reserved

NOTE: The external microcontroller is responsible to make sure that it does not update the
contents of the data byte registers until they have been read by the system processor. The
PCH overwrites the old value with any new value received. A race condition is possible
where the new value is being written to the register just at the time it is being read. The
PCH will not attempt to cover this race condition (that is, unpredictable results in this
case).

Table 5-45. Command Types

.

Command
Description
Type

0 Reserved
WAKE/SMI#. This command wakes the system if it is not already awake. If
system is already awake, an SMI# is generated.
1
NOTE: The SMB_WAK_STS bit will be set by this command, even if the system is
already awake. The SMI handler should then clear this bit.
Unconditional Powerdown. This command sets the PWRBTNOR_STS bit, and
2
has the same effect as the Powerbutton Override occurring.
HARD RESET WITHOUT CYCLING: This command causes a hard reset of the
3 system (does not include cycling of the power supply). This is equivalent to a write
to the CF9h register with bits 2:1 set to 1, but bit 3 set to 0.
HARD RESET SYSTEM. This command causes a hard reset of the system
4 (including cycling of the power supply). This is equivalent to a write to the CF9h
register with bits 3:1 set to 1.
Disable the TCO Messages. This command will disable the PCH from sending
Heartbeat and Event messages (as described in Section 5.14). Once this command
5
has been executed, Heartbeat and Event message reporting can only be re-
enabled by assertion and de-assertion of the RSMRST# signal.
6 WD RELOAD: Reload watchdog timer.
7 Reserved
SMLINK_SLV_SMI. When the PCH detects this command type while in the S0
state, it sets the SMLINK_SLV_SMI_STS bit (see Section 13.9.5). This command
should only be used if the system is in an S0 state. If the message is received
during S1–S5 states, the PCH acknowledges it, but the SMLINK_SLV_SMI_STS bit
does not get set.
8
NOTE: It is possible that the system transitions out of the S0 state at the same
time that the SMLINK_SLV_SMI command is received. In this case, the
SMLINK_SLV_SMI_STS bit may get set but not serviced before the system
goes to sleep. Once the system returns to S0, the SMI associated with this
bit would then be generated. Software must be able to handle this scenario.
9–FFh Reserved

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5.20.7.2 Format of Read Command

The external master performs Byte Read commands to the PCH SMBus Slave interface.
The “Command” field (bits 18:11) indicate which register is being accessed. The Data
field (bits 30:37) contain the value that should be read from that register.

Table 5-46. Slave Read Cycle Format

Bit Description Driven by Comment

1 Start External Microcontroller

Must match value in Receive Slave
2-8 Slave Address - 7 bits External Microcontroller
Address register
9 Write External Microcontroller Always 0
10 ACK PCH
Indicates which register is being
11-18 Command code – 8 bits External Microcontroller accessed. See Table 5-47 below
for list of implemented registers.
19 ACK PCH
20 Repeated Start External Microcontroller
Must match value in Receive Slave
21-27 Slave Address - 7 bits External Microcontroller
Address register
28 Read External Microcontroller Always 1
29 ACK PCH
Value depends on register being
30-37 Data Byte PCH accessed. Table 5-47 below for list
of implemented registers.
38 NOT ACK External Microcontroller
39 Stop External Microcontroller

Table 5-47. Data Values for Slave Read Registers (Sheet 1 of 2)

Register Bits Description
Reserved for capabilities indication. Should always return 00h. Future
0 7:0
chips may return another value to indicate different capabilities.
System Power State
1 2:0 000 = S0 001 = S1 010 = Reserved 011 = S3
100 = S4 101 = S5 110 = Reserved 111 = Reserved
7:3 Reserved
2 3:0 Reserved
7:4 Reserved
Watchdog Timer current value Note that Watchdog Timer has 10 bits,
3 5:0 but this field is only 6 bits. If the current value is greater than 3Fh, the
PCH will always report 3Fh in this field.
7:6 Reserved
1 = The Intruder Detect (INTRD_DET) bit is set. This indicates that the
4 0
system cover has probably been opened.
1 = BTI Temperature Event occurred. This bit will be set if the PCH’s
1
THRM# input signal is active. Else this beat will read “0.”

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Table 5-47. Data Values for Slave Read Registers (Sheet 2 of 2)

Register Bits Description
DOA Processor Status. This bit will be 1 to indicate that the processor is
2
dead
1 = SECOND_TO_STS bit set. This bit will be set after the second time-
3
out (SECOND_TO_STS bit) of the Watchdog Timer occurs.
6:4 Reserved. Will always be 0, but software should ignore.
Reflects the value of the GPIO[11]/SMBALERT# pin (and is dependent
upon the value of the GPI_INV[11] bit. If the GPI_INV[11] bit is 1, then
the value in this bit equals the level of the GPI[11]/SMBALERT# pin
7 (high = 1, low = 0).
If the GPI_INV[11] bit is 0, then the value of this bit will equal the inverse
of the level of the GPIO[11]/SMBALERT# pin (high = 0, low = 1).
FWH bad bit. This bit will be 1 to indicate that the FWH read returned
5 0
FFh, which indicates that it is probably blank.
1 Reserved
CPU Power Failure Status: ‘1’ if the CPUPWR_FLR bit in the
2
GEN_PMCON_2 register is set.
INIT3_3V# due to receiving Shutdown message: This event is
visible from the reception of the shutdown message until a platform reset
is done if the Shutdown Policy Select bit (SPS) is configured to drive
3 INIT3_3V#. When the SPS bit is configured to generate PLTRST# based
on shutdown, this register bit will always return 0.
Events on signal will not create a event message
4 Reserved
POWER_OK_BAD: Indicates the failure core power well ramp during
5 boot/resume. This bit will be active if the SLP_S3# pin is de-asserted and
PWROK pin is not asserted.
Thermal Trip: This bit will shadow the state of processor Thermal Trip
6 status bit (CTS) (16.2.1.2, GEN_PMCON_2, bit 3). Events on signal will
not create a event message
Reserved: Default value is “X”
7 NOTE: Software should not expect a consistent value when this bit is read
through SMBUS/SMLink
Contents of the Message 1 register. See Section 13.9.8 for the description
6 7:0
of this register.
Contents of the Message 2 register. See Section 13.9.8 for the description
7 7:0
of this register.
Contents of the TCO_WDCNT register. See Section 13.9.9 for the
8 7:0
description of this register.
9 7:0 Seconds of the RTC
A 7:0 Minutes of the RTC
B 7:0 Hours of the RTC
C 7:0 “Day of Week” of the RTC
D 7:0 “Day of Month” of the RTC
E 7:0 Month of the RTC
F 7:0 Year of the RTC
10h–FFh 7:0 Reserved

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5.20.7.2.1 Behavioral Notes

According to SMBus protocol, Read and Write messages always begin with a Start bit –
Address– Write bit sequence. When the PCH detects that the address matches the
value in the Receive Slave Address register, it will assume that the protocol is always
followed and ignore the Write bit (bit 9) and signal an Acknowledge during bit 10. In
other words, if a Start –Address–Read occurs (which is illegal for SMBus Read or Write
protocol), and the address matches the PCH’s Slave Address, the PCH will still grab the
cycle.

Also according to SMBus protocol, a Read cycle contains a Repeated

Start–Address–Read sequence beginning at bit 20. Once again, if the Address matches
the PCH’s Receive Slave Address, it will assume that the protocol is followed, ignore bit
28, and proceed with the Slave Read cycle.

Note: An external microcontroller must not attempt to access the PCH’s SMBus Slave logic
until at least 1 second after both RTCRST# and RSMRST# are de-asserted (high).

5.20.7.3 Slave Read of RTC Time Bytes

The PCH SMBus slave interface allows external SMBus master to read the internal RTC’s
time byte registers.

The RTC time bytes are internally latched by the PCH’s hardware whenever RTC time is
not changing and SMBus is idle. This ensures that the time byte delivered to the slave
read is always valid and it does not change when the read is still in progress on the bus.
The RTC time will change whenever hardware update is in progress, or there is a
software write to the RTC time bytes.

The PCH SMBus slave interface only supports Byte Read operation. The external SMBus
master will read the RTC time bytes one after another. It is software’s responsibility to
check and manage the possible time rollover when subsequent time bytes are read.

For example, assuming the RTC time is 11 hours: 59 minutes: 59 seconds. When the
external SMBus master reads the hour as 11, then proceeds to read the minute, it is
possible that the rollover happens between the reads and the minute is read as 0. This
results in 11 hours: 0 minute instead of the correct time of 12 hours: 0 minutes. Unless
it is certain that rollover will not occur, software is required to detect the possible time
rollover by reading multiple times such that the read time bytes can be adjusted
accordingly if needed.

5.20.7.4 Format of Host Notify Command

The PCH tracks and responds to the standard Host Notify command as specified in the
System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0. The host address for this
command is fixed to 0001000b. If the PCH already has data for a previously-received
host notify command which has not been serviced yet by the host software (as
indicated by the HOST_NOTIFY_STS bit), then it will NACK following the host address
byte of the protocol. This allows the host to communicate non-acceptance to the
master and retain the host notify address and data values for the previous cycle until
host software completely services the interrupt.

Note: Host software must always clear the HOST_NOTIFY_STS bit after completing any
necessary reads of the address and data registers.

Table 5-48 shows the Host Notify format.

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Table 5-48. Host Notify Format

Bit Description Driven By Comment

1 Start External Master

8:2 SMB Host Address—7 bits External Master Always 0001_000
9 Write External Master Always 0
10 ACK (or NACK) PCH PCH NACKs if HOST_NOTIFY_STS is 1
Indicates the address of the master;
17:11 Device Address – 7 bits External Master loaded into the Notify Device Address
Register
7-bit-only address; this bit is inserted
18 Unused—Always 0 External Master
to complete the byte
19 ACK PCH
Loaded into the Notify Data Low Byte
27:20 Data Byte Low—8 bits External Master
Register
28 ACK PCH
Loaded into the Notify Data High Byte
36:29 Data Byte High—8 bits External Master
Register
37 ACK PCH
38 Stop External Master

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5.21 Thermal Management

5.21.1 Thermal Sensor
The PCH incorporates one on-die Digital thermal sensor (DTS) for thermal
management. The thermal sensor is used for Intel Quiet System Technology (Intel
QST). The QST firmware can internally access the temperature measured by the
sensors and use the data as a factor to determine how to control the fans.

This thermal sensor is located near the DMI interface. The on-die thermal sensor is
placed as close as possible to the hottest on-die location to reduce thermal gradients
and to reduce the error on the sensor trip thresholds. The thermal Sensor trip points
may be programmed to generate various interrupts including SCI, SMI, PCI and other
General Purpose events.

5.21.1.1 Internal Thermal Sensor Operation

The internal thermal sensor reports four trip points: Aux2, Aux, Hot and Catastrophic
trip points in the order of increasing temperature.

Aux, Aux2 Temperature Trip Points

These trip points may be set dynamically if desired and provides an interrupt to ACPI
(or other software) when it is crossed in either direction. These auxiliary temperature
trip points do not automatically cause any hardware throttling but may be used by
software to trigger interrupts. This trip point is set below the Hot temperature trip point
and responses are separately programmable from the hot temperature settings, to
provide incrementally more aggressive actions. Aux and Aux2 trip points are fully
Software programmable during system run-time. Aux2 trip point is set below the Aux
temperature trip point.

Hot Temperature Trip Point

This trip point may be set dynamically if desired and provides an interrupt to ACPI (or
other software) when it is crossed in either direction. Software could optionally set this
as an Interrupt when the temperature exceeds this level setting. Hot trip does not
provide any default hardware based thermal throttling, and is available only as a
customer configurable interrupt when Tj,max has been reached.

Catastrophic Trip Point

This trip point is set at the temperature at which the PCH must be shut down
immediately without any software support. The catastrophic trip point must correspond
to a temperature ensured to be functional for the interrupt generation and Hardware
response. Hardware response using THERMTRIP# would be an unconditional transition
to S5. The catastrophic transition to the S5 state does not enforce a minimum time in
the S5 state. It is assumed that the S5 residence and the reboot sequence cools down
the system. If the catastrophic condition remains when the catastrophic power down
enable bit is set by BIOS, then the system will re-enter S5.

Thermometer Mode

The thermometer is implemented using a counter that starts at 0 and increments

during each sample point until the comparator indicates the temperature is above the
current value. The value of the counter is loaded into a read-only register (Thermal
Sensor Thermometer Read) when the comparator first trips.

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5.21.1.1.1 Recommended Programming for Available Trip Points

There may be a ±2 °C offset due to thermal gradient between the hot-spot and the
location of the thermal sensor. Trip points should be programmed to account for this
temperature offset between the hot-spot Tj,max and the thermal sensor.
Aux Trip Points should be programmed for software and firmware control using
interrupts.
Hot Trip Point should be set to throttle at 108 °C (Tj,max) due to DTS trim accuracy
adjustments. Hot trip points should also be programmed for a software response.
Catastrophic Trip Point should be set to halt operation to avoid maximum Tj of about
120 °C.

Note: Crossing a trip point in either direction may generate several types of interrupts. Each
trip point has a register that can be programmed to select the type of interrupt to be
generated. Crossing a trip point is implemented as edge detection on each trip point to
generate the interrupts.

5.21.1.1.2 Thermal Sensor Accuracy (Taccuracy)

Taccuracy for the PCH is ±5 °C in the temperature range 90 °C to 120 °C. Taccuracy is
±10 °C for temperatures from 45 °C – 90 °C. The PCH may not operate above +108 °C.
This value is based on product characterization and is not ensured by manufacturing
test.

Software has the ability to program the Tcat, Thot, and Taux trip points, but these trip
points should be selected with consideration for the thermal sensor accuracy and the
quality of the platform thermal solution. Overly conservative (unnecessarily low)
temperature settings may unnecessarily degrade performance due to frequent
throttling, while overly aggressive (dangerously high) temperature settings may fail to
protect the part against permanent thermal damage.

5.21.2 Thermal Reporting Over System Management Link 1

Interface (SMLink1)
SMLink1 interface in the PCH is the SMBus link to an optional external controller. A
SMBus protocol is defined on the PCH to allow compatible devices such as Embedded
Controller (EC) or SIO to obtain system thermal data from sensors integrated into
components on the system using the SMLink1 interface. The sensors that can be
monitored using the SMLink1 include those in the processor, the PCH, and DIMMs with
sensors implemented. This solution allows an external device or controller to use the
system thermal data for system thermal management.

Note: To enable Thermal Reporting, the Thermal Data Reporting enable and processor/PCH/
DIMM temperature read enables have to be set in the Thermal Reporting Control (TRC)
Register (See Section 22.2 for details on the register)

There are 2 uses for the PCH's thermal reporting capability:

1. To provide system thermal data to an external controller. The controller can
manage the fans and other cooling elements based on this data. In addition, the
PCH can be programmed by setting appropriate bits in the Alert Enable (AE)
Register (See Section 22.2 for details on this register) to alert the controller when a
device has gone outside of its temperature limits. The alert causes the assertion of
the PCH TEMP_ALERT# (SATA5GP/GPIO49/TEMP_ALERT#) signal. See
Section 5.21.2.6 for more details.
2. To provide an interface between the external controller and host software. This
software interface has no direct affect on the PCH's thermal collection. It is strictly
a software interface to pass information or data.

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The PCH responds to thermal requests only when the system is in S0 or S1. Once the
PCH has been programmed, it will start responding to a request while the system is in
S0 or S1.

To implement this thermal reporting capability, the platform is required to have

appropriate Intel® ME firmware, BIOS support, and compatible devices that support the
SMBus protocol.

5.21.2.1 Supported Addresses

The PCH supports 2 addresses: I2C Address for writes and Block Read Address for
reads. These addresses need to be distinct.

The two addresses may be fixed by the external controller, or programmable within the
controller. The addresses used by the PCH are completely programmable.

5.21.2.1.1 I2C Address

This address is used for writes to the PCH.

• The address is set by soft straps which are values stored in SPI flash and are
defined by the OEM. The address can be set to any value the platform requires.
• This address supports all the writes listed in Table 5-49.
• SMBus reads by the external controller to this address are not allowed and result in
indeterminate behavior.

5.21.2.1.2 Block Read Address

This address is used for reads from the PCH.

• The address is set by soft straps or BIOS. It can be set to any value the platform
requires.
• This address only supports SMBus Block Read command and not Byte or Word
Read.
• The Block Read command is supported as defined in the SMBus 2.0 specification,
with the command being 40h, and the byte count being provided by the PCH
following the block read format in the SMBus specification.
• Writes are not allowed to this address, and result in indeterminate behavior.
• Packet Error Code (PEC) may be enabled or not, which is set up by BIOS.

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5.21.2.2 I2C Write Commands to the Intel® ME

Table 5-49 lists the write commands supported by the Intel® ME.

All bits in the write commands must be written to the PCH or the operation will be
aborted. For example, for 6-bytes write commands, all 48 bits must be written or the
operation will be aborted.

The command format follows the Block Write format of the SMBus specification.

Table 5-49. I2C Write Commands to the ME

Data
Data
Slave Byte 1 Data Data Data Data Data Data
Transaction Byte0
Addr (Byte Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4 Byte 5 Byte 6 Byte 7
(Commd)
Count)

Write STS
STS STS STS STS STS STS
Register (See I2 C 41h 6h
[47:40] [39:32] [31:24] [23:16] [15:8] [7:0]
Note below)
Write Lower Lower Upper Upper
Processor Core I2C 42h 4h Limit Limit Limit Limit
Temp Limits [15:8] [7:0] [15:8] [7:0]
Write Memory
Lower Upper
Controller/
I2C 43h 2h Limit Limit
Graphics Temp
[7:0] [7:0]
Limits
Lower Upper
Write PCH
I2C 44h 2h Limit Limit
Temp Limits
[7:0] [7:0]
Lower Upper
Write DIMM
I2C 45h 2h Limit Limit
Temp Limits
[7:0] [7:0]
Write Power Power
Processor Core I2C 50h 2h Clamp Clamp
Power Clamp [15:8] [7:0]

NOTE: The Status Register (STS register) is only writable by an external controller and readable
by host SW. Whenever the controller writes to this register, an interrupt, if enabled by
BIOS/OS, is sent to the host. The controller must always write a full 48 bits to update this
register. Writes of anything other than 6 bytes result in indeterminate behavior. For bit
definition of this register, see Section 22.2.26 and Section 22.2.29.

5.21.2.3 Block Read Command

The external controller may read thermal information from the PCH using the SMBus
Block Read Command. Byte-read and Word-read SMBus commands are not supported.
Note that the reads use a different address than the writes.

The command format follows the Block Read format of the SMBus spec.

The PCH and external controller are set up by BIOS with the length of the read that is
supported by the platform. The device must always do reads of the lengths set up by
BIOS.

The PCH supports any one of the following lengths: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14 or 20 bytes.
The data always comes in the order described in Table 5-50, where 0 is the first byte
received in time on the SMBus.

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Table 5-50. Block Read Command – Byte Definition (Sheet 1 of 2)

Byte Definition

Maximum temperature, in absolute degrees Celsius (C), of the processor core and
graphics. Note that the PCH is not included in this field.
It is a single byte for the highest temperature between the 2 components. This is
not relative to some max or limit, but is the maximum in absolute degrees.
If both the processor core and memory controller/graphics have errors on the
temperature collection, this field will be FFh.
Byte 0
If either the processor core or memory controller/graphics reports a good temper-
ature, that good temperature is reported in this field.
Read value represents bits [7:0] of PTV (Processor Temperature Value) Register
described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [12] to be enabled.
See Section 22.2.
The PCH temp in degrees C.
FFh indicates error condition.
Byte 1 Read value represents bits [7:0] of ITV (Internal Temperature Values) Register
described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [5] to be enabled.
See Section 22.2.
The processor core temp in degrees C.
See Table 5-55 for the bit definitions.
Byte 3 has bits [15:8] and Byte 2 has bits[7:0]. See Table 5-54 for Read data
format and definitions.
Byte 3:2
SMBUS Byte Read value [15:0] represents bits [13:0, 14,15] of CTV1 (Core
Temperature Value1) Register described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [7] to be enabled.
See Section 22.2.
The memory controller/graphics temp in degrees C.
FFh indicates error condition
Byte 4 Read value represents bits[15:8] of ITV (Internal Temperature Values) Register
described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [4] to be enabled.
See Section 22.2.
Thermal Sensor (TS) on DIMM 0
If DIMM not populated, or if there is no TS on DIMM, value will be 0h
Byte 5 Read value represents bits[7:0] of DTV (DIMM Temperature Values) Register
described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [0] to be enabled.
See Section 22.2.
Thermal Sensor (TS) on DIMM 1
If DIMM not populated, or if there is no TS on DIMM, value will be 0h
Byte 6 Read value represents bits[15:8] of DTV (DIMM Temperature Values) Register
described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [1] to be enabled.
See Section 22.2.
Thermal Sensor (TS) on DIMM 2
If DIMM not populated, or if there is no TS on DIMM, value will be 0h.
Byte 7 Read value represents bits[23:16] of DTV (DIMM Temperature Values) Register
described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [2] to be enabled.
See Section 22.2.

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Table 5-50. Block Read Command – Byte Definition (Sheet 2 of 2)

Byte Definition

Thermal Sensor (TS) on DIMM 3

If DIMM not populated, or if there is no TS on DIMM, value will be 0h.
Byte 8 Read value represents bits[31:24] of DTV (DIMM Temperature Values) Register
described in Section 22.2.
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [3] to be enabled.
Sequence number. Can be used to check if the PCH's FW or HW is hung. See
Section 5.21.2.9 for usage.
Byte 9 This byte is updated every time the collected data is updated
Read value represents bits[23:16] of ITV (Internal Temperature Values) Register
described in Section 22.2.
Bits [7:0] of the latest read of the processor core’s energy register
Byte 10 NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control TBARB+1Ah) Register bit [6] to
be enabled.
Bits [15:8] of the latest read of the processor core's energy register
Byte 11
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [6] to be enabled.
Bits [23:16] of the latest read of the processor core's energy register
Byte 12
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [6] to be enabled.
Bits [31:24] of the latest read of the processor core's energy register
Byte 13
NOTE: Requires TRC (Thermal Reporting Control) Register bit [6] to be enabled.
Host Status - This reflects what the host is presently executing. Byte 14 has bits
Byte 19:14 [7:0], and byte 19 has bits [47:40] of HTS Register.
For bit definition, see Section 22.2.22.

A controller that only wants the single highest temperature from the processor core and
memory controller/graphics could read one byte. A 2-byte read would provide both the
PCH and processor temperature. A device that wants each components temperature
would do a 5-byte read and ignore the first byte. A device that also wants DIMM
information would read 9 bytes. If an external controller wanted to read the Host
status, it must read 20 bytes and ignore the first 14. A device can also read the energy
data provided by the processor core by reading 14 bytes.

5.21.2.4 Read Data Format

For each of the data fields an ERROR Code is listed below. This code indicates that the
PCH failed in its access to the device. This would be for the case where the read
returned no data, or some illegal value. In general that would mean the device is
broken. The EC can treat the device that failed the read as broken or with some fail-
safe mechanism.

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5.21.2.4.1 Processor Core Temperature

The processor core temperature reading on SMLink1 is 16 bits as described in

Table 5-51. The granularity is 1/64th degree.

Table 5-51. Processor Core Read Data Definition

Bit Description

Integer component (0 to 255) of the processor core temperature.

15:8 Note the processor core temperature can never be below 0 degrees, so this field is
treated as 8 bits (0-255) absolute and not 2's complement (-128 to 127).
7:2 Fraction Value (in 1/64th).
1 Reserved
Illegal value or error in reading the processor core.
0 0 = Reads successful
1 = failure on getting the data from the processor core.

The Top byte of the SMLink1 reported processor temperature (byte 3 in Table 5-53)
represents the integer component of the data, while top 6 bits of byte 2 represents the
fraction portion of the reported temperature. Bit[1] is unused and Bit[0] is used as an
error flag. This interpretation of the SMLink1 reported temperature differs from the
temperature stored in Core Temperature Value 1 (CTV1) register. See the CTV1 register
in Section 22.2.17 for the interpretation of the fields.

If the processor core polling has been disabled, then the value returned is 0000h. If
there is an error when the PCH reads the data from the processor core, then bit 0 is set
to 1.

The data provided on the SMBus read and the Write Processor Core Temp Limits
command use the format above for their data.

5.21.2.4.2 PCH, Memory Controller/Graphics, and DIMM Temperature

The temperature readings for Bytes 0–1 and 4–8, which are the PCH, DIMM, and
memory controller/graphics temperatures, are 8-bit unsigned values from 0–255. The
minimum granularity supported by the internal thermal sensor is 1 °C. Thus, there are
no fractional values for the PCH, memory controller/graphics, or DIMM temperatures.

Note the sensors used within the components do not support values below 0 degrees,
so this field is treated as 8 bits (0–255) absolute and not 2's complement (-128 to
127).

Devices that are not present or that are disabled will be set to 0h. Devices that have a
failed reading (that is, the read from the device did not return any legal value) will be
set to FFh. A failed reading means that the attempt to read that device returned a
failure. The failure could have been from a bus failure or that the device itself had an
internal failure. For instance, a system may only have one DIMM and it would report
only that one value, and the values for the other DIMMs would all be 00h.

5.21.2.5 Thermal Data Update Rate

The temperature values are updated every 200 ms in the PCH, so reading more often
than that simply returns the same data multiple times. Also, the data may be up to
200 ms old if the external controller reads the data right before the next update
window.

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5.21.2.6 Temperature Comparator and Alert

The PCH has the ability to alert the external controller when temperatures are out of
range. This is done using the PCH TEMP_ALERT# signal. The alert is a simple
comparator. If any device's temperature is outside the limit range for that device, then
the signal is asserted (electrical low). Note that this alert does not use the
SML1ALERT#.

The PCH supports 4 ranges:

1. Processor core range - upper and lower limit (8 bits each, 6 bits for fraction, in
degrees C).
2. Memory Controller/Graphics range - upper and lower limit (8 bits each, in degrees
C) for memory controller/graphics temperature.
3. PCH range - upper and lower limit (8 bits each, in degrees C) for the PCH
temperature.
4. DIMM range - upper and lower limit (8 bits each, in degrees C), applies to all
DIMMs (up to 4 supported) that are enabled. Disabled (unpopulated) DIMMs do not
participate in the thermal compares.

The comparator checks if the device is within the specified range, including the limits.
For example, a device that is at 100 degrees when the upper limit is 100 will not trigger
the alert. Likewise, a device that is at 70 degrees when the lower limit is 70 will not
trigger the alert.

The compares are done only on devices that have been enabled by BIOS for checking.
Since BIOS knows how many DIMMs and processors are in the system, it enables the
checking only for those devices that are physically present.

The compares are done in firmware, so all the compares are executed in one software
loop and at the end, if there is any out of bound temperature, the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT#
signal is asserted.

When the external controller sees the TEMP_ALERT# signal low, it knows some device
is out of range. It can read the temperatures and then change the limits for the
devices. Note that it may take up to 250 ms before the actual writes cause the signal to
change state. For instance if the processor core is at 105 degrees and the limit is 100,
the alert is triggered. If the controller changes the limits to 110, the TEMP_ALERT#
signal may remain low until the next thermal sampling window (every 200 ms) occurs
and only then go high, assuming the processor core was still within its limits.

At boot, the controller can monitor the TEMP_ALERT# signal state. When BIOS has
finished all the initialization and enabled the temperature comparators, the
TEMP_ALERT# signal will be asserted since the default state of the limit registers is 0h;
hence, when the PCH first reads temperatures, they will be out of range. This is the
positive indication that the external controller may now read thermal information and
get valid data. If the TEMP_ALERT# signal is enabled and not asserted within 30
seconds after PLTRST#, the external controller should assume there is a fatal error and
handle accordingly. In general the TEMP_ALERT# signal will assert within a 1–4
seconds, depending on the actual BIOS implementation and flow.

Note: The TEMP_ALERT# assertion is only valid when PLTRST# is de-asserted. The controller
should mask the state of this signal when PLTRST# is asserted. Since the controller
may be powered even when the PCH and the rest of the platform are not, the signal
may glitch as power is being asserted; thus, the controller should wait until PLTRST#
has de-asserted before monitoring the signal.

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5.21.2.6.1 Special Conditions

The external controller should have a graceful means of handling the following:
1. TEMP_ALERT# asserts, and the controller reads PCH, but all temperature values
are within limits.
In this case, the controller should assume that by the time the controller could read
the data, it had changed and moved back within the limits.
2. External controller writes new values to temperature limits, but TEMP_ALERT# is
still asserted after several hundred msecs. When read, the values are back within
limits.
In this case, the controller should treat this as case where the temperature
changed and caused TEMP_ALERT# assertion, and then changed again to be back
within limits.
3. There is the case where the external controller writes an update to the limit
register, while the PCH is collecting the thermal information and updating the
thermal registers. The limit change will only take affect when the write completes
and the Intel® ME can process this change. If the Intel® ME is already in the
process of collecting data and doing the compares, then it will continue to use the
old limits during this round of compares, and then use the new limits in the next
compare window.
4. Each SMBus write to change the limits is an atomic operation, but is distinct in
itself. Therefore the external controller could write PCH limit, and then write
memory controller/graphics limit. In the middle of those 2 writes, the thermal
collecting procedure could be called by the Intel® ME, so that the comparisons for
the limits are done with the new PCH limits but the old memory controller/graphics
limits.

Note: The limit writes are done when the SMBus write is complete; therefore, the limits are
updated atomically with respect to the thermal updates and compares. There is never a
case where the compares and the thermal update are interrupted in the middle by the
write of new limits. The thermal updates and compares are done as one non-
interruptible routine, and then the limit writes would change the limit value outside of
that routine.

5.21.2.7 BIOS Set Up

For the PCH to properly report temperature and enable alerts, the BIOS must configure
the PCH at boot or from suspend/resume state by writing the following information to
the PCH MMIO space. This information is NOT configurable using the external controller.
• Enables for each of the 4 possible thermal alerts (Processor core, Memory
Controller/Graphics, PCH and DIMM). Note that each DIMM is enabled individually.
• Enables for reading DIMM, Processor Core, Memory Controller/Graphics, and PCH
temperatures. Note that each can be enabled individually.
• SMBus address to use for each DIMM.

Setting up the temperature calculation equations.

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5.21.2.8 SMBus Rules

The PCH may NACK an incoming SMBus transaction. In certain cases the PCH will NACK
the address, and in other cases it will NACK the command depending on internal
conditions (such as, errors, busy conditions). Given that most of the cases are due to
internal conditions, the external controller must alias a NACK of the command and a
NACK of the address to the same behavior. The controller must not try to make any
determination of the reason for the NACK, based on the type of NACK (command vs.
address).

The PCH will NACK when it is enabled but busy. The external controller is required to
retry up to 3 times when they are NACK'ed to determine if the FW is busy with a data
update. When the data values are being updated by the Intel® ME, it will force this
NACK to occur so that the data is atomically updated to the external controller. In
reality if there is a NACK because of the PCH being busy, in almost all cases the next
read will succeed since the update internally takes very little time.

The only long delay where there can be a NACK is if the internal Intel® ME engine is
reset. This is due to some extreme error condition and is therefore rare. In this case
the NACK may occur for up to 30 seconds. After that, the external controller must
assume that the PCH will never return good data. Even in the best of cases, when this
internal reset occurs, it will always be a second or 2 to re-enable responding.

5.21.2.8.1 During Block Read

On the Block Read, the PCH will respect the NACK and Stop indications from the
external controller, but will consider this an error case. It will recover from this case
and correctly handle the next SMBus request.

The PCH will honor STOP during the block read command and cease providing data. On
the next Block Read, the data will start with byte 0 again. However, this is not a
recommended usage except for 'emergency cases'. In general the external controller
should read the entire length of data that was originally programmed.

5.21.2.8.2 Power On

On the Block Read, the PCH will respect the NACK and Stop indications from the
external controller, but will consider this an error case. It will recover from this case
and correctly handle the next SMBus request.

The PCH will honor STOP during the block read command and cease providing data. On
the next Block Read, the data will start with byte 0 again. However, this is not a
recommended usage except for 'emergency cases'. In general the external controller
should read the entire length of data that was originally programmed.

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5.21.2.9 Case for Considerations

Below are some corner cases and some possible actions that the external controller
could take.

Note that a 1-byte sequence number is available to the data read by the external
controller. Each time the PCH updates the thermal information it will increment the
sequence number. The external controller can use this value as an indication that the
thermal FW is actually operating. Note that the sequence number will roll over to 00h
when it reaches FFh.
1. Power on:
The PCH will not respond to any SMBus activity (on SMLink1 interface) until it
has loaded the thermal Firmware (FW), which in general would take 1–4
seconds. During this period, the PCH will NACK any SMBus transaction from the
external controller.
The load should take 1-4 seconds, but the external controller should design for
30 seconds based on long delays for S4 resume which takes longer than normal
power up. This would be an extreme case, but for larger memory footprints and
non-optimized recovery times, 30 seconds is a safe number to use for the
timeout.
Recover/Failsafe: if the PCH has not responded within 30 seconds, the external
controller can assume that the system has had a major error and the external
controller should ramp the fans to some reasonably high value.
The only recover from this is an internal reset on the PCH, which is not visible
to the external controller. Therefore the external controller might choose to poll
every 10-60 seconds (some fairly long period) hereafter to see if the PCH's
thermal reporting has come alive.
2. The PCH Thermal FW hangs and requires an internal reset which is not visible to
the external controller.
The PCH will NACK any SMBus transaction from the external controller. The PCH
may not be able to respond for up to 30 seconds while the FW is being reset and
reconfigured.
The external controller could choose to poll every 1-10 seconds to see if the
thermal FW has been successfully reset and is now providing data.
General recovery for this case is about 1 second, but 30 seconds should be used
by the external controller at the timeout.
Recovery/Failsafe: same as in case #1.
3. Fatal PCH error, causes a global reset of all components.
When there is a fatal PCH error, a global reset may occur, and then case #1
applies.
The external controller can observe, if desired, PLTRST# assertion as an
indication of this event.
4. The PCH thermal FW fails or is hung, but no reset occurs.
The sequence number will not be updated, so the external controller knows to
go to failsafe after some number of reads (8 or so) return the same sequence
number.
The external controller could choose to poll every 1-10 seconds to see if the
thermal FW has been successfully reset and working again.
In the absence of other errors, the updates for the sequence number should
never be longer than 400 ms, so the number of reads needed to indicate that
there is a hang should be at around 2 seconds. But when there is an error, the
sequence number may not get updated for seconds. In the case that the

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external controller sees a NACK from the PCH, then it should restart its sequence
counter, or otherwise be aware that the NACK condition needs to be factored into
the sequence number usage.
The use of sequence numbers is not required, but is provided as a means to
ensure correct PCH FW operation.
5. When the PCH updates the Block Read data structure, the external controller gets a
NACK during this period.
To ensure atomicity of the SMBus data read with respect to the data itself, when
the data buffer is being updated, the PCH will NACK the Block Read transaction.
The update is only a few micro-seconds, so very short in terms of SMBus polling
time; therefore, the next read should be successful. The external controller
should attempt 3 reads to handle this condition before moving on.
If the Block read has started (that is, the address is ACK'ed) then the entire read
will complete successfully, and the PCH will update the data only after the SMBus
read has completed.
6. System is going from S0 to S3/4/5. Note that the thermal monitoring FW is fully
operational if the system is in S0/S1, so the following only applies to S3/4/5.
When the PCH detects the OS request to go to S3/4/5, it will take the SMLink1
controller offline as part of the system preparation. The external controller will
see a period where its transactions are getting NACK'ed, and then see SLP_S3#
assert.
This period is relatively short (a couple of seconds depending on how long all the
devices take to place themselves into the D3 state), and would be far less than
the 30 second limit mentioned above.
7. TEMP_ALERT#—Since there can be an internal reset, the TEMP_ALERT# may get
asserted after the reset. The external controller must accept this assertion and
handle it.

5.21.2.9.1 Example Algorithm for Handling Transaction

One algorithm for the transaction handling could be summarized as follows. This is just
an example to illustrate the above rules. There could be other algorithms that can
achieve the same results.
1. Perform SMBus transaction.
2. If ACK, then continue.
3. If NACK:
a. Try again for 2 more times, in case the PCH is busy updating data.
b. If 3 successive transactions receive NACK, then:

- Ramp fans, assuming some general long reset or failure

- Try every 1-10 seconds to see if SMBus transactions are now working

- If they start then return to step 1

- If they continue to fail, then stay in this step and poll, but keep the fans
ramped up or implement some other failure recovery mechanism

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5.22 Intel® High Definition Audio Overview (D27:F0)

The PCH High Definition Audio (HDA) controller communicates with the external
codec(s) over the Intel® High Definition Audio serial link. The controller consists of a
set of DMA engines that are used to move samples of digitally encoded data between
system memory and an external codec(s). The PCH implements four output DMA
engines and 4 input DMA engines. The output DMA engines move digital data from
system memory to a D-A converter in a codec. The PCH implements a single Serial
Data Output signal (HDA_SDOUT) that is connected to all external codecs. The input
DMA engines move digital data from the A-D converter in the codec to system memory.
The PCH implements four Serial Digital Input signals (HDA_SDI[3:0]) supporting up to
four codecs.

Audio software renders outbound and processes inbound data to/from buffers in
system memory. The location of individual buffers is described by a Buffer Descriptor
List (BDL) that is fetched and processed by the controller. The data in the buffers is
arranged in a predefined format. The output DMA engines fetch the digital data from
memory and reformat it based on the programmed sample rate, bit/sample and
number of channels. The data from the output DMA engines is then combined and
serially sent to the external codecs over the Intel® High Definition Audio link. The input
DMA engines receive data from the codecs over the Intel® High Definition Audio link
and format the data based on the programmable attributes for that stream. The data is
then written to memory in the predefined format for software to process. Each DMA
engine moves one stream of data. A single codec can accept or generate multiple
streams of data, one for each A-D or D-A converter in the codec. Multiple codecs can
accept the same output stream processed by a single DMA engine.

Codec commands and responses are also transported to and from the codecs using
DMA engines.

The PCH HD audio controller supports the Function Level Reset (FLR).

5.22.1 Intel® High Definition Audio Docking (Mobile Only)

5.22.1.1 Dock Sequence
Note that this sequence is followed when the system is running and a docking event
occurs.
1. Since the PCH supports docking, the Docking Supported (DCKSTS. DS) bit defaults
to a 1. POST BIOS and ACPI BIOS software uses this bit to determine if the HD
Audio controller supports docking. BIOS may write a 0 to this RWO bit during POST
to effectively turn off the docking feature.
2. After reset in the undocked quiescent state, the Dock Attach (DCKCTL.DA) bit and
the Dock Mate (DCKSTS.DM) bit are both de-asserted. The HDA_DOCK_EN# signal
is de-asserted and HDA_DOCK_RST# is asserted. Bit Clock, SYNC and SDO signals
may or may no be running at the point in time that the docking event occurs.
3. The physical docking event is signaled to ACPI BIOS software using ACPI control
methods. This is normally done through a GPIO signal on the PCH and is outside
the scope of this section of the spec.
4. ACPI BIOS software first checks that the docking is supported using DCKSTS.DS=1
and that the DCKSTS.DM=0 and then initiates the docking sequence by writing a 1
to the DCKCTL.DA bit.
5. The HD Audio controller then asserts the HDA_DOCK_EN# signal so that the Bit
Clock signal begins toggling to the dock codec. HDA_DOCK_EN# shall be asserted
synchronously to Bit Clock and timed such that Bit Clock is low, SYNC is low, and
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the signals low so that when the state of the signal on both sides of the switch is
the same when the switch is turned on. This reduces the potential for charge
coupling glitches on these signals. Note that in the PCH the first 8 bits of the
Command field are “reserved” and always driven to 0's. This creates a predictable
point in time to always assert HDA_DOCK_EN#. Note that the HD Audio link reset
exit specification that requires that SYNC and SDO be driven low during Bit Clock
startup is not ensured. Note also that the SDO and Bit Clock signals may not be low
while HDA_DOCK_RST# is asserted which also violates the spec.
6. After the controller asserts HDA_DOCK_EN# it waits for a minimum of 2400 Bit
Clocks (100us) and then de-asserts HDA_DOCK_RST#. This is done in such a way
to meet the HD Audio link reset exit specification. HDA_DOCK_RST# de-assertion
should be synchronous to Bit Clock and timed such that there are least 4 full Bit
ClockS from the de-assertion of HDA_DOCK_RST# to the first frame SYNC
assertion.
7. The Connect/Turnaround/Address Frame hardware initialization sequence will now
occur on the dock codecs' SDI signals. A dock codec is detected when SDI is high
on the last Bit Clock cycle of the Frame Sync of a Connect Frame. The appropriate
bit(s) in the State Change Status (STATESTS) register will be set. The Turnaround
and Address Frame initialization sequence then occurs on the dock codecs' SDI(s).
8. After this hardware initialization sequence is complete (approximately 32 frames),
the controller hardware sets the DCKSTS.DM bit to 1 indicating that the dock is now
mated. ACPI BIOS polls the DCKSTS.DM bit and when it detects it is set to 1,
conveys this to the OS through a plug-N-play IRP. This eventually invokes the HD
Audio Bus Driver, which then begins it's codec discovery, enumeration, and
configuration process.
9. Alternatively to step #8, the HD Audio Bus Driver may choose to enable an
interrupt by setting the WAKEEN bits for SDINs that didn't originally have codecs
attached to them. When a corresponding STATESTS bit gets set an interrupt will be
generated. In this case the HD Audio Bus Driver is called directly by this interrupt
instead of being notified by the plug-N-play IRP.
10. HD Audio Bus Driver software “discovers” the dock codecs by comparing the bits
now set in the STATESTS register with the bits that were set prior to the docking
event.

5.22.1.2 Exiting D3/CRST# when Docked

1. In D3/CRST#, CRST# is asserted by the HD Audio Bus Driver. CRST# asserted
resets the dock state machines, but does not reset the DCKCTL.DA bit. Because the
dock state machines are reset, the dock is electrically isolated (HDA_DOCK_EN#
de-asserted) and DOCK_RST# is asserted.
2. The Bus Driver clears the STATESTS bits, then de-asserts CRST#, waits
approximately 7ms, then checks the STATESTS bits to see which codecs are
present.
3. When CRST# is de-asserted, the dock state machine detects that DCKCTL.DA is
still set and the controller hardware sequences through steps to electrically connect
the dock by asserting HDA_DOCK_EN# and then eventually de-asserts
DOCK_RST#. This completes within the 7ms mentioned in step 2).
4. The Bus Driver enumerates the codecs present as indicated using the STATESTS
bits.
5. Note that this process did not require BIOS or ACPI BIOS to set the DCKCTL.DA bit.

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5.22.1.3 Cold Boot/Resume from S3 When Docked

1. When booting and resuming from S3, PLTRST# switches from asserted to de-
asserted. This clears the DCKCTL.DA bit and the dock state machines. Because the
dock state machines are reset, the dock is electrically isolated (HDA_DOCK_EN#
de-asserted) and DOCK_RST# is asserted.
2. POST BIOS detects that the dock is attached and sets the DCKCTL.DA bit to 1. Note
that at this point CRST# is still asserted so the dock state machine will remain in
it's reset state.
3. The Bus Driver clears the STATESTS bits, then de-asserts CRST#, waits
approximately 7ms, then checks the STATESTS bits to see which codecs are
present.
4. When CRST# is de-asserted, the dock state machine detects that DCKCTL.DA is
still set and the controller hardware sequences through steps to electrically connect
the dock by asserting HDA_DOCK_EN# and then eventually de-asserts
DOCK_RST#. This completes within the 7ms mentioned in step 3).
5. The Bus Driver enumerates the codecs present as indicated using the STATESTS
bits.

5.22.1.4 Undock Sequence

There are two possible undocking scenarios. The first is the one that is initiated by the
user that invokes software and gracefully shuts down the dock codecs before they are
undocked. The second is referred to as the “surprise undock” where the user undocks
while the dock codec is running. Both of these situations appear the same to the
controller as it is not cognizant of the “surprise removal”. But both sequences will be
discussed here.

5.22.1.5 Normal Undock

1. In the docked quiescent state, the Dock Attach (DCKCTL.DA) bit and the Dock Mate
(DCKSTS.DM) bit are both asserted. The HDA_DOCK_EN# signal is asserted and
HDA_DOCK_RST# is de-asserted.
2. The user initiates an undock event through the GUI interface or by pushing a
button. This mechanism is outside the scope of this section of the document. Either
way ACPI BIOS software will be invoked to manage the undock process.
3. ACPI BIOS will call the HD Audio Bus Driver software to halt the stream to the dock
codec(s) prior to electrical undocking. If the HD Audio Bus Driver is not capable of
halting the stream to the docked codec, ACPI BIOS will initiate the hardware
undocking sequence as described in the next step while the dock stream is still
running. From this standpoint, the result is similar to the “surprise undock”
scenario where an audio glitch may occur to the docked codec(s) during the undock
process.
4. The ACPI BIOS initiates the hardware undocking sequence by writing a 0 to the
DCKCTL.DA bit.
5. The HD Audio controller asserts HDA_DOCK_RST#. HDA_DOCK_RST# assertion
shall be synchronous to Bit Clock. There are no other timing requirements for
HDA_DOCK_RST# assertion. Note that the HD Audio link reset specification
requirement that the last Frame sync be skipped will not be met.
6. A minimum of 4 Bit Clocks after HDA_DOCK_RST# the controller will de-assert
HDA_DOCK_EN# to isolate the dock codec signals from the PCH HD Audio link
signals. HDA_DOCK_EN# is de-asserted synchronously to Bit Clock and timed such
that Bit Clock, SYNC, and SDO are low.
7. After this hardware undocking sequence is complete the controller hardware clears
the DCKSTS.DM bit to 0 indicating that the dock is now un-mated. ACPI BIOS
software polls DCKSTS.DM and when it sees DM set, conveys to the end user that
physical undocking can proceed. The controller is now ready for a subsequent
docking event.

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5.22.1.6 Surprise Undock

1. In the surprise undock case the user undocks before software has had the
opportunity to gracefully halt the stream to the dock codec and initiate the
hardware undock sequence.
2. A signal on the docking connector is connected to the switch that isolates the dock
codec signals from the PCH HD Audio link signals (DOCK_DET# in the conceptual
diagram). When the undock event begins to occur the switch will be put into isolate
mode.
3. The undock event is communicated to the ACPI BIOS using ACPI control methods
that are outside the scope of this section of the document.
4. ACPI BIOS software writes a 0 to the DCKCTL.DA bit. ACPI BIOS then calls the HD
Audio Bus Driver using plug-N-play IRP. The Bus Driver then posthumously cleans
up the dock codec stream.
5. The HD Audio controller hardware is oblivious to the fact that a surprise undock
occurred. The flow from this point on is identical to the normal undocking sequence
described in section 0 starting at step 3). It finishes with the hardware clearing the
DCKSTS.DM bit set to 0 indicating that the dock is now un-mated. The controller is
now ready for a subsequent docking event.

5.22.1.7 Interaction Between Dock/Undock and Power Management

States
When exiting from S3, PLTRST# will be asserted. The POST BIOS is responsible for
initiating the docking sequence if the dock is already attached when PLTRST# is de-
asserted. POST BIOS writes a 1 to the DCKCTL.DA bit prior to the HD Audio driver de-
asserting CRTS# and detecting and enumerating the codecs attached to the
HDA_DOCK_RST# signal. The HD Audio controller does not directly monitor a hardware
signal indicating that a dock is attached. Therefore a method outside the scope of this
document must be used to cause the POST BIOS to initiate the docking sequence.

When exiting from D3, CRST# will be asserted. When CRST# bit is “0” (asserted), the
DCKCTL.DA bit is not cleared. The dock state machine will be reset such that
HDA_DOCK_EN# will be de-asserted, HDA_DOCK_RST# will be asserted and the
DCKSTS.DM bit will be cleared to reflect this state. When the CRST# bit is de-asserted,
the dock state machine will detect that DCKCTL.DA is set to “1” and will begin
sequencing through the dock process. Note that this does not require any software
intervention.

5.22.1.8 Relationship between HDA_DOCK_RST# and HDA_RST#

HDA_RST# will be asserted when a PLTRST# occurs or when the CRST# bit is 0. As
long as HDA_RST# is asserted, the DOCK_RST# signal will also be asserted.

When PLTRST# is asserted, the DCKCTL.DA and DCKSTS.DM bits will be get cleared to
their default state (0's), and the dock state machine will be reset such that
HDA_DOCK_EN# will be de-asserted, and HDA_DOCK_RST# will be asserted. After any
PLTRST#, POST BIOS software is responsible for detecting that a dock is attached and
then writing a “1” to the DCKCTL.DA bit prior to the HD Audio Bus Driver de-asserting
CRST#.

When CRST# bit is “0” (asserted), the DCKCTL.DA bit is not cleared. The dock state
machine will be reset such that HDA_DOCK_EN# will be de-asserted,
HDA_DOCK_RST# will be asserted and the DCKSTS.DM bit will be cleared to reflect this
state. When the CRST# bit is de-asserted, the dock state machine will detect that
DCKCTL.DA is set to “1” and will begin sequencing through the dock process. Note that
this does not require any software intervention

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5.23 Intel® Active Management Technology 6.0

(Intel® AMT)
Intel® Active Management Technology is a set of advanced manageability features
developed to meet the evolving demands placed on IT to manage a network
infrastructure. Intel® AMT reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for IT
management through features such as asset tracking, remote manageability, and
robust policy-based security, resulting in fewer desk-side visits and reduced incident
support durations. Intel® AMT extends the manageability capability for IT through Out
Of Band (OOB), allowing asset information, remote diagnostics, recovery, and contain
capabilities to be available on client systems even when they are in a low power, or
“off” state, or in situations when the operating system is hung.

Figure 5-11. PCH Intel® Management Engine High-Level Block Diagram

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5.23.1 Intel® AMT6.x and ASF 2.0 Features

• E-Asset Tag and OOB hardware and software Inventory Logs
• OOB Alerts that may trigger one or more aspects of Intel® AM's management and
security features over IPv4, IPv6, and KVM. Available only over wired LAN.
• IDE Redirect and Serial over LAN for Remote Control
• Remote diagnostics, remote BIOS recovery and update
• OS Lock-Up Alert and operating system Repair
• Wake capability from lower system power state, including Wake on LAN* (WOL),
Wake on Manageability Packet (WOME), Wake on VOIP (WOV), and Wake on Event
(WOX)
• DASH 1.0/1.1 profile compatibility and Microsoft* NAP* posturing
• Client Initiated Remote Access (CIRA)—Allows a client on the internet to, at its
request, make itself discoverable on an AMT infrastructure behind a firewall for
remote manageability. Available both over wired and wireless LAN.
• Intel® Anti-Theft Technology OOB key recovery

5.23.2 Intel® AMT Requirements

Intel® AMT is a platform-level solution that uses multiple system components
including:
• Intel® AMT-Ready PCH SKU
• Intel® Gigabit Ethernet PHY (Intel® 82577/82578 Gigabit Platform LAN Connect
device) with Intel® AMT for remote access
• SPI flash memory that meets requirements set in Section 5.24.4 (64 Mb minimum
for Intel® AMT 6.0) to store asset information, management software code, and
logs
• BIOS to provide asset detection and POST diagnostics (BIOS and Intel® AMT can
optionally share same flash memory device)
• An ISV software package - such as LANDesk*, Altiris*, or Microsoft* SMS* - to take
advantage of Intel® AMT’s platform manageability capabilities

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5.24 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a 4-pin interface that provides a lower-cost
alternative for system flash versus the Firmware Hub on the LPC bus.

The 4-pin SPI interface consists of clock (CLK), master data out (Master Out Slave In
(MOSI)), master data in (Master In Slave Out (MISO)) and an active low chip select
(SPI_CS[1:0]#).

The PCH supports up to two SPI flash devices using two separate Chip Select pins. Each
SPI flash device can be up to 16 MBytes. The PCH SPI interface supports 20 MHz,
33MHz, and 50 MHz SPI devices. A SPI Flash device on with Chip Select 0 with a valid
descriptor MUST be attached directly to the PCH.

Communication on the SPI bus is done with a Master – Slave protocol. The Slave is
connected to the PCH and is implemented as a tri-state bus.

Note: If Boot BIOS Strap =’00’ LPC is selected as the location for BIOS. BIOS may still be
placed on LPC, but all platforms with the PCH requires SPI flash connected directly to
the PCH's SPI bus with a valid descriptor connected to Chip select 0 to boot.

Note: When SPI is selected by the Boot BIOS Destination Strap and a SPI device is detected
by the PCH, LPC based BIOS flash is disabled.

5.24.1 SPI Supported Feature Overview

SPI Flash on the PCH has two operational modes, descriptor and non-descriptor.

5.24.1.1 Non-Descriptor Mode

Non-Descriptor Mode is not supported as a valid flash descriptor is required for all PCH
Platforms.

5.24.1.2 Descriptor Mode

Descriptor Mode is required for all SKUs of the PCH. It enables many new features of
the chipset:
• Integrated Gigabit Ethernet and Host processor for Gigabit Ethernet Software
• Intel® Active Management Technology
• Intel® Quiet System Technology
• Intel® Management Engine Firmware
• PCI Express* root port configuration
• Supports up to two SPI components using two separate chip select pins
• Hardware enforced security restricting master accesses to different regions
• Chipset Soft Strap regions provides the ability to use Flash NVM as an alternative to
hardware pull-up/pull-down resistors for the PCH and Processor
• Supports the SPI Fast Read instruction and frequencies of up to 33 MHz
• Uses standardized Flash Instruction Set

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5.24.1.2.1 SPI Flash Regions

In Descriptor Mode the Flash is divided into five separate regions:

Region Content

0 Flash Descriptor
1 BIOS
2 Management Engine
3 Gigabit Ethernet
4 Platform Data

Only three masters can access the four regions: Host processor running BIOS code,
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet and Host processor running Gigabit Ethernet Software, and
Management Engine. The only required region is Region 0, the Flash Descriptor. Region
0 must be located in the first sector of device 0 (offset 0).

Flash Region Sizes

SPI flash space requirements differ by platform and configuration. The Flash Descriptor
requires one 4 KB or larger block. GbE requires two 4 KB or larger blocks. The amount
of flash space consumed is dependent on the erase granularity of the flash part and the
platform requirements for the ME and BIOS regions. The Intel ME region contains
firmware to support Intel Active Management Technology and other Intel ME
capabilities.

Table 5-52. Region Size versus Erase Granularity of Flash Components

Size with 4 KB Size with 8 KB Size with 64 KB

Region
Blocks Blocks Blocks

Descriptor 4 KB 8 KB 64 KB
GbE 8 KB 16 KB 128 KB
BIOS Varies by Platform Varies by Platform Varies by Platform
ME Varies by Platform Varies by Platform Varies by Platform

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5.24.1.3 Device Partitioning

The PCH SPI Flash controller supports two sets of attributes in SPI flash space. This
allows for supporting an asymmetric flash component that has two separate sets of
attributes in the upper and lower part of the memory array. An example of this is a
flash part that has different erase granularities in two different parts of the memory
array. This allows for the usage of two separate flash vendors if using two different
flash parts.

Figure 5-12. Flash Partition Boundary

Upper Flash …
Partition

Flash Partition
Boundary
Lower
Flash …
Partition

5.24.2 Flash Descriptor

The maximum size of the Flash Descriptor is 4 KB. If the block/sector size of the SPI
flash device is greater than 4 KB, the flash descriptor will only use the first 4 KB of the
first block. The flash descriptor requires its own block at the bottom of memory (00h).
The information stored in the Flash Descriptor can only be written during the
manufacturing process as its read/write permissions must be set to Read only when the
computer leaves the manufacturing floor.

The Flash Descriptor is made up of eleven sections (see Figure 5-13).

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Figure 5-13. Flash Descriptor Sections

4KB

OEM Section

Descriptor
Upper MAP
Management
Engine VSCC
Table

Reserved

PCH Soft
Straps

Master

Region

Component

Descriptor
MAP

Signature
0

1. The Flash signature selects Descriptor Mode as well as verifies if the flash is
programmed and functioning. The data at the bottom of the flash (offset 0) must be
0FF0A55Ah to be in Descriptor mode.

2. The Descriptor map has pointers to the other five descriptor sections as well as the
size of each.

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3. The component section has information about the SPI flash in the system including:
the number of components, density of each, illegal instructions (such as chip
erase), and frequencies for read, fast read and write/erase instructions.

4. The Region section points to the three other regions as well as the size of each
region.

5. The master region contains the security settings for the flash, granting read/write
permissions for each region and identifying each master by a requestor ID. See
Section 5.24.2.1 for more information.

6 & 7. The Processor and PCH chipset soft strap sections contain Processor and PCH
configurable parameters.

8. The Reserved region between the top of the Processor strap section and the bottom
of the OEM Section is reserved for future chipset usages.

9. The Descriptor Upper MAP determines the length and base address of the
Management Engine VSCC Table.

10. The Management Engine VSCC Table holds the JEDEC ID and the VSCC information
of the entire SPI Flash supported by the NVM image.

11. OEM Section is 256 Bytes reserved at the top of the Flash Descriptor for use by
OEM.

5.24.2.1 Descriptor Master Region

The master region defines read and write access setting for each region of the SPI
device. The master region recognizes three masters: BIOS, Gigabit Ethernet, and
Management Engine. Each master is only allowed to do direct reads of its primary
regions.

Table 5-53. Region Access Control Table

Master Read/Write Access

Region Processor and BIOS ME GbE Controller

Descriptor N/A N/A N/A

CPU and BIOS can
BIOS always read from and Read / Write Read / Write
write to BIOS Region
ME can always read
Management
Read / Write from and write to ME Read / Write
Engine
Region
GbE software can
Gigabit Ethernet Read / Write Read / Write always read from and
write to GbE region
Platform Data
N/A N/A N/A
Region

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5.24.3 Flash Access

There are two types of flash accesses:

Direct Access:
• Masters are allowed to do direct read only of their primary region
— Gigabit Ethernet region can only be directly accessed by the Gigabit Ethernet
controller. Gigabit Ethernet software must use Program Registers to access the
Gigabit Ethernet region.
• Master's Host or Management Engine virtual read address is converted into the SPI
Flash Linear Address (FLA) using the Flash Descriptor Region Base/Limit registers

Program Register Access:

• Program Register Accesses are not allowed to cross a 4 KB boundary and can not
issue a command that might extend across two components
• Software programs the FLA corresponding to the region desired
— Software must read the devices Primary Region Base/Limit address to create a
FLA.

5.24.3.1 Direct Access Security

• Requester ID of the device must match that of the primary Requester ID in the
Master Section
• Calculated Flash Linear Address must fall between primary region base/limit
• Direct Write not allowed
• Direct Read Cache contents are reset to 0's on a read from a different master
— Supports the same cache flush mechanism in ICH7 which includes Program
Register Writes

5.24.3.2 Register Access Security

• Only primary region masters can access the registers

Note: Processor running Gigabit Ethernet software can access Gigabit Ethernet registers
• Masters are only allowed to read or write those regions they have read/write
permission
• Using the Flash Region Access Permissions, one master can give another master
read/write permissions to their area
• Using the five Protected Range registers, each master can add separate read/write
protection above that granted in the Flash Descriptor for their own accesses
— Example: BIOS may want to protect different regions of BIOS from being
erased
— Ranges can extend across region boundaries

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5.24.4 Serial Flash Device Compatibility Requirements

A variety of serial flash devices exist in the market. For a serial flash device to be
compatible with the PCH SPI bus, it must meet the minimum requirements detailed in
the following sections.

Note: All PCH platforms have require Intel® Management engine Firmware.

5.24.4.1 PCH SPI Based BIOS Requirements

A serial flash device must meet the following minimum requirements when used
explicitly for system BIOS storage.
• Erase size capability of at least one of the following: 64 Kbytes, 8 Kbytes, 4 Kbytes,
or 256 bytes.
• Device must support multiple writes to a page without requiring a preceding erase
cycle (see Section 5.24.5).
• Serial flash device must ignore the upper address bits such that an address of
FFFFFFh aliases to the top of the flash memory.
• SPI Compatible Mode 0 support (clock phase is 0 and data is latched on the rising
edge of the clock).
• If the device receives a command that is not supported or incomplete (less than 8
bits), the device must complete the cycle gracefully without any impact on the flash
content.
• An erase command (page, sector, block, chip, etc.) must set all bits inside the
designated area (page, sector, block, chip, etc.) to 1 (Fh).
• Status Register bit 0 must be set to 1 when a write, erase or write to status register
is in progress and cleared to 0 when a write or erase is NOT in progress.
• Devices requiring the Write Enable command mst automatically clear the Write
Enable Latch at the end of Data Program instructions.
• Byte write must be supported. The flexibility to perform a write between 1 byte to
64 bytes is recommended.
• Hardware Sequencing requirements are optional in BIOS only platforms.
• SPI flash parts that do not meet Hardware sequencing command set requirements
may work in BIOS only platforms using software sequencing.

5.24.4.2 Integrated LAN Firmware SPI Flash Requirements

A serial flash device that will be used for system BIOS and Integrated LAN or
Integrated LAN only must meet all the SPI Based BIOS Requirements plus:
• Hardware sequencing.
• 4, 8, or 64 KB erase capability must be supported.

5.24.4.2.1 SPI Flash Unlocking Requirements for Integrated LAN

BIOS must ensure there is no SPI flash based read/write/erase protection on the GbE
region. GbE firmware and drivers for the integrated LAN need to be able to read, write
and erase the GbE region at all times.

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5.24.4.3 Intel® Management Engine Firmware SPI Flash Requirements

Intel® Management Engine Firmware must meet the SPI flash based BIOS
Requirements plus:
• Hardware Sequencing.
• Flash part must be uniform 4 KB erasable block throughout the entire device or
have 64 KB blocks with the first block (lowest address) divided into 4 KB or 8 KB
blocks.
• Write protection scheme must meet SPI flash unlocking requirements for
Management Engine.

5.24.4.3.1 SPI Flash Unlocking Requirements for Management Engine

Flash devices must be globally unlocked (read, write and erase access on the ME
region) from power on by writing 00h to the flash’s status register to disable write
protection.

If the status register must be unprotected, it must use the enable write status register
command 50h or write enable 06h.

Opcode 01h (write to status register) must then be used to write a single byte of 00h
into the status register. This must unlock the entire part. If the SPI flash’s status
register has non-volatile bits that must be written to, bits [5:2] of the flash’s status
register must be all 0h to indicate that the flash is unlocked.

If bits [5:2] return a non zero values, the Intel® ME firmware will send a write of 00h to
the status register. This must keep the flash part unlocked.

If there is no need to execute a write enable on the status register, then opcodes 06h
and 50h must be ignored.

After global unlock, BIOS has the ability to lock down small sections of the flash as long
as they do not involve the ME or GbE region.

5.24.4.4 Hardware Sequencing Requirements

Table 5-54 contains a list of commands and the associated opcodes that a SPI-based
serial flash device must support to be compatible with hardware sequencing.

Table 5-54. Hardware Sequencing Commands and Opcode Requirements (Sheet 1 of 2)

Commands Opcode Notes

Writes a byte to SPI flash’s status register. Enable Write

Write to Status Register 01h to Status Register command must be run prior to this
command.
Single byte or 64 byte write as determined by flash part
Program Data 02h
capabilities and software.
Read Data 03h
Write Disable 04h
Read Status 05h Outputs contents of SPI flash’s status register
Write Enable 06h
Fast Read 0Bh
Enable Write to Status 50h or Enables a bit in the status register to allow an update to
Register 60h the status register

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Table 5-54. Hardware Sequencing Commands and Opcode Requirements (Sheet 2 of 2)

Commands Opcode Notes

Program
Erase 256B, 4 Kbyte, 8 Kbyte or 64 Kbyte
mable
Full Chip Erase C7h
JEDEC ID 9Fh See Section 5.24.4.4.1.

5.24.4.4.1 JEDEC ID

Since each serial flash device may have unique capabilities and commands, the JEDEC
ID is the necessary mechanism for identifying the device so the uniqueness of the
device can be comprehended by the controller (master). The JEDEC ID uses the opcode
9Fh and a specified implementation and usage model. This JEDEC Standard
Manufacturer and Device ID read method is defined in Standard JESD21-C, PRN03-NV.

5.24.5 Multiple Page Write Usage Model

The system BIOS and Intel® Management Engine firmware usage models require that
the serial flash device support multiple writes to a page (minimum of 512 writes)
without requiring a preceding erase command. BIOS commonly uses capabilities such
as counters that are used for error logging and system boot progress logging. These
counters are typically implemented by using byte-writes to ‘increment’ the bits within a
page that have been designated as the counter. The Intel® ME firmware usage model
requires the capability for multiple data updates within any given page. These data
updates occur using byte-writes without executing a preceding erase to the given page.
Both the BIOS and Intel® ME firmware multiple page write usage models apply to
sequential and non-sequential data writes.

Note: This usage model requirement is based on any given bit only being written once from a
‘1’ to a ‘0’without requiring the preceding erase. An erase would be required to change
bits back to the 1 state.

5.24.5.1 Soft Flash Protection

There are two types of flash protection that are not defined in the flash descriptor
supported by PCH:
1. BIOS Range Write Protection
2. SMI#-Based Global Write Protection

Both mechanisms are logically OR’d together such that if any of the mechanisms
indicate that the access should be blocked, then it is blocked. Table 5-55 provides a
summary of the mechanisms.

Table 5-55. Flash Protection Mechanism Summary

Reset-Override
Accesses Range Equivalent Function on
Mechanism or SMI#-
Blocked Specific? FWH
Override?

BIOS Range
Writes Yes Reset Override FWH Sector Protection
Write Protection
Same as Write Protect in
Write Protect Writes No SMI# Override
Intel® ICHs for FWH

A blocked command will appear to software to finish, except that the Blocked Access
status bit is set in this case.

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5.24.5.2 BIOS Range Write Protection

The PCH provides a method for blocking writes to specific ranges in the SPI flash when
the Protected BIOS Ranges are enabled. This is achieved by checking the Opcode type
information (which can be locked down by the initial Boot BIOS) and the address of the
requested command against the base and limit fields of a Write Protected BIOS range.

Note: Once BIOS has locked down the Protected BIOS Range registers, this mechanism
remains in place until the next system reset.

5.24.5.3 SMI# Based Global Write Protection

The PCH provides a method for blocking writes to the SPI flash when the Write
Protected bit is cleared (that is, protected). This is achieved by checking the Opcode
type information (which can be locked down by the initial Boot BIOS) of the requested
command.

The Write Protect and Lock Enable bits interact in the same manner for SPI BIOS as
they do for the FWH BIOS.

5.24.6 Flash Device Configurations

The PCH-based platform must have a SPI flash connected directly to the PCH with a
valid descriptor and Intel® Management Engine Firmware. BIOS may be stored in other
locations such as Firmware Hub and SPI flash hooked up directly to an embedded
controller for Mobile platforms. Note this will not avoid the direct SPI flash connected to
PCH requirement.

5.24.7 SPI Flash Device Recommended Pinout

The table below contains the recommended serial flash device pin-out for an 8-pin
device. Use of the recommended pin-out on an 8-pin device reduces complexities
involved with designing the serial flash device onto a motherboard and allows for
support of a common footprint usage model (see Section 5.24.8.1).

Table 5-56. Recommended Pinout for 8-Pin Serial Flash Device

Pin # Signal

1 Chips Select
2 Data Output
3 Write Protect
4 Ground
5 Data Input
6 Serial Clock
7 Hold / Reset
8 Supply Voltage

Although an 8-pin device is preferred over a 16-pin device due to footprint

compatibility, the following table contains the recommended serial flash device pin-out
for a 16-pin SOIC.

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5.24.8 Serial Flash Device Package

Table 5-57. Recommended Pinout for 16-Pin Serial Flash Device

Pin # Signal Pin # Signal

1 Hold / Reset 9 Write Protect

2 Supply Voltage 10 Ground
3 No Connect 11 No Connect
4 No Connect 12 No Connect
5 No Connect 13 No Connect
6 No Connect 14 No Connect
7 Chip Select 15 Serial Data In
8 Serial Data Out 16 Serial Clock

5.24.8.1 Common Footprint Usage Model

To minimize platform motherboard redesign and to enable platform Bill of Material
(BOM) selectability, many PC System OEM’s design their motherboard with a single
common footprint. This common footprint allows population of a soldered down device
or a socket that accepts a leadless device. This enables the board manufacturer to
support, using selection of the appropriate BOM, either of these solutions on the same
system without requiring any board redesign.

The common footprint usage model is desirable during system debug and by flash
content developers since the leadless device can be easily removed and reprogrammed
without damage to device leads. When the board and flash content is mature for high-
volume production, both the socketed leadless solution and the soldered down leaded
solution are available through BOM selection.

5.24.8.2 Serial Flash Device Package Recommendations

It is highly recommended that the common footprint usage model be supported. An
example of how this can be accomplished is as follows:
• The recommended pinout for 8-pin serial flash devices is used (see
Section 5.24.7).
• The 8-pin device is supported in either an 8-contact VDFPN (6x5 mm MLP) package
or an 8-contact WSON (5x6 mm) package. These packages can fit into a socket
that is land pattern compatible with the wide body SO8 package.
• The 8-pin device is supported in the SO8 (150 mil) and in the wide-body SO8
(200 mil) packages.

The 16-pin device is supported in the SO16 (300 mil) package.

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5.25 Intel® Quiet System Technology (Intel® QST)

(Desktop Only)
The PCH implements 4 PWM and 4 TACH signals for Intel® Quiet System Technology
(QST).

Note: Intel® Quiet System Technology functionality requires a correctly configured system,
including an appropriate processor, PCH with Intel® ME, Intel® ME Firmware, and
system BIOS support.

5.25.1 PWM Outputs

This signal is driven as open-drain. An external pull-up resistor is integrated into the
fan to provide the rising edge of the PWM output signal. The PWM output is driven low
during reset, which represents 0% duty cycle to the fans. After reset de-assertion, the
PWM output will continue to be driven low until one of the following occurs:
• The internal PWM control register is programmed to a non-zero value by the Intel®
QST firmware.
• The watchdog timer expires (enabled and set at 4 seconds by default).
• The polarity of the signal is inverted by the Intel® QST firmware.

Note that if a PWM output will be programmed to inverted polarity for a particular fan,
then the low voltage driven during reset represents 100% duty cycle to the fan.

5.25.2 TACH Inputs

This signal is driven as an open-collector or open-drain output from the fan. An
external pull-up is expected to be implemented on the motherboard to provide the
rising edge of the TACH input. This signal has analog hysteresis and digital filtering due
to the potentially slow rise and fall times. This signal has a weak internal pull-up
resistor to keep the input buffer from floating if the TACH input is not connected to a
fan.

5.26 Feature Capability Mechanism

A set of registers is included in the PCH LPC Interface (Device 31, Function 0, offset
E0h–EBh) that allows the system software or BIOS to easily determine the features
supported by the PCH. These registers can be accessed through LPC PCI configuration
space, thus allowing for convenient single point access mechanism for chipset feature
detection.

This set of registers consists of:

• Capability ID (FDCAP)
• Capability Length (FDLEN)
• Capability Version and Vendor-Specific Capability ID (FDVER)
• Feature Vector (FVECT)

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5.27 PCH Display Interfaces and Intel® Flexible Display

Interconnect
Display is divided between processor and PCH. The processor houses memory
interface, display planes, and pipes while PCH has transcoder and display interface or
ports. Intel® FDI connects the processor and PCH display engine. The number of
planes, pipes, and transcoders decide the number of simultaneous and concurrent
display devices that can be driven on a platform.

The PCH integrates one Analog, LVDS (mobile only) and three Digital Ports B, C, and D.
Each Digital Port can transmit data according to one or more protocols. Digital Port B, C
and D can be configured to drive natively HDMI, DisplayPort or DVI. Digital Port B also
supports Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) that converts one protocol to another. Digital
Port D can be configured to drive natively Embedded DisplayPort (eDP). Each display
port has control signals that may be used to control, configure and/or determine the
capabilities of an external device.

The PCH’s Analog Port uses an integrated 340.4 MHz RAMDAC that can directly drive a
standard progressive scan analog monitor up to a resolution of 2048x1536 pixels with
32-bit color at 75 Hz.

The PCH SDVO port (configured through Digital Port B) is capable of driving a 200 MP
(Megapixels/second) rate.

Each Digital Port is capable of driving resolutions up to 2560x1600 at 60 Hz through

DisplayPort and 1920x1200 at 60 Hz using HDMI or DVI (with reduced blanking).

5.27.1 Analog Display Interface Characteristics

The Analog Port provides a RGB signal output along with a HSYNC and VSYNC signal.
There is an associated Display Data Channel (DDC) signal pair that is implemented
using GPIO pins dedicated to the Analog Port. The intended target device is for a moni-
tor with a VGA connector. Display devices such as LCD panels with analog inputs may
work satisfactory but no functionality added to the signals to enhance that capability.

Figure 5-14. Analog Port Characteristics

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5.27.1.1 Integrated RAMDAC

The display function contains a RAM-based Digital-to-Analog Converter (RAMDAC) that
transforms the digital data from the graphics and video subsystems to analog data for
the VGA monitor. The PCH’s integrated 340.4 MHz RAMDAC supports resolutions up to
2048x 1536 @ 75 Hz. Three 8-bit DACs provide the R, G, and B signals to the monitor.

5.27.1.1.1 Sync Signals

HSYNC and VSYNC signals are digital and conform to TTL signal levels at the connector.
Since these levels cannot be generated internal to the device, external level shifting
buffers are required. These signals can be polarity adjusted and individually disabled in
one of the two possible states. The sync signals should power up disabled in the high
state. No composite sync or special flat panel sync support are included.

5.27.1.1.2 VESA/VGA Mode

VESA/VGA mode provides compatibility for pre-existing software that set the display
mode using the VGA CRTC registers. Timings are generated based on the VGA register
values and the timing generator registers are not used.

5.27.1.2 DDC (Display Data Channel)

DDC is a standard defined by VESA. Its purpose is to allow communication between the
host system and display. Both configuration and control information can be exchanged
allowing plug- and-play systems to be realized. Support for DDC 1 and 2 is
implemented. The PCH uses the DDC_CLK and DDC_DATA signals to communicate with
the analog monitor. The PCH will generate these signals at 2.5 V. External pull-up
resistors and level shifting circuitry should be implemented on the board.

5.27.2 Digital Display Interfaces

The PCH can drive a number of digital interfaces natively. The Digital Ports B, C, and/or
D can be configured to drive HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, and Embedded DisplayPort (port
D only). The PCH provides a dedicated port for Digital Port LVDS (mobile only).

5.27.2.1 LVDS (Mobile only)

LVDS for flat panel is compatible with the ANSI/TIA/EIA-644 specification. This is an
electrical standard only defining driver output characteristics and receiver input
characteristics.

Each channel supports transmit clock frequency ranges from 25 MHz to 112 MHz, which
provides a throughput of up to 784 Mbps on each data output and up to 112 MP/s on
the input. When using both channels, each carry a portion of the data; thus, doubling
the throughput to a maximum theoretical pixel rate of 224 MP/s.

There are two LVDS transmitter channels (Channel A and Channel B) in the LVDS
interface. Channel A and Channel B consist of 4-data pairs and a clock pair each.

The LVDS data pair is used to transfer pixel data as well as the LCD timing control
signals.

Figure 5-15 shows a pair of LVDS signals and swing voltage.

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Figure 5-15. LVDS Signals and Swing Voltage

Logic values of 1s and 0s are represented by the differential voltage between the pair
of signals. As shown in the Figure 5-16 a serial pattern of 1100011 represents one
cycle of the clock.

Figure 5-16. LVDS Clock and Data Relationship

5.27.2.2 LVDS Pair States

The LVDS pairs can be put into one of five states:
• Active
• Powered down Hi-Z
• Powered down 0 V
• Common mode
• Send zeros

When in the active state, several data formats are supported. When in powered down
state, the circuit enters a low power state and drives out 0V or the buffer is in the Hi-Z
state on both the output pins for the entire channel. The common mode Hi-Z state is
both pins of the pair set to the common mode voltage. When in the send zeros state,
the circuit is powered up but sends only zero for the pixel color data regardless what
the actual data is with the clock lines and timing signals sending the normal clock and
timing data.

The LVDS Port can be enabled/disabled using software. A disabled port enters a low
power state. Once the port is enabled, individual driver pairs may be disabled based on
the operating mode. Disabled drivers can be powered down for reduced power
consumption or optionally fixed to forced 0s output.

Individual pairs or sets of LVDS pairs can be selectively powered down when not being
used. The panel power sequencing can be set to override the selected power state of
the drivers during power sequencing.

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5.27.2.3 Single Channel versus Dual Channel Mode

In the single channel mode, only Channel-A is used. Channel-B cannot be used for
single channel mode. In the dual channel mode, both Channel-A and Channel-B pins
are used concurrently to drive one LVDS display.

In Single Channel mode, Channel A can take 18 bits of RGB pixel data, plus 3 bits of
timing control (HSYNC/VSYNC/DE) and output them on three differential data pair
outputs; or 24 bits of RGB (plus 4 bits of timing control) output on four differential data
pair outputs. A dual channel interface converts 36 or 48 bits of color information plus
the 3 or 4 bits of timing control respectively and outputs it on six or eight sets of
differential data outputs respectively.

Dual Channel mode uses twice the number of LVDS pairs and transfers the pixel data at
twice the rate of the single channel. In general, one channel will be used for even pixels
and the other for odd pixel data. The first pixel of the line is determined by the display
enable going active and that pixel will be sent out Channel-A. All horizontal timings for
active, sync, and blank will be limited to be on two pixel boundaries in the two channel
modes.

Note: Platforms using the PCH for integrated graphics support 24-bpp display panels of Type
1 only (compatible with VESA LVDS color mapping).

5.27.2.4 Panel Power Sequencing

This section provides details for the power sequence timing relationship of the panel
power, the backlight enable and the LVDS data timing delivery. to meet the panel power
timing specification requirements two signals, LFP_VDD_EN and LFP_BKLT_EN, are
provided to control the timing sequencing function of the panel and the backlight power
supplies.

A defined power sequence is recommended when enabling the panel or disabling the
panel. The set of timing parameters can vary from panel to panel vendor, provided that
they stay within a predefined range of values. The panel VDD power, the backlight on/
off state and the LVDS clock and data lines are all managed by an internal power
sequencer.

Figure 5-17. Panel Power Sequencing

T4 T1+T2 T5 TX T3 T4
Panel
On

Panel VDD
Enable

Panel
BackLight
Enable

Off Off
Valid
Clock/Data Lines

Power On Sequence from off state and

Power Off Sequence after full On

NOTE: Support for programming parameters TX and T1 through T5 using software is provided.

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5.27.2.5 LVDS DDC

The display pipe selected by the LVDS display port is programmed with the panel timing
parameters that are determined by installed panel specifications or read from an
onboard EDID ROM. The programmed timing values are then ‘locked’ into the registers
to prevent unwanted corruption of the values. From that point on, the display modes
are changed by selecting a different source size for that pipe, programming the VGA
registers, or selecting a source size and enabling the VGA.

The LVDS DDC helps to read the panel timing parameters or panel EDID.

5.27.2.6 High Definition Multimedia Interface

The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is provided for transmitting
uncompressed digital audio and video signals from DVD players, set-top boxes and
other audiovisual sources to television sets, projectors and other video displays. It can
carry high quality multi-channel audio data and all standard and high-definition
consumer electronics video formats. HDMI display interface connecting the PCH and
display devices utilizes transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) to carry
audiovisual information through the same HDMI cable.

HDMI includes three separate communications channels: TMDS, DDC, and the optional
CEC (consumer electronics control) (not supported by the PCH). As shown in
Figure 5-18, the HDMI cable carries four differential pairs that make up the TMDS data
and clock channels. These channels are used to carry video, audio, and auxiliary data.
In addition, HDMI carries a VESA Display. The DDC channel is used by an HDMI Source
to determine the capabilities and characteristics of the Sink.

Audio, video and auxiliary (control/status) data is transmitted across the three TMDS
data channels. The video pixel clock is transmitted on the TMDS clock channel and is
used by the receiver for data recovery on the three data channels. The digital display
data signals driven natively through the PCH are AC coupled and needs level shifting to
convert the AC coupled signals to the HDMI compliant digital signals.

PCH HDMI interface is designed as per High-Definition Multimedia Interface

Specification 1.4a. The PCH supports High-Definition Multimedia Interface Compliance
Test Specification 1.4a.

Figure 5-18. HDMI Overview

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5.27.2.7 Digital Video Interface (DVI)

The PCH Digital Ports can be configured to drive DVI-D. DVI uses TMDS for transmitting
data from the transmitter to the receiver which is similar to the HDMI protocol but the
audio and CEC. Refer to the HDMI section for more information on the signals and data
transmission. To drive DVI-I through the back panel the VGA DDC signals is connected
along with the digital data and clock signals from one of the Digital Ports. When a sys-
tem has support for a DVI-I port, then either VGA or the DVI-D through a single DVI-I
connector can be driven but not both simultaneously.
The digital display data signals driven natively through the PCH are AC coupled and
needs level shifting to convert the AC coupled signals to the HDMI compliant digital
signals.

5.27.2.8 Display Port*

DisplayPort is a digital communication interface that utilizes differential signaling to
achieve a high bandwidth bus interface designed to support connections between PCs
and monitors, projectors, and TV displays. DisplayPort is also suitable for display
connections between consumer electronics devices such as high definition optical disc
players, set top boxes, and TV displays.

A DisplayPort consists of a Main Link, Auxiliary channel, and a Hot Plug Detect signal.
The Main Link is a uni-directional, high-bandwidth, and low latency channel used for
transport of isochronous data streams such as uncompressed video and audio. The
Auxiliary Channel (AUX CH) is a half-duplex bidirectional channel used for link
management and device control. The Hot Plug Detect (HPD) signal serves as an
interrupt request for the sink device.

PCH is designed as per VESA DisplayPort Standard Version 1.1a. The PCH supports
VESA DisplayPort* PHY Compliance Test Specification 1.1 and VESA DisplayPort* Link
Layer Compliance Test Specification 1.1.

Note: DisplayPort includes support for Dual-Mode operation.

Figure 5-19. DP Overview

5.27.2.9 Embedded DisplayPort

Embedded DisplayPort (eDP*) is an embedded version of the DisplayPort standard
oriented towards applications such as notebook and All-In-One PC’s. eDP is supported
only on Digital Port D. Like DisplayPort, Embedded DisplayPort also consists of a Main
Link, Auxiliary channel, and a optional Hot Plug Detect signal.

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The eDP support on desktop PCH is possible because of the addition of the panel power
sequencing pins: L_VDD, L_BKLT_EN and L_BLKT_CTRL. The eDP on the PCH can be
configured for 2 or 4 lanes.

PCH supports Embedded DisplayPort* (eDP*) Standard Version 1.1.

5.27.2.10 DisplayPort Aux Channel

A bi-directional AC coupled AUX channel interface replaces the I2C for EDID read, link
management and device control. I2C-to-Aux bridges are required to connect legacy
display devices.

5.27.2.11 DisplayPort Hot-Plug Detect (HPD)

The PCH supports HPD for Hot-Plug sink events on the HDMI and DisplayPort interface.

5.27.2.12 Integrated Audio over HDMI and DisplayPort

DisplayPort and HDMI interfaces on PCH support audio. Table 5-58 shows the
supported audio technologies on the PCH.

Table 5-58. PCH supported Audio formats over HDMI and DisplayPort*

Audio Formats HDMI DisplayPort

AC-3 - Dolby* Digital Yes No

Dolby* Digital Plus Yes No
DTS-HD* Yes No
LPCM, 192 KHz/24 bit, 8 Channel Yes Yes (two channel - up to 96 KHz 24 bit)
Dolby True HD, DTS-HD Master Audio
Yes No
(Losses Blu-Ray Audio Format)

PCH adds support for Silent stream. Silent stream is a integrated audio feature that
enables short audio streams such as system events to be heard over the HDMI and
DisplayPort monitors. PCH supports silent streams over the HDMI and DisplayPort
interfaces at 48 kHz, 96 kHz, and 192 kHz sampling rates.

5.27.2.13 Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO)

Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) sends display data in serialized format which then can
be converted into appropriate display protocol using a SDVO device. Serial Digital Video
Out (SDVO) supports SDVO-LVDS only on the PCH. Though the SDVO electrical
interface is based on the PCI Express interface, the protocol and timings are completely
unique. The PCH utilizes an external SDVO device to translate from SDVO protocol and
timings to the desired display format and timings.

SDVO is supported only on Digital Port B of the PCH.

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Figure 5-20. SDVO Conceptual Block Diagram

TV Clock in
Stall
Interrupt

Control Clock
3rd Party
PCH LVDS

SDVO B
Control Data SDVO
External Panel
RED B Device

GREEN B

BLUE B

5.27.2.14 Control Bus

Communication to SDVO registers and if utilized, ADD2 PROMs and monitor DDCs, are
accomplished by using the SDVOCTRLDATA and SDVOCTRLCLK signals through the
SDVO device. These signals run up to 400 kHz and connect directly to the SDVO
device.

The SDVO device is then responsible for routing the DDC and PROM data streams to
the appropriate location. Consult SDVO device data sheets for level shifting
requirements of these signals.

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5.27.3 Mapping of Digital Display Interface Signals

Table 5-59. PCH Digital Display Port Pin Mapping
Port DisplayPort PCH Display Port
HDMI Signals SDVO Signals
Description Signals Pin details

DPB_LANE3 TMDSB_CLK SDVOB_CLK DDPB_[3]P

DPB_LANE3# TMDSB_CLKB SDVOB_CLK# DDPB_[3]N
DPB_LANE2 TMDSB_DATA0 SDVOB_BLUE DDPB_[2]P
DPB_LANE2# TMDSB_DATA0B SDVOB_BLUE# DDPB_[2]N
DPB_LANE1 TMDSB_DATA1 SDVOB_GREEN DDPB_[1]P
Port B DPB_LANE1# TMDSB_DATA1B SDVOB_GREEN# DDPB_[1]N
DPB_LANE0 TMDSB_DATA2 SDVOB_RED DDPB_[0]P
DPB_LANE0# TMDSB_DATA2B SDVOB_RED* DDPB_[0]N
DPB_HPD TMDSB_HPD DDPB_HPD
DPB_AUX DDPB_AUXP
DPB_AUXB DDPB_AUXN
DPC_LANE3 TMDSC_CLK DDPC_[3]P
DPC_LANE3# TMDSC_CLKB DDPC_[3]N
DPC_LANE2 TMDSC_DATA0 DDPC_[2]P
DPC_LANE2# TMDSC_DATA0B DDPC_[2]N
DPC_LANE1 TMDSC_DATA1 DDPC_[1]P
Port C DPC_LANE1# TMDSC_DATA1B DDPC_[1]N
DPC_LANE0 TMDSC_DATA2 DDPC_[0]P
DPC_LANE0# TMDSC_DATA2B DDPC_[0]N
DPC_HPD TMDSC_HPD DDPC_HPD
DPC_AUX DDPC_AUXP
DPC_AUXC DDPC_AUXN
DPD_LANE3 TMDSD_CLK DDPD_[3]P
DPD_LANE3# TMDSD_CLKB DDPD_[3]N
DPD_LANE2 TMDSD_DATA0 DDPD_[2]P
DPD_LANE2# TMDSD_DATA0B DDPD_[2]N
DPD_LANE1 TMDSD_DATA1 DDPD_[1]P
port D DPD_LANE1# TMDSD_DATA1B DDPD_[1]N
DPD_LANE0 TMDSD_DATA2 DDPD_[0]P
DPD_LANE0# TMDSD_DATA2B DDPD_[0]N
DPD_HPD TMDSD_HPD DDPD_HPD
DPD_AUX DDPD_AUXP
DPD_AUXD DDPD_AUXN

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5.27.4 Multiple Display Configurations

The following multiple display configuration modes are supported (with appropriate
driver software):
• Single Display is a mode with one display port activated to display the output to
one display device.
• Intel® Dual Display Clone is a mode with two display ports activated to drive the
display content of same color depth setting but potentially different refresh rate
and resolution settings to all the active display devices connected.
• Extended Desktop is a mode with two display ports activated used to drive the
content with potentially different color depth, refresh rate, and resolution settings
on each of the active display devices connected.

Table 5-61 describes the valid interoperability between display technologies.

Table 5-60. Display Co-Existence Table

DAC
Not Integrated Integrated HDMI*/
Display eDP*
Attached LVDS DisplayPort* DVI
VGA

Not
X S S S S S
Attached

DAC VGA S X S1, C, E A A S1, C, E

Integrated
S S1, C, E X S1, C, E S1, C, E X
LVDS

Integrated
S A S1, C, E A A S1, C, E
DisplayPort

HDMI/DVI S A S1, C, E A S1, C, E S1, C, E

SDVO LVDS S S1, C, E S1, C, E S1, C, E S1, C, E A

eDP S S1, C, E X S1, C, E S1, C, E X

• A = Single Pipe Single Display, Intel® Dual Display Clone (Only 24-bpp), or Extended Desktop
Mode
• C = Clone Mode
• E = Extended Desktop Mode
• S = Single Pipe Single Display
• S1 = Single Pipe Single Display With One Display Device Disabled
• X = Unsupported/Not Applicable

5.27.5 High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)

HDCP is the technology for protecting high definition content against unauthorized copy
or unreceptive between a source (computer, digital set top boxes, etc.) and the sink
(panels, monitor and TVs). The PCH supports HDCP 1.4 for content protection over
wired displays (HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort).

The HDCP 1.4 keys are integrated into the PCH and customers are not required to
physically configure or handle the keys.

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5.27.6 Intel® Flexible Display Interconnect

Intel® FDI connects the display engine in the processor with the display interfaces on
the PCH. The display data from the frame buffer is processed in the display engine of
the processor and sent to the PCH over the Intel FDI where it is transcoded as per the
display protocol and driven to the display monitor.

Intel FDI has two channels A and B. Each channel has 4 lanes and total combined is 8
lanes to transfer the data from the processor to the PCH. Depending on the data
bandwidth the interface is dynamically configured as x1, x2 or x4 lanes. Intel FDI
supports lane reversal and lane polarity reversal.

5.28 Intel® Virtualization Technology

Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) makes a single system appear as multiple
independent systems to software. This allows for multiple, independent operating
systems to be running simultaneously on a single system. Intel® VT comprises
technology components to support virtualization of platforms based on Intel
architecture microprocessors and chipsets. The first revision of this technology (Intel®
VT-x) added hardware support in the processor to improve the virtualization
performance and robustness. The second revision of this specification (Intel® VT-d)
adds chipset hardware implementation to improve I/O performance and robustness.

The Intel® VT-d spec and other VT documents can be referenced here: http://
www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/virtualization/index.htm

5.28.1 Intel® VT-d Objectives

The key Intel® VT-d objectives are domain based isolation and hardware based
virtualization. A domain can be abstractly defined as an isolated environment in a
platform to which a subset of host physical memory is allocated. Virtualization allows
for the creation of one or more partitions on a single system. This could be multiple
partitions in the same OS or there can be multiple operating system instances running
on the same system offering benefits such as system consolidation, legacy migration,
activity partitioning or security.

5.28.2 Intel® VT-d Features Supported

• The following devices and functions support FLR in the PCH:
— High Definition Audio (Device 27: Function 0)
— SATA Host Controller 1 (Device 31: Function 2)
— SATA Host Controller 2 (Device 31: Function 5)
— USB2 (EHCI) Host Controller 1 (Device 29: Function 0)
— USB2 (EHCI) Host Controller 2 (Device 26: Function 0)
— GbE Lan Host Controller (Device 25: Function 0)
• Interrupt virtualization support for IOxAPIC
• Virtualization support for HPETs

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5.28.3 Support for Function Level Reset (FLR) in Intel® 5 Series

Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
Intel® VT-d allows system software (VMM/OS) to assign I/O devices to multiple
domains. The system software, then, requires ways to reset I/O devices or their func-
tions within, as it assigns/re-assigns I/O devices from one domain to another. The reset
capability is required to ensure the devices have undergone proper re-initialization and
are not keeping the stale state. A standard ability to reset I/O devices is also useful for
the VMM in case where a guest domain with assigned devices has become unrespon-
sive or has crashed.
PCI Express defines a form of device hot reset which can be initiated through the
Bridge Control register of the root/switch port to which the device is attached. How-
ever, the hot reset cannot be applied selectively to specific device functions. Also, no
similar standard functionality exists for resetting root-complex integrated devices.
Current reset limitations can be addressed through a function level reset (FLR) mecha-
nism that allows software to independently reset specific device functions.

5.28.4 Virtualization Support for PCH’s IOxAPIC

The VT-d architecture extension requires Interrupt Messages to go through the similar
Address Remapping as any other memory requests. This is to allow domain isolation for
interrupts such that a device assigned in one domain is not allowed to generate
interrupts to another domain.
The Address Remapping for VT-d is based on the Bus:Device:Function field associated
with the requests. Hence, it is required for the internal IOxAPIC to initiate the Interrupt
Messages using a unique Bus:Device:Function.
The PCH supports BIOS programmable unique Bus:Device:Function for the internal
IOxAPIC. The Bus:Device:Function field does not change the IOxAPIC functionality in
anyway, nor promoting IOxAPIC as a stand-alone PCI device. The field is only used by
the IOxAPIC in the following:
• As the Requestor ID when initiating Interrupt Messages to the processor
• As the Completer ID when responding to the reads targeting the IOxAPIC’s
Memory-Mapped I/O registers

5.28.5 Virtualization Support for High Precision Event Timer

(HPET)
The VT-d architecture extension requires Interrupt Messages to go through the similar
Address Remapping as any other memory requests. This is to allow domain isolation for
interrupts such that a device assigned in one domain is not allowed to generate
interrupts to another domain.
The Address Remapping for VT-d is based on the Bus:Device:Function field associated
with the requests. Hence, it is required for the HPET to initiate the direct FSB Interrupt
Messages using unique Bus:Device:Function.
The PCH supports BIOS programmable unique Bus:Device:Function for each of the
HPET timers. The Bus:Device:Function field does not change the HPET functionality in
anyway, nor promoting it as a stand-alone PCI device. The field is only used by the
HPET timer in the following:
• As the Requestor ID when initiating direct interrupt messages to the Processor
• As the Completer ID when responding to the reads targeting its Memory-Mapped
registers
The registers for the programmable Bus:Device:Function for HPET timer 7:0 reside
under the Device 31:Function 0 LPC Bridge’s configuration space.

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5.29 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series

Chipset Platform Clocks
PCH-based platforms require several single-ended and differential clocks to synchronize
signal operation and data propagation system-wide between interfaces, and across
clock domains. Depending on implementation, the clocks will either be provided by a
third-party clock chip, in buffered mode, or by the PCH itself.

In buffered mode, the clock chip provides the following clocks to the PCH:
• 133-MHz differential, SSC capable
• 100-MHz differential, SSC capable
• 100-MHz differential isolated for SATA, SSC capable
• 96 MHz differential
• 14.318 MHz single-ended
• Some clock chips may have an additional 25-Mhz single-ended output. This output
is typically provided for LAN clocking and will not be routed through the PCH.

The output signals from the PCH are:

• 1x 133-MHz differential source for processor and memory, reusable as a 100-MHz
PCI Express * Gen. 1.1 clock source.
• 1x 100-MHz differential source for DMI (PCI Express* 2.0 jitter tolerant)
• 2x 100-MHz differential sources for PCI Express* 2.0
• 8x 100-MHz differential sources for PCI Express* 1.1
• 5x 33.3 MHz single-ended source for PCI (1x of these is reserved as loopback
clock)
• 1x 120-MHz differential source for onboard DisplayPort, reusable as a processor
clock source
• 2x flexible single-ended outputs that can range from 14.31818 OR 48 MHz usable
for USB, legacy platform functions, etc.

5.29.1 Platform Clocking Requirements

Providing a platform-level clocking solution uses multiple system components
including:
• Intel® 5 Series Chipset or Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
• 3rd party clock chip
• Intel CK505 clock specification
• 25 MHz Crystal source

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6 Ballout Definition
This chapter contains the PCH ballout information.

6.1 PCH Desktop Ballout

This section contains the PCH Desktop ballout. Figure 6-1 and Figure 6-2 show the
ballout from a top of the package quadrant view. Table 6-1 is the BGA ball list, sorted
alphabetically by signal name.

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Figure 6-1. PCH Ballout (top view—left side) (Desktop)

BA AY AW AV AU AT AR AP AN AM AL AK AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA
CLKOUTFL
TP22_NCT Vcc3_3_NC
1 Vss_NCTF --- AD14 --- Vss --- V5REF --- --- EX1 / --- VccME --- VccADAC --- --- CRT_RED --- VccAClk 1
F TF
GPIO65
CRT_DDC_
2 Vss_NCTF Vss_NCTF --- Vcc3_3 --- AD23 --- AD13 --- AD16 AD22 --- VccME --- --- DAC_IREF Vss --- CRT_BLUE --- 2
CLK
CLKOUTFL
Vcc3_3_NC GNT3# / CRT_VSYN CRT_GRE XCLK_RCO
3 Vcc3_3 Vss C/BE0# AD12 --- AD9 --- AD15 EX3 / Vss --- VccME --- Vss Vss --- 3
TF GPIO55 C EN MP
GPIO67
REQ2# / PIRQH# / CRT_DDC_ CRT_HSYN
4 --- --- --- PERR# PIRQB# REQ0# --- AD18 AD24 --- VccME VccME --- Vss --- CRT_IRTN Vss 4
GPIO52 GPIO5 DATA C
REQ1# /
5 PIRQD# --- Vss Vss AD21 --- C/BE2# Vss --- --- Vss VccME --- VccME Vss --- --- Vss Vss --- 5
GPIO50
CLKOUTFL
GNT1# / CLKOUT_P
6 --- C/BE1# --- SERR# AD2 DEVSEL# --- PAR AD29 --- TRDY# --- VccME --- --- Vss --- EX2 / --- 6
GPIO51 CI0
GPIO66
PIRQF# / REFCLK14I CLKOUT_P DDPD_CT
7 Vss --- AD10 AD7 --- --- --- IRDY# AD27 --- FRAME# AD28 --- --- --- --- --- 7
GPIO3 N CI1 RLCLK
PIRQE# / REQ3# /
8 --- AD19 --- AD5 PIRQA# AD11 --- STOP# --- Vss Vss --- --- VccME --- Vss --- Vss --- 8
GPIO2 GPIO54
GNT2# / CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P DDPD_CT
9 --- AD8 --- Vss AD0 AD6 AD4 --- --- AD26 Vss --- Vss --- --- --- --- 9
GPIO53 CI2 CI3 RLDATA
CLKOUTFL
10 --- AD3 C/BE3# AD25 --- --- --- --- --- Vss AD20 Vss DDPC_CT 10
--- PCIRST# --- VccME --- EX0 / --- ---
RLCLK
GPIO64
CLKIN_PCI
TACH3 / TACH0 / TACH2 / DDPC_CT
11 --- --- PIRQC# Vss AD1 AD31 AD17 LOOPBAC GNT0# --- PME# --- Vss --- Vss --- --- 11
GPIO7 GPIO17 GPIO6 RLDATA
K
PWM0 PWM2 FWH0 / PWM1 PIRQG# / CLKOUT_P SDVO_CT
12 --- --- Vss Vss Vss LDRQ0# PLOCK# --- AD30 --- Vss --- --- --- 12
LAD0 GPIO4 CI4 RLDATA
PWM3 HDA_SDIN HDA_SDIN SDVO_CT
13 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- VccME --- VccME --- VccME --- --- 13
0 2 RLCLK
FWH4 / LDRQ1# / TACH1 /
14 Vss --- HDA_BCLK HDA_RST# --- Vss Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 14
LFRAME# GPIO23 GPIO1
USBRBIAS HDA_SYN
15 --- --- USBRBIAS --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss --- Reserved VccME VccME --- VccME VccME 15
# C
V5REF_Su HDA_SDIN FWH3 / FWH2 / FWH1 /
16 USBP13P --- --- Vss GPIO33 GPIO13 HDA_SDO Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 --- VccME VccME VccME --- VccME VccME 16
s 3 LAD3 LAD2 LAD1
17 --- USBP13N Vss USBP10N --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 17
HDA_SDIN VccSusHD
18 --- USBP8P Vss USBP10P --- Vss Vss Vss Vss USBP12P USBP12N Vcc3_3 --- Vss VccCore VccCore --- Vss VccME 18
1 A
19 USBP8N --- USBP7P --- Vss --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss --- VccCore VccCore Vss --- Vss Vss 19
20 --- USBP5N --- USBP7N Vss USBP11P USBP11N Vss USBP9P USBP9N USBP6P USBP6N Vss VccIO --- VccCore VccCore VccCore --- Vss Vss 20
21 Vss --- USBP5P USBP4N --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 21
CLKIN_DO CLKIN_DO
22 --- USBP2P --- USBP4P Vss Vss USBP3N USBP3P Vss Vss VccIO VccIO --- VccCore VccCore Vss --- Vss Vss 22
T_96N T_96P
23 USBP1N --- USBP2N --- Vss --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- VccIO --- VccCore VccCore VccCore --- Vss VccCore 23
INTRUDER
24 --- USBP1P Vss Vss --- TP9 TP10 Vss PWROK RSMRST# RTCRST# Vss Vss --- VccCore VccCore Vss --- VccCore VccCore 24
#
25 --- USBP0P USBP0N VccSus3_3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 25
26 VccSus3_3 --- VccSus3_3 --- VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 Vss Vss --- Vss VccCore VccCore --- VccCore VccIO 26
27 --- VccSus3_3 --- VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss --- DcpSusByp Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 --- Vss VccIO 27
OC5# / OC2# /
28 Vss --- Vss Vss --- VccIO Vss SRTCRST# Vss Vss Vss --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 28
GPIO9 GPIO41
29 --- VccRTC --- VccSus3_3 Vss --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss --- Vss --- Vss --- Vss --- 29
OC1# / OC3# / OC7# / OC6# /
30 RTCX2 --- RTCX1 --- Vss Vss Vss GPIO8 --- TP21 --- DcpSus --- Vss --- Vss --- 30
GPIO40 GPIO42 GPIO14 GPIO10
SML1CLK / OC0# / SML1DATA OC4# / SMBALERT SUS_STAT SUSCLK /
31 --- LAN_RST# INTVRMEN --- SST SMBDATA --- --- Vss --- Vss --- SATA2TXN --- 31
GPIO58 GPIO59 / GPIO75 GPIO43 # / GPIO11 # / GPIO61 GPIO62
SML1ALER
T# /
DRAMPWR
32 --- GPIO74 / SMBCLK --- --- --- --- --- Vss GPIO57 Vss --- Vss --- Vss --- SATA5TXP --- SATA2TXP --- 32
OK
CLK_CFG_
SEL2
SML0ALER
T# / PCIECLKR
33 GPIO60 / --- SML0CLK --- Vss RI# WAKE# Q3# / --- --- MEPWROK JTAG_TCK --- DcpSST --- Vss --- SATA5TXN --- Vss --- 33
CLK_CFG_ GPIO25
SEL3
LAN_PHY_
34 --- GPIO72 --- PLTRST# PWR_CTR SML0DATA GPIO24 --- JTAG_TDO --- JTAG_TMS Vss --- Vss --- SATA5RXP --- Vss --- Vss --- 34
L / GPIO12
PEG_B_CL PCIECLKR
SLP_LAN#
35 --- KRQ# / SLP_S3# --- --- --- SLP_S4# Q0# / --- TRST# TP18 --- TP23 --- SATA5RXN --- SATA2RXP --- SATA1TXP --- 35
/ GPIO29
GPIO56 GPIO73
PCIECLKR PCIECLKR
SLP_S5# /
36 --- GPIO15 --- Q6# / SLP_M# --- Q7# / TP19 --- JTAG_TDI PWRBTN# --- Vss --- Vss --- SATA2RXN --- SATA1TXN --- 36
GPIO63
GPIO45 GPIO46
PCIECLKR GPIO30 /
SATA0GP /
37 Vss --- Q4# / --- Vss PROC_MIS --- GPIO27 Vss --- --- Vss --- A20GATE Vss --- --- Vss SATA3TXN --- 37
GPIO26 SING GPIO21

PCIECLKR PCIECLKR SDATAOU

SYS_PWR SATA3GP / SLOAD / SYS_RESE SATA1GP /
38 --- DcpRTC Q5# / --- Vss Q2# / --- --- SPKR T1 / --- SATA4TXP SATA4TXN --- SATA3TXP Vss 38
OK GPIO37 GPIO38 T# GPIO19
GPIO44 GPIO20 GPIO48
SATA4GP /
PEG_A_CL PCIECLKR
VccRTC_N SDATAOUT SATA2GP / GPIO16 /
39 --- VccSus3_3 KRQ# / TP20 --- INIT3_3V# --- SATALED# Q1# / --- --- Vss Vss Vss SATA3RXP --- Vss 39
CTF 0 / GPIO39 GPIO36 CLK_CFG_
GPIO47 GPIO18
SEL1
SATA5GP /
VccSus3_3 VccSus3_3 STP_PCI# / GPIO49 /
40 VccSus3_3 GPIO28 --- --- GPIO31 --- RCIN# SERIRQ --- GPIO32 --- --- SATA4RXP Vss --- Vss --- 40
_NCTF _NCTF GPIO34 TEMP_ALE
RT#
TP22_NCT SCLOCK /
41 Vss_NCTF Vss_NCTF --- Vss --- GPIO35 --- --- --- GPIO0 --- Vss --- SATA4RXN --- --- SATA3RXN --- Vss 41
F GPIO22
BA AY AW AV AU AT AR AP AN AM AL AK AJ AH AG AF AE AD AC AB AA

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Y W V U T R P N M L K J H G F E D C B A

CLKOUT_P DDPB_AUX
1 --- --- --- VccADPLLB --- Vss --- --- --- DDPB_HPD --- Vss --- Vss_NCTF --- Vss_NCTF --- --- 1
CIE0P P

XTAL25_O CLKOUT_P SDVO_STA DDPB_AUX

2 --- Vss --- VccADPLLA --- --- Vss --- DDPD_HPD --- DDPC_1P --- DDPC_3N VccVRM Vss_NCTF --- 2
UT CIE0N LLP N

3 SDVO_STA SDVO_INT 3
--- Vss Vss Vss Vss --- --- Vss Vss DDPC_HPD --- DDPC_1N --- DDPC_0P DDPC_3P VccVRM --- TP22_NCTF
LLN P

CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P SDVO_INT DDPD_AUX DDPD_AUX

4 XTAL25_IN --- --- Vss Vss --- --- DDPB_3N DDPB_3P DDPC_0N Vss --- DDPC_2N DDPC_2P --- 4
CIE6P CIE6N N N P

5 Vss Vss --- --- Vss Vss --- Vss Vss --- --- Vss Vss --- Vss Vss --- DDPD_0P --- Vss_NCTF 5

CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P SDVO_TVC

6 --- Vss --- --- --- --- Vss DDPB_2P --- DDPB_2N Vss DDPD_1P --- DDPD_0N --- 6
EG_A_N CIE7P CIE4P CIE2N LKINP

CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P SDVO_TVC

7 --- --- --- --- --- Vss Vss --- --- --- DDPD_1N PERn8 --- Vss 7
EG_A_P EG_B_N CIE7N CIE4N CIE2P LKINN

CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P
8 --- --- Vss --- Vss --- Vss Vss --- DDPB_0N --- DDPD_2N DDPD_2P Vss PERn6 --- PERp8 --- 8
CIE5N EG_B_P

CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P DDPC_AUX

9 --- Vss --- --- TP13 --- --- --- Vss DDPD_3N DDPD_3P Vss --- PERp6 --- Vcc3_3 9
CIE5P CIE1P CIE3N P

CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P DDPC_AUX

10 Vss --- Reserved --- --- TP12 --- DDPB_0P --- --- --- --- --- PETp7 Vss Vss --- 10
CIE1N CIE3P N

11 Reserved --- Reserved --- Vss --- Vss --- Vss Vss DDPB_1P DDPB_1N PETp6 PETn6 Vss --- PETn7 Vss PERp7 --- 11

12 Reserved --- Vss --- TP7 --- TP4 --- Vss Vss PETn8 PETp8 PETn5 PETp5 Vss Vss --- PERn5 --- PERn7 12

13 Vss --- Vss --- TP6 --- TP5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss PERp4 --- PERp5 --- 13

14 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss Vss PETp4 PETn4 Vss PETn3 PETp3 Vss --- PERn4 PERp3 --- Vss 14

15 VccME --- VccIO VccIO VccIO --- VccIO --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss PERn1 --- PERn3 --- 15

16 VccME --- Vss Vss Vss --- VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vss PETn2 PETp2 Vss Vss --- PERp1 --- PERp2 16

17 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- PETp1 Vss PERn2 --- 17

18 VccME --- Vss Vss Vss --- VccIO VccIO VccIO TP1 TP2 Vss DMI3RXP DMI3RXN Vss --- PETn1 Vss DMI0RXP --- 18

19 VccME --- Vss VccIO VccIO --- VccIO --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss --- DMI1RXP --- DMI0RXN 19

CLKIN_DMI CLKIN_DMI
20 VccLAN --- TP11 VccCore VccCore --- Vss VccIO VccIO Vss Vss TP3 Vss DMI2RXN DMI2RXP --- DMI1RXN --- 20
_N _P

DMI_IRCO DMI_ZCOM VccAPLLEX

21 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 21
MP P P

22 VccLAN --- Vss VccCore VccCore --- Vss VccIO VccIO Vss Vss DMI0TXN DMI0TXP DMI1TXN DMI1TXP Vss Vss --- Vss --- 22

23 VccCore --- VccCore VccCore VccCore --- Vss --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Vss --- Vss --- VccDMI 23

24 VccCore --- VccCore Vss VccCore --- VccIO VccIO VccIO DMI3TXN DMI3TXP Vss DMI2TXN DMI2TXP Vss --- VccIO VccIO VccIO --- 24

25 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- VccIO VccIO VccIO --- 25

26 VccIO --- VccCore VccCore VccCore --- VccCore VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccCore --- VccCore --- VccCore 26

27 Vss --- Vss Vss VccCore --- VccCore --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- VccCore VccCore --- VccCore --- 27

28 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- VccCore VccCore VccCore VccCore VccCore VccCore VccCore VccCore --- VccCore VccCore --- VccCore 28

29 VccIO --- VccIO --- VccIO --- VccCore --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- VccCore VccCore --- VccCore --- 29

30 Vss --- SPI_MISO --- VccIO --- VccPNAND --- Reserved Vss FDI_RXN0 FDI_RXP0 FDI_RXN1 FDI_RXP1 Vss Vss --- FDI_RXN5 --- Vss 30

CLKIN_BCL
31 --- SPI_CLK --- Reserved --- Vss --- Reserved Vss FDI_RXN4 FDI_RXP4 Vss FDI_RXP3 FDI_RXN3 --- FDI_RXN2 Vss FDI_RXP5 --- 31
K_P

CLKIN_BCL
32 --- SPI_CS0# --- SPI_CS1# --- Reserved --- Reserved Vss Vss --- --- --- --- --- FDI_RXP2 Vss FDI_RXP6 --- 32
K_N

33 Vss --- Vss --- Reserved --- Reserved --- Vss Reserved --- --- Reserved Reserved Reserved Vss --- FDI_RXN7 --- FDI_RXN6 33

CLKIN_SAT
FDI_FSYNC
34 A_N / --- TP8 --- SPI_MOSI --- Vss --- Reserved Vss --- NV_ALE --- Vss Vss Vss --- FDI_RXP7 --- 34
0
CKSSCD_N

CLKIN_SAT
FDI_LSYNC FDI_LSYNC
35 A_P / --- Vss --- Vss --- Reserved --- Reserved NV_CLE --- Reserved Reserved --- --- --- --- Vss 35
1 0
CKSSCD_P

FDI_FSYNC
36 VccIO --- VccIO --- VccIO --- Reserved --- Reserved Reserved --- Reserved Reserved --- Reserved PECI --- FDI_INT --- 36
1

CLKOUT_D
P_N /
37 SATA1RXP Vss --- --- VccIO VccIO --- Vss Vss --- --- Vss --- Reserved Vss Vss PMSYNCH --- VccFDIPLL 37
CLKOUT_B
CLK1_N

CLKOUT_B CLKOUT_B CLKOUT_D

CLK0_N / CLK0_P / P_P / THRMTRIP PROCPWR
38 SATA1RXN --- SATA0TXP SATA0TXN --- VccIO VccIO VccME3_3 --- --- Vss Reserved --- --- --- 38
CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_B # GD
CIE8N CIE8P CLK1_P

SATAICOM V_CPU_IO_
39 --- Vss Vss Vss --- VccIO --- VccPNAND VccVRM Vss Vss --- Vss --- Reserved Vss Vss V_CPU_IO 39
PI NCTF

CLKOUT_D
40 Vss --- SATA0RXP Vcc3_3 --- VccIO --- VccME3_3 --- VccVRM Vss --- --- Reserved --- Reserved --- Vss_NCTF Vss_NCTF 40
MI_N

SATAICOM VccSATAPL CLKOUT_D

41 --- SATA0RXN --- --- --- --- VccPNAND --- --- --- Vss --- Reserved --- Vss_NCTF Vss_NCTF TP22_NCTF 41
PO L MI_P

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Table 6-1. PCH Ballout by Signal name (Desktop Only)

PCH Desktop PCH Desktop PCH Desktop

Ball # Ball #
Ball # Ball Name Ball Name
Ball Name
CLKIN_PCILOOPBA CLKOUTFLEX2 /
A20GATE AG37 AL11 AB6
CK GPIO66
AD0 AT9
CLKIN_SATA_N / CLKOUTFLEX3 /
AD1 AP11 Y34 AL3
CKSSCD_N GPIO67
AD2 AU6 CLKIN_SATA_P / CRT_BLUE AB2
Y35
AD3 AY10 CKSSCD_P CRT_DDC_CLK AG2
AD4 AP9 CLKOUT_BCLK0_N CRT_DDC_DATA AG4
L38
AD5 AV8 / CLKOUT_PCIE8N
CRT_GREEN AC3
AD6 AR9 CLKOUT_BCLK0_P
K38 CRT_HSYNC AD4
/ CLKOUT_PCIE8P
AD7 AV7 CRT_IRTN AB4
CLKOUT_DMI_N H40
AD8 AW9 CRT_RED AC1
CLKOUT_DMI_P J41
AD9 AR3 CRT_VSYNC AD3
CLKOUT_DP_N /
AD10 AW7 H37 DAC_IREF AE2
CLKOUT_BCLK1_N
AD11 AR8 DcpRTC AY38
CLKOUT_DP_P /
H38
AD12 AU3 CLKOUT_BCLK1_P DcpSST AH33
AD13 AP2 CLKOUT_PCI0 AF6 DcpSus AF30
AD14 AU1 CLKOUT_PCI1 AD7 DcpSusByp AF27
AD15 AN3 CLKOUT_PCI2 AF9 DDPB_0N J8
AD16 AM2 CLKOUT_PCI3 AD9 DDPB_0P K10
AD17 AM11 CLKOUT_PCI4 AD12 DDPB_1N J11
AD18 AM4 CLKOUT_PCIE0N V2 DDPB_1P K11
AD19 AY8 CLKOUT_PCIE0P W1 DDPB_2N F6
AD20 AL10 CLKOUT_PCIE1N T10 DDPB_2P H6
AD21 AT5 CLKOUT_PCIE1P T9 DDPB_3N H4
AD22 AL2 CLKOUT_PCIE2N M6 DDPB_3P G4
AD23 AT2 CLKOUT_PCIE2P M7 DDPB_AUXN L2
AD24 AL4 CLKOUT_PCIE3N M9 DDPB_AUXP M1
AD25 AV10 CLKOUT_PCIE3P M10 DDPB_HPD J1
AD26 AL9 CLKOUT_PCIE4N P7 DDPC_0N F4
AD27 AN7 CLKOUT_PCIE4P P6 DDPC_0P E3
AD28 AK7 CLKOUT_PCIE5N Y8 DDPC_1N G3
AD29 AN6 CLKOUT_PCIE5P Y9 DDPC_1P F2
AD30 AH12 CLKOUT_PCIE6N U4 DDPC_2N C4
AD31 AN11 CLKOUT_PCIE6P V4 DDPC_2P B4
C/BE0# AV3 CLKOUT_PCIE7N T7 DDPC_3N D2
C/BE1# AY6 CLKOUT_PCIE7P T6 DDPC_3P D3
C/BE2# AP5 CLKOUT_PEG_A_N Y6 DDPC_AUXN L10
C/BE3# AW10 CLKOUT_PEG_A_P Y7 DDPC_AUXP L9
CLKIN_BCLK_N Y32 CLKOUT_PEG_B_N V7 DDPC_CTRLCLK AB10
CLKIN_BCLK_P Y31 CLKOUT_PEG_B_P V8 DDPC_CTRLDATA AB11
CLKIN_DMI_N H20 CLKOUTFLEX0 / DDPC_HPD J3
AD10
CLKIN_DMI_P G20 GPIO64
DDPD_0N B6
CLKIN_DOT_96N AM22 CLKOUTFLEX1 /
AK1 DDPD_0P C5
GPIO65
CLKIN_DOT_96P AL22 DDPD_1N D7

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
DDPD_1P D6 FDI_RXP1 G30 JTAG_TDO AN34
DDPD_2N G8 FDI_RXP2 D32 JTAG_TMS AL34
DDPD_2P F8 FDI_RXP3 G31 LAN_PHY_PWR_CT
AU34
DDPD_3N G9 FDI_RXP4 J31 RL / GPIO12

DDPD_3P F9 FDI_RXP5 B31 LAN_RST# AY31

DDPD_AUXN L4 FDI_RXP6 B32 LDRQ0# AL12

DDPD_AUXP K4 FDI_RXP7 B34 LDRQ1# / GPIO23 AP14

DDPD_CTRLCLK AB7 FRAME# AL7 MEPWROK AL33

DDPD_CTRLDATA AB9 FWH0 / LAD0 AT12 NV_ALE J34

DDPD_HPD H2 FWH1 / LAD1 AK16 NV_CLE L35

DEVSEL# AT6 FWH2 / LAD2 AL16 OC0# / GPIO59 AT31

DMI_IRCOMP D21 FWH3 / LAD3 AM16 OC1# / GPIO40 AT30

DMI_ZCOMP C21 FWH4 / LFRAME# AR14 OC2# / GPIO41 AK28

DMI0RXN A19 GNT0# AK11 OC3# / GPIO42 AP30

DMI0RXP B18 GNT1# / GPIO51 AK6 OC4# / GPIO43 AP31

DMI0TXN J22 GNT2# / GPIO53 BA9 OC5# / GPIO9 AL28

DMI0TXP H22 GNT3# / GPIO55 AM3 OC6# / GPIO10 AL30

DMI1RXN B20 GPIO0 AK41 OC7# / GPIO14 AM30

DMI1RXP C19 GPIO8 AK30 PAR AP6

DMI1TXN G22 GPIO13 AR16 PCIECLKRQ0# /

AN35
GPIO73
DMI1TXP F22 GPIO15 AY36
PCIECLKRQ1# /
DMI2RXN E20 GPIO24 AR34 AM39
GPIO18
DMI2RXP D20 GPIO27 AP37
PCIECLKRQ2# /
AP38
DMI2TXN H24 GPIO28 AV40 GPIO20
DMI2TXP G24 GPIO31 AP40 PCIECLKRQ3# /
AP33
DMI3RXN G18 GPIO32 AJ40 GPIO25
DMI3RXP H18 GPIO33 AT16 PCIECLKRQ4# /
AW37
GPIO26
DMI3TXN L24 GPIO35 AR41
PCIECLKRQ5# /
DMI3TXP K24 GPIO57 AL32 AW38
GPIO44
DRAMPWROK AW32 GPIO72 AY34
PCIECLKRQ6# /
FDI_FSYNC0 E34 HDA_BCLK AW14 AV36
GPIO45
FDI_FSYNC1 E36 HDA_RST# AV14 PCIECLKRQ7# /
AP36
FDI_INT B36 HDA_SDIN0 AV13 GPIO46
FDI_LSYNC0 C35 HDA_SDIN1 AP18 PCIRST# AH10
FDI_LSYNC1 D35 HDA_SDIN2 AU13 PECI D36
FDI_RXN0 K30 HDA_SDIN3 AN16 PEG_A_CLKRQ# /
AV39
FDI_RXN1 H30 HDA_SDO AP16 GPIO47
PEG_B_CLKRQ# /
FDI_RXN2 D31 HDA_SYNC AU15 AW35
GPIO56
FDI_RXN3 F31 INIT3_3V# AR39
PERn1 D15
FDI_RXN4 K31 INTRUDER# AN24
PERn2 B17
FDI_RXN5 C30 INTVRMEN AW31
PERn3 B15
FDI_RXN6 A33 IRDY# AP7
PERn4 D14
FDI_RXN7 C33 JTAG_TCK AK33
PERn5 C12
FDI_RXP0 J30 JTAG_TDI AL36

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
PERn6 D8 PWM1 AR12 RI# AT33
PERn7 A12 PWM2 AW12 RSMRST# AL24
PERn8 C7 PWM3 AY13 RTCRST# AK24
PERp1 C16 PWRBTN# AK36 RTCX1 AW30
PERp2 A16 PWROK AM24 RTCX2 BA30
PERp3 C14 RCIN# AM40 SATA0GP / GPIO21 AJ37
PERp4 D13 REFCLK14IN AF7 SATA0RXN W41
PERp5 B13 REQ0# AP4 SATA0RXP V40
PERp6 C9 REQ1# / GPIO50 AW5 SATA0TXN U38
PERp7 B11 REQ2# / GPIO52 AY4 SATA0TXP V38
PERp8 B8 REQ3# / GPIO54 AH8 SATA1GP / GPIO19 AH38
PERR# AT4 Reserved AF15 SATA1RXN Y38
PETn1 D18 Reserved V11 SATA1RXP Y37
PETn2 H16 Reserved Y12 SATA1TXN AB36
PETn3 H14 Reserved V10 SATA1TXP AB35
PETn4 K14 Reserved Y11 SATA2GP / GPIO36 AK39
PETn5 H12 Reserved H36 SATA2RXN AD36
PETn6 G11 Reserved H35 SATA2RXP AD35
PETn7 D11 Reserved P32 SATA2TXN AB31
PETn8 K12 Reserved E41 SATA2TXP AB32
PETp1 D17 Reserved T33 SATA3GP / GPIO37 AR38
PETp2 G16 Reserved P35 SATA3RXN AC41
PETp3 G14 Reserved H33 SATA3RXP AC39
PETp4 L14 Reserved F37 SATA3TXN AB37
PETp5 G12 Reserved E39 SATA3TXP AB38
PETp6 H11 Reserved G33 SATA4GP / GPIO16
AH39
PETp7 D10 Reserved D40 / CLK_CFG_SEL1

PETp8 J12 Reserved F33 SATA4RXN AF41

PIRQA# AT8 Reserved T31 SATA4RXP AE40

PIRQB# AR4 Reserved P33 SATA4TXN AD38

PIRQC# AT11 Reserved M35 SATA4TXP AE38

PIRQD# BA5 Reserved L33 SATA5GP / GPIO49

AG40
/ TEMP_ALERT#
PIRQE# / GPIO2 AU8 Reserved M36
SATA5RXN AF35
PIRQF# / GPIO3 AH7 Reserved M34
SATA5RXP AF34
PIRQG# / GPIO4 AP12 Reserved M30
SATA5TXN AD33
PIRQH# / GPIO5 AW4 Reserved F36
SATA5TXP AD32
PLOCK# AK12 Reserved P36
SATAICOMPI T39
PLTRST# AV34 Reserved F40
SATAICOMPO T41
PME# AH11 Reserved M32
SATALED# AN39
PMSYNCH C37 Reserved L36
SCLOCK / GPIO22 AN41
PROC_MISSING/ Reserved M31
AT37 SDATAOUT0 /
GPIO30 Reserved F38 AL39
GPIO39
PROCPWRGD B38 Reserved J36
SDATAOUT1 /
PWM0 BA12 AG38
Reserved J35 GPIO48

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
SDVO_CTRLCLK AB13 SYS_PWROK AT38 USBP6P AL20
SDVO_CTRLDATA AB12 SYS_RESET# AL38 USBP7N AV20
SDVO_INTN N4 TACH0 / GPIO17 AW11 USBP7P AW19
SDVO_INTP M3 TACH1 / GPIO1 AL14 USBP8N BA19
SDVO_STALLN P3 TACH2 / GPIO6 AV11 USBP8P AY18
SDVO_STALLP N2 TACH3 / GPIO7 AY11 USBP9N AM20
SDVO_TVCLKINN L7 THRMTRIP# C38 USBP9P AN20
SDVO_TVCLKINP L6 TP1 L18 USBP10N AV17
SERIRQ AL40 TP2 K18 USBP10P AV18
SERR# AV6 TP3 J20 USBP11N AR20
SLOAD / GPIO38 AM38 TP4 P12 USBP11P AT20
SLP_LAN# / TP5 P13 USBP12N AK18
BA35
GPIO29 TP6 T13 USBP12P AL18
SLP_M# AT36 TP7 T12 USBP13N AY17
SLP_S3# AV35 TP8 V34 USBP13P BA16
SLP_S4# AP35 TP9 AT24 USBRBIAS AV15
SLP_S5# / GPIO63 AU36 TP10 AR24 USBRBIAS# AY15
SMBALERT# / TP11 V20 V_CPU_IO B39
AL31
GPIO11
TP12 P10 V_CPU_IO_NCTF A39
SMBCLK AV32
TP13 P9 V5REF AN1
SMBDATA AM31
TP18 AK35 V5REF_Sus AW16
SML0ALERT# /
TP19 AN36 Vcc3_3 AV2
GPIO60 / BA33
CLK_CFG_SEL3 TP20 AU39 Vcc3_3 AY3
SML0CLK AW33 TP21 AH30 Vcc3_3 AK14
SML0DATA AT34 TP22_NCTF AY1 Vcc3_3 AJ14
SML1ALERT# / TP22_NCTF A3 Vcc3_3 AJ16
GPIO74 / AY32 TP22_NCTF BA41 Vcc3_3 AE27
CLK_CFG_SEL2
TP22_NCTF A41 Vcc3_3 AD27
SML1CLK / GPIO58 AV31
TP23 AH35 Vcc3_3 U40
SML1DATA /
AR31 TRDY# AL6 Vcc3_3 A9
GPIO75
TRST# AL35 Vcc3_3 AH16
SPI_CLK V31
USBP0N AW25 Vcc3_3 AH18
SPI_CS0# V32
USBP0P AY25 Vcc3_3_NCTF AW1
SPI_CS1# T32
USBP1N BA23 Vcc3_3_NCTF BA3
SPI_MISO V30
USBP1P AY24 VccAClk AA1
SPI_MOSI T34
USBP2N AW23 VccADAC AF1
SPKR AJ38
USBP2P AY22 VccADPLLA R2
SRTCRST# AP28
USBP3N AR22 VccADPLLB T1
SST AN31
USBP3P AP22 VccAPLLEXP A21
STOP# AN8
USBP4N AV21 VccCore AE18
STP_PCI# /
AT40 USBP4P AV22 VccCore AD18
GPIO34
SUS_STAT# / USBP5N AY20 VccCore AF19
AK31
GPIO61 USBP5P AW21 VccCore AE19
SUSCLK / GPIO62 AH31 USBP6N AK20 VccCore AF20

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
VccCore AE20 VccCore G28 VccIO N18
VccCore AD20 VccCore F28 VccIO M18
VccCore U20 VccCore D28 VccIO N20
VccCore T20 VccCore C28 VccIO M20
VccCore AF22 VccCore A28 VccIO M22
VccCore AE22 VccCore P29 VccIO M24
VccCore U22 VccCore E29 VccIO D24
VccCore T22 VccCore D29 VccIO C24
VccCore AF23 VccCore B29 VccIO B24
VccCore AE23 VccDMI A23 VccIO D25
VccCore AD23 VccFDIPLL A37 VccIO C25
VccCore AA23 VccIO AH20 VccIO B25
VccCore Y23 VccIO AJ22 VccIO M26
VccCore V23 VccIO AH22 VccIO L26
VccCore U23 VccIO AH23 VccIO K26
VccCore T23 VccIO U15 VccIO J26
VccCore AF24 VccIO T15 VccIO H26
VccCore AE24 VccIO AA27 VccIO G26
VccCore AB24 VccIO Y29 VccIO F26
VccCore AA24 VccIO V29 VccIO P18
VccCore Y24 VccIO T29 VccIO T19
VccCore V24 VccIO T30 VccIO P19
VccCore T24 VccIO Y36 VccLAN Y20
VccCore AE26 VccIO V36 VccLAN Y22
VccCore AD26 VccIO T36 VccME AH1
VccCore AB26 VccIO T37 VccME AJ2
VccCore V26 VccIO R37 VccME AH3
VccCore U26 VccIO R38 VccME AJ4
VccCore T26 VccIO P38 VccME AH4
VccCore P26 VccIO P39 VccME AJ5
VccCore E26 VccIO R40 VccME AG5
VccCore C26 VccIO P24 VccME AH6
VccCore A26 VccIO U19 VccME AF8
VccCore T27 VccIO AA26 VccME AF10
VccCore P27 VccIO V15 VccME AH13
VccCore E27 VccIO Y26 VccME AF13
VccCore D27 VccIO AT28 VccME AD13
VccCore B27 VccIO N22 VccME AE15
VccCore N28 VccIO N24 VccME AD15
VccCore M28 VccIO N26 VccME AB16
VccCore L28 VccIO P15 VccME AD16
VccCore K28 VccIO P16 VccME AF16
VccCore J28 VccIO N16 VccME AE16
VccCore H28 VccIO M16 VccME AB15

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
VccME AA15 Vss AR1 Vss A7
VccME Y15 Vss P1 Vss AL8
VccME AA16 Vss G1 Vss AK8
VccME Y16 Vss AD2 Vss AD8
VccME AA18 Vss U2 Vss AB8
VccME Y18 Vss K2 Vss T8
VccME Y19 Vss AW3 Vss P8
VccME3_3 N38 Vss AK3 Vss M8
VccME3_3 N40 Vss AE3 Vss L8
VccPNAND P30 Vss W3 Vss E8
VccPNAND M39 Vss V3 Vss AU9
VccPNAND M41 Vss U3 Vss AK9
VccRTC AY29 Vss T3 Vss AH9
VccRTC_NCTF BA39 Vss L3 Vss V9
VccSATAPLL P41 Vss K3 Vss H9
VccSus3_3 AV25 Vss AE4 Vss E9
VccSus3_3 BA26 Vss AA4 Vss AM10
VccSus3_3 AW26 Vss R4 Vss AK10
VccSus3_3 AU26 Vss P4 Vss Y10
VccSus3_3 AT26 Vss E4 Vss C10
VccSus3_3 AR26 Vss AV5 Vss AR11
VccSus3_3 AP26 Vss AU5 Vss AF11
VccSus3_3 AN26 Vss AN5 Vss AD11
VccSus3_3 AM26 Vss AK5 Vss T11
VccSus3_3 AL26 Vss AF5 Vss P11
VccSus3_3 AK26 Vss AC5 Vss M11
VccSus3_3 AY27 Vss AB5 Vss L11
VccSus3_3 AV27 Vss Y5 Vss F11
VccSus3_3 AU27 Vss W5 Vss C11
VccSus3_3 AW39 Vss T5 Vss AU12
VccSus3_3 AW40 Vss R5 Vss AN12
VccSus3_3 AV29 Vss N5 Vss AM12
VccSus3_3_NCTF BA40 Vss M5 Vss AF12
VccSus3_3_NCTF AY40 Vss J5 Vss V12
VccSusHDA AJ18 Vss H5 Vss M12
VccVRM C2 Vss F5 Vss L12
VccVRM L39 Vss E5 Vss F12
VccVRM L40 Vss AD6 Vss E12
VccVRM C3 Vss V6 Vss Y13
Vss AV28 Vss J6 Vss V13
Vss U39 Vss E6 Vss E13
Vss B10 Vss BA7 Vss BA14
Vss AF3 Vss J7 Vss AT14
Vss AH29 Vss H7 Vss AN14

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
Vss AM14 Vss P20 Vss AF29
Vss N14 Vss L20 Vss AD29
Vss M14 Vss K20 Vss AB29
Vss J14 Vss F20 Vss AU30
Vss F14 Vss BA21 Vss AR30
Vss A14 Vss AU22 Vss AN30
Vss AH15 Vss AT22 Vss AD30
Vss E15 Vss AN22 Vss AB30
Vss AU16 Vss AK22 Vss Y30
Vss V16 Vss AD22 Vss L30
Vss U16 Vss AB22 Vss F30
Vss T16 Vss AA22 Vss E30
Vss L16 Vss V22 Vss A30
Vss K16 Vss L22 Vss AF31
Vss J16 Vss K22 Vss AD31
Vss F16 Vss E22 Vss P31
Vss E16 Vss D22 Vss L31
Vss AW17 Vss AU23 Vss H31
Vss C17 Vss AB23 Vss C31
Vss AW18 Vss E23 Vss AM32
Vss AT18 Vss AW24 Vss AK32
Vss AR18 Vss AV24 Vss AH32
Vss AN18 Vss AP24 Vss AF32
Vss AM18 Vss AJ24 Vss L32
Vss AF18 Vss AH24 Vss K32
Vss AB18 Vss AD24 Vss C32
Vss V18 Vss U24 Vss AU33
Vss U18 Vss J24 Vss AF33
Vss T18 Vss F24 Vss AB33
Vss J18 Vss AJ26 Vss Y33
Vss F18 Vss AH26 Vss V33
Vss C18 Vss AF26 Vss M33
Vss AU19 Vss AH27 Vss E33
Vss AH19 Vss AB27 Vss AK34
Vss AD19 Vss Y27 Vss AH34
Vss AB19 Vss V27 Vss AD34
Vss AA19 Vss U27 Vss AB34
Vss V19 Vss BA28 Vss P34
Vss E19 Vss AW28 Vss L34
Vss AU20 Vss AR28 Vss G34
Vss AP20 Vss AN28 Vss F34
Vss AJ20 Vss AM28 Vss D34
Vss AB20 Vss AJ28 Vss V35
Vss AA20 Vss AU29 Vss T35

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Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name
Vss A35 Vss_NCTF BA2
Vss AH36 Vss_NCTF AY2
Vss AF36 Vss_NCTF B2
Vss BA37 Vss_NCTF A5
Vss AU37 Vss_NCTF B40
Vss AN37 Vss_NCTF A40
Vss AK37 Vss_NCTF AY41
Vss AF37 Vss_NCTF AW41
Vss AC37 Vss_NCTF C41
Vss W37 Vss_NCTF B41
Vss N37 WAKE# AR33
Vss M37 XCLK_RCOMP AA3
Vss J37 XTAL25_IN Y4
Vss E37 XTAL25_OUT Y2
Vss D37
Vss AU38
Vss AA38
Vss G38
Vss AF39
Vss AE39
Vss AD39
Vss AA39
Vss W39
Vss V39
Vss K39
Vss J39
Vss G39
Vss D39
Vss C39
Vss AD40
Vss AB40
Vss Y40
Vss K40
Vss AU41
Vss AH41
Vss AA41
Vss G41
Vss P23
Vss B22
Vss P22
Vss C23
Vss_NCTF BA1
Vss_NCTF E1
Vss_NCTF C1

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6.2 PCH Ballout Mobile Ballout

This section contains the PCH ballout. Figure 6-3 and Figure 6-4 show the ballout from
a top of the package quadrant view. Table 6-2 is the BGA ball list, sorted alphabetically
by signal name.

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53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27
SDVO_T
Vss_NC Vss_NC Vss_NC Vss_NC SDVO_ DDPB_ DDPB_1 DDPD_0 DDPD_1
BJ VCLKIN PETp8 PERp8 PETp5 PERp1 VccIO BJ
TF TF TF TF STALLN AUXP N N N
N
Vss_NC Vss_NC SDVO_IN DDPC_1 DDPD_
BH Vss Vss Vss Vss PERp5 Vss PETp1 VccIO BH
TF TF TP P 2P
SDVO_T
SDVO_ DDPB_ DDPB_1 DDPD_0 DDPD_1
BG Vss VCLKIN PETn8 PERn8 PETn5 PERn1 VccIO BG
STALLP AUXN P P P
P
Vss_NC SDVO_IN DDPC_1 DDPD_
BF Vss Vss PERn5 PETn1 BF
TF TN N 2N
Vss_NC DDPC_ DDPC_0 DDPD_3
BE Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss PETp4 Vss VccIO BE
TF AUXN N N
VccADP VccADP DDPD_ DDPC_ DDPB_0 DDPC_0 DDPC_2 DDPD_3
BD Vss Vss PETp6 PETn4 PETp2 VccIO BD
LLB LLB AUXP AUXP N P N P
DDPD_ DDPB_0 DDPC_2
BC Vss Vss Vss Vss PETn6 Vss PETn2 VccIO BC
AUXN P P
VccADP VccADP LVDSA_ LVDSA_ DDPB_2 DDPC_3
BB Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss PERp4 Vss VccIO BB
LLA LLA DATA0 DATA#0 N N
LVDSA_ LVDSA_ DDPB_2 DDPB_3 DDPC_3
BA Vss PERn6 PERn4 PERp2 VccIO BA
DATA#1 DATA1 P P P
LVDSB_ LVDSB_ LVDSA_ LVDSA_
AY Vss TP5 TP4 Vss AY
DATA#0 DATA0 DATA2 DATA#2
DDPB_3
AW Vss Vss Vss PERp6 Vss PERn2 VccIO AW
N
LVDSA_ LVDSA_ LVDSA_ LVDSA_ DDPC_
AV Vss Vss TP7 TP6 Vss Vss PETp7 Vss PETp3 Vss VccIO AV
CLK# CLK DATA3 DATA#3 HPD
LVDSB_ LVDSB_ DDPB_
AU PETn7 PERp7 PETn3 PERn3 VccIO AU
DATA#2 DATA2 HPD
LVDSB_ LVDSB_ LVDSB_ LVDSB_ VccTX_ VccTX_L LVD_VR LVD_VR DDPD_
AT Vss Vss Vss PERn7 Vss PERp3 VccIO AT
DATA#3 DATA3 DATA#1 DATA1 LVDS VDS EFH EFL HPD
AR Vss AR
LVDSB_ LVDSB_ VccTX_L VccTX_L LVD_VB LVD_IB
AP VccAClk VccAClk Vss Vss Vss AP
CLK# CLK VDS VDS G G
AN Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vss Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO AN
CLKOU CLKOU CLKOU CLKOU
CLKOUT CLKOUT
AM T_PCIE T_PCIE Vss T_PCIE T_PCIE Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AM
_PCIE1P _PCIE1N
4P 4N 2P 2N
AL Vss AL
CLKOU CLKOU CLKOU CLKOU
AK T_PEG_ T_PEG_ Vss T_PCIE T_PCIE Vss Vss Vss TP13 TP12 Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AK
B_N B_P 0N 0P
CLKOU CLKOU
AJ T_PCIE T_PCIE VccIO Vss Vss VccCore VccCore Vss AJ
5P 5N
CLKOU CLKOU CLKOU
XTAL25 XTAL25 CLKOUT VssA_L VccALV VccCor
AH Vss Vss Vss T_PCIE Vss T_PCIE T_PCIE VccIO VccIO Vss VccCore VccCore AH
_OUT _IN _PCIE6N VDS DS e
6P 3N 3P
AG Vss AG
CLKOU CLKOU
VssA_D VssA_D XCLK_R VccCor
AF Vss T_PCIE T_PCIE Vss Vss VccME VccME VccME Vss Vss VccIO VccIO VccCore VccCore AF
AC AC COMP e
7N 7P
VccADA VccADA
AE AE
C C
CLKOUT CLKOUT
CRT_RE DAC_IR VccCor
AD Vss Vss Vss Vss _PEG_A_ _PEG_A_ Vss VccME VccME VccME Vcc3_3 Vss Vss Vss Vss AD
D EF e
P N
AC Vss AC
DDPC_
CRT_G CRT_IR L_DDC_ L_CTRL VccCor
AB CTRLDA Vss NC_1 Vss NC_3 NC_4 Vss NC_2 Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vss Vss Vss AB
REEN TN CLK _CLK e
TA
CRT_BL
AA Vss VccME VccME Vss Vss Vss Vss AA
UE
DDPC_
CRT_HS CRT_VS L_BKLT L_DDC_
Y CTRLCL Vss Vss Vss VccME VccME VccME Vss VccME VccME Vss Vss Vss Vss Y
YNC YNC CTL DATA
K
W Vss W
CRT_D
CRT_D L_CTRL VccSus
V DC_DAT Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss VccME VccME VccME Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss V
DC_CLK _DATA 3_3
A
DDPD_ DDPD_
VccSus
U CTRLDA CTRLCL Vcc3_3 Vss Vss Vss Vss U
3_3
TA K
CLKOU
SDVO_ SDVO_ CLKOUT
L_BKLT L_VDD_ TFLEX2
T CTRLDA CTRLCL Vss Vss FLEX0 / Vss Vss NC_5 T
EN EN /
TA K GPIO64
GPIO66
R Vss R
CLKOUT
CLKOU CLKOU CLKOU CLKOU REFCLK VccSus
P Vss Vss Vss FLEX1 / Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vss Vss Vss P
T_PCI1 T_PCI3 T_PCI4 T_PCI2 14IN 3_3
GPIO65
CLKOU
CLKOU TFLEX3 VccSus
N Vss Vcc3_3 AD1 TP15 TP17 N
T_PCI0 / 3_3
GPIO67
REQ3# / VccSus
M AD22 Vss AD12 AD30 Vss AD13 AD16 Vss AD15 Vss Vcc3_3 Vss TP14 TP16 M
GPIO54 3_3
VccSusHD VccSus
L Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vss AD25 Vss L
A 3_3
PIRQF# GNT1# /
K AD24 V5REF AD18 Vss AD21 Vss K
/ GPIO3 GPIO51
CLKIN_ HDA_DOC
VccSus
J AD23 C/BE0# PCILOO AD27 Vcc3_3 AD17 AD5 GPIO7 K_RST# / J
3_3
PBACK GPIO13
HDA_DOC
GNT3# / VccSus
H PIRQB# Vss AD9 C/BE2# PAR Vss AD0 Vss AD31 Vss K_EN# / Vss H
GPIO55 3_3
GPIO33
HDA_SDI VccSus
G Vss AD28 Vss C/BE1# Vss PIRQA# Vss C/BE3# Vss G
N0 3_3
LDRQ1#
DEVSEL GNT2# / HDA_SDI HDA_SDI VccSus
F AD14 REQ0# Vss GNT0# AD29 AD26 AD19 GPIO17 / F
# GPIO53 N3 N1 3_3
GPIO23
Vss_NC HDA_SDI VccSus
E PERR# Vss Vss SERR# Vss AD10 Vss AD8 Vss Vss E
TF N2 3_3
Vss_NC FWH0 / HDA_S
D Vss PLOCK# AD7 STOP# GPIO6 D
TF LAD0 YNC
FWH4 /
FRAME FWH2 / HDA_RST VccSus
C Vss TRDY# AD2 AD20 AD11 GPIO1 AD4 LFRAM C
# LAD2 # 3_3
E#
Vss_NC Vss_NC REQ2# / PIRQE# PIRQC FWH1 / HDA_S VccSu
B Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss B
TF TF GPIO52 / GPIO2 # LAD1 DO s3_3
Vss_NC Vss_NC Vss_NC Vss_NC PIRQH# REQ1# / PIRQD PIRQG# FWH3 / HDA_BCL VccSus
A IRDY# AD6 AD3 LDRQ0# A
TF TF TF TF / GPIO5 GPIO50 # / GPIO4 LAD3 K 3_3
53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27

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26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
VccAPL DMI1RX DMI3RX VccFDIPL FDI_RXN FDI_LSY PMSYNC Vss_NCT Vss_NCT
BJ VccIO FDI_INT Reserved Reserved Vss_NCTF Vss_NCTF BJ
LEXP N N L 3 NC0 H F F
DMI_ZC FDI_RXN FDI_FSYN Vss_NCT
BH Vss DMI1TXP Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss_NCTF BH
OMP 1 C1 F
DMI1RX DMI3RX FDI_RXP FDI_LSY
BG VccIO Vss Vss Vss PECI Reserved Reserved Vss BG
P P 3 NC1
DMI_IR FDI_RXP FDI_FSYN
BF DMI1TXN Vss Reserved Vss Vss_NCTF BF
COMP 1 C0
DMI0TX FDI_RXN PROCPW
BE VccIO Vss Vss DMI3TXN Vss Vss Vss Vss Reserved Vss_NCTF BE
N 5 RGD
DMI0R DMI0TX DMI2TX FDI_RXN FDI_RXP FDI_RXP THRMTRI
BD VccIO DMI3TXP Reserved Reserved Vss NV_ALE Reserved BD
XP P N 2 5 7 P#
DMI0R DMI2TX FDI_RXP FDI_RXN
BC VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss Reserved Vss BC
XN P 2 7
FDI_RXP FDI_RXP
BB VccIO Vss TP3 Vss Vss Vss Vss Reserved Reserved Vss Reserved Reserved BB
0 6
CLKIN_ DMI2RX FDI_RXN FDI_RXN FDI_RXN
BA VccIO TP1 Vss Reserved SPI_CLK BA
DMI_P P 0 4 6
AY Vss Reserved Reserved Vss NV_CLE Reserved SPI_CS1# SPI_MOSI AY
CLKIN_ DMI2RX FDI_RXP
AW VccIO TP2 Vss Vss Vss AW
DMI_N N 4
AV VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Reserved Reserved Vss Reserved Reserved Vss SPI_CS0# SPI_MISO AV
VccVR V_CPU_I
AU VccIO Vss Vss VccDMI Vss Reserved AU
M O
CLKOUT_D CLKOUT_D
VccVR V_CPU_I P_P / P_N /
AT VccIO VccVRM VccVRM VccDMI Vss Vss Vss Reserved Vss Vss Reserved Vss AT
M O CLKOUT_B CLKOUT_B
CLK1_P CLK1_N
AR Vss AR
VccME3_ VccME3_ CLKIN_BCL CLKIN_BC
AP Reserved Vss Vss Vss Reserved Reserved Vss AP
3 3 K_N LK_P
CLKOUT_ CLKOUT
AN VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss AN
DMI_N _DMI_P
CLKOUT_B CLKOUT_B
VccPNAN VccPNAN VccPNAN VccPNAN VccME3_ CLK0_N / CLK0_P /
AM Vss Vss VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss VccME3_3 Vss Vss Vss AM
D D D D 3 CLKOUT_P CLKOUT_P
CIE8N CIE8P
AL Vss AL
VccPNA VccPNA VccPNAN VccPNAN VccPNAN SATA0TX SATA0TX SATA0RX VccSATAPL VccSATAPL
AK Vss VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss SATA0RXN Vss AK
ND ND D D D N P P L L
AJ Vss TP11 Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AJ
CLKIN_SA CLKIN_S
VccCor TA_N / ATA_P / SATA1TX SATA1RX SATA1RX
AH Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vss SATA1TXP Vss SATA3RXN SATA3RXP AH
e CKSSCD_ CKSSCD N N P
N _P
AG Vss AG
VccCor SATAICO SATAICO SATA2RX SATA2RX SATA2TX
AF VccLAN VccLAN VccIO VccIO VccIO TP8 Vss Vss SATA2TXN Vss SATA3TXN SATA3TXP AF
e MPO MPI N P P
AE Vss Vss AE
VccCor SATA4RX SATA4TX SATA4TX
AD Vss Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vss Vss SATA4RXP Vss SATA5RXN SATA5RXP AD
e N N P
AC Vss AC
SDATAOU
VccCor VccCor SATA3GP SATA2GP /
AB Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss GPIO27 Vss SERIRQ Vss T1 / Vss SATA5TXN SATA5TXP AB
e e / GPIO37 GPIO36
GPIO48
SATA5GP /
GPIO49 / SATA4GP
AA Vss Vss TP19 Vss Vss Vss AA
TEMP_AL / GPIO16
ERT#
DcpSus SATA0GP SCLOCK / BMBUSY# / CLKRUN# /
Y VccIO VccIO Vss DcpSus Vss Vcc3_3 Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Y
Byp / GPIO21 GPIO22 GPIO0 GPIO32
W Vss W
SLOAD / SATA1GP /
V VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 GPIO28 DcpSST Vss DcpRTC Vss Vss GPIO35 Vss V
GPIO38 GPIO19
PCIECLKR
VccSus VccSus VccSus3 VccSus3 VccSus VccSus3
U Q1# / A20GATE U
3_3 3_3 _3 _3 3_3 _3
GPIO18
OC7# / CL_DATA CL_RST1 SYS_RES
T CL_CLK1 Vss Vss GPIO15 Vss SATALED# RCIN# T
GPIO14 1 # ET#
R Vss R
PEG_B_C PCIECLK ACPRESE
VccSus USBP2 VccSus3_ SUS_STAT PWRBTN SDATAOUT
P Vss Vss Vss LKRQ# / SLP_S3# Vss RQ0# / NT / INIT3_3V# SPKR P
3_3 P 3 # / GPIO61 # 0 / GPIO39
GPIO56 GPIO73 GPIO31
PCIECLKR
VccSus USBP2 OC0# /
N Vss USBP6P TP10 Q2# / TP23 N
3_3 N GPIO59
GPIO20
SML1ALE STP_PCI PCIECLK SUS_PWR
VccSus USBP1 SYS_PWR
M USBP6N Vss TP9 Vss RT# / Vss #/ RQ4# / Vss PME# Vss JTAG_TCK _DN_ACK / M
3_3 2P OK
GPIO74 GPIO34 GPIO26 GPIO30
VccSus USBP1 USBP3 OC3# /
L Vss Vss Vss Vss L
3_3 2N P GPIO42
LAN_PH
Y_PWR_ MEPWR
K Vss SLP_M# Vss PCIRST# JTAG_TMS JTAG_TDI K
CTRL / OK
GPIO12
SML0ALE
VccSus USBP3 OC1# / JTAG_TD
J Vss USBP8P USBP0P RT# / WAKE# TRST# J
3_3 N GPIO40 O
GPIO60
PCIECLK PCIECLKR PEG_A_CL
VccSus USBP1
H USBP8N Vss USBP0N Vss SMBCLK TP18 GPIO24 SLP_S4# RQ5# / Vss Q6# / KRQ# / H
3_3 1P
GPIO44 GPIO45 GPIO47
SML1DA
VccSus USBP1 USBP4 OC5# / SML0DAT
G Vss Vss Vss TA / Vss Vss G
3_3 1N P GPIO9 A
GPIO75
PCIECLKR
VccSus V5REF USBP4 CLKIN_D OC2# / OC6# / SLP_LAN SUSCLK /
F USBP9P RI# GPIO8 GPIO57 Vss Q7# / F
3_3 _Sus N OT_96N GPIO41 GPIO10 #/GPIO29 GPIO62
GPIO46
SML1CL
VccSus CLKIN_D OC4# / SLP_S5# /
E Vss USBP9N Vss Vss Vss K/ Vss Vss Vss_NCTF E
3_3 OT_96P GPIO43 GPIO63
GPIO58
USBRBI SRTCRS DRAMP Vss_NCT
D USBP7P RTCX2 PLTRST# Vss_NCTF D
AS T# WROK F
VccSus USBP1 USBP10 USBP5 RSMRST RTCRST
C USBP1P Vss TP24 SMBDATA SML0CLK C
3_3 3P P P # #
SMBALE
USBRBI Vss_NCT
B Vss USBP7N Vss PWROK Vss RTCX1 Vss RT# / Vss Vss_NCTF B
AS# F
GPIO11
PCIECLKR
VccSus USBP1 USBP10 USBP5 INTRUDE INTVRME LAN_RST BATLOW# Vss_NCT
A USBP1N VccRTC Q3# / Vss_NCTF A
3_3 3N N N R# N # / GPIO72 F
GPIO25
26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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PCH Mobile PCH Mobile
PCH Mobile Ball # Ball #
Ball # Ball Name Ball Name
Ball Name
A20GATE U2 CLKIN_BCLK_N AP3 CLKOUT_PEG_B_N AK53
CLKIN_BCLK_P AP1 CLKOUT_PEG_B_P AK51
ACPRESENT /
P7
GPIO31 CLKIN_DMI_N AW24 CLKOUTFLEX0 /
T45
AD0 H40 CLKIN_DMI_P BA24 GPIO64

CLKIN_DOT_96N F18 CLKOUTFLEX1 /

AD1 N34 P43
GPIO65
AD2 C44 CLKIN_DOT_96P E18
CLKOUTFLEX2 /
AD3 A38 CLKIN_PCILOOPBA T42
J42 GPIO66
CK
AD4 C36 CLKOUTFLEX3 /
CLKIN_SATA_N / N50
AD5 J34 AH13 GPIO67
CKSSCD_N
AD6 A40 CLKRUN# / GPIO32 Y1
CLKIN_SATA_P /
AD7 D45 AH12 CRT_BLUE AA52
CKSSCD_P
AD8 E36 CLKOUT_BCLK0_N CRT_DDC_CLK V51
AM3
AD9 H48 / CLKOUT_PCIE8N CRT_DDC_DATA V53
AD10 E40 CLKOUT_BCLK0_P / CRT_GREEN AB53
AM1
AD11 C40 CLKOUT_PCIE8P CRT_HSYNC Y53
AD12 M48 CLKOUT_DMI_N AN4 CRT_IRTN AB51
AD13 M45 CLKOUT_DMI_P AN2 CRT_RED AD53
AD14 F53 CLKOUT_DP_N / CRT_VSYNC Y51
AT1
CLKOUT_BCLK1_N
AD15 M40 DAC_IREF AD48
CLKOUT_DP_P /
AD16 M43 AT3 DcpRTC V9
CLKOUT_BCLK1_P
AD17 J36 DcpSST V12
CLKOUT_PCI0 N52
AD18 K48 CLKOUT_PCI1 P53 DcpSus Y22
AD19 F40 DcpSusByp Y20
CLKOUT_PCI2 P46
AD20 C42 DDPB_0N BD42
CLKOUT_PCI3 P51
AD21 K46 CLKOUT_PCI4 P48 DDPB_0P BC42
AD22 M51 DDPB_1N BJ42
CLKOUT_PCIE0N AK48
AD23 J52 DDPB_1P BG42
CLKOUT_PCIE0P AK47
AD24 K51 CLKOUT_PCIE1N AM43 DDPB_2N BB40
AD25 L34 DDPB_2P BA40
CLKOUT_PCIE1P AM45
AD26 F42 DDPB_3N AW38
CLKOUT_PCIE2N AM47
AD27 J40 CLKOUT_PCIE2P AM48 DDPB_3P BA38
AD28 G46 DDPB_AUXN BG44
CLKOUT_PCIE3N AH42
AD29 F44 DDPB_AUXP BJ44
CLKOUT_PCIE3P AH41
AD30 M47 CLKOUT_PCIE4N AM51 DDPB_HPD AU38
AD31 H36 DDPC_0N BE40
CLKOUT_PCIE4P AM53
BATLOW# / GPIO72 A6 DDPC_0P BD40
CLKOUT_PCIE5N AJ50
C/BE0# J50 CLKOUT_PCIE5P AJ52 DDPC_1N BF41
C/BE1# G42 DDPC_1P BH41
CLKOUT_PCIE6N AH45
C/BE2# H47 DDPC_2N BD38
CLKOUT_PCIE6P AH46
C/BE3# G34 CLKOUT_PCIE7N AF48 DDPC_2P BC38
CL_CLK1 T13 DDPC_3N BB36
CLKOUT_PCIE7P AF47
CL_DATA1 T11 DDPC_3P BA36
CLKOUT_PEG_A_N AD43
CL_RST1# T9 CLKOUT_PEG_A_P AD45 DDPC_AUXN BE44

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
DDPC_AUXP BD44 FDI_RXN2 BD16 HDA_SDIN3 F32
DDPC_CTRLCLK Y49 FDI_RXN3 BJ16 HDA_SDO B29
DDPC_CTRLDATA AB49 FDI_RXN4 BA16 HDA_SYNC D29
DDPC_HPD AV40 FDI_RXN5 BE14 INIT3_3V# P6
DDPD_0N BJ40 FDI_RXN6 BA14 INTRUDER# A16
DDPD_0P BG40 FDI_RXN7 BC12 INTVRMEN A14
DDPD_1N BJ38 FDI_RXP0 BB18 IRDY# A42
DDPD_1P BG38 FDI_RXP1 BF17 JTAG_TCK M3
DDPD_2N BF37 FDI_RXP2 BC16 JTAG_TDI K1
DDPD_2P BH37 FDI_RXP3 BG16 JTAG_TDO J2
DDPD_3N BE36 FDI_RXP4 AW16 JTAG_TMS K3
DDPD_3P BD36 FDI_RXP5 BD14 L_BKLTCTL Y48
DDPD_AUXN BC46 FDI_RXP6 BB14 L_BKLTEN T48
DDPD_AUXP BD46 FDI_RXP7 BD12 L_CTRL_CLK AB46
DDPD_CTRLCLK U50 FRAME# C46 L_CTRL_DATA V48
DDPD_CTRLDATA U52 FWH0 / LAD0 D33 L_DDC_CLK AB48
DDPD_HPD AT38 FWH1 / LAD1 B33 L_DDC_DATA Y45
DEVSEL# F46 FWH2 / LAD2 C32 L_VDD_EN T47
DMI_IRCOMP BF25 FWH3 / LAD3 A32 LAN_PHY_PWR_CT
K9
DMI_ZCOMP BH25 FWH4 / LFRAME# C34 RL / GPIO12

DMI0RXN BC24 GNT0# F48 LAN_RST# A10

DMI0RXP BD24 GNT1# / GPIO51 K45 LDRQ0# A34

DMI0TXN BE22 GNT2# / GPIO53 F36 LDRQ1# / GPIO23 F34

DMI0TXP BD22 GNT3# / GPIO55 H53 LVD_IBG AP39

DMI1RXN BJ22 GPIO0 Y3 LVD_VBG AP41

DMI1RXP BG22 GPIO1 C38 LVD_VREFH AT43

DMI1TXN BF21 GPIO6 D37 LVD_VREFL AT42

DMI1TXP BH21 GPIO7 J32 LVDSA_CLK# AV53

DMI2RXN AW20 GPIO8 F10 LVDSA_CLK AV51

DMI2RXP BA20 GPIO15 T7 LVDSA_DATA#0 BB47

DMI2TXN BD20 GPIO17 F38 LVDSA_DATA#1 BA52

DMI2TXP BC20 GPIO24 H10 LVDSA_DATA#2 AY48

DMI3RXN BJ20 GPIO27 AB12 LVDSA_DATA#3 AV47

DMI3RXP BG20 GPIO28 V13 LVDSA_DATA0 BB48

DMI3TXN BE18 GPIO35 V6 LVDSA_DATA1 BA50

DMI3TXP BD18 GPIO57 F8 LVDSA_DATA2 AY49

DRAMPWROK D9 HDA_BCLK A30 LVDSA_DATA3 AV48

FDI_FSYNC0 BF13 HDA_DOCK_EN# / LVDSB_CLK# AP48

H32
FDI_FSYNC1 BH13 GPIO33 LVDSB_CLK AP47

FDI_INT BJ14 HDA_DOCK_RST# / LVDSB_DATA#0 AY53

J30
GPIO13 LVDSB_DATA#1 AT49
FDI_LSYNC0 BJ12
HDA_RST# C30 LVDSB_DATA#2 AU52
FDI_LSYNC1 BG14
HDA_SDIN0 G30 LVDSB_DATA#3 AT53
FDI_RXN0 BA18
HDA_SDIN1 F30 LVDSB_DATA0 AY51
FDI_RXN1 BH17
HDA_SDIN2 E32

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
LVDSB_DATA1 AT48 PERn5 BF33 RCIN# T1
LVDSB_DATA2 AU50 PERn6 BA34 REFCLK14IN P41
LVDSB_DATA3 AT51 PERn7 AT34 REQ0# F51
MEPWROK K5 PERn8 BG34 REQ1# / GPIO50 A46
NC_1 AB45 PERp1 BJ30 REQ2# / GPIO52 B45
NC_2 AB38 PERp2 BA30 REQ3# / GPIO54 M53
NC_3 AB42 PERp3 AT30 Reserved AY9
NC_4 AB41 PERp4 BB32 Reserved BD1
NC_5 T39 PERp5 BH33 Reserved AP15
NV_ALE BD3 PERp6 AW34 Reserved BD8
NV_CLE AY6 PERp7 AU34 Reserved AV9
OC0# / GPIO59 N16 PERp8 BJ34 Reserved BG8
OC1# / GPIO40 J16 PERR# E50 Reserved AP7
OC2# / GPIO41 F16 PETn1 BF29 Reserved AP6
OC3# / GPIO42 L16 PETn2 BC30 Reserved BD6
OC4# / GPIO43 E14 PETn3 AU32 Reserved BB7
OC5# / GPIO9 G16 PETn4 BD32 Reserved BC8
OC6# / GPIO10 F12 PETn5 BG32 Reserved BJ8
OC7# / GPIO14 T15 PETn6 BC34 Reserved BJ6
PAR H44 PETn7 AU36 Reserved BG6
PCIECLKRQ0# / PETn8 BG36 Reserved AT6
P9
GPIO73 PETp1 BH29 Reserved AT9
PCIECLKRQ1# / PETp2 BD30 Reserved BB1
U4
GPIO18
PETp3 AV32 Reserved AV6
PCIECLKRQ2# /
N4 PETp4 BE32 Reserved BB3
GPIO20
PETp5 BJ32 Reserved BA4
PCIECLKRQ3# /
A8
GPIO25 PETp6 BD34 Reserved BE4
PCIECLKRQ4# / PETp7 AV36 Reserved BB6
M9
GPIO26 PETp8 BJ36 Reserved AV7
PCIECLKRQ5# / PIRQA# G38 Reserved AU2
H6
GPIO44
PIRQB# H51 Reserved AY8
PCIECLKRQ6# /
H3 PIRQC# B37 Reserved AY5
GPIO45
PIRQD# A44 Reserved AV11
PCIECLKRQ7# /
F1 PIRQE# / GPIO2 B41 Reserved BF5
GPIO46
PCIRST# K6 PIRQF# / GPIO3 K53 RI# F14
PECI BG10 PIRQG# / GPIO4 A36 RSMRST# C16
PEG_A_CLKRQ# / PIRQH# / GPIO5 A48 RTCRST# C14
H1
GPIO47 PLOCK# D49 RTCX1 B13
PEG_B_CLKRQ# / PLTRST# D5 RTCX2 D13
P13
GPIO56 PME# M7 SATA0GP / GPIO21 Y9
PERn1 BG30
PMSYNCH BJ10 SATA0RXN AK7
PERn2 AW30
PROCPWRGD BE10 SATA0RXP AK6
PERn3 AU30 PWRBTN# P5 SATA0TXN AK11
PERn4 BA32
PWROK B17 SATA0TXP AK9

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
SATA1GP / GPIO19 V1 SLP_LAN# / TP11 AJ24
F6
SATA1RXN AH6 GPIO29 TP12 AK41
SATA1RXP AH5 SLP_M# K8 TP13 AK42
SATA1TXN AH9 SLP_S3# P12 TP14 M32
SATA1TXP AH8 SLP_S4# H7 TP15 N32
SATA2GP / GPIO36 AB7 SLP_S5# / GPIO63 E4 TP16 M30
SATA2RXN AF11 SMBALERT# / TP17 N30
B9
GPIO11
SATA2RXP AF9 TP18 H12
SMBCLK H14
SATA2TXN AF7 TP19 AA23
SMBDATA C8
SATA2TXP AF6 TP23 N2
SML0ALERT# /
SATA3GP / GPIO37 AB13 J14 TP24 C10
GPIO60
SATA3RXN AH3 TRDY# C48
SML0CLK C6
SATA3RXP AH1 SML0DATA G8 TRST# J4
SATA3TXN AF3 USBP0N H18
SML1ALERT# /
M14
SATA3TXP AF1 GPIO74 USBP0P J18
SATA4GP / GPIO16 AA2 SML1CLK / GPIO58 E10 USBP1N A18
SATA4RXN AD9 SML1DATA / USBP1P C18
G12
SATA4RXP AD8 GPIO75 USBP2N N20
SATA4TXN AD6 SPI_CLK BA2 USBP2P P20
SATA4TXP AD5 SPI_CS0# AV3 USBP3N J20
SATA5GP / GPIO49/ SPI_CS1# AY3 USBP3P L20
AA4
TEMP_ALERT# SPI_MISO AV1 USBP4N F20
SATA5RXN AD3 SPI_MOSI AY1 USBP4P G20
SATA5RXP AD1 SPKR P1 USBP5N A20
SATA5TXN AB3 SRTCRST# D17 USBP5P C20
SATA5TXP AB1 STOP# D41 USBP6N M22
SATAICOMPI AF15 STP_PCI# / GPIO34 M11 USBP6P N22
SATAICOMPO AF16 SUS_PWR_DN_ACK USBP7N B21
M1
SATALED# T3 / GPIO30
USBP7P D21
SCLOCK / GPIO22 Y7 SUS_STAT# /
P8 USBP8N H22
GPIO61
SDATAOUT0 / USBP8P J22
P3 SUSCLK / GPIO62 F3
GPIO39
USBP9N E22
SDATAOUT1 / SYS_PWROK M6
AB6 USBP9P F22
GPIO48 SYS_RESET# T6
USBP10N A22
SDVO_CTRLCLK T51 THRMTRIP# BD10
SDVO_CTRLDATA T53 USBP10P C22
TP1 BA22
USBP11N G24
SDVO_INTN BF45 TP2 AW22
USBP11P H24
SDVO_INTP BH45 TP3 BB22
SDVO_STALLN BJ48 USBP12N L24
TP4 AY45
USBP12P M24
SDVO_STALLP BG48 TP5 AY46
USBP13N A24
SDVO_TVCLKINN BJ46 TP6 AV43
SDVO_TVCLKINP BG46 USBP13P C24
TP7 AV45
USBRBIAS D25
SERIRQ AB9 TP8 AF13
USBRBIAS# B25
SERR# E44 TP9 M18
SLOAD / GPIO38 V3 V_CPU_IO AT18
TP10 N18

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
V_CPU_IO AU18 VccFDIPLL BJ18 VccIO AD22
V5REF K49 VccIO AN30 VccIO AF19
V5REF_Sus F24 VccIO AN31 VccIO AF20
Vcc3_3 AB34 VccIO AN23 VccIO AF22
Vcc3_3 AB35 VccIO AN24 VccIO AH20
Vcc3_3 AD35 VccIO AN26 VccIO AH19
Vcc3_3 AN35 VccIO AN28 VccIO AF32
Vcc3_3 AD13 VccIO AT26 VccIO AF34
Vcc3_3 V15 VccIO AT28 VccIO AH34
Vcc3_3 V16 VccIO AU26 VccIO V24
Vcc3_3 Y16 VccIO AU28 VccIO V26
Vcc3_3 J38 VccIO AV26 VccIO Y24
Vcc3_3 L38 VccIO AV28 VccIO Y26
Vcc3_3 M36 VccIO AW26 VccLAN AF23
Vcc3_3 N36 VccIO AW28 VccLAN AF24
Vcc3_3 P36 VccIO BA26 VccME AD38
Vcc3_3 U35 VccIO BA28 VccME AD39
VccAClk AP51 VccIO BB26 VccME AD41
VccAClk AP53 VccIO BB28 VccME AF41
VccADAC AE50 VccIO BC26 VccME AF42
VccADAC AE52 VccIO BC28 VccME AF43
VccADPLLA BB51 VccIO BD26 VccME AA34
VccADPLLA BB53 VccIO BD28 VccME Y34
VccADPLLB BD51 VccIO BE26 VccME Y35
VccADPLLB BD53 VccIO BE28 VccME AA35
VccALVDS AH38 VccIO BG26 VccME V39
VccAPLLEXP BJ24 VccIO BG28 VccME V41
VccCore AB24 VccIO BH27 VccME V42
VccCore AB26 VccIO BJ26 VccME Y39
VccCore AB28 VccIO BJ28 VccME Y41
VccCore AD26 VccIO AN20 VccME Y42
VccCore AD28 VccIO AN22 VccME3_3 AM8
VccCore AF26 VccIO V23 VccME3_3 AM9
VccCore AF28 VccIO AH23 VccME3_3 AP11
VccCore AF30 VccIO AH35 VccME3_3 AP9
VccCore AF31 VccIO AJ35 VccPNAND AK13
VccCore AH26 VccIO AH22 VccPNAND AK15
VccCore AH28 VccIO AK24 VccPNAND AK16
VccCore AH30 VccIO AM23 VccPNAND AK19
VccCore AH31 VccIO AB19 VccPNAND AK20
VccCore AJ30 VccIO AB20 VccPNAND AM12
VccCore AJ31 VccIO AB22 VccPNAND AM13
VccDMI AT16 VccIO AD19 VccPNAND AM15
VccDMI AU16 VccIO AD20 VccPNAND AM16

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
VccRTC A12 Vss AU22 Vss AF39
VccSATAPLL AK1 Vss AV18 Vss AF45
VccSATAPLL AK3 Vss AA19 Vss AF46
VccSus3_3 U23 Vss AA20 Vss AF49
VccSus3_3 P18 Vss AA22 Vss AF5
VccSus3_3 U19 Vss AA24 Vss AF8
VccSus3_3 U20 Vss AA26 Vss AG2
VccSus3_3 U22 Vss AA28 Vss AG52
VccSus3_3 A26 Vss AA30 Vss AH11
VccSus3_3 A28 Vss AA31 Vss AH15
VccSus3_3 B27 Vss AA32 Vss AH16
VccSus3_3 C26 Vss AA50 Vss AH24
VccSus3_3 C28 Vss AB11 Vss AH32
VccSus3_3 E26 Vss AB15 Vss AH43
VccSus3_3 E28 Vss AB23 Vss AH47
VccSus3_3 F26 Vss AB30 Vss AH48
VccSus3_3 F28 Vss AB31 Vss AH49
VccSus3_3 G26 Vss AB32 Vss AH7
VccSus3_3 G28 Vss AB39 Vss AJ19
VccSus3_3 H26 Vss AB43 Vss AJ2
VccSus3_3 H28 Vss AB47 Vss AJ20
VccSus3_3 J26 Vss AB5 Vss AJ22
VccSus3_3 J28 Vss AB8 Vss AJ23
VccSus3_3 L26 Vss AC2 Vss AJ26
VccSus3_3 L28 Vss AC52 Vss AJ28
VccSus3_3 M26 Vss AD11 Vss AJ32
VccSus3_3 M28 Vss AD15 Vss AJ34
VccSus3_3 N26 Vss AD16 Vss AJ4
VccSus3_3 N28 Vss AD23 Vss AK12
VccSus3_3 P26 Vss AD24 Vss AK22
VccSus3_3 P28 Vss AD30 Vss AK23
VccSus3_3 U24 Vss AD31 Vss AK26
VccSus3_3 U26 Vss AD32 Vss AK28
VccSus3_3 U28 Vss AD34 Vss AK30
VccSus3_3 V28 Vss AD42 Vss AK31
VccSusHDA L30 Vss AD46 Vss AK32
VccTX_LVDS AP43 Vss AD47 Vss AK34
VccTX_LVDS AP45 Vss AD49 Vss AK35
VccTX_LVDS AT45 Vss AD51 Vss AK38
VccTX_LVDS AT46 Vss AD7 Vss AK39
VccVRM AT24 Vss AE2 Vss AK43
VccVRM AT22 Vss AE4 Vss AK45
VccVRM AT20 Vss AF12 Vss AK46
VccVRM AU24 Vss AF35 Vss AK49

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
Vss AK5 Vss AT47 Vss BB12
Vss AK8 Vss AT5 Vss BB16
Vss AL2 Vss AT7 Vss BB20
Vss AL52 Vss AT8 Vss BB24
Vss AM11 Vss AU20 Vss BB30
Vss AM19 Vss AU4 Vss BB34
Vss AM20 Vss AV12 Vss BB38
Vss AM22 Vss AV14 Vss BB42
Vss AM24 Vss AV16 Vss BB44
Vss AM26 Vss AV20 Vss BB49
Vss AM28 Vss AV22 Vss BB5
Vss AM30 Vss AV24 Vss BC10
Vss AM31 Vss AV30 Vss BC14
Vss AM32 Vss AV34 Vss BC18
Vss AM34 Vss AV38 Vss BC2
Vss AM35 Vss AV42 Vss BC22
Vss AM38 Vss AV46 Vss BC32
Vss AM39 Vss AV49 Vss BC36
Vss AM41 Vss AV5 Vss BC40
Vss AM42 Vss AV8 Vss BC44
Vss AM46 Vss AW14 Vss BC52
Vss AM49 Vss AW18 Vss BD48
Vss AM5 Vss AW2 Vss BD49
Vss AM6 Vss AW32 Vss BD5
Vss AM7 Vss AW36 Vss BE12
Vss AN19 Vss AW40 Vss BE16
Vss AN32 Vss AW52 Vss BE20
Vss AN50 Vss AY11 Vss BE24
Vss AN52 Vss AY43 Vss BE30
Vss AP12 Vss AY47 Vss BE34
Vss AP13 Vss AY7 Vss BE38
Vss AP42 Vss B11 Vss BE42
Vss AP46 Vss B15 Vss BE46
Vss AP49 Vss B19 Vss BE48
Vss AP5 Vss B23 Vss BE50
Vss AP8 Vss B31 Vss BE6
Vss AR2 Vss B35 Vss BE8
Vss AR52 Vss B39 Vss BF3
Vss AT11 Vss B43 Vss BF49
Vss AT12 Vss B47 Vss BF51
Vss AT13 Vss B7 Vss BF9
Vss AT32 Vss BA12 Vss BG12
Vss AT36 Vss BA42 Vss BG18
Vss AT41 Vss BB10 Vss BG24

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PCH Mobile PCH Mobile PCH Mobile

Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
Vss BG4 Vss H38 Vss T43
Vss BG50 Vss H42 Vss T46
Vss BH11 Vss H49 Vss T49
Vss BH15 Vss H5 Vss T5
Vss BH19 Vss J24 Vss T8
Vss BH23 Vss K11 Vss U30
Vss BH31 Vss K43 Vss U31
Vss BH35 Vss K47 Vss U32
Vss BH39 Vss K7 Vss U34
Vss BH43 Vss L14 Vss V11
Vss BH47 Vss L18 Vss V19
Vss BH7 Vss L2 Vss V20
Vss BH9 Vss L22 Vss V22
Vss C12 Vss L32 Vss V30
Vss C50 Vss L36 Vss V31
Vss D51 Vss L40 Vss V32
Vss E12 Vss L52 Vss V34
Vss E16 Vss M12 Vss V35
Vss E20 Vss M16 Vss V38
Vss E24 Vss M20 Vss V43
Vss E30 Vss M34 Vss V45
Vss E34 Vss M38 Vss V46
Vss E38 Vss M42 Vss V47
Vss E42 Vss M46 Vss V49
Vss E46 Vss M49 Vss V5
Vss E48 Vss M5 Vss V7
Vss E6 Vss M8 Vss V8
Vss E8 Vss N24 Vss W2
Vss F49 Vss N38 Vss W52
Vss F5 Vss P11 Vss Y11
Vss G10 Vss P16 Vss Y12
Vss G14 Vss P22 Vss Y13
Vss G18 Vss P30 Vss Y15
Vss G2 Vss P32 Vss Y19
Vss G22 Vss P34 Vss Y23
Vss G32 Vss P38 Vss Y28
Vss G36 Vss P42 Vss Y30
Vss G40 Vss P45 Vss Y31
Vss G44 Vss P47 Vss Y32
Vss G52 Vss P49 Vss Y38
Vss H16 Vss R2 Vss Y43
Vss H20 Vss R52 Vss Y46
Vss H30 Vss T12 Vss Y47
Vss H34 Vss T41 Vss Y5

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PCH Mobile
Ball #
Ball Name
Vss Y6
Vss Y8
Vss AB16
Vss AN34
Vss AD12
Vss P24
Vss_NCTF A4
Vss_NCTF A49
Vss_NCTF A5
Vss_NCTF A50
Vss_NCTF A52
Vss_NCTF A53
Vss_NCTF B2
Vss_NCTF B4
Vss_NCTF B52
Vss_NCTF B53
Vss_NCTF BE1
Vss_NCTF BE53
Vss_NCTF BF1
Vss_NCTF BF53
Vss_NCTF BH1
Vss_NCTF BH2
Vss_NCTF BH52
Vss_NCTF BH53
Vss_NCTF BJ1
Vss_NCTF BJ2
Vss_NCTF BJ4
Vss_NCTF BJ49
Vss_NCTF BJ5
Vss_NCTF BJ50
Vss_NCTF BJ52
Vss_NCTF BJ53
Vss_NCTF D1
Vss_NCTF D2
Vss_NCTF D53
Vss_NCTF E1
Vss_NCTF E53
VssA_DAC AF51
VssA_DAC AF53
VssA_LVDS AH39
WAKE# J12
XCLK_RCOMP AF38
XTAL25_IN AH51
XTAL25_OUT AH53

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6.3 PCH Ballout Small Form Factor Ballout

This section contains the PCH Mobile Small Form Factor (SFF) ballout. Figure 6-5 and
Figure 6-6 show the ballout from a top of the package quadrant view. Table 6-3 is the
BGA ball list, sorted alphabetically by signal name.

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Figure 6-5. PCH ballout (top view—left side) (Mobile SFF Only)
51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26
Vss_NCT Vss_NCT Vss_NCT DDPB_0 DDPB_2 DDPB_3 DDPC_1 DDPD_1 DDPD_0 DDPD_2
BE PETn8 PERn7 PETn5 PERn2 BE
F F F P P P P N P P
Vss_NCT Vss_NCT DDPB_1 DDPC_0 DDPB_H
BD Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss PERn8 Vss PERn4 Vss BD
F F P P PD
Vss_NCT DDPB_0 DDPB_2 DDPB_3 DDPC_1 DDPD_1 DDPD_0 DDPD_2
BC Vss PETp8 PERp7 PETp5 PERp2 BC
F N N N N P N N
DDPB_1 DDPC_0 DDPC_H
BB Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss VSS PERp8 VSS PERp4 VSS BB
N N PD
DDPD_A DDPC_A DDPB_A SDVO_I DDPC_2 DDPC_3
BA TP4 TP5 Vss DDPD_3P PETn6 PERp5 PERp3 BA
UXP UXN UXN NTN P N
DDPD_A
AY TP6 TP7 Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AY
UXN
CLKOUT CLKOUT DDPC_A DDPB_A SDVO_I DDPC_2 DDPC_3
AW Vss Vss DDPD_3N PETp6 PERn5 PERn3 AW
_PCIE1P _PCIE1N UXP UXP NTP N P
LVDSA_ LVDSA_
AV Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AV
DATA1 DATA#1
SDVO_T
CLKOUT CLKOUT DDPD_H SDVO_S
AU Vss Vss Vss Vss VCLKIN PERn6 PETp7 PETn4 PETn3 AU
_PCIE3P _PCIE3N PD TALLN
N
CLKOUT CLKOUT LVDSA_ LVDSA_
AT Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AT
_PCIE2P _PCIE2N DATA#3 DATA3
CLKOUT CLKOUT LVDSA_ LVDSA_ SDVO_T SDVO_S
AR Vss Vss Vss PERp6 PETn7 PETp4 PETp3 AR
_PCIE4P _PCIE4N DATA0 DATA#0 VCLKINP TALLP
LVDSA_ LVDSA_
AP Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AP
CLK CLK#
CLKOUT CLKOUT LVDSA_ LVDSA_
AN Vss Vss AN
_PCIE6P _PCIE6N DATA#2 DATA2
CLKOUT CLKOUT LVDSB_ LVDSB_ VccADPL VccADPLL VccAPLL
AM Vss Vss Vcc3_3 VSS Vss Vss Vss AM
_PCIE0P _PCIE0N DATA#2 DATA2 LA B EXP
CLKOUT CLKOUT LVDSB_ LVDSB_
AL Vss Vss AL
_PCIE5P _PCIE5N DATA0 DATA#0
LVDSB_ LVDSB_
AK Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss VccIO VccIO AK
DATA1 DATA#1
CLKOUT CLKOUT LVDSB_ LVDSB_
AJ Vss Vss AJ
_PCIE7P _PCIE7N DATA#3 DATA3
CLKOUT CLKOUT
LVDSB_ LVDSB_ VCCTX_ VCCTX_
AH _PEG_B _PEG_B Vss Vss Vss Vss VccCore VccCore VccCore VccCore AH
CLK# CLK LVDS LVDS
_P _N
CLKOUT CLKOUT
LVD_VR LVD_VR
AG _PEG_A _PEG_A Vss Vss AG
EFH EFL
_P _N
VCCTX_ VCCTX_
AF Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss VccIO VccIO Vss Vss VccCore VccCore AF
LVDS LVDS
VccA_CL XCLK_R LVD_IB LVD_VB
AE TP16 TP17 AE
K COMP G G
XTAL25_ XTAL25_ VccA_LV VSSA_L
AD Vss Vss Vss Vss VccIO VccIO VccME VccME Vss Vss AD
IN OUT DS VDS
CRT_DD DDPD_C VssA_D VccADA CRT_IRT
AC NC_2 Vss Vss Vss Vss VccME VccME Vss Vss AC
C_DATA TRLCLK AC C N
AB Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 VccME VccME Vss Vss AB
DDPD_C
CRT_DD CRT_BL CRT_GR CRT_RE
AA TRLDAT NC_3 AA
C_CLK UE EEN D
A
SDVO_C
SDVO_C
Y TRLDAT Vss Vss Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vss Vss Vss VccME VccME VccME Y
TRLCLK
A
L_DDC_ L_BKLTE CRT_HS CRT_VS DAC_IR
W NC_1 W
DATA N YNC YNC EF
V Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss VccME VccME Vss Vss VccME VccME VccME V
DDPC_C
L_VDD_ L_BKLTC DDPC_C L_DDC_
U TRLDAT NC_4 U
EN TL TRLCLK CLK
A
L_CTRL_ L_CTRL_ VccME1
T Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss VccME Vss Vss Vss Vss VSS T
DATA CLK _1
CLKOUT CLKOUT
CLKOUT CLKOUT REFCLK CLKOUT
R FLEX2 / FLEX1 / R
_PCI2 _PCI4 14IN _PCI1
GPIO66 GPIO65
VccSus3
P Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vss P
_3
CLKOUT CLKOUT
CLKOUT CLKOUT
N FLEX0 / Vss FLEX3 / NC_5 N
_PCI3 _PCI0
GPIO64 GPIO67
REQ3# / PIRQF#
M Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss M
GPIO54 / GPIO3
REQ2# / VccSusH
L AD12 AD13 AD16 AD22 AD24 AD30 REQ0# PIRQB# TP17 TP16 TP14 L
GPIO52 DA
K Vss AD14 Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss K
GNT3# / HDA_SD USBP12
J AD15 AD18 C/BE0# PERR# C/BE2# AD9 TRDY# AD6 V5REF TP15 J
GPIO55 IN1 N
GNT1# /
H GNT0# Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss H
GPIO51
LDRQ1#
FWH4 / HDA_SD USBP12
G AD21 PIRQC# AD1 AD28 FRAME# AD31 AD3 STOP# AD25 / G
LFRAME# O P
GPIO23
F Vss C/BE3# Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss F
HDA_DOC
REQ1# / FWH0 / HDA_SY HDA_BC
E SERR# AD26 PAR AD23 AD27 AD2 GPIO1 GPIO7 K_EN# / E
GPIO50 LAD0 NC LK
GPIO33
PIRQE# DEVSEL PIRQG# FWH1 / HDA_SD
D C/BE1# Vss PLOCK# Vss AD11 Vss Vss Vss D
/ GPIO2 # / GPIO4 LAD1 IN3
Vss_NCT GNT2# / FWH2 / HDA_RS USBRBI
C Vss AD17 AD5 AD29 AD4 AD19 AD7 GPIO17 C
F GPIO53 LAD2 T# AS#
Vss_NCT Vss_NCT FWH3 / HDA_SD
B Vss Vss PIRQD# Vss AD0 Vss PIRQA# Vss Vss Vss B
F F LAD3 IN0
CLKIN_P HDA_DOC
Vss_NCT Vss_NCT Vss_NCT PIRQH# HDA_SD USBRBI
A AD10 CILOOP AD8 AD20 IRDY# GPIO6 K_RST# / LDRQ0# A
F F F / GPIO5 IN2 AS
BACK GPIO13
51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26

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Figure 6-6. PCH ballout (top view—right side) (Mobile SFF Only)
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
FDI_RXP FDI_LSY PROCPW THRMTRI Vss_NCT Vss_NCT Vss_NCT
BE PETp1 DMI1TXP DMI0RXP DMI1RXN DMI2RXP DMI3TXN FDI_INT BE
4 NC0 RGD P# F F F
VCCFDIP FDI_RXP PMSYNC Vss_NCT Vss_NCT
BD Vss Vss DMI2TXN Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss BD
LL 2 H F F
FDI_RXN FDI_LSY FDI_FSY Vss_NCT
BC PETn1 DMI1TXN DMI0RXN DMI1RXP DMI2RXN DMI3TXP PECI Reserved Vss BC
4 NC1 NC1 F
FDI_RXN FDI_FSY
BB Vss Vss DMI2TXP Vss VSS Vss Vss Vss Reserved Reserved BB
2 NC0
CLKIN_D DMI_ZCO FDI_RXP FDI_RXP FDI_RXP
BA PERn1 DMI0TXN DMI3RXP Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved BA
MI_N MP 1 6 7
AY Vss Vss Vss Vss VSS Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AY
CLKIN_D DMI_IRC FDI_RXN FDI_RXN FDI_RXN
AW PERp1 DMI0TXP DMI3RXN Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved AW
MI_P OMP 1 6 7
AV Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Reserved Reserved AV
FDI_RXN FDI_RXP FDI_RXN
AU PETn2 TP1 TP2 TP3 VSS Reserved Reserved Reserved NV_ALE NV_CLE AU
0 3 5
AT Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Reserved Vss AT
FDI_RXP FDI_RXN FDI_RXP
AR PETp2 VccVRM VccVRM VccVRM Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved AR
0 3 5
DMIRXTE FDIRXTE CLKIN_B CLKIN_B
AP Vss VccVRM Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AP
RM RM CLK_N CLK_P
CLKOUT_ CLKOUT_
SPI_MOS SPI_MIS DP_N / DP_P /
AN Reserved Reserved AN
I O CLKOUT_ CLKOUT_
BCLK1_N BCLK1_P
AM VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AM
SPI_CS1 SPI_CS0 CLKOUT_ CLKOUT_
AL Reserved SPI_CLK AL
# # DMI_N DMI_P
CLKOUT_ CLKOUT_
BCLK0_P BCLK0_N
V_CPU_I V_CPU_I
AK Vss VccIO Vss VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss / / AK
O O
CLKOUT_ CLKOUT_
PCIE8P PCIE8N
SATA0RX SATA0RX VCCSATA
AJ Vcc3_3 TP8 Vss AJ
N P PLL
VccPNAN VccPNAN
AH Vss Vss Vcc_DMI Vss VccE3_3 VccE3_3 VSS Vss Vss VSS Vss Vss AH
D D
CLKIN_S CLKIN_S
SATA0TX SATA0TX ATA_P / ATA_N / SATA1TX SATA1TX
AG AG
N P CKSSCD CKSSCD N P
_P _N
VccPNAN VccPNAN VccME3_ SATAICO SATAICO
AF VccCore VccCore VccLAN VccLAN VccE3_3 Vss Vss Vss Vss AF
D D 3 MPI MPO
SATA2RX SATA2RX SATA2TX SATA2TX SATA1RX SATA1RX
AE AE
N P N P P N
AD VccCore VccCore Vss Vss VccIO Vss VccIO VccIO Vss VSS Vss Vss Vss Vss AD
SATA3RX SATA3RX SATA3TX SATA3TX SATA4RX SATA4RX
AC VccCore VccCore Vss Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO AC
P N P N N P
AB VccCore VccCore Vss Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss AB
SATA5RX SATA5RX SATA5TX SATA5TX SATA4TX SATA4TX
AA AA
N P P N N P
Y VSS VccCore VccCore Vss Vcc3_3 Vcc3_3 Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Y
SATA5GP
/ GPIO49 SDATAO CLKRUN
SATA4GP BMBUSY
W / SERIRQ UT1 / #/ W
/ GPIO16 # / GPIO0
TMP_ALE GPIO48 GPIO32
RT#
DcpSusB DcpSusB SATA2GP SATA1GP
V Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vss A20GATE Vss Vss V
yp yp / GPIO36 / GPIO19
SATALED SCLOCK /
U CL_CLK1 TP23 RCIN# SPKR U
# GPIO22
VccSus3_ CL_DATA SATA0GP
T VccIO Vss VccIO VccIO VccIO Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss T
3 1 / GPIO21
PCIECLK PEG_A_C SDATAO
PWRBTN SLOAD /
R RQ1# / LKRQ# / GPIO35 UT0 / R
# GPIO38
GPIO18 GPIO47 GPIO39
VccSus3_ VccSus3_ VccSus3_ VccSus3_ VccSus3_ VccSus3_ VccSus3_ CL_RST1 SYS_RES INIT3_3V
P Vss Vss VSS Vss P
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 # ET# #
SUS_PW
ACPRES STP_PCI PCIECLK
SYS_PW R_DN_A
N DcpSST ENT / #/ RQ2# / N
ROK CK /
GPIO31 GPIO34 GPIO20
GPIO30
MEPWRO SATA3GP
M Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss M
K / GPIO37
SUSCLK /
L USBP9N USBP6P Vss USBP1P TP10 DcpRTC SMBCLK SLP_M# PME# JTAG_TDI GPIO27 GPIO28 L
GPIO62
PCIECLK SUS_STA
K Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss RI# Vss Vss RQ0# / T# / K
GPIO73 GPIO61
SMBALE PCIECLK
V5REF_S SRTCRS SML0DAT JTAG_TC JTAG_TM
J USBP9P USBP6N USBP1N TP9 TP17 RT# / RQ6# / TRST# J
US T# A K S
GPIO11 GPIO45
PCIECLK
SLP_S5#
H Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss RQ7# / Vss H
/ GPIO63
GPIO46
PCIECLK
CLKIN_D INTRUDE OC2# / JTAG_TD
G USBP13P USBP7N USBP4N USBP3N TP24 GPIO8 GPIO24 GPIO15 RQ5# / G
OT_96N R# GPIO41 O
GPIO44
LAN_PHY
_PWR_C
F Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss Vss SLP_S3# PCIRST# F
TRL /
GPIO12
SML0ALE SML1ALE SLP_LAN
CLKIN_D OC1# / INTVRME Vss_NCT
E USBP13N USBP7P USBP4P USBP3P VccRTC RT# / RT# / #/ Vss E
OT_96P GPIO40 N F
GPIO60 GPIO74 GPIO29
PCIECLK
RSMRST OC7# / OC6# / DRAMPW
D USBP10N Vss USBP2P Vss PWROK RQ3# / PLTRST# SLP_S4# D
# GPIO14 GPIO10 ROK
GPIO25
BATLOW PCIECLK
OC5# / OC3# / LAN_RST OC0# / Vss_NCT
C USBP11N USBP8N USBP5N USBP0P RTCX2 WAKE# #/ RQ4# / C
GPIO9 GPIO42 # GPIO59 F
GPIO72 GPIO26
SML1CLK Vss_NCT
B USBP10P Vss USBP2N Vss RTCRST# Vss Vss SML0CLK Vss Vss B
/ GPIO58 F
SML1DAT PEG_B_C
OC4# / SMBDAT Vss_NCT Vss_NCT
A USBP11P USBP8P USBP5P USBP0N A/ RTCX1 LKRQ# / GPIO57 A
GPIO43 A F F
GPIO75 GPIO56
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Table 6-3. PCH Ballout by Signal name (Mobile SFF Only)

PCH SFF PCH SFF
PCH SFF Ball # Ball #
Ball # Ball Name Ball Name
Ball Name
CL_CLK1 U11 CLKOUT_PCIE6N AN49
A20GATE V10
ACPRESENT / CL_DATA1 T10 CLKOUT_PCIE6P AN51
N7
GPIO31 CL_RST1# P10 CLKOUT_PCIE7N AJ49
AD0 B40 CLKIN_BCLK_N AP4 CLKOUT_PCIE7P AJ51
AD1 G47 CLKIN_BCLK_P AP2 CLKOUT_PEG_A_N AG49
AD2 E39 CLKIN_DMI_N BA23 CLKOUT_PEG_A_P AG51
AD3 G39 CLKIN_DMI_P AW23 CLKOUT_PEG_B_N AH48
AD4 C39 CLKIN_DOT_96N G17 CLKOUT_PEG_B_P AH50
AD5 C45 CLKIN_DOT_96P E17 CLKOUTFLEX0 /
N51
AD6 J35 CLKIN_PCILOOPBA GPIO64
A43
CK CLKOUTFLEX1 /
AD7 C35 R41
CLKIN_SATA_N / GPIO65
AD8 A41 AG5
CKSSCD_N CLKOUTFLEX2 /
AD9 J39 R43
CLKIN_SATA_P / GPIO66
AD10 A47 AG7
CKSSCD_P CLKOUTFLEX3 /
N45
AD11 D36 GPIO67
CLKOUT_BCLK0_N /
AK2
AD12 L51 CLKOUT_PCIE8N CLKRUN# / GPIO32 W1

AD13 L49 CLKOUT_BCLK0_P / CRT_BLUE AA47

AK4
CLKOUT_PCIE8P
AD14 K48 CRT_DDC_CLK AA49
CLKOUT_DMI_N AL3 CRT_DDC_DATA AC51
AD15 J51
CLKOUT_DMI_P AL1
AD16 L47 CRT_GREEN AA45
CLKOUT_DP_N /
AD17 C47 AN3 CRT_HSYNC W47
CLKOUT_BCLK1_N
AD18 J49 CRT_IRTN AC43
CLKOUT_DP_P /
AN1 CRT_RED AA43
AD19 C37 CLKOUT_BCLK1_P
AD20 A39 CLKOUT_PCI0 N43 CRT_VSYNC W45

AD21 G51 CLKOUT_PCI1 R45 DAC_IREF W43

AD22 L45 CLKOUT_PCI2 R51 DcpRTC L15

AD23 E45 CLKOUT_PCI3 N49 DcpSST N11

AD24 L43 CLKOUT_PCI4 R49 DcpSus T18

AD25 G35 CLKOUT_PCIE0N AM48 DcpSus T19

AD26 E49 CLKOUT_PCIE0P AM50 DcpSusByp V14

AD27 E43 CLKOUT_PCIE1N AW49 DcpSusByp V16

AD28 G45 CLKOUT_PCIE1P AW51 DDPB_0N BC47

AD29 C43 CLKOUT_PCIE2N AT48 DDPB_0P BE47

AD30 L41 CLKOUT_PCIE2P AT50 DDPB_1N BB44

AD31 G41 CLKOUT_PCIE3N AU49 DDPB_1P BD44

BATLOW# / GPIO72 C5 CLKOUT_PCIE3P AU51 DDPB_2N BC45

C/BE0# J47 CLKOUT_PCIE4N AR49 DDPB_2P BE45

C/BE1# D46 CLKOUT_PCIE4P AR51 DDPB_3N BC43

C/BE2# J41 CLKOUT_PCIE5N AL49 DDPB_3P BE43

C/BE3# F48 CLKOUT_PCIE5P AL51 DDPB_AUXN BA41

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PCH SFF PCH SFF PCH SFF

Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
DDPB_AUXP AW41 DMI2TXN BD20 GPIO7 E35
DDPB_HPD BD36 DMI2TXP BB20 GPIO8 G9
DDPC_0N BB40 DMI3RXN AW17 GPIO15 G5
DDPC_0P BD40 DMI3RXP BA17 GPIO17 C33
DDPC_1N BC41 DMI3TXN BE15 GPIO24 G7
DDPC_1P BE41 DMI3TXP BC15 GPIO27 L3
DDPC_2N AW37 DRAMPWROK D6 GPIO28 L1
DDPC_2P BA37 FDI_FSYNC0 BB8 GPIO35 R5
DDPC_3N BA35 FDI_FSYNC1 BC9 GPIO57 A7
DDPC_3P AW35 FDI_INT BE11 HDA_BCLK E27
DDPC_AUXN BA43 FDI_LSYNC0 BE9 HDA_DOCK_EN# /
E33
GPIO33
DDPC_AUXP AW43 FDI_LSYNC1 BC11
DDPC_CTRLCLK U47 FDI_RXN0 AU17 HDA_DOCK_RST# /
A33
GPIO13
DDPC_CTRLDATA U45 FDI_RXN1 AW15
HDA_RST# C29
DDPC_HPD BB36 FDI_RXN2 BB12
HDA_SDIN0 B28
DDPD_0N BC37 FDI_RXN3 AR15
HDA_SDIN1 J29
DDPD_0P BE37 FDI_RXN4 BC13
HDA_SDIN2 A29
DDPD_1N BE39 FDI_RXN5 AU13
HDA_SDIN3 D28
DDPD_1P BC39 FDI_RXN6 AW13
HDA_SDO G29
DDPD_2N BC35 FDI_RXN7 AW11
HDA_SYNC E29
DDPD_2P BE35 FDI_RXP0 AR17
INIT3_3V# P2
DDPD_3N AW33 FDI_RXP1 BA15
INTRUDER# G15
DDPD_3P BA33 FDI_RXP2 BD12
INTVRMEN E11
DDPD_AUXN AY44 FDI_RXP3 AU15
IRDY# A37
DDPD_AUXP BA45 FDI_RXP4 BE13
JTAG_TCK J5
DDPD_CTRLCLK AC49 FDI_RXP5 AR13
JTAG_TDI L5
DDPD_CTRLDATA AA51 FDI_RXP6 BA13
JTAG_TDO G1
DDPD_HPD AU37 FDI_RXP7 BA11
JTAG_TMS J3
DEVSEL# D48 FRAME# G43
L_BKLTCTL U49
DMI_IRCOMP AW21 FWH0 / LAD0 E31
L_BKLTEN W49
DMI_ZCOMP BA21 FWH1 / LAD1 D32
L_CTRL_CLK T48
DMI0RXN BC21 FWH2 / LAD2 C31
L_CTRL_DATA T50
DMI0RXP BE21 FWH3 / LAD3 B32
L_DDC_CLK U43
DMI0TXN BA19 FWH4 / LFRAME# G33
L_DDC_DATA W51
DMI0TXP AW19 GNT0# H50
L_VDD_EN U51
DMI1RXN BE19 GNT1# / GPIO51 H48
LAN_PHY_PWR_CTR
DMI1RXP BC19 GNT2# / GPIO53 C41 F6
L / GPIO12
DMI1TXN BC23 GNT3# / GPIO55 J45 LAN_RST# C11
DMI1TXP BE23 GPIO0 W5 LDRQ0# A31
DMI2RXN BC17 GPIO1 E37 LDRQ1# / GPIO23 G31
DMI2RXP BE17 GPIO6 A35 LVD_IBG AE43

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name

LVD_VBG AE41 PCIECLKRQ0# / PETn6 BA31

K4
GPIO73
LVD_VREFH AG43 PETn7 AR31
LVD_VREFL AG41 PCIECLKRQ1# / PETn8 BE33
R11
GPIO18
LVDSA_CLK AP46 PETp1 BE25
PCIECLKRQ2# /
LVDSA_CLK# AP44 N1 PETp2 AR25
GPIO20
LVDSA_DATA#0 AR41 PCIECLKRQ3# / PETp3 AR27
D8
LVDSA_DATA#1 AV44 GPIO25 PETp4 AR29
LVDSA_DATA#2 AN43 PCIECLKRQ4# / PETp5 BC29
C3
GPIO26
LVDSA_DATA#3 AT46 PETp6 AW31
PCIECLKRQ5# /
LVDSA_DATA0 AR43 G3 PETp7 AU31
GPIO44
LVDSA_DATA1 AV46 PETp8 BC33
PCIECLKRQ6# /
J7
LVDSA_DATA2 AN41 GPIO45 PIRQA# B36
LVDSA_DATA3 AT44 PCIECLKRQ7# / PIRQB# L37
H4
GPIO46
LVDSB_CLK AH44 PIRQC# G49
PCIRST# F2
LVDSB_CLK# AH46 PIRQD# B44
PECI BC7
LVDSB_DATA#0 AL41 PIRQE# / GPIO2 D50
LVDSB_DATA#1 AK44 PEG_A_CLKRQ# / PIRQF# / GPIO3 M48
R9
GPIO47
LVDSB_DATA#2 AM46 PIRQG# / GPIO4 D44
PEG_B_CLKRQ# /
LVDSB_DATA#3 AJ43 A9 PIRQH# / GPIO5 A45
GPIO56
LVDSB_DATA0 AL43 PERn1 BA25 PLOCK# D40
LVDSB_DATA1 AK46 PERn2 BE27 PLTRST# D4
LVDSB_DATA2 AM44 PERn3 AW27 PME# L7
LVDSB_DATA3 AJ41 PERn4 BD28 PMSYNCH BD8
MEPWROK M10 PERn5 AW29 PROCPWRGD BE7
NC_1 W41 PERn6 AU33 PWRBTN# R7
NC_2 AC41 PERn7 BE31 PWROK D16
NC_3 AA41 PERn8 BD32 RCIN# U3
NC_4 U41 PERp1 AW25 REFCLK14IN R47
NC_5 N41 PERp2 BC27 REQ0# L39
NV_ALE AU3 PERp3 BA27 REQ1# / GPIO50 E41
NV_CLE AU1 PERp4 BB28 REQ2# / GPIO52 L35
OC0# / GPIO59 C9 PERp5 BA29 REQ3# / GPIO54 M50
OC1# / GPIO40 E15 PERp6 AR33 Reserved AU7
OC2# / GPIO41 G13 PERp7 BC31 Reserved AW3
OC3# / GPIO42 C15 PERp8 BB32 Reserved AL11
OC4# / GPIO43 A15 PERR# J43 Reserved BA7
OC5# / GPIO9 C17 PETn1 BC25 Reserved AT4
OC6# / GPIO10 D10 PETn2 AU25 Reserved BA3
OC7# / GPIO14 D12 PETn3 AU27 Reserved AN9
PAR E47 PETn4 AU29 Reserved AN11

PETn5 BE29 Reserved AW7

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
Reserved BB2 SATA3RXP AC11 SMBDATA A11
Reserved BB4 SATA3TXN AC5 SML0ALERT# /
E9
GPIO60
Reserved AW9 SATA3TXP AC7
Reserved BA9 SATA4GP / GPIO16 W9 SML0CLK B8
SML0DATA J9
Reserved BC5 SATA4RXN AC3
SML1ALERT# /
Reserved AR7 SATA4RXP AC1 E7
GPIO74
Reserved AR5 SATA4TXN AA3
SML1CLK / GPIO58 B12
Reserved AR1 SATA4TXP AA1
SML1DATA /
Reserved AR9 SATA5GP / GPIO49/ A17
W11 GPIO75
Reserved AR11 TEMP_ALERT#
SPI_CLK AL5
SATA5RXN AA11
Reserved AU5 SPI_CS0# AL7
SATA5RXP AA9
Reserved AU9 SPI_CS1# AL9
Reserved AW5 SATA5TXN AA5
SPI_MISO AN5
SATA5TXP AA7
Reserved AV2 SPI_MOSI AN7
SATAICOMPI AF12
Reserved BA1 SPKR U1
SATAICOMPO AF10
Reserved AV4 SRTCRST# J15
SATALED# U7
Reserved AW1 STOP# G37
Reserved AR3 SCLOCK / GPIO22 U5
STP_PCI# / GPIO34 N5
SDATAOUT0 /
Reserved BA5 R1 SUS_PWR_DN_ACK
GPIO39 N3
RI# K10 / GPIO30
SDATAOUT1 /
RSMRST# D14 W3 SUS_STAT# /
GPIO48 K2
GPIO61
RTCRST# B16 SDVO_CTRLCLK Y50
SUSCLK / GPIO62 L13
RTCX1 A13 SDVO_CTRLDATA Y48
SYS_PWROK N9
RTCX2 C13 SDVO_INTN BA39
SYS_RESET# P4
SATA0GP / GPIO21 T4 SDVO_INTP AW39
THRMTRIP# BE5
SATA0RXN AJ7 SDVO_STALLN AU35
TP1 AU23
SATA0RXP AJ5 SDVO_STALLP AR35
TP2 AU21
SATA0TXN AG11 SDVO_TVCLKINN AU39
TP3 AU19
SATA0TXP AG9 SDVO_TVCLKINP AR39
TP4 BA51
SATA1GP / GPIO19 V2 SERIRQ W7
TP5 BA49
SATA1RXN AE1 SERR# E51
TP6 AY50
SATA1RXP AE3 SLOAD / GPIO38 R3
TP7 AY48
SATA1TXN AG3 SLP_LAN# /
E5 TP8 AJ9
SATA1TXP AG1 GPIO29
TP9 J17
SATA2GP / GPIO36 V4 SLP_M# L9
TP10 L17
SATA2RXN AE11 SLP_S3# F4
SLP_S4# D2 TP12 AE47
SATA2RXP AE9
TP13 AE45
SATA2TXN AE7 SLP_S5# / GPIO63 H8
TP14 L29
SATA2TXP AE5 SMBALERT# /
J11
GPIO11 TP15 J31
SATA3GP / GPIO37 M4
SMBCLK L11 TP16 L31
SATA3RXN AC9

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PCH SFF PCH SFF PCH SFF

Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name

TP17 L33 Vcc3_3 AB34 VccIO AM19

TP18 J13 Vcc3_3 AB36 VccIO AM21
TP23 U9 Vcc3_3 AB38 VccIO AM22
TP24 G11 Vcc3_3 Y36 VccIO AM24
TRDY# J37 Vcc3_3 Y38 VccIO AM25
TRST# J1 Vcc3_3 AM38 VccIO AM16
USBP0N A19 Vcc3_3 AJ11 VccIO AM18
USBP0P C19 Vcc3_3 Y18 VccIO T21
USBP1N J19 Vcc3_3 Y19 VccIO AD19
USBP1P L19 Vcc3_3 P30 VccIO AF33
USBP2N B20 Vcc3_3 P31 VccIO AF34
USBP2P D20 Vcc3_3 P33 VccIO AD16
USBP3N G19 Vcc3_3 P34 VccIO AK24
USBP3P E19 Vcc3_3 P36 VccIO AK21
USBP4N G21 Vcc3_3 P38 VccIO AB14
USBP4P E21 VccAClk AE51 VccIO AB16
USBP5N C21 VccADAC AC45 VccIO AB18
USBP5P A21 VccADPLLA AM34 VccIO AB19
USBP6N J23 VccADPLLB AM33 VccIO AC14
USBP6P L23 VccALVDS AD38 VccIO AC16
USBP7N G23 VccAPLLEXP AM27 VccIO AC18
USBP7P E23 VccCore AB24 VccIO AC19
USBP8N C23 VccCore AB25 VccIO AD14
USBP8P A23 VccCore AC24 VccIO AD33
USBP9N L25 VccCore AC25 VccIO AD34
USBP9P J25 VccCore AD24 VccIO T24
USBP10N D24 VccCore AD25 VccIO V21
USBP10P B24 VccCore AF24 VccIO V22
USBP11N C25 VccCore AF25 VccIO V24
USBP11P A25 VccCore AF27 VccLAN AF21
USBP12N J27 VccCore AF28 VccLAN AF22
USBP12P G27 VccCore AH27 VccME AB30
USBP13N E25 VccCore AH28 VccME AB31
USBP13P G25 VccCore AH30 VccME AC30
USBRBIAS A27 VccCore AH31 VccME AC31
USBRBIAS# C27 VccCore Y22 VccME AD30
V_CPU_IO AK18 VccCore Y24 VccME AD31
V_CPU_IO AK19 VccDMI AH22 VccME V34
V5REF J33 VCCFDIPLL BD16 VccME T34
V5REF_Sus J21 VccIO AK27 VccME T36
Vcc3_3 AB33 VccIO AK28 VccME V36

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
VccME V27 Vss AB27 Vss AF46
VccME V28 Vss AB28 Vss AF48
VccME V30 Vss AB4 Vss AF50
VccME Y27 Vss AB40 Vss AF6
VccME Y28 Vss AB42 Vss AF8
VccME Y30 Vss AB44 Vss AG45
VccME3_3 AF14 Vss AB46 Vss AG47
VccME3_3 AF16 Vss AB48 Vss AH10
VccME3_3 AH14 Vss AB50 Vss AH2
VccME3_3 AH16 Vss AB6 Vss AH21
VccPNAND AF18 Vss AB8 Vss AH24
VccPNAND AF19 Vss AC21 Vss AH25
VccPNAND AH18 Vss AC22 Vss AH33
VccPNAND AH19 Vss AC27 Vss AH34
VccRTC E13 Vss AC28 Vss AH4
VCCSATAPLL AJ1 Vss AC33 Vss AH40
VccSus3_3 T25 Vss AC34 Vss AH42
VccSus3_3 P14 Vss AC36 Vss AH6
VccSus3_3 P16 Vss AC38 Vss AH8
VccSus3_3 P18 Vss AD10 Vss AJ3
VccSus3_3 P19 Vss AD12 Vss AJ45
VccSus3_3 P22 Vss AD18 Vss AJ47
VccSus3_3 P24 Vss AD2 Vss AK10
VccSus3_3 P25 Vss AD21 Vss AK12
VccSus3_3 P27 Vss AD22 Vss AK14
VccSusHDA L27 Vss AD27 Vss AK16
VccTX_LVDS AF36 Vss AD28 Vss AK22
VccTX_LVDS AF38 Vss AD4 Vss AK25
VccTX_LVDS AH36 Vss AD40 Vss AK30
VccTX_LVDS AH38 Vss AD42 Vss AK31
VccVRM AR21 Vss AD44 Vss AK33
VccVRM AP22 Vss AD46 Vss AK34
VccVRM AR19 Vss AD6 Vss AK36
VccVRM AR23 Vss AD8 Vss AK38
Vss AP18 Vss AF2 Vss AK40
Vss AP16 Vss AF30 Vss AK42
Vss AB10 Vss AF31 Vss AK48
Vss AB12 Vss AF4 Vss AK50
Vss AB2 Vss AF40 Vss AK6
Vss AB21 Vss AF42 Vss AK8
Vss AB22 Vss AF44 Vss AL45

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PCH SFF PCH SFF PCH SFF

Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name

Vss AL47 Vss AT2 Vss AW47

Vss AM10 Vss AT20 Vss AY10
Vss AM12 Vss AT22 Vss AY12
Vss AM14 Vss AT24 Vss AY14
Vss AM2 Vss AT26 Vss AY16
Vss AM28 Vss AT28 Vss AY18
Vss AM30 Vss AT30 Vss AY2
Vss AM31 Vss AT32 Vss AY20
Vss AM4 Vss AT34 Vss AY22
Vss AM40 Vss AT36 Vss AY24
Vss AM42 Vss AT38 Vss AY26
Vss AM6 Vss AT40 Vss AY28
Vss AM8 Vss AT42 Vss AY30
Vss AN45 Vss AT6 Vss AY32
Vss AN47 Vss AT8 Vss AY34
Vss AP10 Vss AU41 Vss AY36
Vss AP12 Vss AU43 Vss AY38
Vss AP14 Vss AU45 Vss AY4
Vss AP20 Vss AU47 Vss AY40
Vss AP24 Vss AV10 Vss AY42
Vss AP26 Vss AV12 Vss AY46
Vss AP28 Vss AV14 Vss AY6
Vss AP30 Vss AV16 Vss AY8
Vss AP32 Vss AV18 Vss B10
Vss AP34 Vss AV20 Vss B14
Vss AP36 Vss AV22 Vss B18
Vss AP38 Vss AV24 Vss B22
Vss AP40 Vss AV26 Vss B26
Vss AP42 Vss AV28 Vss B3
Vss AP48 Vss AV30 Vss B30
Vss AP50 Vss AV32 Vss B34
Vss AP6 Vss AV34 Vss B38
Vss AP8 Vss AV36 Vss B42
Vss AR37 Vss AV38 Vss B46
Vss AR45 Vss AV40 Vss B49
Vss AR47 Vss AV42 Vss B6
Vss AT10 Vss AV48 Vss BA47
Vss AT12 Vss AV50 Vss BB10
Vss AT14 Vss AV6 Vss BB14
Vss AT16 Vss AV8 Vss BB16
Vss AT18 Vss AW45 Vss BB18

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name
Vss BB22 Vss F20 Vss K20
Vss BB24 Vss F22 Vss K22
Vss BB26 Vss F24 Vss K24
Vss BB30 Vss F26 Vss K26
Vss BB34 Vss F28 Vss K28
Vss BB38 Vss F30 Vss K30
Vss BB42 Vss F32 Vss K32
Vss BB46 Vss F34 Vss K34
Vss BB48 Vss F36 Vss K36
Vss BB50 Vss F38 Vss K38
Vss BB6 Vss F40 Vss K40
Vss BC3 Vss F42 Vss K42
Vss BC49 Vss F44 Vss K44
Vss BD10 Vss F46 Vss K46
Vss BD14 Vss F50 Vss K50
Vss BD18 Vss F8 Vss K6
Vss BD22 Vss H10 Vss K8
Vss BD24 Vss H12 Vss L21
Vss BD26 Vss H14 Vss M12
Vss BD3 Vss H16 Vss M14
Vss BD30 Vss H18 Vss M16
Vss BD34 Vss H2 Vss M18
Vss BD38 Vss H20 Vss M2
Vss BD42 Vss H22 Vss M20
Vss BD46 Vss H24 Vss M22
Vss BD49 Vss H26 Vss M24
Vss BD6 Vss H28 Vss M26
Vss C49 Vss H30 Vss M28
Vss D18 Vss H32 Vss M30
Vss D22 Vss H34 Vss M32
Vss D26 Vss H36 Vss M34
Vss D30 Vss H38 Vss M36
Vss D34 Vss H40 Vss M38
Vss D38 Vss H42 Vss M40
Vss D42 Vss H44 Vss M42
Vss E3 Vss H46 Vss M44
Vss F10 Vss H6 Vss M46
Vss F12 Vss K12 Vss M6
Vss F14 Vss K14 Vss M8
Vss F16 Vss K16 Vss N47
Vss F18 Vss K18 Vss P12

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Ball # Ball # Ball #
Ball Name Ball Name Ball Name

Vss P21 Vss Y10 Vss_NCTF C1

Vss P28 Vss Y12 Vss_NCTF C51
Vss P40 Vss Y14 Vss_NCTF E1
Vss P42 Vss Y16 VssA_DAC AC47
Vss P44 Vss Y2 VssA_LVDS AD36
Vss P46 Vss Y21 WAKE# C7
Vss P48 Vss Y25 XCLK_RCOMP AE49
Vss P50 Vss Y31 XTAL25_IN AD50
Vss P6 Vss Y33 XTAL25_OUT AD48
Vss P8 Vss Y34
Vss T12 Vss Y4
Vss T14 Vss Y40
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Vss T16 Vss Y42
Vss T2 Vss Y44
Vss T22 Vss Y46
Vss T28 Vss Y6
Vss T30 Vss Y8
Vss T31 Vss AU11
Vss T33 Vss AM36
Vss T38 Vss AH12
Vss T40 Vss T27
Vss T42 Vss_NCTF A3
Vss T44 Vss_NCTF A49
Vss T46 Vss_NCTF A5
Vss T6 Vss_NCTF A50
Vss T8 Vss_NCTF A51
Vss V12 Vss_NCTF B2
Vss V18 Vss_NCTF B50
Vss V19 Vss_NCTF B51
Vss V25 Vss_NCTF BC1
Vss V31 Vss_NCTF BC51
Vss V33 Vss_NCTF BD1
Vss V38 Vss_NCTF BD2
Vss V40 Vss_NCTF BD50
Vss V42 Vss_NCTF BD51
Vss V44 Vss_NCTF BE1
Vss V46 Vss_NCTF BE2
Vss V48 Vss_NCTF BE3
Vss V50 Vss_NCTF BE49
Vss V6 Vss_NCTF BE50
Vss V8 Vss_NCTF BE51

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7 Package Information
7.1 PCH package (Desktop Only)
• FCBGA package
• Package size: 27 mm x 27 mm
• Ball Count: 951
• Ball pitch: 0.7 mm

The Desktop package information is shown in Figure 7-1.

Note: All dimensions, unless otherwise specified, are in millimeters.

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Figure 7-1. PCH Desktop Package Drawing

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7.2 PCH package (Mobile Only)

• FCBGA package
• Package size: 27 mm x 25 mm
• Ball Count: 1071
• Ball pitch: 0.6 mm

The PCH Mobile package information is shown in Figure 7-2.

Note: All dimensions, unless otherwise specified, are in millimeters.

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Figure 7-2. PCH B-Step Mobile Package Drawing

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7.3 PCH package (Mobile SFF Only)

• FCBGA package
• Package size: 22 mm x 20 mm
• Ball Count: 1045 Ball pitch: 0.593 mm

The PCH SFF Mobile package information is shown in Figure 7-3.

Note: All dimensions, unless otherwise specified, are in millimeters.

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Figure 7-3. PCH Mobile SFF Package Drawing

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8 Electrical Characteristics
This chapter contains the DC and AC characteristics for the PCH. AC timing diagrams
are included.

8.1 Thermal Specifications

8.1.1 Desktop Storage Specifications and Thermal Design Power
(TDP)
For desktop thermal information, see the Intel® 5 Series Express Chipset Platform
Controller Hub (PCH) Thermal Mechanical Specifications and Design Guidelines (TMS),
Document # 407051.

8.1.2 Mobile Storage Specifications and Thermal Design Power

(TDP)

Table 8-1. Storage Conditions

Parameter Description Min Max Notes

The non-operating device storage temperature.

TABSOLUTE STORAGE Damage (latent or otherwise) may occur when -55 °C 125 °C 1,2,3
exceeded for any length of time
The ambient storage temperature (in shipping
TSUSTAINED STORAGE -5 °C 40 °C 4,5
media) for a sustained period of time.
The maximum device storage relative humidity
RHSUSTAINED STORAGE 60% @ 24 °C 5,6
for a sustained period of time.
A prolonged or extended period of time; 0 6
TIME SUSTAINED STORAGE 6
typically associated with customer shelf life. Months Months
Mobile Thermal Junction Operating Temperature
Tj (Mobile only) 0 °C 108 °C 7
limits
NOTES:
1. Refers to a component device that is not assembled in a board or socket and is not
electrically connected to a voltage reference or I/O signal.
2. Specified temperatures are not to exceed values based on data collected. Exceptions for
surface mount reflow are specified by the applicable JEDEC standard. Non-adherence may
affect PCH reliability.
3. Tabsolute storage applies to the unassembled component only and does not apply to the
shipping media, moisture barrier bags, or dessicant.
4. Intel branded products are specified and certified to meet the following temperature and
humidity limits that are given as an example only (Non-Operating Temperature Limit:
-40 °C to 70 °C and Humidity: 50% to 90%, non-condensing with a maximum wet bulb of
28 °C.) Post board attach storage temperature limits are not specified for non-Intel
branded boards.
5. The JEDEC J-JSTD-020 moisture level rating and associated handling practices apply to all
moisture sensitive devices removed from the moisture barrier bag.
6. Nominal temperature and humidity conditions and durations are given and tested within
the constraints imposed by TSUSTAINED storage and customer shelf life in applicable Intel
boxes and bags.
7. The thermal solution needs to ensure that the temperature does not exceed the maximum
junction temperature (Tj,max) limit. See the Embedded Controller Support Provided by
Ibex Peak(IBX) - Technical Update - Rev. 1.5 Document number 390730 for details on how
measure Tj.

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Table 8-2. Mobile Thermal Design Power

SKU Thermal Design Power (TDP) Notes

QM57 3.5 W 1
HM57 3.5 W 1
HM55 3.5 W 1
PM55 3.5 W 1
QS57 3.4 W 1

NOTES:
1. For usage configurations please see the Mobile Ibex Peak Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) and Scenario Guidance Document # 427704.

8.2 Absolute Maximum and Minimum Ratings

Table 8-3 specifies absolute maximum and minimum ratings. At conditions outside
functional operation condition limits, but within absolute maximum and minimum
ratings, neither functionality nor long-term reliability can be expected. If a device is
returned to conditions within functional operation limits after having been subjected to
conditions outside these limits (but within the absolute maximum and minimum
ratings) the device may be functional, but with its lifetime degraded depending on
exposure to conditions exceeding the functional operation condition limits.

At conditions exceeding absolute maximum and minimum ratings, neither functionality

nor long-term reliability can be expected. Moreover, if a device is subjected to these
conditions for any length of time, it will either not function or its reliability will be
severely degraded when returned to conditions within the functional operating
condition limits.

Although the PCH/ICHx contains protective circuitry to resist damage from Electro -
Static Discharge (ESD), precautions should always be taken to avoid high static
voltages or electric fields.

Table 8-3. PCH Absolute Maximum Ratings

Parameter Maximum Limits
Voltage on any 5 V Tolerant Pin with respect to Ground (V5REF = 5 V) -0.5 to V5REF + 0.5 V
Voltage on any 3.3 V Pin with respect to Ground -0.5 to Vcc3_3 + 0.4 V
Voltage on any 1.8 V Tolerant Pin with respect to Ground -0.5 to VccVRM + 0.5 V
Voltage on any 1.05 V Tolerant Pin with respect to Ground -0.5 to VccIO + 0.5 V
1.05 V Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.5 to 1.3 V
1.8 V Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.5 to 3.7 V
3.3 V Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.5 to 3.7 V
5.0 V Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.5 to 5.5 V
V_CPU_IO Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.5 to 1.3 V
1.8 V Supply Voltage for the analog PLL with respect to VSS -0.5 to 1.98 V

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8.3 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series

Chipset Power Supply range
Table 8-4. PCH Power Supply Range

Power Supply Minimum Nominal Maximum

1.05 V 1.00 V 1.05 V 1.10 V

1.5 V 1.43 V 1.50 V 1.58 V
1.8 V 1.71 V 1.80 V 1.89 V
3.3 V 3.14 V 3.30 V 3.47 V
5V 4.75 V 5.00 V 5.25 V

8.4 General DC Characteristics

Note that ICC values in Table 8-5 and Table 8-6 are all pre-silicon estimates. Values will
be updated when characterized on real silicon is completed.

Table 8-5. Measured ICC (Desktop Only)

S0 Iccmax S0 Iccmax S0 Idle S0 Idle
Sx
Current Current Current Current Sx Idle
Voltage Iccmax
Voltage Rail Integrated External Integrated External Current G3
(V) Current
Graphics Graphics Graphics Graphics (A)
(A)
(A) (A) (A) (A)

1.1/
V_CPU_IO .001 .001 .001 .001 — — —
1.05
V5REF 5 .001 .001 .001 .001 — — —
V5REF_Sus 5 .001 .001 .001 .001 .001 — —
Vcc3_3 3.3 .305 .305 .035 .035 — — —
VccADAC 3.3 .075 .0011 .0011 .0011 — — —
VccADPLLA 1.05 .1100 .0440 .1034 .022 — — —
VccADPLLB 1.05 .1100 .0440 .022 .022 — — —
VccCore 1.05 1.76 1.584 .528 .44 — — —
VccDMI 1.1 .063 .063 .0011 .0011 — — —
VccIO 1.05 3.482 2.862 .9504 .519 — — —
VccLAN 1.05 .253 .253 .091 .091 .165 — —
VccME 1.05 1.41 1.41 .493 .493 1.22 .0044 —
VccME3_3 3.3 .0308 .0308 .0022 .0022 .0154 .0022 —
6 uA
VccRTC 3.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A See notes
1, 2
VccSus3_3 3.3 .0924 .0924 .0154 .0154 .1551 .0330 —
VccSusHDA 3.3 .0088 .0088 .001 .001 .001 .001 —
VccVRM 1.8 .169 .123 .129 .052 — — —
NOTES:
1. G3 state shown to provide an estimate of battery life.
2. Icc (RTC) data is taken with VccRTC at 3.0 V while the system in a mechanical off (G3)
state at room temperature.

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Table 8-6. Measured ICC (Mobile Only)

S0 Iccmax S0 Iccmax S0 Idle S0 Idle
Sx
Current Current Current Current Sx Idle
Voltage Iccmax
Voltage Rail Integrated External Integrated External Current G3
(V) Current
Graphics Graphics Graphics Graphics (A)
(A)
(A) (A) (A) (A)

1.1/
V_CPU_IO .001 .001 .001 .001 —
1.05
V5REF 5 .001 .001 .001 .001 —
V5REF_Sus 5 .001 .001 .001 .001 .001 —
Vcc3_3 3.3 .305 .305 .0176 .0176 —
VccADAC 3.3 .075 .0011 .0011 .0011 —
VccADPLLA 1.05 .088 .0176 .0825 .0044 —
VccADPLLB 1.05 .088 .0176 .0044 .0044 —
VccCore 1.05 1.43 1.254 .3685 .2805 —
VccDMI 1.1 .055 .055 .0011 .0011 —
VccIO 1.05 3.23 2.628 .463 .285 —
VccLAN 1.05 .220 .220 .066 .066 .132 —
VccME 1.05 1.2 1.2 .186 .186 .98 .0044 —
VccME3_3 3.3 .031 .031 .0022 .0022 .0154 .0022 —
6 uA
VccRTC 3.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A See notes
1, 2
VccSus3_3 3.3 .087 .087 .0132 .0132 .133 .0297 —
VccSusHDA 3.3 .0088 .0088 .001 .001 .001 .001 —
VccVRM 1.8 .156 .114 .113 .045 —
VccALVDS 3.3 .0011 .0011 .0011 .0011
VccTX_LVDS 1.8 .066 .0011 .0198 .0011

NOTES:
1. G3 state shown to provide an estimate of battery life.
2. Icc (RTC) data is taken with VccRTC at 3.0 V while the system in a mechanical off (G3)
state at room temperature.

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Table 8-7. Measured ICC (SFF Only)

S0 Iccmax S0 Iccmax S0 Idle S0 Idle
Sx
Current Current Current Current Sx Idle
Voltage Iccmax
Voltage Rail Integrated External Integrated External Current G3
(V) Current
Graphics Graphics Graphics Graphics (A)
(A)
(A) (A) (A) (A)

1.1/
V_CPU_IO .001 .001 .001 .001 —
1.05
V5REF 5 .001 .001 .001 .001 —
V5REF_Sus 5 .001 .001 .001 .001 .001 —
Vcc3_3 3.3 .305 .305 .0176 .0176 —
VccADAC 3.3 .075 .0011 .0011 .0011 —
VccADPLLA 1.05 .078 .011 .081 .0044 —
VccADPLLB 1.05 .078 .011 .0044 .0044 —
VccCore 1.05 1.32 1.14 .352 .264 —
VccDMI 1.1 .055 .055 .0011 .0011 —
VccIO 1.05 3.15 2.56 .437 .252 —
VccLAN 1.05 .176 .176 .057 .057 .11 —
VccME 1.05 .892 .892 .169 .169 .826 .0044 —
VccME3_3 3.3 .031 .031 .0022 .0022 .0154 .0022 —
VccpNAND 1.8 .0055 .0055 .0022 .0022 —
6 uA
VccRTC 3.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A See notes
1, 2
VccSus3_3 3.3 .087 .087 .0132 .0132 .122 .0286 —
VccSusHDA 3.3 .0088 .0088 .001 .001 .001 .001 —
VccVRM 1.8 .156 .114 .113 .045 —
VccALVDS 3.3 .0011 .0011 .0011 .0011
VccTX_LVDS 1.8 .066 .0011 .0198 .0011

NOTES:
1. G3 state shown to provide an estimate of battery life.
2. Icc (RTC) data is taken with VccRTC at 3.0 V while the system in a mechanical off (G3)
state at room temperature.

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Table 8-8. DC Characteristic Input Signal Association (Sheet 1 of 2)

Symbol Associated Signals
PCI Signals: AD[31:0], C/BE[3:0]#, DEVSEL#, FRAME#, IRDY#, PAR,
VIH1/VIL1 PERR#, PLOCK#, REQ[3:0]#, SERR#, STOP#, TRDY#
Interrupt Signals: PIRQ[D:A]#, PIRQ[H:E]#, SERIRQ
(5V Tolerant)
GPIO Signals: GPIO[54, 52, 50, 5:2]
Digital Display Port Hot Plug Detect: DDPB_HPD, DDPC_HPD,
VIH2/VIL2 DDPD_HPD
Clock Signals: REFCLK14IN
Power Management Signals: PWRBTN#, RI#, SYS_RESET#, WAKE#,
CLKRUN# (Mobile Only)
Mobile Only: AC_PRESENT
VIH3/VIL3 GPIO Signals: GPIO[67:61, 57, 48, 39, 38, 34, 32, 31, 30, 29, 24, 22,
17, 7, 6, 1]
Intel® Quiet System Technology Signals: TACH[3:0]
Strap Signals:, SATALED# (Strap purposes only)
Clock Signals: CLKIN_PCILOOPBACK
Processor Signals:A20GATE
PCI Signals: PME#
Interrupt Signals: SERIRQ
Integrated Clock Signals: PEG_A_CLKRQ#, PEG_B_CLKRQ#,
PCIECLKRQ[7:0]#
Power Management Signals: BATLOW#
VIH4/VIL4 SATA Signals: SATA[5:0]GP
SPI Signals: SPI_MISO
Strap Signals: SPKR, SPI_MOSI, GNT[3:0]#, (Strap purposes only)
LPC/Firmware Hub Signals: LAD[3:0]/FWH[3:0], LDRQ0#, LDRQ1#,
GPIO Signals: GPIO[73, 72, 59, 56, 55, 53, 51, 49, 47:40, 37, 36, 35,
33, 28, 27, 26, 25, 23,21, 20, 19, 18, 16, 15, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 0]
Desktop Only: GPIO[72, 12]
USB Signals: OC[7:0]#
SMBus Signals: SMBCLK, SMBDATA, SMBALERT#
System Management Signals: SML[1:0]CLK(1), SML[1:0]DATA(1)
VIH5/VIL5 GPIO Signals: GPIO[75, 74, 60, 58, 11]
Processor Interface: RCIN#
Power Management Signals: SYS_PWROK, LAN_RST#, MEPWROK
VIH6/VIL6 JTAG Signals: JTAG_TDI, JTAG_TMS, TRST#, JTAG_TCK
VIH7/VIL7 Processor Signals: THRMTRIP#
VIMIN8/VIMAX8 PCI Express* Data RX Signals: PER[p,n][8:1]
VIH9/VIL9 Real Time Clock Signals: RTCX1
VIMIN10 -Gen1i/ SATA Signals: SATA[5:0]RX[P,N] (1.5 Gb/s internal SATA)
VIMAX10-Gen1i
VIMIN10 -Gen1m/ SATA Signals: SATA[5:0]RX[P,N] (1.5 Gb/s external SATA)
VIMAX10-Gen1m
VIMIN10 -Gen2i/ SATA Signals: SATA[5:0]RX[P,N] (3.0 Gb/s internal SATA)
VIMAX10-Gen2i
VIMIN10 -Gen2m/ SATA Signals: SATA[5:0]RX[P,N] (3.0 Gb/s external SATA)
VIMAX10-Gen2m

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Table 8-8. DC Characteristic Input Signal Association (Sheet 2 of 2)

Symbol Associated Signals
Intel High Definition Audio Signals: HDA_SDIN[3:0] (3.3V Mode)
Strap Signals: HDA_SDOUT, HDA_SYNC (Strap purposes only)
VIH11/VIL11 GPIO Signals: GPIO13

NOTE: See VIL_HDA/VIH_HDA for High Definition Audio Low Voltage Mode
VIH12 (Absolute
Maximum) / VIL12
Clock Signals: CLKIN_BCLK_[P,N], CLKIN_DMI_[P,N],
(Absolute
CLKIN_DOT96[P,N], CLKIN_SATA_[P,N] / CKSSCD_[P,N]
Minimum) /
Vclk_in_cross(abs)
VIH13/VIL13 Miscellaneous Signals: RTCRST#
Power Management Signals: PWROK, RSMRST#
VIH14/VIL14 System Management Signals: INTRUDER#
Miscellaneous Signals: INTVRMEN, SRTCRST#
Digital Display Control Signals: CRT_DDC_CLK, CRT_DDC_DATA
SDVO_CTRLCLK, SDVO_CTRLDATA, DDPC_CTRLCLK, DDPC_CTRLDATA,
VIH15/VIL15 DDPD_CTRLCLK, DDPD_CTRLDATA
Mobile only: L_BKLTEN, L_BKLTCTL, L_DDC_CLK, L_DDC_DATA
VIH_CL/VIL_CL Controller Link: CL_CLK1, CL_DATA1
VDI / VCM / VSE
USB Signals: USBP[13:0][P,N] (Low-speed and Full-speed)
(5V Tolerant)
VHSSQ / VHSDSC /
VHSCM USB Signals: USBP[13:0][P,N] (in High-speed Mode)
(5V Tolerant)
Intel® High Definition Audio Signals: HDA_SDIN[3:0]
VIH_HDA / Strap Signals: HDA_SDOUT, HDA_SYNC (Strap purposes only)
VIL_HDA
NOTE: Only applies when running in Low Voltage Mode (1.5 V)
Intel® Quiet System Technology and Thermal Reporting Signals:
VIH_SST/VIL_SST SST
VIH_PECI/ Intel® Quiet System Technology and Thermal Reporting Signals:
VIL_PECI PECI
VIH_FDI/VIL_FDI Intel® Flexible Display Interface Signals: FDI_RX[P,N][7:0]
VAUX-Diff-P-P Digital Display Port Aux Signal (Receiving Side): DDP[D:B]_AUX[P,N]
VIH_XTAL25/ 25 MHz Crystal Input: (Used in Display Clock Integration Mode)
VIL_XTAL25 XTAL25_IN
NOTES:
1. VDI = | USBPx[P] – USBPx[N].
2. Includes VDI range.
3. Applies to Low-Speed/High-Speed USB.
4. PCI Express mVdiff p-p = 2*|PETp[x] – PETn[x]|.
5. SATA Vdiff, RX (VIMAX10/MIN10) is measured at the SATA connector on the receiver side
(generally, the motherboard connector), where
SATA mVdiff p-p = 2*|SATA[x]RXP – SATA[x]RXN|.
6. VccRTC is the voltage applied to the VccRTC well of the PCH. When the system is in a G3
state, this is generally supplied by the coin cell battery, but for S5 and greater, this is
generally VccSus3_3.
7. CL_Vref = 0.27 CL_VREF1 applies to Mobile configurations.
8. This is an AC characteristic that represents transient values for these signals.
9. Applies to High-Speed USB 2.0.

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Table 8-9. DC Input Characteristics (Sheet 1 of 3)

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit Notes

VIL1 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.3(3.3V) V Note 10

VIH1 Input High Voltage 0.5(3.3V) V5REF + 0.5 V Note 10

VIL2 Input Low Voltage — .8 V

VIH2 Input High Voltage 2 — V

VIL3 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.8 V

VIH3 Input High Voltage 2.0 3.3 V + 0.5 V Note 10

VIL4 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.3(3.3 V) V Note 10

VIH4 Input High Voltage 0.5(3.3 V) 3.3 V + 0.5 V Note 10

VIL5 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.8 V

VIH5 Input High Voltage 2.1 3.3 V + 0.5 V Note 10

VIL6 Input Low Voltage -0.5 0.35 V Note 11

VIH6 Input High Voltage 0.75 1.05 V + 0.5 V Note 11

VIL7 Input Low Voltage 0 0.51(V_CPU_IO) V

VIH7 Input High Voltage 0.81(V_CPU_IO) V_CPU_IO V

mVdiff
VIMIN8 Minimum Input Voltage 175 — Note 4
p-p

mVdiff
VIMAX8 Maximum Input Voltage — 1200 Note 4
p-p

VIL9 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.10 V

VIH9 Input High Voltage 0.50 1.2 V

VIMIN10- Minimum Input Voltage - 1.5 mVdiff

325 — Note 5
Gen1i Gb/s internal SATA p-p

VIMAX10- Maximum Input Voltage - 1.5 mVdiff

— 600 Note 5
Gen1i Gb/s internal SATA p-p

VIMIN10- Minimum Input Voltage - 1.5 mVdiff

240 — Note 5
Gen1m Gb/s eSATA p-p

VIMAX10- Maximum Input Voltage - 1.5 mVdiff

— 600 Note 5
Gen1m Gb/s eSATA p-p

VIMIN10- Minimum Input Voltage - 3.0 mVdiff

275 — Note 5
Gen2i Gb/s internal SATA p-p

VIMAX10- Maximum Input Voltage - 3.0 mVdiff

— 750 Note 5
Gen2i Gb/s internal SATA p-p

VIMIN10- Minimum Input Voltage - 3.0 mVdiff

240 — Note 5
Gen2m Gb/s eSATA p-p

VIMAX10- Maximum Input Voltage - 3.0 mVdiff

— 750 Note 5
Gen2m Gb/s eSATA p-p

VIL11 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.35(3.3 V) V Note 10

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Table 8-9. DC Input Characteristics (Sheet 2 of 3)

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit Notes

VIH11 Input High Voltage 0.65(3.3 V) 3.3 + 0.5V V Note 10

VIL12
(Absolute Input Low Voltage -0.3 — V
Minimum)
VIH12
(Absolute Input High Voltage — 1.150 V
Maximum)
VIL13 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.78 V

VIH13 Input High Voltage 2.3 VccRTC + 0.5 V Note 6

VIL14 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.78 V

VIH14 Input High Voltage 2.0 VccRTC + 0.5 V Note 6

VIL15 Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.3*(3.3 V) V Note 10

VIH15 Input High Voltage 0.7*(3.3 V) 3.3 V + 0.5 V Note 10

VIL_CL Input Low Voltage –0.3 (CL_VREF - 0.075) V Note 7

VIH_CL Input High Voltage (CL_VREF + 0.075) 1.2 V Note 7

Vclk_in_cros
Absolute Crossing Point 0.250 0.550 V
s(abs)

VDI Differential Input Sensitivity 0.2 — V Note 1,3

Differential Common Mode

VCM 0.8 2.5 V Note 2,3
Range

Single-Ended Receiver
VSE 0.8 2.0 V Note 3
Threshold

HS Squelch Detection
VHSSQ 100 150 mV Note 9
Threshold

HS Disconnect Detection
VHSDSC 525 625 mV Note 9
Threshold

HS Data Signaling Common

VHSCM –50 500 mV Note 9
Mode Voltage Range

VIL_HDA Input Low Voltage 0 0.4(Vcc_HDA) V

VIH_HDA Input High Voltage 0.6(Vcc_HDA) 1.5 V

VIL_SST Input Low Voltage -0.3 0.4 V

VIH_SST Input High Voltage 1.1 1.5 V

VIL_PECI Input Low Voltage -0.15 0.275(V_CPU_IO) V

VIH_PECI Input High Voltage 0.725(V_CPU_IO) V_CPU_IO + 0.15 V

mVdiff
VIL_FDI Minimum Input Voltage 175 —
p-p

mVdiff
VIH_FDI Maximum Input Voltage — 1000
p-p

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Table 8-9. DC Input Characteristics (Sheet 3 of 3)

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit Notes

Digital Display Port Auxiliary

VAUX-Diff-P- Vdiffp
Signal peak-to-peak voltage at 0.32 1.36
P -p
receiving device

VIL_XTAL25 Minimum Input Voltage -0.15 0.15 V 12

VIH_XTAL25 Maximum Input Voltage 0.7 1.1 V 12

NOTES:
1. VDI = | USBPx[P] – USBPx[N].
2. Includes VDI range.
3. Applies to Low-Speed/Full-Speed USB.
4. PCI Express mVdiff p-p = 2*|PETp[x] - PETn[x]|.
5. SATA Vdiff, RX (VIMAX10/MIN10) is measured at the SATA connector on the receiver side
(generally, the motherboard connector), where
SATA mVdiff p-p = 2*|SATA[x]RXP – SATA[x]RXN|.
6. VccRTC is the voltage applied to the VccRTC well of the PCH. When the system is in a G3
state, this is generally supplied by the coin cell battery, but for S5 and greater, this is
generally VccSus3_3.
7. CL_Vref = 0.27 (VccCL1_5). CL_VREF0 applies to Desktop configurations.
CL_VREF1 applies to Mobile configurations.
8. This is an AC Characteristic that represents transient values for these signals.
9. Applies to High-Speed USB 2.0.
10. 3.3 V refers to VccSus3_3 for signals in the suspend well and to Vcc3_3 for signals in the
core well and to VccME3_3 for signals in the ME well. See Table 3-2, or Table 3-3 for signal
and power well association.
11. 1.1 V refers to VccIO or VccCore for signals in the core well and to VccME for signals in the
ME well. See Table 3-2 or Table 3-3 for signal and power well association.
12. Specification applies when 25 MHz crystal is used on the platform.
XTAL25_IN is terminated low when crystal input is not used.

Table 8-10. DC Characteristic Output Signal Association (Sheet 1 of 3)

Symbol Associated Signals

VOH1/VOL1 Processor Signal: PMSYNCH, PROCPWRGD

LPC/Firmware Hub Signals: LAD[3:0]/FWH[3:0], LFRAME#/FWH[4],

INIT3_3V#
Power Management Signal: (Mobile Only) LAN_PHY_PWR_CTRL
Intel® High Definition Audio Signals: HDA_DOCK_EN# (Mobile Only),
HDA_DOCK_RST# (Mobile Only)
PCI Signals: AD[31:0], C/BE[3:0], DEVSEL#, FRAME#, IRDY#, PAR,
VOH2/VOL2 PCIRST#, GNT[3:0]#, PME#(1)
Interrupt Signals: PIRQ[D:A], PIRQ[H:E]#(1)
GPIO Signals: GPIO[73, 72, 59, 56, 55:50, 49, 47:44 43:40, 37, 36, 35,
33, 28, 27, 26, 25, 23, 21, 20, 19, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 9, 8, 5:2, 0]
SPI Signals: SPI_CS0#, SPI_CS1#, SPI_MOSI, SPI_CLK
Miscellaneous Signals: SPKR

SMBus Signals: SMBCLK(1), SMBDATA(1)

System Management Signals: SML[1:0]CLK(1), SML[1:0]DATA(1),
VOH3/VOL3 SML0ALERT#, SML1ALERT#
GPIO Signals: GPIO[75, 74, 60, 58, 11]

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Table 8-10. DC Characteristic Output Signal Association (Sheet 2 of 3)

Symbol Associated Signals

Power Management Signals: SLP_S3#, SLP_S4#, SLP_S5#, SLP_M#,

SLP_LAN#, SUSCLK, SUS_STAT#, SUS_PWR_DN_ACK, CLKRUN# (Mobile
Only) STP_PCI#
SATA Signals: SATALED#, SCLOCK, SLOAD, SDATAOUT0, SDATAOUT1
VOH4/VOL4
GPIO Signals: GPIO[63:61, 57, 48, 39, 38, 34, 32, 31, 30, 29, 24, 22, 17,
7, 6, 1]
Controller Link: CL_RST1#
Interrupt Signals: SERIRQ

VOH5/VOL5 USB Signals: USBP[13:0][P,N] in Low-speed and Full-speed Modes

Digital Display Control Signals: CRT_DDC_CLK, CRT_DDC_DATA

SDVO_CTRLCLK, SDVO_CTRLDATA, DDPC_CTRLCLK, DDPC_CTRLDATA,
DDPD_CTRLCLK, DDPD_CTRLDATA
VOL6/VOL6 (Fast
Mobile only: L_CTRL_CLK, L_CTRL_DATA, L_VDD_EN, L_BKLTEN,
Mode)
L_BKLTCTL, L_DDC_CLK, L_DDC_DATA,

NOTE: Fast Mode is not applicable to L_VDD_EN

VOH6 L_VDD_EN, L_BKLTEN, L_BKLTCTL

VOMIN7 -
Gen1i,m/ SATA Signals: SATA[5:0]RX[P,N] (1.5 Gb/s Internal and External SATA)
VOMAX7-Gen1i,m

VOMIN7 -
Gen2i,m/ SATA Signals: SATA[5:0]RX[P,N] (3.0 Gb/s Internal and External SATA)
VOMAX7-Gen2i,m
PCI Express* Data TX Signals: PET[p,n][8:1]
Digital Display Ports when configured as HDMI/DVI:
VOMIN8/VOMAX8
DDPB_[3:0][P,N], DDPC_[3:0][P,N], DDPD_[3:0][P,N]
SDVO Signals: SDVO_INT[P,N], SDVO_TVCLKIN[P,N], SDVO_STALL[P,N]

VOH9/VOL9 Power Management Signal: PLTRST#

VHSOI
VHSOH
VHSOL USB Signals: USBP[13:0][P:N] in High-speed Mode
VCHIRPJ
VCHIRPK

VOH_HDA/ Intel® High Definition Audio Signals: HDA_RST#, HDA_SDOUT,

VOL_HDA HDA_SYNC

VOL_JTAG JTAG Signals: JTAG_TDO

Single Ended Clock Interface Output Signals: CLKOUT_PCI[4:0],

VOH_PCICLK/ CLKOUTFLEX[3:0]
VOL_PCICLK
GPIO Signals: [67:64]

SGPIO Signals: SCLOCK, SLOAD, SDATAOUT0, SDATAOUT1

VOL_SGPIO
GPIO[48, 39, 38, 22]

VOH_PWM/ Intel® Quiet System Technology Signals: PWM[3:0]

VOL_PWM

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Table 8-10. DC Characteristic Output Signal Association (Sheet 3 of 3)

Symbol Associated Signals

VOH_CRT/ Display Signals: CRT_HSYNC, CRT_VSYNC

VOL_CRT

VOH_CL1/ Controller Link Signals: Mobile Only: CL_CLK1, CL_DATA1

VOL_CL1

VOH_SST/ SST signal: SST

VOL_SST

VOH_PECI/ PECI signal: PECI

VOL_PECI

VAUX-Diff-P-P Digital Display Port Aux Signal (Transmit Side): DDP[D:B]_AUX[P,N]

VOH_FDI// Intel® FDI signals:FDI_FSYNC_[1:0],FDI_LSYNC_[1:0],FDI_INT

VOL_FDI

NOTE:
1. These signals are open-drain.

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Table 8-11. DC Output Characteristics (Sheet 1 of 2)

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit IOL / IOH Notes

VOL1 Output Low Voltage — 0.255 V 3 mA

VOH1 Output High Voltage V_CPU_IO - 0.3 V_CPU_IO V -3 mA
VOL2 Output Low Voltage — 0.1(3.3 V) V 1.5 mA Note 7
VOH2 Output High Voltage 0.9(3.3 V) 3.3 V -0.5 mA Note 7
VOL3 Output Low Voltage 0 0.4 V 4 mA
VOH3 Output High Voltage 3.3 V - 0.5 — V -2 mA Note 1, 7
VOL4 Output Low Voltage — 0.4 V 6 mA
VOH4 Output High Voltage 3.3 V- 0.5 3.3 V V -2 mA Note 7
VOL5 Output Low Voltage — 0.4 V 5 mA
VOH5 Output High Voltage 3.3 V – 0.5 — V -2 mA Note 7
VOL6 Output Low Voltage 0 400 mV 3 mA Note 2
VOL6 (Fast
Output Low Voltage 0 600 mV 6 mA Note 2
Mode)
VOH6 Output High Voltage 3.3 V – 0.5 3.3 V -2 mA Note 7, 2
VOMIN7- Minimum Output mVdif
400 — Note 3
Gen1i,m Voltage fp-p
VOMAX7- Maximum Output mVdif
— 600 Note 3
Gen1i,m Voltage fp-p
VOMIN7- Minimum Output mVdif
400 — Note 3
Gen2i,m Voltage fp-p
VOMAX7- Maximum Output mVdif
— 700 Note 3
Gen2i,m Voltage fp-p
mVdif
VOMIN8 Output Low Voltage 400 — Note 2
fp-p
mVdif
VOMAX8 Output High Voltage — 600 Note 2
fp-p
VOL9 Output Low Voltage — 0.1(3.3 V) V 1.5 mA Note 7
VOH9 Output High Voltage 0.9(3.3 V) 3.3 V -2.0 mA Note 7
VHSOI HS Idle Level –10.0 10.0 mV
HS Data Signaling
VHSOH 360 440 mV
High
HS Data Signaling
VHSOL –10.0 10.0 mV
Low
VCHIRPJ Chirp J Level 700 1100 mV
VCHIRPK Chirp K Level –900 –500 mV
VOL_HDA Output Low Voltage — 0.1(VccSusHDA V) V 1.5 mA
VOH_HDA Output High Voltage 0.9(VccSusHDA V) — V -0.5 mA
VOL_PWM Output Low Voltage — 0.4 V 8 mA
VOH_PWM Output High Voltage — — Note 1
VOL_SGPIO Output Low Voltage — 0.4 V
VOL_CRT Output Low Voltage — 0.5 V 8 mA
VOH_CRT Output High Voltage 2.4 — V 8 mA
VOL_CL1 Output Low Voltage — 0.15 V 1 mA

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Table 8-11. DC Output Characteristics (Sheet 2 of 2)

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit IOL / IOH Notes

VOH_CL1 Output High Voltage .61 .98 V

VOL_SST Output Low Voltage 0 0.3 V 0.5 mA
VOH_SST Output High Voltage 1.1 1.5 V -6 mA
VOL_PECI Output Low Voltage — 0.25(V_CPU_IO) V 0.5 mA
VOH_PECI Output High Voltage 0.75(V_CPU_IO) V_CPU_IO -6 mA
VOL_HDA Output Low Voltage — 0.1(VccHDA) V 1.5 mA
VOL_JTAG Output Low Voltage 0 0.1(1.05 V) V 1.5 mA
V_CLKOUT_sw Differential Output
300 — mV
ing Swing
V_CLKOUT_cr Clock Cross-Over
300 550 mV
oss point
V_CLKOUTMIN Min output Voltage -0.3 — V
V_CLKOUTMA Max output Voltage 1.15 V V
X
VOL_PCICLK Output Low Voltage — 0.4 V -1 mA
VOH_PCICLK Output High Voltage 2.4 — V 1 mA
Digital Display Port
Auxiliary Signal
Vdiffp
VAUX-Diff-P-P peak-to-peak voltage 0.39 1.38
-p
at transmitting
device
VOL_FDI Output Low Voltage -.1 0.2(3.3V) V 4.1 mA Note 7
VOH_FDI Output High Voltage .8(3.3V) 1.2 V 4.1 mA Note 7

NOTES:
1. The SERR#, PIRQ[H:A], SMBDATA, SMBCLK, SML[1:0]CLK, SML[1:0]DATA,
SML[1:0]’ALERT# and PWM[3:0] signal has an open-drain driver and SATALED# has an
open-collector driver, and the VOH / IOH specification does not apply. This signal must have
external pull up resistor.
2. PCI Express mVdiff p-p = 2*|PETp[x] – PETn[x]|.
3. SATA Vdiff, tx (VOMIN7/VOMAX7) is measured at the SATA connector on the transmit side
(generally, the motherboard connector), where
SATA mVdiff p-p = 2*|SATA[x]TXP – SATA[x]TXN|.
4. Maximum Iol for PROCPWRGD is 12mA for short durations (<500 mS per 1.5 s) and 9 mA
for long durations.
5. For INIT3_3V only, for low current devices, the following applies: VOL5 Max is 0.15 V at an
IOL5 of 2 mA.
6. 3.3 V refers to VccSus3_3 for signals in the suspend well, to Vcc3_3 for signals in the core
well and to VccME3_3 for those signals in the ME well. See Table 3-2 or Table 3-3 for signal
and power well association.
7. 3.3 V refers to VccSus3_3 for signals in the suspend well and to Vcc3_3 for signals in the
core well and to VccME3_3 for signals in the ME well. See Table 3-2, or Table 3-3 for signal
and power well association.

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Table 8-12. Other DC Characteristics

Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit Notes
V_CPU_IO Processor I/F .998 1.05 1.10 V 1
V_CPU_IO Processor I/F 1.05 1.1 1.16 V 1
V5REF PCH Core Well Reference Voltage 4.75 5 5.25 V 1
Vcc3_3 I/O Buffer Voltage 3.14 3.3 3.47 V 1
1.8 V Internal PLL and VRMs (1.8 V for
VccVRM 1.746 1.8 1.854 V 1,3
Desktop and Mobile)
V5REF_Sus Suspend Well Reference Voltage 4.75 5 5.25 V 1
VccSus3_3 Suspend Well I/O Buffer Voltage 3.14 3.3 3.47 V 1
VccCore Internal Logic Voltage .998 1.05 1.10 V 1
VccIO Core Well I/O buffers .998 1.05 1.10 V 1
Vcc_DMI DMI Buffer Voltage .998 1.05 1.10 V
VccLAN LAN Controller Voltage .998 1.05 1.10 V 1
3.3V Supply for Intel® Management
VccME3_3 3.14 3.3 3.47 V 1
Engine
®
1.05 V Supply for Intel Management
VccME .998 1.05 1.10 V 1
Engine
VccRTC (G3-S0) Battery Voltage 2 — 3.47 V 1
High Definition Audio Controller Suspend
VccSusHDA 3.14 3.3 3.47 V 1
Voltage
VccSusHDA (low High Definition Audio Controller Low
1.43 1.5 1.58 V 1
voltage) Voltage Mode Suspend Voltage
VccADPLLA Display PLL A power .998 1.05 1.10 1
VccADPLLB Display PLL B power .998 1.05 1.10 1
Display DAC Analog Power. This power is
VccADAC 3.14 3.3 3.47 1
supplied by the core well.
Analog power supply for LVDS (Mobile
VccALVDS 3.14 3.3 3.47 1
Only)
VccTX_LVDS I/O power supply for LVDS. (Mobile Only) 1.71 1.8 1.89 1
(0 V < VIN
ILI1 PCI_3V Hi-Z State Data Line Leakage –10 — 10 µA
< Vcc3_3)
Max VIN =
ILI2 PCI_5V Hi-Z State Data Line Leakage –70 — 70 µA 2.7 V Min
VIN = 0.5 V
ILI3 Input Leakage Current – All Other –10 — 10 µA 2
CIN Input Capacitance – All Other — — TBD pF FC = 1 MHz
COUT Output Capacitance — — TBD pF FC = 1 MHz
CI/O I/O Capacitance — — 10 pF FC = 1 MHz
Typical Value
CL XTAL1 6 pF
CL XTAL2 6 pF
NOTES:
1. The I/O buffer supply voltage is measured at the PCH package pins. The tolerances shown
in Table 8-12 are inclusive of all noise from DC up to 20 MHz. In testing, the voltage rails
should be measured with a bandwidth limited oscilloscope that has a rolloff of 3 dB/decade
above 20 MHz.
2. Includes Single Ended clocks REFCLK14IN, CLKOUTFLEX[3:0] and PCICLKIN.

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3. Includes only DC tolerance. AC tolerance will be 2% and DC tolerance will be 3% in

addition to this range.

8.5 Display DC Characteristics

Table 8-13. Signal Groups

Signal Group Associated Signals Note

LVDSA_DATA[3:0], LVDSA_DATA#[3:0], LVDSA_CLK,

LVDS LVDSA_CLK#, LVDSB_DATA[3:0], LVDSB_DATA#[3:0],
LVDSB_CLK, LVDSB_CLK#
CRT DAC CRT_RED, CRT_GREEN, CRT_BLUE, CRT_IRTN, CRT_TVO_IREF
Digital DisplayPort DDP[D:B]_AUX[P,N]
Auxillary

Table 8-14. CRT DAC Signal Group DC Characteristics: Functional Operating Range
(VccADAC = 3.3 V ±5%)
Parameter Min Nom Max Unit Notes

DAC Resolution — 8 — Bits 1

Max Luminance (full-scale) 0.665 0.7 0.77 V 1, 2, 4 white video level voltage

Min Luminance — 0 — V 1, 3, 4 black video level voltage

LSB Current — 73.2 — uA 4, 5

Integral Linearity (INL) -1 — 1 LSB 1, 6

Differential Linearity (DNL) -1 — 1 LSB 1, 6

Video channel-channel voltage ampli-

— — 6 % 7
tude mismatch
Monotonicity Yes

NOTES:
1. Measured at each R, G, B termination according to the VESA Test Procedure – Evaluation of
Analog Display Graphics Subsystems Proposal (Version 1, Draft 4, December 1, 2000).
2. Max steady-state amplitude.
3. Min steady-state amplitude.
4. Defined for a double 75- ohm termination.
5. Set by external reference resistor value.
6. INL and DNL measured and calculated according to VESA video signal standards.
7. Max full-scale voltage difference among R,G,B outputs (percentage of steady-state full-
scale voltage).

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Table 8-15. LVDS Interface: Functional Operating Range (VccALVDS = 3.3 V ±5%)

Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit

VOD Differential Output Voltage 250 350 450 mV

ΔVOD Change in VOD between Complementary

— — 50 mV
Output States

VOS Offset Voltage 1.125 1.25 1.375 V

ΔVOS Change in VOS between Complementary

— — 50 mV
Output States

IOs Output Short Circuit Current — -3.5 -10 mA

IOZ Output TRI-STATE Current — ±1 ±10 uA

Table 8-16. Display Port Auxiliary Signal Group DC Characteristics

Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit

Vaux-diff-p-p Aux peak-to-peak voltage at a transmitting

0.39 — 1.38 V
devices

Aux peak-to-peak voltage at a receiving devices 0.32 — 1.36 V

Vaux-term-R AUX CH termination DC resistance — 100 — Ω

V-aux-dc-cm AUX DC common mode voltage 0 — 2 V

V-aux_turn- Aux turn around common mode voltage

— 0.4 V
CM

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8.6 AC Characteristics
Table 8-17. PCI Express* Interface Timings

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit Figures Notes

Transmitter and Receiver Timings

UI Unit Interval – PCI Express* 399.88 400.12 ps 5

Minimum Transmission Eye
TTX-EYE 0.7 — UI 8-26 1,2
Width
TTX-RISE/ D+/D- TX Out put Rise/Fall
— 0.125 UI 1,2
Fall time
TRX-EYE Minimum Receiver Eye Width 0.40 — UI 8-27 3,4

NOTES:
1. Specified at the measurement point into a timing and voltage compliance test load and
measured over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. (Also refer to the Transmitter compliance eye
diagram).
2. A TTX-EYE = 0.70 UI provides for a total sum of deterministic and random jitter budget of
TTXJITTER-MAX = 0.30 UI for the Transmitter collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. The
TTXEYE-MEDIAN-to-MAX-JITTER specification ensures a jitter distribution in which the median
and the maximum deviation from the median is less than half of the total TX jitter budget
collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. It should be noted that the median is not the
same as the mean. The jitter median describes the point in time where the number of jitter
points on either side is approximately equal as opposed to the averaged time value.
3. Specified at the measurement point and measured over any 250 consecutive UIs. The test
load documented in the PCI Express* specification 2.0 should be used as the RX device
when taking measurements (also refer to the Receiver compliance eye diagram). If the
clocks to the RX and TX are not derived from the same reference clock, the TX UI
recovered from 3500 consecutive UI must be used as a reference for the eye diagram.
4. A TRX-EYE = 0.40 UI provides for a total sum of 0.60 UI deterministic and random jitter
budget for the Transmitter and interconnect collected any 250 consecutive UIs. The TRX-
EYE-MEDIAN-to--MAX-JITTER specification ensures a jitter distribution in which the median and
the maximum deviation from the median is less than half of the total 0.6 UI jitter budget
collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. It should be noted that the median is not the
same as the mean. The jitter median describes the point in time where the number of jitter
points on either side is approximately equal as opposed to the averaged time value. If the
clocks to the RX and TX are not derived from the same reference clock, the TX UI
recovered from 3500 consecutive UI must be used as the reference for the eye diagram.
5. Nominal Unit Interval is 400 ps for 2.5 GT/s and 200 ps for 5 GT/s.

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Table 8-18. HDMI Interface Timings (DDP[D:B][3:0])

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit Figures Notes

Transmitter and Receiver Timings

UI Unit Interval 600 4000 ps

Minimum Transmission Eye
TTX-EYE 0.8 — UI 1,2
Width
D+/D- TX Out put Rise/Fall
TTX-RISE/Fall — 0.125 UI 1,2
time
TMDS
— 0.25 UI
Clock Jitter
T-skew- Intra pair skew at source
— 0.15 TBIT
intra-pair connector
T-skew- Inter pair skew at source Tchar
— 0.2
inter-pair connector acter
Duty Cycle Clock Duty Cycle 10 60% %

NOTES:
1. Specified at the measurement point into a timing and voltage compliance test load and
measured over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. (Also refer to the Transmitter compliance eye
diagram).
2. A TTX-EYE = 0.70 UI provides for a total sum of deterministic and random jitter budget of
TTXJITTER-MAX = 0.30 UI for the Transmitter collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. The
TTXEYE-MEDIAN-to-MAX-JITTER specification ensures a jitter distribution in which the median
and the maximum deviation from the median is less than half of the total TX jitter budget
collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. It should be noted that the median is not the
same as the mean. The jitter median describes the point in time where the number of jitter
points on either side is approximately equal as opposed to the averaged time value.

Table 8-19. SDVO Interface Timings

Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit Figures Notes

Transmitter and Receiver Timings

UI Unit Interval 369.89 1000 ps 5

Minimum Transmission Eye
TTX-EYE 0.7 — UI 8-26 1,2
Width
TTX-RISE/ D+/D- TX Out put Rise/Fall
— 0.125 UI 1,2
Fall time
TRX-EYE Minimum Receiver Eye Width 0.40 — UI 8-27 3,4
NOTES:
1. Specified at the measurement point into a timing and voltage compliance test load and
measured over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. (Also refer to the Transmitter compliance eye
diagram).
2. A TTX-EYE = 0.70 UI provides for a total sum of deterministic and random jitter budget of
TTXJITTER-MAX = 0.30 UI for the Transmitter collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. The
TTXEYE-MEDIAN-to-MAX-JITTER specification ensures a jitter distribution in which the median
and the maximum deviation from the median is less than half of the total TX jitter budget
collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. It should be noted that the median is not the
same as the mean. The jitter median describes the point in time where the number of jitter
points on either side is approximately equal as opposed to the averaged time value.
3. Specified at the measurement point and measured over any 250 consecutive UIs. The test
load documented in the PCI Express* specification 2.0 should be used as the RX device

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when taking measurements (also refer to the Receiver compliance eye diagram). If the
clocks to the RX and TX are not derived from the same reference clock, the TX UI
recovered from 3500 consecutive UI must be used as a reference for the eye diagram.
4. A TRX-EYE = 0.40 UI provides for a total sum of 0.60 UI deterministic and random jitter
budget for the Transmitter and interconnect collected any 250 consecutive UIs. The TRX-
EYE-MEDIAN-to--MAX-JITTER specification ensures a jitter distribution in which the median and
the maximum deviation from the median is less than half of the total 0.6 UI jitter budget
collected over any 250 consecutive TX UIs. It should be noted that the median is not the
same as the mean. The jitter median describes the point in time where the number of jitter
points on either side is approximately equal as opposed to the averaged time value. If the
clocks to the RX and TX are not derived from the same reference clock, the TX UI
recovered from 3500 consecutive UI must be used as the reference for the eye diagram.
5. Nominal Unit Interval for highest SDVO speed is 370 ps. However, depending on the
resolution on the interface, the UI may be more than 370 ps.

Table 8-20. DisplayPort Interface Timings (DDP[D:B][3:0])

Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit

Unit Interval for High Bit Rate

UI_High_Rate 370 — ps
(2.7 Gbps/lane)
Unit Interval for Reduced Bit Rate
UI_Low_Rate 617 — ps
(1.62 Gbps/lane)
Down_Spread_
Link clock down spreading 0 — 0.5 %
Amplitude
Down_Spread_
Link clock down-spreading frequency 30 — 33 kHz
Frequency
Ltx-skew- Lane Intra-pair output skew at Tx
— 20 ps
intrapair package pins
Ttx-rise/
Lane Intra-pair Rise/Fall time
fall_mismatch_ 5 % —
mismatch at Tx package pin
chipdiff
Differential Peak-to-peak Output
VTX-DIFFp-p-level1 0.34 0.4 0.46 V
Voltage level 1
Differential Peak-to-peak Output
VTX-DIFFp-p-level2 0.51 0.6 0.68 V
Voltage level 2
Differential Peak-to-peak Output
VTX-DIFFp-p-level3 0.69 0.8 0.92 V
Voltage level 3
VTX-preemp_ratio No Pre-emphasis 0 0 0 dB
VTX-preemp_ratio 3.5 dB Pre-emphasis Level 2.8 3.5 4.2 dB
VTX-preemp_ratio 6.0 dB Pre-emphasis Level 4.8 6 7.2 dB
LTX-SKEW- Lane-to-Lane Output Skew at Tx
— — 2 UI
INTER_PAIR package pins

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Table 8-21. DisplayPort Aux Interface

Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit

UI Aux unit interval 0.4 0.5 0.6 us

T-
AUX CH bus park time 10 — — ns
Aux_bus_park
maximum allowable UI variation within
Tcycle-to-cycle
a single transaction at the connector 0.04 UI —
jitter
pins of a transmitting device
maximum allowable UI variation within
a single transaction at the connector 0.05 UI —
pins of a receiving device

Table 8-22. DDC Characteristics

DDC Signals: CRT_DDC_CLK, CRT_DDC_DATA, L_DDC_CLK, L_DDC_DATA, SDVO_CTRLCLK,
SDVO_CTRLDATA, DDP[D:C]_CTRLCLK, DDP[D:C]_CTRLDATA

Standard
Fast Mode 1 MHz
Mode
Symbol Parameter Units
Max Min Max Min Max

Fscl Operating Frequency 100 — 400 — 1000 kHz

1
Tr Rise Time — — — — ns
1 2
Tf Fall Time 250 20+0.1Cb 250 — 120 ns

NOTES:
1. Measurement Point for Rise and Fall time: VIL(min)–VIL(max).
2. Cb = total capacitance of one bus line in pF. If mixed with High-speed mode devices, faster
fall times according to High-Speed mode Tr/Tf are allowed.

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Table 8-23. LVDS Interface AC characteristics at Various Frequencies (Sheet 1 of 2)

Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit Figures Notes

LVDS Low-to-High 1, Across receiver

LLHT 0.25 0.5 0.75 ns
Transition Time termination
Figure 8-24
LVDS High-to-Low 1, Across receiver
LHLT 0.25 0.5 0.75 ns
Transition Time termination

Frequency = 40-MHz

Transmitter Output
TPPos0 -0.25 0 0.25 ns
Pulse for Bit 0
Transmitter Output
TPPos1 3.32 3.57 3.82 ns
Pulse for Bit 1
Transmitter Output
TPPos2 6.89 7.14 7.39 ns
Pulse for Bit 2
Transmitter Output
TPPos3 10.46 10.71 10.96 ns Figure 8-25
Pulse for Bit 3
Transmitter Output
TPPos4 14.04 14.29 14.54 ns
Pulse for Bit 4
Transmitter Output
TPPos5 17.61 17.86 18.11 ns
Pulse for Bit 5
Transmitter Output
TPPos6 21.18 21.43 21.68 ns
Pulse for Bit 6
Transmitter Jitter
TJCC — 350 370 ps
Cycle-to-Cycle

Frequency = 65-MHz
Transmitter Output
TPPos0 -0.20 0 0.20 ns
Pulse for Bit 0
Transmitter Output
TPPos1 2.00 2.20 2.40 ns
Pulse for Bit 1
Transmitter Output
TPPos2 4.20 4.40 4.60 ns
Pulse for Bit 2
Transmitter Output
TPPos3 6.39 6.59 6.79 ns Figure 8-25
Pulse for Bit 3
Transmitter Output
TPPos4 8.59 8.79 8.99 ns
Pulse for Bit 4
Transmitter Output
TPPos5 10.79 10.99 11.19 ns
Pulse for Bit 5
Transmitter Output
TPPos6 12.99 13.19 13.39 ns
Pulse for Bit 6
Transmitter Jitter
TJCC — — 250 ps
Cycle-to-Cycle

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Table 8-23. LVDS Interface AC characteristics at Various Frequencies (Sheet 2 of 2)

Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit Figures Notes

Frequency = 85–MHz

Transmitter Output
TPPos0 -0.20 0 0.20 ns
Pulse for Bit 0
Transmitter Output
TPPos1 1.48 1.68 1.88 ns
Pulse for Bit 1
Transmitter Output
TPPos2 3.16 3.36 3.56 ns
Pulse for Bit 2
Transmitter Output
TPPos3 4.84 5.04 5.24 ns Figure 8-25
Pulse for Bit 3
Transmitter Output
TPPos4 6.52 6.72 6.92 ns
Pulse for Bit 4
Transmitter Output
TPPos5 8.20 8.40 8.60 ns
Pulse for Bit 5
Transmitter Output
TPPos6 9.88 10.08 10.28 ns
Pulse for Bit 6
Transmitter Jitter
TJCC — — 250 ps
Cycle-to-Cycle

Frequency = 108–MHz

Transmitter Output
TPPos0 -0.20 0 0.20 ns
Pulse for Bit 0
Transmitter Output
TPPos1 1.12 1.32 1.52 ns
Pulse for Bit 1
Transmitter Output
TPPos2 2.46 2.66 2.86 ns
Pulse for Bit 2
Transmitter Output
TPPos3 3.76 3.96 4.16 ns Figure 8-25
Pulse for Bit 3
Transmitter Output
TPPos4 5.09 5.29 5.49 ns
Pulse for Bit 4
Transmitter Output
TPPos5 6.41 6.61 6.81 ns
Pulse for Bit 5
Transmitter Output
TPPos6 7.74 7.94 8.14 ns
Pulse for Bit 6
Transmitter Jitter
TJCC — — 250 ps
Cycle-to-Cycle

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Table 8-24. CRT DAC AC Characteristics

Parameter Min Nom Max Units Notes

Pixel Clock Frequency 400 MHz

1, 2, 8 (10-90% of black-to-white
R, G, B Video Rise Time 0.25 — 1.25 ns
transition, @ 400-MHz pixel clock)
1, 3, 8 (90-10% of white-to-black
R, G, B Video Fall Time 0.25 — 1.25 ns
transition, @ 400-MHz pixel clock)
Settling Time 0.75 ns 1, 4, 8 @ 400-MHz pixel clock
Video channel-to-channel
0.625 ns 1, 5, 8 @ 400-MHz pixel clock
output skew
1, 6, 8 Full-scale voltage step of
Overshoot/ Undershoot -0.084 — +0.084 V
0.7 V
Noise Injection Ratio 2.5 % 1, 7, 8

NOTES:
1. Measured at each R, G, B termination according to the VESA Test Procedure – Evaluation of Analog Display
Graphics Subsystems Proposal (Version 1, Draft 4, December 1, 2000).
2. R, G, B Max Video Rise/Fall Time: 50% of minimum pixel clock period.
3. R, G, B Min Video Rise/Fall Time: 10% of minimum pixel clock period.
4. Max settling time: 30% of minimum pixel clock period.
5. Video channel-channel output skew: 25% of minimum pixel clock period.
6. Overshoot/undershoot: ±12% of black-white video level (full-scale) step function.
7. Noise injection ratio: 2.5% of maximum luminance voltage (dc to max. pixel frequency).
8. R, G, B AC parameters are strongly dependent on the board implementation.

Table 8-25. Clock Timings (Sheet 1 of 3)

Sym Parameter Min Max Unit Notes Figure
PCI Clock (CLKOUT_PCI[4:0])
t1 Period 29.566 30.584 ns 8-9
t2 High Time 10.826 17.850 ns 8-9
t3 Low Time 10.426 17.651 ns 8-9
Duty Cycle 40 60 %
t4 Rising Edge Rate 1.0 4 V/ns 8-9
t5 Falling Edge Rate 1.0 4 V/ns 8-9
Jitter — 500 ps 7,9
14 MHz Flex Clock (CLKOUTFLEX[3:0])

t6 Period 69.820 69.862 ns 8-9

t7 High Time 29.975 38.467 ns 8-9
t8 Low Time 29.575 38.267 ns 8-9
Duty Cycle 40 60 %
- Rising Edge Rate 1.0 4 V/ns 5
- Falling Edge Rate 1.0 4 V/ns 5
Jitter — 1000 ps 7,9

48 MHz Flex Clock (CLKOUTFLEX3)

t9 Period 20.831 20.835 ns 1 8-9
t10 High Time 8.217 11.152 ns 8-9

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Table 8-25. Clock Timings (Sheet 2 of 3)

Sym Parameter Min Max Unit Notes Figure

t11 Low Time 7.817 10.952 ns 8-9

Duty Cycle 40 60 %
- Rising Edge Rate 1.0 4 V/ns 5
- Falling Edge Rate 1.0 4 V/ns 5
Jitter — 350 ps 7,9
CLKOUT_BCLK[1:0]_[P,N]
Period Period SSC On 7.349 7.688 ns 8-28
Period Period SSC Off 7.349 7.651 ns 8-28
DtyCyc Duty Cycle 40 60 % 8-28
V_Swing Differential Output Swing 300 mV 8-28
Slew_rise Rising Edge Rate 1.5 4 V/ns 8-28
Slew_fall Falling Edge Rate 1.5 4 V/ns 8-28
Jitter (CLKOUT_BCLK[0]_P:N]) — 150 ps 7,9
Jitter (CLKOUT_BCLK[1]_P:N]) — 350 ps 7,9

BCLK Input (CLKIN_BCLK_[P:N])

Period Period SSC on 7.349 7.688 ns 8-28

Period Period SSC Off 7.349 7.651 ns 8-28
Slew Rate 1 8 V/ns 7
Input Jitter (see Clock Chip
- 150 ps 8
Specification)
CLKOUT_DP_[P,N]
Period Period SSC On 7.983 8.726 ns 8-28
Period Period SSC Off 7.983 8.684 ns 8-28
DtyCyc Duty Cycle 40 60 % 8-28
V_Swing Differential Output Swing 300 — mV 8-28
Slew_rise Rising Edge Rate 1.5 4 V/ns 8-28
Slew_fall Falling Edge Rate 1.5 4 V/ns 8-28
Jitter 350 ps 7,9
CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0], CLKOUT_DMI_[P,N], CLKOUT_PEG_[B:A]_[P,N]
Period Period SSC On 9.849 10.201 ns 8-28
Period Period SSC Off 9.849 10.151 ns 8-28
DtyCyc Duty Cycle 40 60 % 8-28
V_Swing Differential Output Swing 300 — mV 8-28
Slew_rise Rising Edge Rate 1.5 4 V/ns 8-28
Slew_fall Falling Edge Rate 1.5 4 V/ns 8-28
Jitter — 150 ps 7,9,10

SMBus/SMLink Clock (SMBCLK, SML[1:0]CLK)

fsmb Operating Frequency 10 100 KHz

t18 High time 4.0 50 μs 2 8-18
t19 Low time 4.7 — μs 8-18

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Table 8-25. Clock Timings (Sheet 3 of 3)

Sym Parameter Min Max Unit Notes Figure

t20 Rise time — 1000 ns 8-18

t21 Fall time — 300 ns 8-18

SMLink0 Clock (SML0CLK) (See note 13)

fsmb Operating Frequency 0 400 KHz

t18_SML High time 0.6 50 μs 2 8-18
t19_SML Low time 1.3 — μs 8-18
t20_SML Rise time — 300 ns 8-18
t21_SML Fall time — 300 ns 8-18

HDA_BCLK (Intel® High Definition Audio)

fHDA Operating Frequency 24.0 MHz

Frequency Tolerance — 100 ppm
Input Jitter (see Clock Chip
t26a — 300 ppm
Specification)
t27a High Time (Measured at 0.75 Vcc) 18.75 22.91 ns 8-9
t28a Low Time (Measured at 0.35 Vcc) 18.75 22.91 ns 8-9

SATA Clock and DMI Clock (CLKIN_SATA_[P:N], CLKIN_DMI_[P:N]) from a clock chip

t36 Period 9.997 10.0533 ns

Slew rate 1 8 V/ns
Input Jitter (see Clock Chip
— 150 ps 7
Specification)

DOT 96MHz (CLKIN_DOT96[P,N]) from a clock chip

t36 Period 10.066 10.768 ns
Slew rate 1 8 V/ns
Input Jitter (see Clock Chip
— 350 ps 7
Specification)
Suspend Clock (SUSCLK)

fsusclk Operating Frequency 32 kHz 4

t39 High Time 10 — μs 4
t39a Low Time 10 — μs 4

Intel® Quiet System Technology

fpwm PWM Operating Frequency 10 28,000 Hz

SPI_CLK
Output Rise Slew Rate (0.2Vcc -
Slew_Rise 1 4 V/ns 7 8-29
0.6Vcc)
Output Fall Slew Rate (0.6Vcc -
Slew_Fall 1 4 V/ns 7 8-29
0.2Vcc)

XTAL25_IN/XTAL25_OUT

ppm Crystal Tolerance Cut Accuracy Max 35 ppm (@ 25 °C ±3 °C)

ppm Temperature Stability Max 30 ppm @ (-10 °C to 70 °C)
ppm Aging Max 5 ppm

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NOTES:
1. The CLK48 expects a 40/60% duty cycle.
2. The maximum high time (t18 Max) provide a simple ensured method for devices to detect
bus idle conditions.
3. BCLK Rise and Fall times are measured from 10%VDD and 90%VDD.
4. SUSCLK duty cycle can range from 30% minimum to 70% maximum.
5. Edge rates in a system as measured from 0.8 V to 2.0 V.
6. The active frequency can be 5 MHz, 50 MHz, or 62.5 MHz depending on the interface
speed. Dynamic changes of the normal operating frequency are not allowed.
7. Testing condition: 1 KOhm pull up to Vcc, 1 KOhm pull down and 10 pF pull down and
1/2 inch trace (see Figure 8-29 for more detail).
8. Jitter is specified as cycle to cycle measured in pico seconds. Period min and max includes
cycle to cycle jitter.
9. On all jitter measurements care should be taken to set the zero crossing voltage (for rising
edge) of the clock to be the point where the edge rate is the fastest. Using a Math function
= Average(Derivavitive(Ch1)) and set the averages to 64, place the cursors where the
slope is the highest on the rising edge—usually this lower half of the rising edge. The
reason this is defined is for users trying to measure in a system it is impossible to get the
probe exactly at the end of the Transmission line with large Flip Chip components, this
results in a reflection induced ledge in the middle of the rising edge and will significantly
increase measured jitter.
10. Phase jitter requirement: The designated Gen2 outputs will meet the reference clock jitter
requirements from the PCI Express Gen2 Base Specification. The test is to be performed
on a component test board under quiet conditions with all clock outputs on. Jitter analysis
is performed using a standardized tool provided by the PCI SIG. Measurement
methodology is defined in Intel document “PCI Express Reference Clock Jitter
Measurements”. Note that this is not for CLKOUT_PCIE[7:0].
11. Crystal Specifications provided are guidelines and applies when a 25 MHz crystal is used on
the platform. Total of crystal cut accuracy, temperature stability, frequency variations due
to parasitics and load capacitances and aging is recommended to be less than 90 ppm.
12. When SMLink0 is configured to run in Fast Mode using a soft strap, the operating frequency
is in the range of 300 KHz – 400 KHz.

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Table 8-26. PCI Interface Timing

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Figure

t40 AD[31:0] Valid Delay 2 11 ns 1 8-10

t41 AD[31:0] Setup Time to PCICLK Rising 7 — ns 8-11
t42 AD[31:0] Hold Time from PCICLK Rising 0 — ns 8-11
C/BE[3:0]#, FRAME#, TRDY#, IRDY#,
t43 STOP#, PAR, PERR#, PLOCK#, DEVSEL# 2 11 ns 1 8-10
Valid Delay from PCICLK Rising
C/BE[3:0]#, FRAME#, TRDY#, IRDY#,
STOP#, PAR, PERR#, PLOCK#, IDSEL,
t44 2 ns 8-14
DEVSEL# Output Enable Delay from
PCICLK Rising
C/BE[3:0]#, FRAME#, TRDY#, IRDY#,
STOP#, PERR#, PLOCK#, DEVSEL#,
t45 2 28 ns 8-12
GNT[A:B]# Float Delay from PCICLK
Rising
C/BE[3:0]#, FRAME#, TRDY#, IRDY#,
t46 STOP#, SERR#, PERR#, DEVSEL#, Setup 7 ns 8-11
Time to PCICLK Rising
C/BE[3:0]#, FRAME#, TRDY#, IRDY#,
t47 STOP#, SERR#, PERR#, DEVSEL#, 0 — ns 8-11
REQ[A:B]# Hold Time from PCLKIN Rising
t48 PCIRST# Low Pulse Width 1 ms 8-13
GNT[3:0]# Valid Delay from PCICLK
t49 2 12 ns
Rising
t50 REQ[3:0]# Setup Time to PCICLK Rising 12 — ns

NOTE:
1. See note 3 of table 4-4 in Section 4.2.2.2 and note 2 of table 4-6 in Section 4.2.3.2 of the
PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 for measurement details.

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Table 8-27. Universal Serial Bus Timing

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Full-speed Source (Note 7)

1, CL =
t100 USBPx+, USBPx- Driver Rise Time 4 20 ns 8-15
50 pF
1, CL =
t101 USBPx+, USBPx- Driver Fall Time 4 20 ns 8-15
50 pF
Source Differential Driver Jitter
t102 - To Next Transition –3.5 3.5 ns 2, 3 8-16
- For Paired Transitions –4 4 ns
t103 Source SE0 interval of EOP 160 175 ns 4 8-17
Source Jitter for Differential
t104 –2 5 ns 5
Transition to SE0 Transition
Receiver Data Jitter Tolerance
t105 - T o Next Transition –18.5 18.5 ns 3 8-16
- For Paired Transitions –9 9 ns
t106 EOP Width: Must accept as EOP 82 — ns 4 8-17
Width of SE0 interval during
t107 — 14 ns
differential transition

Low-speed Source (Note 8)

1, 6
t108 USBPx+, USBPx – Driver Rise Time 75 300 ns CL = 50 pF 8-15
CL = 350 pF
1,6
t109 USBPx+, USBPx – Driver Fall Time 75 300 ns CL = 50 pF 8-15
CL = 350 pF
Source Differential Driver Jitter
t110 To Next Transition –25 25 ns 2, 3 8-16
For Paired Transitions –14 14 ns
t111 Source SE0 interval of EOP 1.25 1.50 µs 4 8-17
Source Jitter for Differential
t112 –40 100 ns 5
Transition to SE0 Transition
Receiver Data Jitter Tolerance
t113 - To Next Transition –152 152 ns 3 8-16
- For Paired Transitions –200 200 ns
t114 EOP Width: Must accept as EOP 670 — ns 4 8-17
Width of SE0 interval during
t115 — 210 ns
differential transition

NOTES:
1. Driver output resistance under steady state drive is specified at 28 ohms at minimum and
43 ohms at maximum.
2. Timing difference between the differential data signals.
3. Measured at crossover point of differential data signals.
4. Measured at 50% swing point of data signals.
5. Measured from last crossover point to 50% swing point of data line at leading edge of EOP.
6. Measured from 10% to 90% of the data signal.
7. Full-speed Data Rate has minimum of 11.97 Mb/s and maximum of 12.03 Mb/s.
8. Low-speed Data Rate has a minimum of 1.48 Mb/s and a maximum of 1.52 Mb/s.

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Table 8-28. SATA Interface Timings

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Figure

UI Gen I Operating Data Period 666.43 670.23 ps

Gen II Operating Data Period (3Gb/
UI-2 333.21 335.11 ps
s)
t120 Rise Time 0.15 0.41 UI 1
t121 Fall Time 0.15 0.41 UI 2
t122 TX differential skew — 20 ps
t123 COMRESET 310.4 329.6 ns 3
t124 COMWAKE transmit spacing 103.5 109.9 ns 3
t125 OOB Operating Data period 646.67 686.67 ns 4

NOTES:
1. 20% – 80% at transmitter.
2. 80% – 20% at transmitter.
3. As measured from 100 mV differential crosspoints of last and first edges of burst.
4. Operating data period during Out-Of-Band burst transmissions.

Table 8-29. SMBus Timing (Sheet 1 of 2)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Bus Free Time Between Stop and Start

t130 4.7 — µs 8-18
Condition
t130SM Bus Free Time Between Stop and Start
1.3 — µs 5 8-18
LFM Condition
Hold Time after (repeated) Start Condition.
t131 After this period, the first clock is 4.0 — µs 8-18
generated.
Hold Time after (repeated) Start Condition.
t131SM
After this period, the first clock is 0.6 — µs 5 8-18
LFM generated.
t132 Repeated Start Condition Setup Time 4.7 — µs 8-18
t132SM
Repeated Start Condition Setup Time 0.6 — µs 5 8-18
LFM

t133 Stop Condition Setup Time 4.0 — µs 8-18

t133SM
Stop Condition Setup Time 0.6 — µs 5 8-18
LFM

t134 Data Hold Time 0 — ns 4 8-18

t134SM
Data Hold Time 0 — ns 4, 5 8-18
LFM

t135 Data Setup Time 250 — ns 8-18

t135SM
Data Setup Time 100 — ns 5 8-18
LFM

t136 Device Time Out 25 35 ms 1

Cumulative Clock Low Extend Time (slave
t137 — 25 ms 2 8-19
device)

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Table 8-29. SMBus Timing (Sheet 2 of 2)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Cumulative Clock Low Extend Time

t138 — 10 ms 3 8-19
(master device)

NOTES:
1. A device will timeout when any clock low exceeds this value.
2. t137 is the cumulative time a slave device is allowed to extend the clock cycles in one
message from the initial start to stop. If a slave device exceeds this time, it is expected to
release both its clock and data lines and reset itself.
3. t138 is the cumulative time a master device is allowed to extend its clock cycles within
each byte of a message as defined from start-to-ack, ack-to-ack or ack-to-stop.
4. t134 has a minimum timing for I2C of 0 ns, while the minimum timing for SMBus is 300 ns.
5. Timings with the SMLFM designator apply only to SMLink0 and only when SMLink0 is
operating in Fast Mode.

Table 8-30. Intel® High Definition Audio Timing

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Time duration for which HDA_SD is valid

t143 7 — ns 8-21
before HDA_BCLK edge.
Time duration for which HDA_SDOUT is valid
t144 7 — ns 8-21
after HDA_BCLK edge.
Setup time for HDA_SDIN[3:0] at rising edge
t145 15 — ns 8-21
of HDA_BCLK
Hold time for HDA_SDIN[3:0] at rising edge
t146 0 — ns 8-21
of HDA_BCLK

Table 8-31. LPC Timing

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

t150 LAD[3:0] Valid Delay from PCICLK Rising 2 11 ns 8-10

LAD[3:0] Output Enable Delay from PCICLK
t151 2 — ns 8-14
Rising
t152 LAD[3:0] Float Delay from PCICLK Rising — 28 ns 8-12
t153 LAD[3:0] Setup Time to PCICLK Rising 7 — ns 8-11
t154 LAD[3:0] Hold Time from PCICLK Rising 0 — ns 8-11
t155 LDRQ[1:0]# Setup Time to PCICLK Rising 12 — ns 8-11
t156 LDRQ[1:0]# Hold Time from PCICLK Rising 0 — ns 8-11
t157 eE# Valid Delay from PCICLK Rising 2 12 ns 8-10

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Table 8-32. Miscellaneous Timings

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

t160 SERIRQ Setup Time to PCICLK Rising 7 — ns 8-11

t161 SERIRQ Hold Time from PCICLK Rising 0 — ns 8-11
RI#, EXTSMI#, GPIO, USB Resume Pulse
t162 2 — RTCCLK 8-13
Width
t163 SPKR Valid Delay from OSC Rising — 200 ns 8-10
t164 SERR# Active to NMI Active — 200 ns
t165 IGNNE# Inactive from FERR# Inactive — 230 ns

Table 8-33. SPI Timings (20 MHz)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Serial Clock Frequency - 20M Hz

t180a 17.06 18.73 MHz 1
Operation
Tco of SPI_MOSI with respect to serial
t183a -5 13 ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Setup of SPI_MISO with respect to serial
t184a 16 — ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Hold of SPI_MISO with respect to serial
t185a 0 — ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Setup of SPI_CS[1:0]# assertion with
t186a 30 — ns 8-20
respect to serial clock rising at the host
Hold of SPI_CS[1:0]# de-assertion with
t187a 30 — ns 8-20
respect to serial clock falling at the host
t188a SPI_CLK high time 26.37 — ns 8-20
t189a SPI_CLK low time 26.82 — ns 8-20

NOTES:
1. The typical clock frequency driven by the PCH is 17.86 MHz.
2. Measurement point for low time and high time is taken at 0.5(VccME3_3).

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Table 8-34. SPI Timings (33 MHz)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Serial Clock Frequency - 33 MHz

t180b 29.83 32.81 MHz 1
Operation
Tco of SPI_MOSI with respect to serial
t183b -5 5 ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Setup of SPI_MISO with respect to serial
t184b 8 — ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Hold of SPI_MISO with respect to serial
t185b 0 — ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Setup of SPI_CS[1:0]# assertion with
t186b 30 — ns 8-20
respect to serial clock rising at the host
Hold of SPI_CS[1:0]# de-assertion with
t187b 30 — ns 8-20
respect to serial clock falling at the host
t188b SPI_CLK High time 14.88 - ns 8-20
t189b SPI_CLK Low time 15.18 - ns 8-20

NOTES:
1. The typical clock frequency driven by the PCH is 31.25 MHz.
2. Measurement point for low time and high time is taken at 0.5(VccME3_3).

Table 8-35. SPI Timings (50 MHz)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

t180c Serial Clock Frequency - 50MHz Operation 46.99 53.40 MHz 1

Tco of SPI_MOSI with respect to serial
t183c -3 3 ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Setup of SPI_MISO with respect to serial
t184c 8 — ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Hold of SPI_MISO with respect to serial
t185c 0 — ns 8-20
clock falling edge at the host
Setup of SPI_CS[1:0]# assertion with
t186c respect to serial clock rising edge at the 30 — ns 8-20
host
Hold of SPI_CS[1:0]# assertion with
t187c respect to serial clock rising edge at the 30 — ns 8-20
host
t188c SPI_CLK High time 7.1 — ns 2, 3 8-20
t189c SPI_CLK Low time 11.17 — ns 2, 3 8-20

NOTES:
1. Typical clock frequency driven by the PCH is 50 MHz. This frequency is not available for
ES1 samples.
2. When using 50 MHz mode ensure target flash component can meet t188c and t189c
specifications.
3. Measurement point for low time and high time is taken at 0.5(VccME3_3).

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Table 8-36. SST Timings

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Bit time (overall time evident on SST) 0.495 500 µs

tBIT 1 -
Bit time driven by an originator 0.495 250 µs
Bit time jitter between adjacent bits in an
tBIT,jitter SST message header or data bytes after — — %
timing has been negotiated
Change in bit time across a SST address
or SST message bits as driven by the
tBIT,drift — — %
originator. This limit only applies across
tBIT-A bit drift and tBIT-M drift.
tH1 High level time for logic '1' 0.6 0.8 x tBIT 2
tH0 High level time for logic '0' 0.2 0.4 x tBIT
Rise time (measured from VOL = 0.3 V to ns/
tSSTR — 25 + 5
VIH,min) node
Fall time (measured from VOH = 1.1 V to ns/
tSSTF — 33
VIL,max) node

NOTES:
1. The originator must drive a more restrictive time to allow for quantized sampling errors by
a client yet still attain the minimum time less than 500 µs. tBIT limits apply equally to tBIT-
A and tBIT-M. PCH is targeted on 1 Mbps which is 1 µs bit time.
2. The minimum and maximum bit times are relative to tBIT defined in the Timing Negotiation
pulse.
3. tBIT-A is the negotiated address bit time and tBIT-M is the negotiated message bit time.

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Table 8-37. PECI Timings

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

Bit time (overall time evident on

0.495 500 µs
tBIT PECI) 1
0.495 250 µs
Bit time driven by an originator
Bit time jitter between adjacent bits
in an PECI message header or data
tBIT,jitter — — %
bytes after timing has been
negotiated
Change in bit time across a PECI
address or PECI message bits as
tBIT,drift driven by the originator. This limit — — %
only applies across tBIT-A bit drift and
tBIT-M drift.
tH1 High level time for logic '1' 0.6 0.8 x tBIT 2
tH0 High level time for logic '0' 0.2 0.4 x tBIT
Rise time (measured from VOL to ns/
tPECIR — 30 + 5 3
VIH,min, Vtt(nom) -5%) node
Fall time (measured from VOH to ns/
tPECIF — 30 3
VIL,max, Vtt(nom) +5%) node

NOTES:
1. The originator must drive a more restrictive time to allow for quantized sampling errors by
a client yet still attain the minimum time less than 500 µs. tBIT limits apply equally to
tBIT-A and tBIT-M. PCH is targeted on 2 MHz which is 500 ns bit time.
2. The minimum and maximum bit times are relative to tBIT defined in the Timing Negotiation
pulse.
3. Extended trace lengths may appear as additional nodes.
4. tBIT-A is the negotiated address bit time and tBIT-M is the negotiated message bit time.

Table 8-38. Controller Link Receive Timings

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

t190 Single bit time 13 — ns 8-30

t191 Single clock period 15 — ns 8-30
t192 Rise time/Fall time 0.11 3.5 V/ns 1 8-31
t193 Setup time before CL_CLK1 0.9 — ns 8-30
t194 Hold time after CL_CLK1 0.9 — ns 8-30
CL_Vref –
VIL_AC Input low voltage (AC) — V 2
0.08
CL_Vref
VIH_AC Input high voltage (AC) — V 2
+0.08

NOTES:
1. Measured from (CL_Vref – 50 mV to CL_Vref + 50 mV) at the receiving device side.
No test load is required for this measurement as the receiving device fulfills this purpose.
2. CL_Vref = 0.12*(VccSus3_3).

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8.7 Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings

Table 8-39. Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings (Sheet 1 of 3)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

t200 VccRTC active to RTCRST# inactive 9 — ms 8-1

t201 VccSUS active to RSMRST# inactive 10 — ms 1 8-1
t202 RSMRST# inactive to SUSCLK toggling 97 — ms 2 8-1
t203 SLP_S5# high to SLP_S4# high 30 us 3 8-2
t204 SLP_S4# high to SLP_S3# high 30 us 4 8-2
8-2,
t205 Vcc active to PWROK high 10 — ms 5
8-3
8-2,
t206 PWROK deglitch time 1 — ms 6
8-3
VccLAN & VccME stable to MEPWROK 8-2,
t207 1 — ms
high 8-4
8-2,
t208 Clock chip clock outputs to PWROK high 1 — ms
8-3
See 8-2,
t209 PWROK active to PROCPWRGD active — ms 7
Note 7 8-3
8-2,
t210 PROCPWRGD high to SUS_STAT# high 1 — ms
8-3
8-2,
t211 SUS_STAT# high to PLTRST# high 60 — us
8-3
LAN_RST# de-assertion or MEPWROK
t212 assertion (whichever comes first) to 500 — us 18 8-4
SPI message
MEPWROK asserted to CL_RST1# de-
t213 500 — us 8 8-4
asserted (Mobile Only)
DMI message and all PCI Express ports
t214 and DMI in L2/L3 state to SUS_STAT# 60 — us 8-5
active
t215 SUS_STAT# active to STP_PCI# active 60 — us 8-5
t216 STP_PCI# active to PLTRST# active 150 — us 8-5
PLTRST# active to PROCPWRGD
t217 30 — us 8-5
inactive
PROCPWRGD deassetion to clocks
t218 10 — us 8-5
invalid
t219 Clocks invalid to SLP_S3# assertion 1 — us 8-5
t220 SLP_S3# low to SLP_S4# low 30 — us 8-5
t221 SLP_S4# low to SLP_S5# low 30 — us 8-5
t222 SLP_S3# active to PWROK de-asserted 0 — 8-5
t223 PWROK rising to DRAMPWRGD rising 0 — us 8-6
t224 DRAMPWRGD falling to SLP_S4# falling -100 — ns 9 8-6
VccRTC supply active to VccSus
t225 0 — ms 1, 10 8-1
supplies active

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Table 8-39. Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings (Sheet 2 of 3)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

t226 RTCRST# high to RSMRST# high 20 — ns 8-1

t227 VccSUS supplies high to VccME3_3 high 0 — ms 1
LAN Power Rails active to LAN_RST#
t228 1 — ms 11
de-assertion
t229 VccME high to Vcc1_05 high 0 — ms 8-2
t230 MEPWROK high to PWROK high 0 — ms 8-2
12, 13,
t231 PWROK low to Vcc falling 40 — ns
14
MEPWROK falling to VccME or
t232 40 — ns 14
VccME3_3 falling
t233 SLP_S3# falling to Vcc falling 5 — us 12, 13
t234 LAN_RST# rising to VccLAN falling 40 — ns 13, 14
1, 13,
t235 RSMRST# falling to VccSUS falling 40 — ns
14
t236 RTCRST# falling to VccRTC falling 0 — ms
SLP_LAN# (or LANPHYPC) rising to
t237 — 20 ms
Intel LAN Phy power high and stable
RSMRST# falling to any of VccSUS
1, 12,
t238 supplies, VccME, VccME3_3, or Vcc 40 — ns
13, 14
falling
t239 V5REF_Sus active to VccSus3_3 active 0 — ms 15
See
t240 V5REF active to Vcc3_3 active Note — ms 15
15
VccSus supplies active to Vcc supplies
t241 0 — ms 1, 12
active
t242 HDA_RST# active low pulse width 1 — μs
HDA_RST# inactive to HDA_BIT_CLK
t243 170 — μs
startup delay
VccSus active to SLP_S5#, SLP_S4#,
t244 SLP_S3#, SUS_STAT#, PLTRST# and — 50 ns
PCIRST#active
RSMRST# de-assertion to SLP_S5# de-
t245 97 — ms 16, 2
assertion
S4 Wake Event to SLP_S4# inactive
t246 See Note Below 3
(S4 Wake)
S3 Wake Event to SLP_S3# inactive
t247 See Note Below 4
(S3 Wake)
t248 SLP_M# inactive to SLP_S3# inactive — ±10 ns
LANRST# assertion to PWROK
t250 0 — ms
assertion
RSMRST# de-assertion to MEPWROK
t251 0 — ms
assertion

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Table 8-39. Power Sequencing and Reset Signal Timings (Sheet 3 of 3)

Sym Parameter Min Max Units Notes Fig

THRMTRIP# active to SLP_S3#,

t252 — 175 ns
SLP_S4#, SLP_S5# active
RSMRST# rising edge transition from
t253 — 50 μs
20% to 80%
t254 RSMRST# falling edge transition — — — 17

NOTES:
1. VccSus supplies include VccSus3_3, V5REF_Sus, VccSusHDA, VccLAN (if LAN powered in
S3/S4/S5), and VccME3_3 and VccME (if Intel® ME powered in S3/S4/S5).
2. This timing is a nominal value counted using RTC clock. If RTC clock isn’t already stable at
the rising edge of RSMRST#, this timing could be shorter or longer than the specified
value.
3. Dependency on SLP_S4# and SLP_M# stretching.
4. Dependency on SLP_S3# and SLP_M# stretching.
5. It is required that the power rails associated with PCI/PCIe (typically the 3.3 V, 5 V, and
12 V core well rails) have been valid for 99 ms prior to PWROK assertion to comply with
the 100 ms PCI/PCIe 2.0 specification on PLTRST# de-assertion. System designers must
ensure the requirement is met on the platforms.
6. Ensure PWROK is a solid logic '1' before proceeding with the boot sequence.
NOTE: If PWROK drops after t206 it will be considered a power failure.
7. t209 minimum timing selectable as 1 ms (recommended), 5 ms, 50 ms, or 100 ms using
bits 9:8 of PCHSTRP15.
8. Requires SPI messaging to be completed.
9. The negative min timing implies that DRAMPWRGD must either fall before SLP_S4# or
within 100 ns after it.
10. The VccSus supplies must never be active while the VccRTC supply is inactive.
11. Measured from VccLAN power within voltage specification to LAN_RST# = (Vih+Vil)/2. The
rising edge of LAN_RST# needs to be a clean, monotonic edge for frequency content below
10 MHz.
12. Vcc includes VccIO, VccCORE, Vcc3_3, VccADPLLA, VccADPLLB, VccADAC, V5REF,
V_CPU_IO, VccDMI, VccLAN (if LAN only power in S0), VccALVDS (mobile only),
VccTX_LVDS (mobile only), and VccME3_3 and VccME (if Intel® ME only powered in S0).
13. A Power rail is considered to be inactive when the rail is at its nominal voltage minus 5% or
less.
14. Board design may meet (t231 AND t232 AND t234 AND t235) OR (t238).
15. V5REF must be powered up before Vcc3_3, or after Vcc3_3 within 0.7 V. Also, V5REF must
power down after Vcc3_3, or before Vcc3_3 within 0.7 V. V5REF_Sus must be powered up
before VccSus3_3, or after VccSus3_3 within 0.7 V. Also, V5REF_Sus must power down
after VccSus3_3, or before VccSus3_3 within 0.7 V.
16. If RTC clock is not already stable at RSMRST# rising edge, this time may be longer.
17. RSMRST# falling edge must transition to 0.8 V or less before VccSus3_3 drops to 2.9 V
18. LAN_RST# high to SPI Soft-Start Reads is an internal PCH timing. The timing cannot be
measured externally and included here for general power sequencing reference.

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8.8 Power Management Timing Diagrams

Figure 8-1. G3 w/RTC Loss to S4/S5 Timing Diagram

Source Destination Signal Name

Board PCH VccRTC t226

t200
Board PCH RTCRST#
t225

Board PCH VccSUS

t201
Board PCH RSMRST#
t202
PCH Board SUSCLK toggling

PCH Board SLP_S5# Only for S4 after G3

Figure 8-2. S5 to S0 Timing Diagram

Source Dest Signal Name

PCH Board SLP_S5#

PCH Board SLP_S4# t203

PCH Board SLP_S3# t204

PCH Board SLP_M# Could come up as early as before SLP_S5#

or as late as SLP_S3#, but no later

Board PCH VccME

t229
Board PCH Vcc

Board Processor VCC_CPU

Processor
PCH SYS_PWROK No required ordering w.r.t. PWROK, but
VRM SYS_PWROK will typically be first

t205
Board PCH PWROK t230
t206
t207
Board PCH MEPWROK MEPWROK may come up earlier
than PWROK, but no later

Board PCH LAN_RST# LAN_RST# may come up earlier than or at the same time as PWROK, or it
may be statically grounded for platforms not using Intel LAN

PCH Processor DRAMPWRGD

Ramps to ‘1’ with

PCH Clock Chip STP_PCI# Vcc power

Clock Chip
Clock Chip PCH stable
Outputs
t208

t209
PCH Processor PROCPWRGD

PCH Board SUS_STAT# t210

Processor/
PCH PLTRST# t211
Board

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Figure 8-3. S3/M3 to S0 Timing Diagram

Source Dest Signal Name

PCH Board SLP_S5#

PCH Board SLP_S4#

PCH Board SLP_S3#

PCH Board SLP_M#

Board PCH VccME

Board PCH Vcc

Board Processor Vcc_cpu

Processor
PCH SYS_PWROK No required ordering w.r.t. PWROK, but
VRM SYS_PWROK will typically be first

t205
Board PCH PWROK t206

Board PCH MEPWROK

Board PCH LAN_RST#

PCH Processor DRAMPWRGD

Ramps to ‘1’ with
PCH Clock Chip STP_PCI# Vcc_main

Clock Chip
Clock Chip PCH stable
Outputs
t208

t209
PCH Processor PROCPWRGD

PCH Board SUS_STAT# t210

Processor/
PCH PLTRST# t211
Board

Figure 8-4. S5/Moff - S5/M3 Timing Diagram

Source Dest Signal Name

PCH Board SLP_S5#

PCH Board SLP_S4#

PCH Board SLP_S3#

PCH Board SLP_M#

Board PCH VccME, VccLAN

t207
Board PCH MEPWROK

Board PCH LAN_RST# LAN_RST# will come up at the same time as MEPWROK, or it may
be statically grounded for platforms not using Intel LAN

t212

SPI
PCH SPI
Flash
t213
PCH Controller Link CL_RST1#

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Figure 8-5. S0 to S5 Timing Diagram

Source Dest Signal Name

DMI DMI Message L2/L3

PCIe* normal
PCH PCIe Ports L2/L3
Devices operation

PCH Board SUS_STAT# t214

t215
Clock Chip &
PCH STP_PCI#
Integrated Clk
PCH Board PLTRST# t216

PCH Board PROCPWRGD t217

CPU PCH THRMTRIP# honored ignored

t218
PCH Board Clocks valid
t219

PCH Board SLP_S3#

t220
PCH Board SLP_S4#
t221
PCH Board SLP_S5#
t222
Board PCH PWROK
May drop before or after
SLP_S4/5# and DRAMPWRGD

Board PCH SYS_PWROK

PCH Processor DRAMPWRGD

PCH Board SLP_M# Intel® ME-Related Signals

Going to M3: stay high
Going to MOFF: go low
MEPWROK /
Board PCH
LAN_RST#
Controller
PCH Link
CL_RST#1

Figure 8-6. DRAMPWRGD Timing Diagram

Source Destination Signal Name

PCH Board SLP_S4#

Board PCH PWROK

PCH Processor DRAMPWRGD t223 t224

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8.9 AC Timing Diagrams

Figure 8-7. Clock Cycle Time

Figure 8-8. Transmitting Position (Data to Strobe)

CLKA/
CLKB

Tppos0

YA/YB

Tppos1

Tppos2

Tppos3

Tppos4

Tppos5

Tppos6

Figure 8-9. Clock Timing

Period
High Time
2.0V
0.8V
Low Time
Fall Time Rise Time

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Figure 8-10. Valid Delay from Rising Clock Edge

Clock 1.5V

Valid Delay

Output VT

Figure 8-11. Setup and Hold Times

Clock 1.5V

Setup Time Hold Time

Input VT VT

Figure 8-12. Float Delay

Input VT

Float
Delay

Output

Figure 8-13. Pulse Width

Pulse Width

VT VT

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Figure 8-14. Output Enable Delay

Clock 1.5V

Output
Enable
Delay

Output VT

Figure 8-15. USB Rise and Fall Times

Rise Time Fall Time

90% 90%
CL
Differential
Data Lines
10% 10%

CL
tR tF

Low-speed: 75 ns at CL = 50 pF, 300 ns at C L = 350 pF

Full-speed: 4 to 20 ns at C L = 50 pF
High-speed: 0.8 to 1.2 ns at C L = 10 pF

Figure 8-16. USB Jitter

T period

Crossover
Points
Differential
Data Lines

Jitter

Consecutive
Transitions

Paired
Transitions

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Figure 8-17. USB EOP Width

Tperiod

Data
Crossover
Differential Level
Data Lines

EOP
Width

Figure 8-18. SMBus/SMLINK Transaction

t19 t20
t21

SMBCLK

t135 t133
t131
t18
t134 t132

SMBDATA

t130

NOTE: txx also refers to txx_SM, SMBCLK also refers to SML[1:0]CLK, and SMBDATA also refers
to SML[1:0]DATA in Figure 8-18.

Figure 8-19. SMBus/SMLINK Timeout

Start Stop
t137
CLKack CLKack
t138 t138

SMBCLK

SMBDATA

NOTE: SMBCLK also refers to SML[1:0]CLK and SMBDATA also refers to SML[1:0]DATA in
Figure 8-19.

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Figure 8-20. SPI Timings

t188 t189

SPI_CLK
t183

SPI_MOSI
t184 t185

SPI_MISO

t186 t187

SPI_CS#

Figure 8-21. Intel® High Definition Audio Input and Output Timings

HDA_BIT_CLK

HDA_SDOUT

t143 t144 t143 t144

HDA_SDIN[3:0]

t145 t146

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Figure 8-22. Dual Channel Interface Timings

tDQSL

tDQS
DQs

tDH tDS
tDH tDS

DQ[7:0]

Figure 8-23. Dual Channel Interface Timings

DQ

D Q [7 : 0 ]

tDV W
tDQ S Q
tQ H tDQ S Q

Figure 8-24. LVDS Load and Transition Times

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Figure 8-25. Transmitting Position (Data to Strobe)

CLKA/
CLKB

Tppos0

YA/YB

Tppos1

Tppos2

Tppos3

Tppos4

Tppos5

Tppos6

Figure 8-26. PCI Express Transmitter Eye

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Figure 8-27. PCI Express Receiver Eye

VTS-Diff = 0mV
D+/D- Crossing point

VRS-Diffp-p-Min>175mV

.4 UI =TRX-EYE min

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Figure 8-28. Measurement Points for Differential Waveforms.

Differential Clock – Single Ended Measurements

V max = 1.15V V max = 1.15V
Clock#
Vcross max = Vcross max =
550mV 550mV

Vcross min = 300 mV Vcross min = 300 mV

Clock
V min = -0.30V V min = -0.30V

Clock#

Vcross delta = 140mV Vcross delta = 140mV

Clock

Clock# Clock#
Vcross median
+75mV

i se
T
fa
Tr
Vcross median Vcross median

ll
Vcross median -75mV

Clock Clock

Differential Clock – Differential Measurements

Clock Period (Differential )

Positive Duty Cycle (Differential ) Negative Duty Cycle (Differential )

.0V

Clock-Clock#

Rise Fall
Edge Edge
Rate Rate

Vih_min = +150 mV
0.0V
Vil_max = -150 mV

Clock-Clock#

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Figure 8-29. PCH Test Load

VccME3_3

Figure 8-30. Controller Link Receive Timings

t191

CL_CLK1
t190

t193 t194

CL_DATA1

Figure 8-31. Controller Link Receive Slew Rate

t192 t192
CL_Vref + 50mV

CL_Vref

CL_CLK1 / CL_DATA1 CL_Vref – 50mV

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9 Register and Memory Mapping

The PCH contains registers that are located in the processor’s I/O space and memory
space and sets of PCI configuration registers that are located in PCI configuration
space. This chapter describes the PCH I/O and memory maps at the register-set level.
Register access is also described. Register-level address maps and Individual register
bit descriptions are provided in the following chapters. The following notations and
definitions are used in the register/instruction description chapters.

RO Read Only. In some cases, if a register is read only, writes to this

register location have no effect. However, in other cases, two
separate registers are located at the same location where a read
accesses one of the registers and a write accesses the other
register. See the I/O and memory map tables for details.
WO Write Only. In some cases, if a register is write only, reads to this
register location have no effect. However, in other cases, two
separate registers are located at the same location where a read
accesses one of the registers and a write accesses the other
register. See the I/O and memory map tables for details.
R/W Read/Write. A register with this attribute can be read and
written.
R/WC Read/Write Clear. A register bit with this attribute can be read
and written. However, a write of 1 clears (sets to 0) the
corresponding bit and a write of 0 has no effect.
R/WO Read/Write-Once. A register bit with this attribute can be
written only once after power up. After the first write, the bit
becomes read only.
R/WL Read/Write Lockable. A register bit with the attribute can be
read at any time but writes may only occur if the associated lock
bit is set to unlock. If the associated lock bit is set to lock, this
register bit becomes RO unless otherwise indicated.
R/WLO Read/Write, Lock-Once. A register bit with this attribute can be
written to the non-locked value multiple times, but to the locked
value only once. After the locked value has been written, the bit
becomes read only.
Reserved The value of reserved bits must never be changed. For details
see Section 9.2.
Default When the PCH is reset, it sets its registers to predetermined
default states. It is the responsibility of the system initialization
software to determine configuration, operating parameters, and
optional system features that are applicable, and to program the
PCH registers accordingly.
Bold Register bits that are highlighted in bold text indicate that the
bit is implemented in the PCH. Register bits that are not
implemented or are hardwired will remain in plain text.

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9.1 PCI Devices and Functions

The PCH incorporates a variety of PCI devices and functions, as shown in Table 9-1.
They are divided into seven logical devices for consumer SKUs. The first is the DMI-To-
PCI bridge (Device 30). The second device (Device 31) contains most of the standard
PCI functions that always existed in the PCI-to-ISA bridges (South Bridges), such as
the Intel® PIIX4. The third and fourth (Device 29 and Device 26) are the USB and
USB2 host controller devices. The fifth (Device 28) is PCI Express device. The sixth
(Device 27) is HD Audio controller device. The seventh (Device 25) is the Gigabit
Ethernet controller device. The eighth device (Device 22) is the Intel® Management
Engine Interface (Intel® MEI).

If for some reason, the particular system platform does not want to support any one of
the Device Functions, with the exception of D30:F0 and D23:F0 can individually be
disabled. The integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller will be disabled if no Platform LAN
Connect component is detected (See Chapter 5.3). When a function is disabled, it does
not appear at all to the software. A disabled function will not respond to any register
reads or writes, insuring that these devices appear hidden to software.

Table 9-1. PCI Devices and Functions

b

Bus:Device:Function Function Description

Bus 0:Device 30:Function 0 PCI-to-PCI Bridge
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 0 LPC Controller1
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 2 SATA Controller #1
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 3 SMBus Controller
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 5 SATA Controller #22
Bus 0:Device 31:Function 6 Thermal Subsystem
Bus 0:Device 29:Function 0 USB EHCI Controller #1
Bus 0:Device 26:Function 0 USB EHCI Controller #2
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 0 PCI Express* Port 1
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 1 PCI Express Port 2
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 2 PCI Express Port 3
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 3 PCI Express Port 4
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 4 PCI Express Port 5
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 5 PCI Express Port 6
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 6 PCI Express Port 7
Bus 0:Device 28:Function 7 PCI Express Port 8
Bus 0:Device 27:Function 0 Intel® High Definition Audio Controller
Bus 0:Device 25:Function 0 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 0 Intel® Management Engine Interface #1
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 1 Intel® Management Engine Interface #2
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 2 IDE-R
Bus 0:Device 22:Function 3 KT
NOTES:
1. The PCI-to-LPC bridge contains registers that control LPC, Power Management, System
Management, GPIO, Processor Interface, RTC, Interrupts, Timers, and DMA.
2. SATA controller 2 (D31:F5) is only visible when D31:F2 CC.SCC=01h.
3. This table shows the default PCI Express Function Number-to-Root Port mapping. Function
numbers for a given root port are assignable through the “Root Port Function Number and
Hide for PCI Express Root Ports” register (RCBA+0404h).
4. Prior to BIOS initialization of the PCH USB subsystem, the EHCI controllers will appear as
Function 7. After BIOS initialization, the EHCI controllers will be Function 0.

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9.2 PCI Configuration Map

Each PCI function on the PCH has a set of PCI configuration registers. The register
address map tables for these register sets are included at the beginning of the chapter
for the particular function.

Configuration Space registers are accessed through configuration cycles on the PCI bus
by the Host bridge using configuration mechanism #1 detailed in the PCI Local Bus
Specification, Revision 2.3.

Some of the PCI registers contain reserved bits. Software must deal correctly with
fields that are reserved. On reads, software must use appropriate masks to extract the
defined bits and not rely on reserved bits being any particular value. On writes,
software must ensure that the values of reserved bit positions are preserved. That is,
the values of reserved bit positions must first be read, merged with the new values for
other bit positions and then written back. Note the software does not need to perform
read, merge, write operation for the configuration address register.

In addition to reserved bits within a register, the configuration space contains reserved
locations. Software should not write to reserved PCI configuration locations in the
device-specific region (above address offset 3Fh).

9.3 I/O Map

The I/O map is divided into Fixed and Variable address ranges. Fixed ranges cannot be
moved, but in some cases can be disabled. Variable ranges can be moved and can also
be disabled.

9.3.1 Fixed I/O Address Ranges

Table 9-2 shows the Fixed I/O decode ranges from the processor perspective. Note that
for each I/O range, there may be separate behavior for reads and writes. DMI (Direct
Media Interface) cycles that go to target ranges that are marked as “Reserved” will not
be decoded by the PCH, and will be passed to PCI unless the Subtractive Decode Policy
bit is set (D31:F0:Offset 42h, bit 0). If a PCI master targets one of the fixed I/O target
ranges, it will be positively decoded by the PCH in medium speed.

Address ranges that are not listed or marked “Reserved” are not decoded by the PCH
(unless assigned to one of the variable ranges).
Table 9-2. Fixed I/O Ranges Decoded by Intel® PCH (Sheet 1 of 3)
I/O
Read Target Write Target Internal Unit
Address
00h–08h DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
09h–0Eh RESERVED DMA Controller DMA
0Fh DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
10h–18h DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
19h–1Eh RESERVED DMA Controller DMA
1Fh DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
20h–21h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
24h–25h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
28h–29h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
2Ch–2Dh Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
2E–2F LPC SIO LPC SIO Forwarded to LPC

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Table 9-2. Fixed I/O Ranges Decoded by Intel® PCH (Sheet 2 of 3)

I/O
Read Target Write Target Internal Unit
Address
30h–31h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
34h–35h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
38h–39h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
3Ch–3Dh Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
40h–42h Timer/Counter Timer/Counter PIT (8254)
43h RESERVED Timer/Counter PIT
4E–4F LPC SIO LPC SIO Forwarded to LPC
50h–52h Timer/Counter Timer/Counter PIT
53h RESERVED Timer/Counter PIT
60h Microcontroller Microcontroller Forwarded to LPC
61h NMI Controller NMI Controller Processor I/F
62h Microcontroller Microcontroller Forwarded to LPC
64h Microcontroller Microcontroller Forwarded to LPC
66h Microcontroller Microcontroller Forwarded to LPC
70h RESERVED1 NMI and RTC Controller RTC
71h RTC Controller RTC Controller RTC
72h RTC Controller NMI and RTC Controller RTC
73h RTC Controller RTC Controller RTC
74h RTC Controller NMI and RTC Controller RTC
75h RTC Controller RTC Controller RTC
76h RTC Controller NMI and RTC Controller RTC
77h RTC Controller RTC Controller RTC
DMA Controller, or LPC, or
80h DMA Controller and LPC or PCI DMA
PCI
81h–83h DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
84h–86h DMA Controller DMA Controller and LPC or PCI DMA
87h DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
88h DMA Controller DMA Controller and LPC or PCI DMA
89h–8Bh DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
8Ch–8Eh DMA Controller DMA Controller and LPC or PCI DMA
08Fh DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
90h–91h DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
92h Reset Generator Reset Generator Processor I/F
93h–9Fh DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
A0h–A1h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
A4h–A5h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
A8h–A9h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
ACh–ADh Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
B0h–B1h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
Power
B2h–B3h Power Management Power Management
Management
B4h–B5h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
B8h–B9h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt

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Table 9-2. Fixed I/O Ranges Decoded by Intel® PCH (Sheet 3 of 3)

I/O
Read Target Write Target Internal Unit
Address
BCh–BDh Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
C0h–D1h DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
D2h–DDh RESERVED1 DMA Controller DMA
DEh–DFh DMA Controller DMA Controller DMA
FERR# / Interrupt
F0h FERR# / Interrupt Controller Processor I/F
Controller
Forwarded to
170h–177h SATA Controller or PCI SATA Controller or PCI
SATA
Forwarded to
1F0h–1F7h SATA Controller or PCI SATA Controller or PCI
SATA
200h-207h Gameport Low Gameport Low Forwarded to LPC
208h-20Fh Gameport High Gameport High Forwarded to LPC
Forwarded to
376h SATA Controller or PCI SATA Controller or PCI
SATA
Forwarded to
3F6h SATA Controller or PCI SATA Controller or PCI
SATA
4D0h–4D1h Interrupt Controller Interrupt Controller Interrupt
CF9h Reset Generator Reset Generator Processor I/F

NOTE:
1. See Section 13.7.2.

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9.3.2 Variable I/O Decode Ranges

Table 9-3 shows the Variable I/O Decode Ranges. They are set using Base Address
Registers (BARs) or other configuration bits in the various PCI configuration spaces.
The PNP software (PCI or ACPI) can use their configuration mechanisms to set and
adjust these values.

Warning: The Variable I/O Ranges should not be set to conflict with the Fixed I/O Ranges.
Unpredictable results if the configuration software allows conflicts to occur. The PCH
does not perform any checks for conflicts.

Table 9-3. Variable I/O Decode Ranges

Size
Range Name Mappable Target
(Bytes)
ACPI Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 64 Power Management
1. SATA Host
1. 16 or 32
IDE Bus Master Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space Controller #1, #2
2. 16
2. IDE-R
1. SATA Host
Native IDE Command Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space1 8 Controller #1, #2
2. IDE-R
1. SATA Host
Native IDE Control Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space1 4 Controller #1, #2
2. IDE-R
SATA Host Controller
SATA Index/Data Pair Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 16
#1, #2
SMBus Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 32 SMB Unit
TCO 96 Bytes above ACPI Base 32 TCO Unit
GPIO Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 128 GPIO Unit
Parallel Port 3 Ranges in 64 KB I/O Space 83 LPC Peripheral
Serial Port 1 8 Ranges in 64 KB I/O Space 8 LPC Peripheral
Serial Port 2 8 Ranges in 64 KB I/O Space 8 LPC Peripheral
Floppy Disk Controller 2 Ranges in 64 KB I/O Space 8 LPC Peripheral
LAN Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 322 LAN Unit
LPC Generic 1 Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 4 to 256 LPC Peripheral
LPC Generic 2 Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 4 to 256 LPC Peripheral
LPC Generic 3 Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 4 to 256 LPC Peripheral
LPC Generic 4 Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 4 to 256 LPC Peripheral
I/O Trapping Ranges Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 1 to 256 Trap on Backbone
I/O Base/
PCI Bridge Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space PCI Bridge
Limit
I/O Base/ PCI Express Root Ports
PCI Express Root Ports Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space
Limit 1-8
KT Anywhere in 64 KB I/O Space 8 KT

NOTE:
1. All ranges are decoded directly from DMI. The I/O cycles will not be seen on PCI, except the range
associated with PCI bridge.
2. The LAN range is typically not used, as the registers can also be accessed via a memory space.
3. There is also an alias 400h above the parallel port range that is used for ECP parallel ports.

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9.4 Memory Map

Table 9-4 shows (from the processor perspective) the memory ranges that the PCH
decodes. Cycles that arrive from DMI that are not directed to any of the internal
memory targets that decode directly from DMI will be driven out on PCI unless the
Subtractive Decode Policy bit is set (D31:F0:Offset 42h, bit 0).

PCI cycles generated by external PCI masters will be positively decoded unless they fall
in the PCI-to-PCI bridge memory forwarding ranges (those addresses are reserved for
PCI peer-to-peer traffic). If the cycle is not in the internal LAN controller’s range, it will
be forwarded up to DMI. Software must not attempt locks to the PCH memory-mapped
I/O ranges for EHCI and HPET. If attempted, the lock is not honored which means
potential deadlock conditions may occur.

Table 9-4. Memory Decode Ranges from Processor Perspective (Sheet 1 of 3)

Memory Range Target Dependency/Comments
0000 0000h–000D FFFFh
0010 0000h–TOM Main Memory TOM registers in Host controller
(Top of Memory)
000E 0000h–000E FFFFh LPC or SPI Bit 6 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
000F 0000h–000F FFFFh LPC or SPI Bit 7 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
IO(x) APIC inside _ _is controlled using APIC Range Select
FEC_ _000h–FEC_ _040h
PCH (ASEL) field and APIC Enable (AEN) bit
PCI Express* Root Port 1 I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC1 0000h–FEC1 7FFF PCI Express* Port 1
(PAE) set
PCI Express* Root Port 2 I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC1 8000h–FEC1 FFFFh PCI Express* Port 2
(PAE) set
PCI Express* Root Port 3 I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC2 0000h–FEC2 7FFFh PCI Express* Port 3
(PAE) set
PCI Express* Root Port 4 I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC2 8000h–FEC2 FFFFh PCI Express* Port 4
(PAE) set
PCI Express* Root Port 5 I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC3 0000h–FEC3 7FFFh PCI Express* Port 5
(PAE) set
PCI Express* Root Port 6 I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC3 8000h–FEC3 FFFFh PCI Express* Port 6
(PAE) set
PCI Express* Root Port 7I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC4 0000 - FEC4 7FFF PCI Express* Port 7
(PAE) set
PCI Express* Root Port 8I/OxAPIC Enable
FEC4 8000 - FEC4 FFFF PCI Express* Port 8
(PAE) set
FED4 0000h–FED4 BFFFh TPM on LPC None
FFC0 0000h–FFC7 FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 8 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF80 0000h–FF87 FFFFh
FFC8 0000h–FFCF FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 9 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF88 0000h–FF8F FFFFh
FFD0 0000h–FFD7 FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 10 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF90 0000h–FF97 FFFFh
FFD8 0000h–FFDF FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 11 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF98 0000h–FF9F FFFFh
FFE0 000h–FFE7 FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 12 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FFA0 0000h–FFA7 FFFFh

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Table 9-4. Memory Decode Ranges from Processor Perspective (Sheet 2 of 3)

Memory Range Target Dependency/Comments
FFE8 0000h–FFEF FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 13 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FFA8 0000h–FFAF FFFFh
FFF0 0000h–FFF7 FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 14 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FFB0 0000h–FFB7 FFFFh
Always enabled.
FFF8 0000h–FFFF FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 The top two, 64 KB blocks of this range can
FFB8 0000h–FFBF FFFFh
be swapped, as described in Section 9.4.1.
FF70 0000h–FF7F FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 3 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF30 0000h–FF3F FFFFh
FF60 0000h–FF6F FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 2 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF20 0000h–FF2F FFFFh
FF50 0000h–FF5F FFFFh LPC or SPI (or PCI)2
Bit 1 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF10 0000h–FF1F FFFFh Hub (or PCI)2
FF40 0000h–FF4F FFFFh
LPC or SPI (or PCI)2 Bit 0 in BIOS Decode Enable register is set
FF00 0000h–FF0F FFFFh
128 KB anywhere in 4-GB Integrated LAN Enable using BAR in Device 25:Function 0
range Controller (Integrated LAN Controller MBARA)
4 KB anywhere in 4 GB Integrated LAN Enable using BAR in Device 25:Function 0
range Controller (Integrated LAN Controller MBARB)
1 KB anywhere in 4-GB USB EHCI Enable using standard PCI mechanism
range Controller #11 (Device 29, Function 0)
1 KB anywhere in 4-GB USB EHCI Enable using standard PCI mechanism
range Controller #21 (Device 26, Function 0)
Intel® High
512 B anywhere in 64-bit Enable using standard PCI mechanism
Definition Audio
addressing space (Device 27, Function 0)
Host Controller
FED4 0000h–FED4 FFFFh TPM on LPC None
Memory Base/Limit Enable via standard PCI mechanism (Device
PCI Bridge
anywhere in 4 GB range 30: Function 0)
Prefetchable Memory
Enable via standard PCI mechanism (Device
Base/Limit anywhere in PCI Bridge
30: Function 0)
64-bit address range
LPC Generic Memory Range. Enable via
64 KB anywhere in 4 GB
LPC setting bit[0] of the LPC Generic Memory
range
Range register (D31:F0:offset 98h).
32 Bytes anywhere in 64- Enable using standard PCI mechanism
SMBus
bit address range (Device 31: Function 3)
AHCI memory-mapped registers. Enable
2 KB anywhere above SATA Host
using standard PCI mechanism (Device 31:
64 KB to 4 GB range Controller #1
Function 2)
Memory Base/Limit PCI Express Root Enable via standard PCI mechanism (Device
anywhere in 4 GB range Ports 1-8 28: Function 0-7)
Prefetchable Memory
PCI Express Root Enable using standard PCI mechanism
Base/Limit anywhere in
Ports 1-8 (Device 28: Function 0-7)
64-bit address range
4 KB anywhere in 64-bit Enable using standard PCI mechanism
Thermal Reporting
address range (Device 31: Function 6 TBAR/TBARH)
4 KB anywhere in 64-bit Enable using standard PCI mechanism
Thermal Reporting
address range (Device 31: Function 6 TBARB/TBARBH)

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Table 9-4. Memory Decode Ranges from Processor Perspective (Sheet 3 of 3)

Memory Range Target Dependency/Comments
16 Bytes anywhere in 64- Enable using standard PCI mechanism
Intel® MEI #1, #2
bit address range (Device 22: Function 1:0)
4 KB anywhere in 4 GB Enable using standard PCI mechanism
KT
range (Device 22: Function 3)
Root Complex Enable using setting bit[0] of the Root
16 KB anywhere in 4 GB
Register Block Complex Base Address register
range
(RCRB) (D31:F0:offset F0h).
BIOS determines the “fixed” location which is
High Precision
FED0 X000h–FED0 X3FFh one of four, 1-KB ranges where X (in the first
Event Timers 1
column) is 0h, 1h, 2h, or 3h.
All other PCI None

NOTES:
1. Software must not attempt locks to memory mapped I/O ranges for USB EHCI or High
Precision Event Timers. If attempted, the lock is not honored, which means potential
deadlock conditions may occur.
2. PCI is the target when the Boot BIOS Destination selection bits are set to 10b (Chipset
Config Registers:Offset 3401 bits 11:10). When PCI selected, the Firmware Hub Decode
Enable bits have no effect.

9.4.1 Boot-Block Update Scheme

The PCH supports a “top-block swap” mode that has the PCH swap the top block in the
FWH or SPI flash (the boot block) with another location. This allows for safe update of
the Boot Block (even if a power failure occurs). When the “TOP_SWAP” Enable bit is
set, the PCH will invert A16 for cycles going to the upper two 64 KB blocks in the FWH
or appropriate address lines as selected in Boot Block Size (BOOT_BLOCK_SIZE) soft
strap for SPI.

Specifically for FHW, in this mode accesses to FFFF_0000h-FFFF_FFFFh are directed to

FFFE_0000h-FFFE_FFFFh and vice versa. When the Top Swap Enable bit is 0, the PCH
will not invert A16.

Specifically for SPI, in this mode the “Top-Block Swap” behavior is as described below.
When the Top Swap Enable bit is 0, the PCH will not invert any address bit.

Table 9-5 SPI Mode Address Swapping

BOOT_BLOCK_SIZE
Accesses to Being Directed to
Value
000 (64KB) FFFF_0000h–FFFF_FFFFh FFFE_0000h–FFFE_FFFFh and vice versa
001 (128KB) FFFE_0000h–FFFF_FFFFh FFFC_0000h–FFFD_FFFFh and vice versa
010 (256KB) FFFC_0000h–FFFF_FFFFh FFF8_0000h–FFFB_FFFFh and vice versa
011 (512KB) FFF8_0000h–FFFF_FFFFh FFF0_0000h–FFF7_FFFFh and vice versa
100 (1MB) FFF0_0000h–FFFF_FFFFh FFE0_0000h–FFEF_FFFFh and vice versa
101 - 111 Reserved Reserved

This bit is automatically set to 0 by RTCRST#, but not by PLTRST#.

The scheme is based on the concept that the top block is reserved as the “boot” block,
and the block immediately below the top block is reserved for doing boot-block
updates.

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The algorithm is:

1. Software copies the top block to the block immediately below the top
2. Software checks that the copied block is correct. This could be done by performing
a checksum calculation.
3. Software sets the TOP_SWAP bit. This will invert the appropriate address bits for
the cycles going to the FWH or SPI.
4. Software erases the top block
5. Software writes the new top block
6. Software checks the new top block
7. Software clears the TOP_SWAP bit
8. Software sets the Top_Swap Lock-Down bit

If a power failure occurs at any point after step 3, the system will be able to boot from
the copy of the boot block that is stored in the block below the top. This is because the
TOP_SWAP bit is backed in the RTC well.

Note: The top-block swap mode may be forced by an external strapping option (See
Section 2.28). When top-block swap mode is forced in this manner, the TOP_SWAP bit
cannot be cleared by software. A re-boot with the strap removed will be required to exit
a forced top-block swap mode.

Note: Top-block swap mode only affects accesses to the Firmware Hub space, not feature
space for FWH.

Note: The top-block swap mode has no effect on accesses below FFFE_0000h for FWH.

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10 Chipset Configuration Registers

This section describes all registers and base functionality that is related to chipset
configuration and not a specific interface (such as LPC, PCI, or PCI Express*). It
contains the root complex register block, which describes the behavior of the upstream
internal link.

This block is mapped into memory space, using the Root Complex Base Address (RCBA)
register of the PCI-to-LPC bridge. Accesses in this space must be limited to 32-(DW) bit
quantities. Burst accesses are not allowed.

All chipset configuration registers are located in the core well unless otherwise
indicated.

10.1 Chipset Configuration Registers (Memory Space)

Note: Address locations that are not shown should be treated as Reserved (see Section 9.2
for details).
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Table 10-1. Chipset Configuration Register Memory Map (Memory Space) (Sheet 1 of 3)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

0014–0017h V0CTL VC 0 Resource Control 800000FFh R/W, RO

001A–001Bh V0STS VC 0 Resource Status 0000h RO
Virtual Channel 1 Resource R/WO,
001C–001Fh V1CAP 00008001h
Capability RO
0020–0023h V1CTL VC 1 Resource Control 00000000h R/W
0026–0027h V1STS VC 1 Resource Status 0000h RO
0050–0053h CIR0 Chipset Initialization Register 0 00000000h R/W
0088–008Bh CIR1 Chipset Initialization Register 1 00000000h R/WO
00AC–00AFh REC Root Error Command 0000h R/W
01A0–01A3h ILCL Internal Link Capability List 00010006h RO
RO, R/
01A4–01A7h LCAP Link Capabilities 00012841h
WO
01A8–01A9h LCTL Link Control 0000h R/W
01AA–01ABh LSTS Link Status 0041h RO
0220–0223h BCR Backbone Configuration 00000000h R/W
0224–0227h RPC Root Port Configuration 0000000yh R/W, RO
0234–0327h DMIC DMI Control 00000000h R/W, RO
Root Port Function Number for PCI R/WO,
0238–023Bh RPFN 76543210h
Express Root Ports RO
Function Level Reset Pending Status
0290–0293h FLRSTAT 00000000h RO
Summary
000000000000
1D40–1D47h CIR5 Chipset Initialization Register 5 R/W
0000h

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Table 10-1. Chipset Configuration Register Memory Map (Memory Space) (Sheet 2 of 3)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

R/WC,
1E00–1E03h TRSR Trap Status Register 00000000h
RO
000000000000
1E10–1E17h TRCR Trapped Cycle Register RO
0000h
000000000000
1E18–1E1Fh TWDR Trapped Write Data Register RO
0000h
000000000000
1E80–1E87h IOTR0 I/O Trap Register 0 R/W
0000h
000000000000
1E88–1E8Fh IOTR1 I/O Trap Register 1 R/W
0000h
000000000000
1E90–1E97h IOTR2 I/O Trap Register 2 R/W
0000h
000000000000
1E98–1E9Fh IOTR3 I/O Trap Register 3 R/W
0000h
2010–2013h DMC DMI Miscellaneous Control Register 00000002h R/W
CIR6—Chipset Initialization Register
2024–2027h CIR6 0B4030C0h R/W
6
DMI Miscellaneous Control Register
2324–2327h DMC2 0FFF0FFFh R/W
2
3000–3000h TCTL TCO Configuration 00h R/W
3100–3103h D31IP Device 31 Interrupt Pin 03243200h R/W, RO
3104–3107h D30IP Device 30 Interrupt Pin 00000000h RO
3108–310Bh D29IP Device 29 Interrupt Pin 10004321h R/W
310C–310Fh D28IP Device 28 Interrupt Pin 00214321h R/W
3110–3113h D27IP Device 27 Interrupt Pin 00000001h R/W
3114–3117h D26IP Device 26 Interrupt Pin 30000321h R/W
3118–311Bh D25IP Device 25 Interrupt Pin 00000001h R/W
3124–3127h D22IP Device 22 Interrupt Pin 00000001h R/W
3140–3141h D31IR Device 31 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
3142–3143h D30IR Device 30 Interrupt Route 0000h RO
3144–3145h D29IR Device 29 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
3146–3147h D28IR Device 28 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
3148–3149h D27IR Device 27 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
314C–314Fh D26IR Device 26 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
3150–3153h D25IR Device 25 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
3154–3157h D24IR Device 24 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
315C–316Fh D22IR Device 22 Interrupt Route 3210h R/W
31FE–31FFh OIC Other Interrupt Control 0000h R/W
RO, R/
3310–3313h PRSTS Power and Reset Status 02020000h
WC
3314–3317h CIR7 Chipset Initalization Register 7 00000000h R/W

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Table 10-1. Chipset Configuration Register Memory Map (Memory Space) (Sheet 3 of 3)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

3324–3327h CIR8 Chipset Initalization Register 8 00000000h R/W

3330–3333h CIR9 Chipset Initalization Register 9 00000000h R/W
3340–3343h CIR10 Chipset Initalization Register 10 00000000h R/W
3350–3353h CIR13 Chipset Initalization Register 13 00000000h R/W
3368–336Bh CIR14 Chipset Initalization Register 14 00000000h R/W
3378–337Bh CIR15 Chipset Initalization Register 15 00000000h R/W
3388–338Bh CIR16 Chipset Initalization Register 16 00000000h R/W
33A0–33A3h CIR17 Chipset Initalization Register 17 00000000h R/W
33A8–33ABh CIR18 Chipset Initalization Register 18 00000000h R/W
33C0–33C3h CIR19 Chipset Initalization Register 19 00000000h R/W
33CC–33CFh CIR20 Chipset Initalization Register 20 00000000h R/W
33D0–33D3h CIR21 Chipset Initalization Register 21 00000000h R/W
33D4–33D7h CIR22 Chipset Initalization Register 22 00000000h R/W
R/W,
3400–3403h RC RTC Configuration 00000000h
R/WLO
3404–3407h HPTC High Precision Timer Configuration 00000000h R/W
R/W,
3410–3413h GCS General Control and Status 000000yy0h
R/WLO
3414–3414h BUC Backed Up Control 00h R/W
3418–341Bh FD Function Disable 00000000h R/W
341C–341Fh CG Clock Gating 00000000h R/W
3420–3420h FDSW Function Disable SUS Well 00h R/W
3428–342Bh FD2 Function Disable 2 00000000h R/W
3590–3594h MISCCTL Miscellaneous Control Register 00000000h R/W
35A0–35A3h USBOCM1 USB Overcurrent MAP Register 1 00000000h R/WO
35A4–35A7h USBOCM2 USB Overcurrent MAP Register 2 00000000h R/WO
35B0–35B3h RMHWKCTL USB Remap Control 00000000h R/WO

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10.1.1 V0CTL—Virtual Channel 0 Resource Control Register

Offset Address: 0014–0017h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 80000023h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

Virtual Channel Enable (EN)—RO. Always set to 1. VC0 is always enabled and
31
cannot be disabled.
30:27 Reserved
Virtual Channel Identifier (ID)—RO. Indicates the ID to use for this virtual
26:24
channel.
23:16 Reserved
Extended TC/VC Map (ETVM): Defines the upper 8-bits of the VC0 16-bit TC/VC
15:8 mapping registers. These registers use the PCI Express reserved TC[3] traffic class
bit.
Transaction Class / Virtual Channel Map (TVM)—R/W. Indicates which
7:1 transaction classes are mapped to this virtual channel. When a bit is set, this
transaction class is mapped to the virtual channel.
0 Reserved

10.1.2 V0STS—Virtual Channel 0 Resource Status Register

Offset Address: 001A–001Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15:2 Reserved
VC Negotiation Pending (NP)—RO. When set, indicates the virtual channel is still
1
being negotiated with ingress ports.
0 Reserved

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10.1.3 V1CTL—Virtual Channel 1 Resource Control Register

Offset Address: 0020–0023h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

Virtual Channel Enable (EN)—R/W. Enables the VC when set. Disables the VC
31
when cleared.
30:28 Reserved
Virtual Channel Identifier (ID)—R/W. Indicates the ID to use for this virtual
27:24
channel.
23:16 Reserved
Extended TC/VC Map (ETVM): Defines the upper 8-bits of the VC0 16-bit TC/VC
15:8 mapping registers. These registers use the PCI Express reserved TC[3] traffic class
bit.
Transaction Class / Virtual Channel Map (TVM)—R/W. Indicates which
7:1 transaction classes are mapped to this virtual channel. When a bit is set, this
transaction class is mapped to the virtual channel.
0 Reserved

10.1.4 V1STS—Virtual Channel 1 Resource Status Register

Offset Address: 0026–0027h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15:2 Reserved
VC Negotiation Pending (NP)—RO. When set, indicates the virtual channel is still
1
being negotiated with ingress ports.
0 Reserved

10.1.5 CIR0—Chipset Initialization Register 0

Offset Address: 0050–0053h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:0 CIR0 Field 0—R/W. BIOS must set this field.

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10.1.6 CIR1—Chipset Initialization Register 1

Offset Address: 0088–008Bh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:21 Reserved
20 CIR1 Field 3—R/WO. BIOS must set this bit.
19:16 Reserved
15 CIR1 Field 2—R/WO. BIOS must set this bit.
14:13 Reserved
12 CIR1 Field 1—R/WO. BIOS must set this bit.
11:0 Reserved

10.1.7 REC—Root Error Command Register

Offset Address: 00AC–00AFh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

Drop Poisoned Downstream Packets (DPDP)—R/W. Determines how

downstream packets on DMI are handled that are received with the EP field set,
indicating poisoned data:
1 = This packet and all subsequent packets with data received on DMI for any VC will
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have their Unsupported Transaction (UT) field set causing them to master Abort
downstream. Packets without data such as memory, IO and config read requests
are allowed to proceed.
1 = Packets are forwarded downstream without forcing the UT field set.
30:0 Reserved

10.1.8 ILCL—Internal Link Capabilities List Register

Offset Address: 01A0–01A3h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00010006h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:20 Next Capability Offset (NEXT)—RO. Indicates this is the last item in the list.
19:16 Capability Version (CV)—RO. Indicates the version of the capability structure.
15:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates this is capability for DMI.

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10.1.9 LCAP—Link Capabilities Register

Offset Address: 01A4–01A7h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 00012841h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:18 Reserved
L1 Exit Latency (EL1)—R/WO.
000b = Less than 1 µs
001b = 1 µs to less than 2 µs
010b = 2 µs to less than 4 µs
17:15 011b = 4 µs to less than 8 µs
100b = 8 µs to less than 16 µs
101b = 16 µs to less than 32 µs
110b = 32 µs to 64 µs
111b = More than 64 µs
L0s Exit Latency (EL0)—R/W. This field indicates that exit latency is 128 ns to
14:12
less than 256 ns.
Active State Link PM Support (APMS)—R/W. Indicates the level of ASPM
support on DMI.
00 = Disabled
11:10
01 = L0s entry supported
10 = Reserved
11 = L0s and L1 entry supported
9:4 Maximum Link Width (MLW)—RO. Indicates the maximum link width is 4 ports.
3:0 Maximum Link Speed (MLS)—RO. Indicates the link speed is 2.5 Gb/s.

10.1.10 LCTL—Link Control Register

Offset Address: 01A8–01A9h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
Extended Synch (ES)—R/W. When set, forces extended transmission of FTS
7 ordered sets when exiting L0s prior to entering L0 and extra TS1 sequences at exit
from L1 prior to entering L0.
6:2 Reserved
Active State Link PM Control (ASPM)—R/W. Indicates whether DMI should enter
L0s, L1, or both.
00 = Disabled
1:0
01 = L0s entry enabled
10 = L1 entry enabled
11 = L0s and L1 entry enabled

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10.1.11 LSTS—Link Status Register

Offset Address: 01AA–01ABh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0041h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
9:4 Negotiated Link Width (NLW)—RO. Negotiated link width is x4 (000100b).
3:0 Link Speed (LS)—RO. Link is 2.5 Gb/s.

10.1.12 BCR—Backbone Configuration Register

Offset Address: 0220–0223h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:7 Reserved
6 BCR Field 2—R/W. BIOS must set this bit.
5:3 Reserved
2:0 BCR Field 1—R/W. BIOS program this field to 101b

10.1.13 RPC—Root Port Configuration Register

Offset Address: 0224–0227h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000000yh (y = 00xxb) Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:12 Reserved
GBE Over PCIe Root Port Enable (GBEPCIERPEN)—RW.
0 = GbE MAC/PHY communication is not enabled over PCI Express.
1 = The PCI Express port selected by the GBEPCIEPORTSEL register will be used for
11
GbE MAC/PHY over PCI Express communication
The default value for this register is set by the GBE_PCIE_EN soft strap.
NOTE: GbE and PCIE will use the output of this register and not the soft strap.

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Bit Description

GBE Over PCIe Root Port Select (GBEPCIERPSEL)—RW.

If the GBEPCIERPEN is a ‘1’, then this register determines which port is used for GbE
MAC/PHY communication over PCI Express. This register is set by soft strap and is
writable to support separate PHY on motherboard and docking station.
111 = Port 8 (Lane 7)
110 = Port 7 (Lane 6)
101 = Port 6 (Lane 5)
10:8
100 = Port 5 (Lane 4)
011 = Port 4 (Lane 3)
010 = Port 3 (Lane 2)
001 = Port 2 (Lane 1)
000 = Port 1 (Lane 0)
The default value for this register is set by the GBE_PCIEPORTSEL[2:0] soft strap.
NOTE: GbE and PCIE will use the output of this register and not the soft strap.
High Priority Port Enable (HPE)—R/W.

7 0 = The high priority path is not enabled.

1 = The port selected by the HPP field in this register is enabled for high priority. It
will be arbitrated above all other VC0 (including integrated VC0) devices.
High Priority Port (HPP)—R/W. This controls which port is enabled for high priority
when the HPE bit in this register is set.
111 = Port 8
110 = Port 7
101 = Port 6
6:4
100 = Port 5
101 = Port 4
010 = Port 3
001 = Port 2
000 = Port 1
Port Configuration2 (PC2)—RO. This controls how the PCI bridges are organized in
various modes of operation for Ports 5-8. For the following mappings, if a port is not
shown, it is considered a x1 port with no connection.
This bit is set by the PCIEPCS2[1:0] soft strap.
3:2 11 = 1 x4, Port 5 (x4)
10 = 2 x2, Port 5 (x2), Port 7 (x2)
01 = 1 x2 and 2 x1s, Port 5 (x2), Port 7 (x1) and Port 8 (x1)
00 = 4 x1s, Port 5 (x1), Port 6 (x1), Port 7 (x1) and Port 8 (x1)
This bit is in the resume well and is only reset by RSMRST#.
Port Configuration (PC)—RO. This controls how the PCI bridges are organized in
various modes of operation for Ports 1-4. For the following mappings, if a port is not
shown, it is considered a x1 port with no connection.
These bits are set by the PCIEPCS1[1:0] soft strap.
1:0 11 = 1 x4, Port 1 (x4)
10 = 2 x2, Port 1 (x2), Port 3 (x2)
01 = 1x2 and 2x1s, Port 1 (x2), Port 3 (x1) and Port 4 (x1)
00 = 4 x1s, Port 1 (x1), Port 2 (x1), Port 3 (x1) and Port 4 (x1)
These bits are in the resume well and are only reset by RSMRST#.

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10.1.14 DMIC—DMI Control Register

Offset Address: 0234–0237h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:2 Reserved
1:0 DMI Clock Gate Enable (DMICGEN)—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 10b.

10.1.15 RPFN—Root Port Function Number and Hide for PCI

Express* Root Ports Register
Offset Address: 0238–023Ch Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 76543210h Size: 32-bit

For the PCI Express root ports, the assignment of a function number to a root port is
not fixed. BIOS may re-assign the function numbers on a port by port basis. This
capability will allow BIOS to disable/hide any root port and still have functions 0 thru N-
1 where N is the total number of enabled root ports.

Port numbers will remain fixed to a physical root port.

The existing root port Function Disable registers operate on physical ports (not
functions).

Port Configuration (1x4, 4x1, etc.) is not affected by the logical function number
assignment and is associated with physical ports.

Bit Description

Root Port 8 Config Hide (RP8CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
31 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.
Root Port 8 Function Number (RP8FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
30:28 number for PCI Express Root Port 8. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers
Root Port 7 Config Hide (RP7CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
27 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.
Root Port 7 Function Number (RP7FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
26:24 number for PCI Express Root Port 7. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers
Root Port 6 Config Hide (RP6CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
23 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.
Root Port 6 Function Number (RP6FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
22:20 number for PCI Express Root Port 6. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers
Root Port 5 Config Hide (RP5CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
19 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.

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Bit Description

Root Port 5 Function Number (RP5FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
18:16 number for PCI Express Root Port 5. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers
Root Port 4 Config Hide (RP4CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
15 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.
Root Port 4 Function Number (RP4FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
14:12 number for PCI Express Root Port 4. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers
Root Port 3 Config Hide (RP3CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
11 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.
Root Port 3 Function Number (RP3FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
10:8 number for PCI Express Root Port 3. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers
Root Port 2 Config Hide (RP2CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
7 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.
Root Port 2 Function Number (RP2FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
6:4 number for PCI Express Root Port 2. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers
Root Port 1 Config Hide (RP1CH)—RW. This bit is used to hide the root port and
3 any devices behind it from being discovered by the OS. When set to 1, the root port
will not claim any downstream configuration transactions.
Root Port 1 Function Number (RP1FN)—R/WO. These bits set the function
2:0 number for PCI Express Root Port 1. This root port function number must be a
unique value from the other root port function numbers

10.1.16 FLRSTAT—FLR Pending Status Register

Offset Address: 0290–0293h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:17 Reserved
FLR Pending Status for D29:F0, EHCI #1—R0.
16 0 = Function Level Reset is not pending.
1 = Function Level Reset is pending.
FLR Pending Status for D26:F0, EHCI #2—R0.
15 0 = Function Level Reset is not pending.
1 = Function Level Reset is pending.
10:9 Reserved
FLR Pending Status for D26:F0, EHCI#2—R0.
8 0 = Function Level Reset is not pending.
1 = Function Level Reset is pending.
7:0 Reserved

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10.1.17 CIR5—Chipset Initialization Register 5

Offset Address: 1D40h–1D47h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64-bit

Bit Description

63:1 Reserved
0 CIR5 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 1b.

10.1.18 TRSR—Trap Status Register

Offset Address: 1E00–1E03h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
Cycle Trap SMI# Status (CTSS)—R/WC. These bits are set by hardware when the
corresponding Cycle Trap register is enabled and a matching cycle is received (and
trapped). These bits are OR’ed together to create a single status bit in the Power
Management register space.
3:0 Note that the SMI# and trapping must be enabled to set these bits.
These bits are set before the completion is generated for the trapped cycle, thereby
ensuring that the processor can enter the SMI# handler when the instruction
completes. Each status bit is cleared by writing a 1 to the corresponding bit location
in this register.

10.1.19 TRCR—Trapped Cycle Register

Offset Address: 1E10–1E17h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64-bit

This register saves information about the I/O Cycle that was trapped and generated the
SMI# for software to read.

Bit Description

63:25 Reserved
Read/Write# (RWI)—RO.
24 0 = Trapped cycle was a write cycle.
1 = Trapped cycle was a read cycle.
23:20 Reserved
Active-high Byte Enables (AHBE)—RO. This is the DWord-aligned byte enables
19:16 associated with the trapped cycle. A 1 in any bit location indicates that the
corresponding byte is enabled in the cycle.
Trapped I/O Address (TIOA)—RO. This is the DWord-aligned address of the
15:2
trapped cycle.
1:0 Reserved

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10.1.20 TWDR—Trapped Write Data Register

Offset Address: 1E18–1E1Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64-bit

This register saves the data from I/O write cycles that are trapped for software to read.

Bit Description

63:32 Reserved
Trapped I/O Data (TIOD)—RO. DWord of I/O write data. This field is undefined
31:0
after trapping a read cycle.

10.1.21 IOTRn—I/O Trap Register (0–3)

Offset Address: 1E80–1E87h Register 0 Attribute: R/W
1E88–1E8Fh Register 1
1E90–1E97h Register 2
1E98–1E9Fh Register 3
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64-bit

These registers are used to specify the set of I/O cycles to be trapped and to enable
this functionality.

Bit Description

63:50 Reserved
Read/Write Mask (RWM)—R/W.
49 0 = The cycle must match the type specified in bit 48.
1 = Trapping logic will operate on both read and write cycles.
Read/Write# (RWIO)—R/W.
48 0 = Write
1 = Read
NOTE: The value in this field does not matter if bit 49 is set.
47:40 Reserved
Byte Enable Mask (BEM)—R/W. A 1 in any bit position indicates that any value in
39:36 the corresponding byte enable bit in a received cycle will be treated as a match. The
corresponding bit in the Byte Enables field, below, is ignored.
35:32 Byte Enables (TBE)—R/W. Active-high DWord-aligned byte enables.
31:24 Reserved
Address[7:2] Mask (ADMA)—R/W. A 1 in any bit position indicates that any value
in the corresponding address bit in a received cycle will be treated as a match. The
23:18 corresponding bit in the Address field, below, is ignored. The mask is only provided
for the lower 6 bits of the DWord address, allowing for traps on address ranges up to
256 bytes in size.
17:16 Reserved
15:2 I/O Address[15:2] (IOAD)—R/W. DWord-aligned address
1 Reserved
Trap and SMI# Enable (TRSE)—R/W.
0 0 = Trapping and SMI# logic disabled.
1 = The trapping logic specified in this register is enabled.

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10.1.22 DMC—DMI Miscellaneous Control Register

Offset Address: 2010–2013h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000002h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:20 Reserved
DMI Misc. Control Field 1—R/W. BIOS shall always program this field.
19 0 = Disable DMI Power Savings.
1 = Enable DMI Power Savings.
18:0 Reserved

10.1.23 CIR6—Chipset Initialization Register 6

Offset Address: 2024–2027h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0B4030C0h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:24
(Mobile Reserved
Only)
23:21
(Mobile CIR6 Field 2—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 011b.
Only)
20:8
(Mobile Reserved
Only)
31:8
(Desktop Reserved
Only)
7 CIR6 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must clear this bit.
6:0 Reserved

10.1.24 DMC2—DMI Miscellaneous Control Register 2

Offset Address: 2324–2327h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0FFF0FFFh Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:28 Reserved
27:16 DMI Misc. Control Field 2—R/W. BIOS shall always program this field.
15:0 Reserved

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10.1.25 TCTL—TCO Configuration Register

Offset Address: 3000–3000h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit

Bit Description

TCO IRQ Enable (IE)—R/W.

7 0 = TCO IRQ is disabled.
1 = TCO IRQ is enabled, as selected by the TCO_IRQ_SEL field.
6:3 Reserved
TCO IRQ Select (IS)—R/W. Specifies on which IRQ the TCO will internally appear. If
not using the APIC, the TCO interrupt must be routed to IRQ9–11, and that interrupt
is not sharable with the SERIRQ stream, but is shareable with other PCI interrupts. If
using the APIC, the TCO interrupt can also be mapped to IRQ20–23, and can be
shared with other interrupt.
000 = IRQ 9
001 = IRQ 10
010 = IRQ 11
2:0 011 = Reserved
100 = IRQ 20 (only if APIC enabled)
101 = IRQ 21 (only if APIC enabled)
110 = IRQ 22 (only if APIC enabled)
111 = IRQ 23 (only if APIC enabled)
When setting the these bits, the IE bit should be cleared to prevent glitching.
When the interrupt is mapped to APIC interrupts 9, 10, or 11, the APIC should be
programmed for active-high reception. When the interrupt is mapped to APIC
interrupts 20 through 23, the APIC should be programmed for active-low reception.

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10.1.26 D31IP—Device 31 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 3100–3103h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 03243200h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:28 Reserved
Thermal Sensor Pin (TSIP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the Thermal Sensor
controller drives as its interrupt
0h = No interrupt
27:24 1h = INTA#
2h = INTB# (Default)
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved
SATA Pin 2 (SIP2)—R/W. Indicates which pin the SATA controller 2 drives as its
interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
23:20 1h = INTA#
2h = INTB# (Default)
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved
19:16 Reserved
SMBus Pin (SMIP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the SMBus controller drives as its
interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA#
15:12
2h = INTB# (Default)
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved
SATA Pin (SIP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the SATA controller drives as its
interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA#
11:8
2h = INTB# (Default)
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved
7:4 Reserved
LPC Bridge Pin (LIP)—RO. Currently, the LPC bridge does not generate an interrupt,
3:0
so this field is read-only and 0.

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10.1.27 D30IP—Device 30 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 3104–3107h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
PCI Bridge Pin (PIP)—RO. Currently, the PCI bridge does not generate an interrupt,
3:0
so this field is read-only and 0.

10.1.28 D29IP—Device 29 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 3108–310Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 10004321h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
EHCI #1 Pin (E1P)—R/W. Indicates which pin the EHCI controller #1 drives as its
interrupt, if controller exists.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA# (Default)
3:0 2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved
NOTE: EHCI Controller #1 is mapped to Device 29 Function 0 when RMH is enabled.

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10.1.29 D28IP—Device 28 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 310C–310Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00214321h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

PCI Express* #8 Pin (P8IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express* port #8
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA#
31:28
2h = INTB# (Default)
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved
PCI Express #7 Pin (P7IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express port #7
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
27:24 1h = INTA# (Default)
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved
PCI Express* #6 Pin (P6IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express* port #6
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA#
23:20
2h = INTB# (Default)
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved
PCI Express #5 Pin (P5IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express port #5
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
19:16 1h = INTA# (Default)
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved
PCI Express #4 Pin (P4IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express* port #4
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA#
15:12
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD# (Default)
5h–7h = Reserved
PCI Express #3 Pin (P3IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express port #3
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA#
11:8
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC# (Default)
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved

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Bit Description

PCI Express #2 Pin (P2IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express port #2
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA#
7:4
2h = INTB# (Default)
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved
PCI Express #1 Pin (P1IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the PCI Express port #1
drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
3:0 1h = INTA# (Default)
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–7h = Reserved

10.1.30 D27IP—Device 27 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 3110–3113h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
Intel® High Definition Audio Pin (ZIP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the Intel® High
Definition Audio controller drives as its interrupt.
0h = No interrupt
1h = INTA# (Default)
3:0
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved

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10.1.31 D26IP—Device 26 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 3114–3117h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 30000321h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
EHCI #2 Pin (E2P)—R/W. Indicates which pin EHCI controller #2 drives as its
interrupt, if controller exists.
0h = No Interrupt
1h = INTA# (Default)
2h = INTB#
3:0
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserve
NOTE: EHCI Controller #2 is mapped to Device 26 Function 0 when RMH is enabled
and Device 26 function 7 when RMH is disabled.

10.1.32 D25IP—Device 25 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 3118–311Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description
31:4 Reserved
GBE LAN Pin (LIP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the internal GbE LAN controller drives
as its interrupt
0h = No Interrupt
1h = INTA# (Default)
3:0
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved

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10.1.33 D22IP—Device 22 Interrupt Pin Register

Offset Address: 3124–3127h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
KT Pin (KTIP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the Keyboard text PCI functionality drives
as its interrupt
0h = No Interrupt
15:12 1h = INTA#
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved
IDE-R Pin (IDERIP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the IDE Redirect PCI functionality
drives as its interrupt
0h = No Interrupt
1h = INTA#
11:8
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved
Intel® MEI #2 Pin (MEI2IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the Management Engine
Interface #2 drives as its interrupt
0h = No Interrupt
7:4 1h = INTA#
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved
Intel® MEI #1 Pin (MEI1IP)—R/W. Indicates which pin the Management Engine
Interface controller #1 drives as its interrupt
0h = No Interrupt
1h = INTA#
3:0
2h = INTB#
3h = INTC#
4h = INTD#
5h–Fh = Reserved

10.1.34 D31IR—Device 31 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 3140–3141h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15 Reserved

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Bit Description

Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 31 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
14:12
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 31 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC# (Default)
10:8
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 31 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 31 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
2:0
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

10.1.35 D30IR—Device 30 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 3142–3143h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description
15:0 Reserved. No interrupts generated from Device 30.

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10.1.36 D29IR—Device 29 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 3144–3145h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description
15 Reserved
Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 29 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
14:12 2h = PIRQC#
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 29 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
10:8 2h = PIRQC# (Default)
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 29 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 29 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
2:0
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

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10.1.37 D28IR—Device 28 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 3146–3147h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15 Reserved
Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 28 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
14:12
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 28 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC# (Default)
10:8
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 28 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 28 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2:0 2h = PIRQC#
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

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10.1.38 D27IR—Device 27 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 3148–3149h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15 Reserved
Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 27 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
14:12
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 27 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC# (Default)
10:8
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 27 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 27 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2:0 2h = PIRQC#
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

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10.1.39 D26IR—Device 26 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 314C–314Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15 Reserved
Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 26 functions:
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
14:12
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 26 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC# (Default)
10:8
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 26 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 26 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2:0 2h = PIRQC#
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

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10.1.40 D25IR—Device 25 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 3150–3151h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15 Reserved
Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 25 functions:
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
14:12
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 25 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC# (Default)
10:8
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 25 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 25 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2:0 2h = PIRQC#
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

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10.1.41 D24IR—Device 24 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 3154–3155h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15 Reserved
Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 24 functions:
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
14:12
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 24 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC# (Default)
10:8
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 24 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 24 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2:0 2h = PIRQC#
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

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10.1.42 D22IR—Device 22 Interrupt Route Register

Offset Address: 315C–315Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 3210h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15 Reserved
Interrupt D Pin Route (IDR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTD# pin reported for device 22 functions:
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC#
14:12
3h = PIRQD# (Default)
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
11 Reserved
Interrupt C Pin Route (ICR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTC# pin reported for device 22 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB#
2h = PIRQC# (Default)
10:8
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
7 Reserved
Interrupt B Pin Route (IBR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTB# pin reported for device 22 functions.
0h = PIRQA#
1h = PIRQB# (Default)
2h = PIRQC#
6:4
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#
3 Reserved
Interrupt A Pin Route (IAR)—R/W. Indicates which physical pin on the PCH is
connected to the INTA# pin reported for device 22 functions.
0h = PIRQA# (Default)
1h = PIRQB#
2:0 2h = PIRQC#
3h = PIRQD#
4h = PIRQE#
5h = PIRQF#
6h = PIRQG#
7h = PIRQH#

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10.1.43 OIC—Other Interrupt Control Register

Offset Address: 31FE–31FFh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
Coprocessor Error Enable (CEN)—R/W.
0 = FERR# will not generate IRQ13 nor IGNNE#.
9
1 = If FERR# is low, the PCH generates IRQ13 internally and holds it until an I/O port
F0h write. It will also drive IGNNE# active.
APIC Enable (AEN)—R/W.
0 = The internal IOxAPIC is disabled.
8 1 = Enables the internal IOxAPIC and its address decode.
NOTE: Software should read this register after modifying APIC enable bit prior to
access to the IOxAPIC address range.
APIC Range Select (ASEL)—R/W.These bits define address bits 19:12 for the
IOxAPIC range. The default value of 00h enables compatibility with prior PCH products
7:0
as an initial value. This value must not be changed unless the IOxAPIC Enable bit is
cleared.

NOTE: FEC10000h–FEC4FFFFh is allocated to PCIe when I/OxApic Enable (PAE) bit is set.

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10.1.44 PRSTS—Power and Reset Status

Offset Address: 3310–3313h Attribute: RO, R/WC
Default Value: 02020000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Power Management Watchdog Timer—R/WC. This bit is set when the Power
15
Management watchdog timer causes a global reset.
14:7 Reserved
Intel® Management Engine Watchdog Timer Status—R/WC. This bit is set when
6
the Intel Management Engine watchdog timer causes a global reset.
Wake On Lan Override Wake Status (WOL_OVR_WK_STS)—R/WC. This bit
gets set when all of the following conditions are met:
• Integrated LAN Signals a Power Management Event
5 • The system is not in S0
• The “WOL Enable Override” bit is set in configuration space.
BIOS can read this status bit to determine this wake source.
Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
4 Reserved
ME Host Power Down (ME_HOST_PWRDN)—R/WC.This bit is set when the Intel
3
Management Engine generates a host reset with power down.
ME Host Reset Warm Status (ME_HRST_WARM_STS)—R/WC. This bit is set
2 when the Intel® Management Engine generates a Host reset without power cycling.
Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to this bit position.
ME Host Reset Cold Status (ME_HRST_COLD_STS)—R/WC. This bit is set when
1 the Intel Management Engine generates a Host reset with power cycling. Software
clears this bit by writing a 1 to this bit position.
ME WAKE STATUS (ME_WAKE_STS)—R/WC. This bit is set when the Intel
Management Engine generates a Non-Maskable wake event, and is not affected by
0
any other enable bit. When this bit is set, the Host Power Management logic wakes to
S0.

10.1.45 CIR7—Chipset Initalization Register 7

Offset Address: 3314–3317h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
3:0 CIR7 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 1111b.

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10.1.46 CIR8—Chipset Initialization Register 8

Offset Address: 3324–3327h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:0 CIR8 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 04000000h.

10.1.47 CIR9—Chipset Initialization Register 9

Offset Address: 3330–3333h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:0 CIR9 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00000000h.

10.1.48 CIR10—Chipset Initialization Register 10

Offset Address: 3340–3343h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR10 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00000000h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

10.1.49 CIR13—Chipset Initialization Register 13

Offset Address: 3350–3353h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR13 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 000FFFFFh for Intel® Core™ i5
31:0
processorbased systems.

10.1.50 CIR14—Chipset Initialization Register 14

Offset Address: 3368–336Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR14 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00061080h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

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10.1.51 CIR15—Chipset Initialization Register 15

Offset Address: 3378–337Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR15 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00000000h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

10.1.52 CIR16—Chipset Initialization Register 16

Offset Address: 3388–338Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR16 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 7F8F9F80h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

10.1.53 CIR17—Chipset Initialization Register 17

Offset Address: 33A0–33A3h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR17 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00000000h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

10.1.54 CIR18—Chipset Initialization Register 18

Offset Address: 33A8–33ABh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR18 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00003900 for Intel® Core™ i5
31:0
processor-based systems.

10.1.55 CIR19—Chipset Initialization Register 19

Offset Address: 33C0–33C3h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR19 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00020002h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

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10.1.56 CIR20—Chipset Initialization Register 20

Offset Address: 33CC–33CFh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR20 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00044B00h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

10.1.57 CIR21—Chipset Initialization Register 21

Offset Address: 33D0–33D3h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR21 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00002000h for Intel® Core™
31:0
i5 processor-based systems.

10.1.58 CIR22—Chipset Initialization Register 22

Offset Address: 33D4–33D7h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

CIR22 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 00020000h for Intel® Core™
i5 processor-based systems.
31:0
Program this register after all registers in the 3330-33D3 range and D31:F0:A9h are
already programmed.

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10.1.59 RC—RTC Configuration Register

Offset Address: 3400–3403h Attribute: R/W, R/WLO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:5 Reserved
Upper 128 Byte Lock (UL)—R/WLO.
0 = Bytes not locked.
4 1 = Bytes 38h–3Fh in the upper 128-byte bank of RTC RAM are locked and cannot be
accessed. Writes will be dropped and reads will not return any ensured data. Bit
reset on system reset.
Lower 128 Byte Lock (LL)—R/WLO.
0 = Bytes not locked.
3 1 = Bytes 38h–3Fh in the lower 128-byte bank of RTC RAM are locked and cannot be
accessed. Writes will be dropped and reads will not return any ensured data. Bit
reset on system reset.
Upper 128 Byte Enable (UE)—R/W.
2 0 = Bytes locked.
1 = The upper 128-byte bank of RTC RAM can be accessed.
1:0 Reserved

10.1.60 HPTC—High Precision Timer Configuration Register

Offset Address: 3404–3407h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:8 Reserved
Address Enable (AE)—R/W.
0 = Address disabled.
7
1 = The PCH will decode the High Precision Timer memory address range selected by
bits 1:0 below.
6:2 Reserved
Address Select (AS)—R/W. This 2-bit field selects 1 of 4 possible memory address
ranges for the High Precision Timer functionality. The encodings are:
00 = FED0_0000h–FED0_03FFh
1:0
01 = FED0_1000h–FED0_13FFh
10 = FED0_2000h–FED0_23FFh
11 = FED0_3000h–FED0_33FFh

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10.1.61 GCS—General Control and Status Register

Offset Address: 3410–3413h Attribute: R/W, R/WLO
Default Value: 00000yy0h (yy = xx0000x0b)Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:13 Reserved
Function Level Reset Capability Structure Select (FLRCSSEL)—R/W.
0 = Function Level Reset (FLR) will use the standard capability structure with unique
12
capability ID assigned by PCISIG.
1 = Vendor Specific Capability Structure is selected for FLR.
Boot BIOS Straps (BBS)—R/W. This field determines the destination of accesses to
the BIOS memory range. The default values for these bits represent the strap values
of GNT1# /GPIO51 (bit 11) at the rising edge of PWROK and GNT0# (bit 10) at the
rising edge of PWROK.

Bits 11:10 Description

00b LPC
01 RESERVED
10b PCI
11b SPI
When PCI is selected, the top 16 MB of memory below 4 GB (FF00_0000h to
11:10 FFFF_FFFFh) is accepted by the primary side of the PCI P2P bridge and forwarded to
the PCI bus. This allows systems with corrupted or unprogrammed flash to boot from
a PCI device. The PCI-to-PCI bridge Memory Space Enable bit does not need to be set
(nor any other bits) for these cycles to go to PCI. Note that BIOS decode range bits
and the other BIOS protection bits have no effect when PCI is selected. This
functionality is intended for debug/testing only.
When SPI or LPC is selected, the range that is decoded is further qualified by other
configuration bits described in the respective sections.
The value in this field can be overwritten by software as long as the BIOS Interface
Lock-Down (bit 0) is not set.

NOTE: Booting to PCI is intended for debug/testing only. Boot BIOS Destination
Select to LPC/PCI by functional strap or using Boot BIOS Destination Bit will
not affect SPI accesses initiated by Intel® Management Engine or Integrated
GbE LAN.
Server Error Reporting Mode (SERM)—R/W.
0 = The PCH is the final target of all errors. The Processor sends a messages to the
PCH for the purpose of generating NMI.
9 1 = The Processor is the final target of all errors from PCI Express* and DMI. In this
mode, if the PCH detects a fatal, non-fatal, or correctable error on DMI or its
downstream ports, it sends a message to the Processor. If the PCH receives an
ERR_* message from the downstream port, it sends that message to the
Processor.
8:7 Reserved
FERR# MUX Enable (FME)—R/W. This bit enables FERR# to be a processor break
event indication.
6 0 = Disabled.
1 = The PCH examines FERR# during a C2, C3, or C4 state as a break event.
See Chapter 5.13.4 for a functional description.

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Bit Description

No Reboot (NR)—R/W. This bit is set when the “No Reboot” strap (SPKR pin on the
PCH) is sampled high on PWROK. This bit may be set or cleared by software if the
strap is sampled low but may not override the strap when it indicates “No Reboot”.
5
0 = System will reboot upon the second timeout of the TCO timer.
1 = The TCO timer will count down and generate the SMI# on the first timeout, but
will not reboot on the second timeout.
Alternate Access Mode Enable (AME)—R/W.
0 = Disabled.
1 = Alternate access read only registers can be written, and write only registers can
be read. Before entering a low power state, several registers from powered down
4 parts may need to be saved. In the majority of cases, this is not an issue, as
registers have read and write paths. However, several of the ISA compatible
registers are either read only or write only. To get data out of write-only
registers, and to restore data into read-only registers, the PCH implements an
alternate access mode. For a list of these registers see Section 5.13.10.
Shutdown Policy Select (SPS)—R/W.
0 = PCH will drive INIT# in response to the shutdown Vendor Defined Message
3 (VDM). (default)
1 = PCH will treat the shutdown VDM similar to receiving a CF9h I/O write with data
value06h, and will drive PLTRST# active.
Reserved Page Route (RPR)—R/W. Determines where to send the reserved page
registers. These addresses are sent to PCI or LPC for the purpose of generating POST
codes. The I/O addresses modified by this field are: 80h, 84h, 85h, 86h, 88h, 8Ch,
8Dh, and 8Eh.
0 = Writes will be forwarded to LPC, shadowed within the PCH, and reads will be
returned from the internal shadow
1 = Writes will be forwarded to PCI, shadowed within the PCH, and reads will be
2
returned from the internal shadow.

NOTE: if some writes are done to LPC/PCI to these I/O ranges, and then this bit is
flipped, such that writes will now go to the other interface, the reads will not
return what was last written. Shadowing is performed on each interface.
The aliases for these registers, at 90h, 94h, 95h, 96h, 98h, 9Ch, 9Dh, and 9Eh, are
always decoded to LPC.
1 Reserved
BIOS Interface Lock-Down (BILD)—R/WLO.
0 = Disabled.
0
1 = Prevents BUC.TS (offset 3414, bit 0) and GCS.BBS (offset 3410h, bits 11:10)
from being changed. This bit can only be written from 0 to 1 once.

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10.1.62 BUC—Backed Up Control Register

Offset Address: 3414–3414h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000000xb Size: 8-bit

All bits in this register are in the RTC well and only cleared by RTCRST#

Bit Description

7:6 Reserved
LAN Disable—R/W.
0 = LAN is Enabled
1 = LAN is Disabled.

5 Changing the internal GbE controller from disabled to enabled requires a system
reset (write of 0Eh to CF9h (RST_CNT Register)) immediately after clearing the LAN
disable bit. A reset is not required if changing the bit from enabled to disabled.
This bit is locked by the Function Disable SUS Well Lockdown register. Once locked
this bit can not be changed by software.
Daylight Savings Override (SDO)—R/W.

4 0 = Daylight Savings is Enabled.

1 = The DSE bit in RTC Register B is set to Read-only with a value of 0 to disable
daylight savings.
3:1 Reserved
Top Swap (TS)—R/W.
0 = PCH will not invert A16.
1 = PCH will invert A16, A17, or A18 for cycles going to the BIOS space .
If booting from LPC (FWH), then the boot-block size is 64 KB and A16 is inverted if
Top Swap is enabled.
0
If booting from SPI, then the BIOS Boot-Block size soft strap determines if A16, A17,
or A18 should be inverted if Top Swap is enabled.
If PCH is strapped for Top-Swap (GNT3#/GPIO55 is low at rising edge of PWROK),
then this bit cannot be cleared by software. The strap jumper should be removed and
the system rebooted.

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10.1.63 FD—Function Disable Register

Offset Address: 3418–341Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: See bit description Size: 32-bit

When disabling a function, only the configuration space is disabled. Software must
ensure that all functionality within a controller that is not desired (such as memory
spaces, I/O spaces, and DMA engines) is disabled prior to disabling the function.

When a function is disabled, software must not attempt to re-enable it. A disabled
function can only be re-enabled by a platform reset.

Bit Description

31:26 Reserved
Serial ATA Disable 2 (SAD2)—R/W. Default is 0.
25 0 = The SATA controller #2 (D31:F5) is enabled.
1 = The SATA controller #2 (D31:F5) is disabled.
Thermal Sensor Registers Disable (TTD)—R/W. Default is 0.
24 0 = Thermal Sensor Registers (D31:F6) are enabled.
1 = Thermal Sensor Registers (D31:F6) are disabled.
PCI Express* 8 Disable (PE8D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the “link down” state.
23
0 = PCI Express* port #8 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #8 is disabled.
PCI Express 7 Disable (PE7D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the link down state.
22
0 = PCI Express port #7 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #7 is disabled.
PCI Express* 6 Disable (PE6D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the “link down” state.
21
0 = PCI Express* port #6 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #6 is disabled.
PCI Express 5 Disable (PE5D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the link down state.
20
0 = PCI Express port #5 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #5 is disabled.
PCI Express 4 Disable (PE4D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the “link down” state.
19 0 = PCI Express port #4 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #4 is disabled.
NOTE: This bit must be set when Port 1 is configured as a x4.
PCI Express 3 Disable (PE3D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the link down state.
18 0 = PCI Express port #3 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #3 is disabled.
NOTE: This bit must be set when Port 1 is configured as a x4.
PCI Express 2 Disable (PE2D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the link down state.
17 0 = PCI Express port #2 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #2 is disabled.
NOTE: This bit must be set when Port 1 is configured as a x4 or a x2.

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Bit Description

PCI Express 1 Disable (PE1D)—R/W. Default is 0. When disabled, the link for this
port is put into the link down state.
16
0 = PCI Express port #1 is enabled.
1 = PCI Express port #1 is disabled.
EHCI #1 Disable (EHCI1D)—R/W. Default is 0.
15 0 = The EHCI #1 is enabled.
1 = The EHCI #1 is disabled.
LPC Bridge Disable (LBD)—R/W. Default is 0.
0 = The LPC bridge is enabled.
1 = The LPC bridge is disabled. Unlike the other disables in this register, the following
additional spaces will no longer be decoded by the LPC bridge:
• · Memory cycles below 16 MB (1000000h)
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• · I/O cycles below 64 KB (10000h)
• · The Internal I/OxAPIC at FEC0_0000 to FECF_FFFF
Memory cycle in the LPC BIOS range below 4 GB will still be decoded when this bit is
set; however, the aliases at the top of 1 MB (the E and F segment) no longer will be
decoded.
EHCI #2 Disable (EHCI2D)—R/W. Default is 0.
13 0 = The EHCI #2 is enabled.
1 = The EHCI #2 is disabled.
12:5 Reserved
Intel® High Definition Audio Disable (HDAD)—R/W. Default is 0.
0 = The Intel® High Definition Audio controller is enabled.
4
1 = The Intel® High Definition Audio controller is disabled and its PCI configuration
space is not accessible.
SMBus Disable (SD)—R/W. Default is 0.
0 = The SMBus controller is enabled.
3
1 = The SMBus controller is disabled. Setting this bit only disables the PCI
configuration space.
Serial ATA Disable 1 (SAD1)—R/W. Default is 0.
2 0 = The SATA controller #1 (D31:F2) is enabled.
1 = The SATA controller #1 (D31:F2) is disabled.
1 Reserved
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10.1.64 CG—Clock Gating Register

Offset Address: 341C–341Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

Legacy (LPC) Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.

31 0 = Legacy Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = Legacy Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
30 Reserved
29.28 CG Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 11b.
SATA Port 3 Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
27 0 = SATA Port 3 Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = SATA Port 3 Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
SATA Port 2 Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
26 0 = SATA Port 2 Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = SATA Port 2 Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
SATA Port 1 Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
25 0 = SATA Port 1 Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = SATA Port 1 Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
SATA Port 0 Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
24 0 = SATA Port 0 Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = SATA Port 0 Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
LAN Static Clock Gating Enable (LANSCGE)—R/W.
0 = LAN Static Clock Gating is Disabled
23
1 = LAN Static Clock Gating is Enabled when the LAN Disable bit is set in the Backed
Up Control RTC register.
High Definition Audio Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
22 0 = High Definition Audio Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = High Definition Audio Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
High Definition Audio Static Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
21 0 = High Definition Audio Static Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = High Definition Audio Static Clock Gating is Enabled
USB EHCI Static Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
20 0 = USB EHCI Static Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = USB EHCI Static Clock Gating is Enabled
USB EHCI Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
19 0 = USB EHCI Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = USB EHCI Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
SATA Port 5 Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
18 0 = SATA Port 5 Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = SATA Port 5 Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
SATA Port 4 Dynamic Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
17 0 = SATA Port 4 Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = SATA Port 4 Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
PCI Dynamic Gate Enable—R/W.
16 0 = PCI Dynamic Gating is Disabled
1 = PCI Dynamic Gating is Enabled
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Bit Description

SMBus Clock Gating Enable (SMBCGEN)—R/W.

5 0 = SMBus Clock Gating is Disabled.
1 = SMBus Clock Gating is Enabled.
4:1 Reserved
PCI Express Root Port Static Clock Gate Enable—R/W.
0 0 = PCI Express root port Static Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = PCI Express root port Static Clock Gating is Enabled

10.1.65 FDSW—Function Disable SUS Well Register

Offset Address: 3420h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit

Bit Description

Function Disable SUS Well Lockdown (FDSWL)—R/W

0 = FDSW registers are not locked down
7
1 = FDSW registers are locked down
NOTE: This bit must be set when Intel® Active Management Technology is enabled.
6:0 Reserved

10.1.66 FD2—Function Disable 2 Register

Offset Address: 3428–342Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:5 Reserved
KT Disable (KTD)—R/W. Default is 0.
4 0 = Keyboard Text controller (D22:F3) is enabled.
1 = Keyboard Text controller (D22:F3) is Disabled
IDE-R Disable (IRERD)—R/W. Default is 0.
3 0 = IDE Redirect controller (D22:F2) is Enabled.
1 = IDE Redirect controller (D22:F2) is Disabled.
Intel® MEI #2 Disable (MEI2D)—R/W. Default is 0.
2 0 = Intel® MEI controller #2 (D22:F1) is enabled.
1 = Intel® MEI controller #2 (D22:F1) is disabled.
Intel® MEI #1 Disable (MEI1D)—R/W. Default is 0.
1 0 = Intel® MEI controller #1 (D22:F0) is enabled.
1 = Intel® MEI controller #1 (D22:F0) is disabled.
0 Reserved

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10.1.67 MISCCTL—Miscellaneous Control Register

Offset Address: 3590–3593h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

This register is in the suspend well. This register is not reset on D3-to-D0, HCRESET
nor core well reset.

Bit Description

31:2 Reserved
EHCI 2 USBR Enable—R/W. When set, this bit enables support for the USB-r
redirect device on the EHCI controller in Device 26. SW must complete programming
1 the following registers before this bit is set:
1. Enable RMH
2. HCSPARAMS (N_CC, N_Ports)
EHCI 1 USBR Enable—R/W. When set, this bit enables support for the USB-r
redirect device on the EHCI controller in Device 29. SW must complete programming
0 the following registers before this bit is set:
1. Enable RMH
2. HCSPARAMS (N_CC, N_Ports)

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10.1.68 USBOCM1—Overcurrent MAP Register 1

Offset Address: 35A0–35A3h Attribute: R/W0
Default Value: C0300C03h Size: 32-bit

All bits in this register are in the Resume Well and is only cleared by RSMRST#.

Bit Description

OC3 Mapping Each bit position maps OC3# to a set of ports as follows: The OC3#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
31:24 OC pin.
Bit 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24
Port 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

OC2 Mapping Each bit position maps OC2# to a set of ports as follows: The OC2#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
23:16 OC pin.
Bit 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
Port 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

OC1 Mapping Each bit position maps OC1# to a set of ports as follows: The OC1#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
15:8 OC pin.
Bit 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8
Port 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

OC0 Mapping Each bit position maps OC0# to a set of ports as follows: The OC0#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
7:0 OC pin.
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Port 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

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10.1.69 USBOCM2—Overcurrent MAP Register 2

Offset Address: 35A4–35A7h Attribute: R/W0
Default Value: 00h Size: 32-bit

All bits in this register are in the Resume Well and is only cleared by RSMRST#

Bit Description

31:30 Reserved
OC7 Mapping Each bit position maps OC7# to a set of ports as follows: The OC7#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
29:24 OC pin.
Bit 29 28 27 26 25 24
Port 13 12 11 10 9 8

23:22 Reserved
OC6 Mapping Each bit position maps OC6# to a set of ports as follows: The OC6#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
21:16 OC pin.
Bit 21 20 19 18 17 16
Port 13 12 11 10 9 8

15:14 Reserved
OC5 Mapping Each bit position maps OC5# to a set of ports as follows: The OC5#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
13:8 OC pin.
Bit 13 12 11 10 9 8
Port 13 12 11 10 9 8

7:6 Reserved
OC4 Mapping Each bit position maps OC4# to a set of ports as follows: The OC4#
pin is ganged to the overcurrent signal of each port that has its corresponding bit set.
It is software responsibility to ensure that a given port‘s bit map is set only for one
5:0 OC pin.
Bit 5 4 3 2 1 0
Port 13 12 11 10 9 8

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10.1.70 RMHWKCTL—Rate Matching Hub Wake Control Register

Offset Address: 35B0–35B3h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit

All bits in this register are in the Resume Well and is only cleared by RSMRST#.

Bit Description

31:10 Reserved
RMH 2 Inherit EHCI2 Wake Control Settings: When this bit is set, the RMH
9 behaves as if bits 6:4 of this register reflect the appropriate bits of EHCI PORTSC0
bits 22:20.
RMH 1 Inherit EHCI1 Wake Control Settings: When this bit is set, the RMH
8 behaves as if bits 2:0 of this register reflect the appropriate bits of EHCI PORTSC0
bits 22:20.
RMH 2 Upstream Wake on Device Resume This bit governs the hub behavior
when globally suspended and the system is in Sx.
0 = Enables the port to be sensitive to device initiated resume events as system
7 wake-up events. That is, the hub will initiate a resume on its upstream port and
cause a wake from Sx when a device resume occurs on an enabled DS port
1 = Device resume event is seen on a downstream port, the hub does not initiate a
wake upstream and does not cause a wake from Sx
RMH 2 Upstream Wake on OC Disable This bit governs the hub behavior when
globally suspended and the system is in Sx.
0 = Enables the port to be sensitive to over-current conditions as system wake-up
6 events. That is, the hub will initiate a resume on its upstream port and cause a
wake from Sx when an OC condition occurs on an enabled DS port
1 = Over-current event does not initiate a wake upstream and does not cause a wake
from Sx
RMH 2 Upstream Wake on Disconnect Disable This bit governs the hub behavior
when globally suspended and the system is in Sx
0 = Enables disconnect events on downstream port to be treated as resume events
to be propagated upstream. In this case, it is allowed to initiate a wake on its
5
upstream port and cause a system wake from Sx in response to a disconnect
event on a downstream port
1 = Downstream disconnect events do not initiate a resume on its upstream port or
cause a resume from Sx.
RMH 2 Upstream Wake on Connect Enable This bit governs the hub behavior
when globally suspended and the system is in Sx.
0 = Enables connect events on a downstream port to be treated as resume events to
4
be propagated upstream. As well as waking up the system from Sx.
1 = Downstream connect events do not wake the system from Sx nor does it initiate
a resume on its upstream port.
RMH 1 Upstream Wake on Device Resume This bit governs the hub behavior
when globally suspended and the system is in Sx.
0 = Enables the port to be sensitive to device initiated resume events as system
3 wake-up events. That is, the hub will initiate a resume on its upstream port and
cause a wake from Sx when a device resume occurs on an enabled DS port
1 = Device resume event is seen on a downstream port, the hub does not initiate a
wake upstream and does not cause a wake from Sx

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Bit Description

RMH 1 Upstream Wake on OC Disable This bit governs the hub behavior when
globally suspended and the system is in Sx.
0 = Enables the port to be sensitive to over-current conditions as system wake-up
2 events. That is, the hub will initiate a resume on its upstream port and cause a
wake from Sx when an OC condition occurs on an enabled DS port
1 = Over-current event does not initiate a wake upstream and does not cause a wake
from Sx
RMH 1 Upstream Wake on Disconnect Disable This bit governs the hub behavior
when globally suspended and the system is in Sx
0 = Enables disconnect events on downstream port to be treated as resume events
to be propagated upstream. In this case, it is allowed to initiate a wake on its
1
upstream port and cause a system wake from Sx in response to a disconnect
event on a downstream port
1 = Downstream disconnect events do not initiate a resume on its upstream port or
cause a resume from Sx.
RMH 1 Upstream Wake on Connect Enable This bit governs the hub behavior
when globally suspended and the system is in Sx.
0 = Enables connect events on a downstream port to be treated as resume events to
0
be propagated upstream. As well as waking up the system from Sx.
1 = Downstream connect events do not wake the system from Sx nor does it initiate
a resume on its upstream port.

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11 PCI-to-PCI Bridge Registers

(D30:F0)
The PCH PCI bridge resides in PCI Device 30, Function 0 on bus #0. This implements
the buffering and control logic between PCI and the backbone. The arbitration for the
PCI bus is handled by this PCI device.

11.1 PCI Configuration Registers (D30:F0)

Note: Address locations that are not shown should be treated as Reserved (see Section 9.2
for details).
.

Table 11-1. PCI Bridge Register Address Map (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO
See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PSTS PCI Status 0010h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h–0Bh CC Class Code 060401h RO
0Dh PMLT Primary Master Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HEADTYP Header Type 01h RO
18h–1Ah BNUM Bus Number 000000h RO
1Bh SMLT Secondary Master Latency Timer 00h R/W
1Ch–1Dh IOBASE_LIMIT I/O Base and Limit 0000h R/W, RO
1Eh–1Fh SECSTS Secondary Status 0280h R/WC, RO
MEMBASE_
20h–23h Memory Base and Limit 00000000h R/W
LIMIT
PREF_MEM_
24h–27h Prefetchable Memory Base and Limit 00010001h R/W, RO
BASE_LIMIT
28h–2Bh PMBU32 Prefetchable Memory Upper 32 Bits 00000000h R/W
Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper 32
2Ch–2Fh PMLU32 00000000h R/W
Bits
34h CAPP Capability List Pointer 50h RO
3Ch–3Dh INTR Interrupt Information 0000h R/W, RO
R/WC, RO,
3Eh–3Fh BCTRL Bridge Control 0000h
R/W
40h–41h SPDH Secondary PCI Device Hiding 0000h R/W, RO
44h–47h DTC Delayed Transaction Control 00000000h R/W
48h–4Bh BPS Bridge Proprietary Status 00000000h R/WC, RO
4Ch–4Fh BPC Bridge Policy Configuration 00001200h R/W RO
50–51h SVCAP Subsystem Vendor Capability Pointer 000Dh RO
54h–57h SVID Subsystem Vendor IDs 00000000 R/WO

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11.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. Intel VID = 8086h.

11.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCI bridge. See the Intel® 5
15:0 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Specification Update for the value of
the Device ID Register.

11.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
10 Interrupt Disable (ID)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The PCI bridge has no interrupts to disable
Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Hardwired to 0, per the PCI Express* Base
9
Specification, Revision 1.0a.
SERR# Enable (SERR_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
8
1 = Enable the PCH to generate an NMI (or SMI# if NMI routed to SMI#) when the
D30:F0 SSE bit (offset 06h, bit 14) is set.
Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Hardwired to 0, per the PCI Express* Base
7
Specification, Revision 1.0a.
Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W.
0 = The PCH ignores parity errors on the PCI bridge.
6
1 = The PCH will set the SSE bit (D30:F0, offset 06h, bit 14) when parity errors are
detected on the PCI bridge.
VGA Palette Snoop (VPS)—RO. Hardwired to 0, per the PCI Express* Base
5
Specification, Revision 1.0a.
Memory Write and Invalidate Enable (MWE)—RO. Hardwired to 0, per the PCI Express*
4
Base Specification, Revision 1.0a
Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0, per the PCI Express* Base
3
Specification, Revision 1.0a and the PCI- to-PCI Bridge Specification.

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Bit Description

Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W.

2 0 = Disable
1 = Enable. Allows the PCI-to-PCI bridge to accept cycles from PCI.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W. Controls the response as a target for memory
cycles targeting PCI.
1
0 = Disable
1 = Enable
I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—R/W. Controls the response as a target for I/O cycles
targeting PCI.
0
0 = Disable
1 = Enable

11.1.4 PSTS—PCI Status Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 06h–07h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 to
the bit has no effect.

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

15 0 = Parity error Not detected.
1 = Indicates that the PCH detected a parity error on the internal backbone. This bit gets
set even if the Parity Error Response bit (D30:F0:04 bit 6) is not set.

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Bit Description

Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC. Several internal and external sources of the
bridge can cause SERR#. The first class of errors is parity errors related to the
backbone. The PCI bridge captures generic data parity errors (errors it finds on the
backbone) as well as errors returned on backbone cycles where the bridge was the
master. If either of these two conditions is met, and the primary side of the bridge is
enabled for parity error response, SERR# will be captured as shown below.

As with the backbone, the PCI bus captures the same sets of errors. The PCI bridge
captures generic data parity errors (errors it finds on PCI) as well as errors returned on
PCI cycles where the bridge was the master. If either of these two conditions is met, and
the secondary side of the bridge is enabled for parity error response, SERR# will be
captured as shown below.

14 The final class of errors is system bus errors. There are three status bits associated with
system bus errors, each with a corresponding enable. The diagram capturing this is
shown below.

After checking for the three above classes of errors, an SERR# is generated, and
PSTS.SSE logs the generation of SERR#, if CMD.SEE (D30:F0:04, bit 8) is set, as shown
below.

Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.

13 0 = No master abort received.
1 = Set when the bridge receives a master abort status from the backbone.
Received Target Abort (RTA)—R/WC.
12 0 = No target abort received.
1 = Set when the bridge receives a target abort status from the backbone.

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Bit Description

Signaled Target Abort (STA)—R/WC.

0 = No signaled target abort
11
1 = Set when the bridge generates a completion packet with target abort status on the
backbone.
10:9 Reserved
Data Parity Error Detected (DPD)—R/WC.

8 0 = Data parity error Not detected.

1 = Set when the bridge receives a completion packet from the backbone from a
previous request, and detects a parity error, and CMD.PERE is set (D30:F0:04 bit 6).
7:5 Reserved
4 Capabilities List (CLIST)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Capability list exist on the PCI bridge.
Interrupt Status (IS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The PCI bridge does not generate
3
interrupts.
2:0 Reserved

11.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

11.1.6 CC—Class Code Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 09h–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 060401h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

23:16 Base Class Code (BCC)—RO. Hardwired to 06h. Indicates this is a bridge device.
Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO. Hardwired to 04h. Indicates this device is a PCI-to-PCI
15:8
bridge.
Programming Interface (PI)—RO. Hardwired to 01h. Indicates the bridge is
7:0
subtractive decode

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11.1.7 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Master Latency Timer Count (MLTC)—RO. Reserved per the PCI Express* Base
7:3
Specification, Revision 1.0a.
2:0 Reserved

11.1.8 HEADTYP—Header Type Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7 Multi-Function Device (MFD)—RO. A 0 indicates a single function device

Header Type (HTYPE)—RO. This 7-bit field identifies the header layout of the
6:0
configuration space, which is a PCI-to-PCI bridge in this case.

11.1.9 BNUM—Bus Number Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 18h–1Ah Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 000000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

Subordinate Bus Number (SBBN)—R/W. Indicates the highest PCI bus number
23:16
below the bridge.
15:8 Secondary Bus Number (SCBN)—R/W. Indicates the bus number of PCI.
Primary Bus Number (PBN)—R/W. This field is default to 00h. In a multiple-PCH
system, programmable PBN allows an PCH to be located on any bus. System
7:0
configuration software is responsible for initializing these registers to appropriate
values. PBN is not used by hardware in determining its bus number.

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11.1.10 SMLT—Secondary Master Latency Timer Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 1Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This timer controls the amount of time the PCH PCI-to-PCI bridge will burst data on its
secondary interface. The counter starts counting down from the assertion of FRAME#.
If the grant is removed, then the expiration of this counter will result in the de-
assertion of FRAME#. If the grant has not been removed, then the PCH PCI-to-PCI
bridge may continue ownership of the bus.

Bit Description

Master Latency Timer Count (MLTC)—R/W. This 5-bit field indicates the number of
7:3
PCI clocks, in 8-clock increments, that the PCH remains as master of the bus.
2:0 Reserved

11.1.11 IOBASE_LIMIT—I/O Base and Limit Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 1Ch–1Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

I/O Limit Address Limit bits[15:12]—R/W. I/O Base bits corresponding to address
15:12
lines 15:12 for 4-KB alignment. Bits 11:0 are assumed to be padded to FFFh.
I/O Limit Address Capability (IOLC)—RO. Indicates that the bridge does not
11:8
support 32-bit I/O addressing.
I/O Base Address (IOBA)—R/W. I/O Base bits corresponding to address lines 15:12
7:4
for 4-KB alignment. Bits 11:0 are assumed to be padded to 000h.
I/O Base Address Capability (IOBC)—RO. Indicates that the bridge does not
3:0
support 32-bit I/O addressing.

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11.1.12 SECSTS—Secondary Status Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 1Eh–1Fh Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0280h Size: 16 bits

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 to
the bit has no effect.

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

15 0 = Parity error not detected.
1 = PCH PCI bridge detected an address or data parity error on the PCI bus
Received System Error (RSE)—R/WC.
14 0 = SERR# assertion not received
1 = SERR# assertion is received on PCI.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.
0 = No master abort.
1 = This bit is set whenever the bridge is acting as an initiator on the PCI bus and the
13
cycle is master-aborted. For Processor/PCH interface packets that have completion
required, this must also cause a target abort to be returned and sets PSTS.STA.
(D30:F0:06 bit 11)
Received Target Abort (RTA)—R/WC.
0 = No target abort.
1 = This bit is set whenever the bridge is acting as an initiator on PCI and a cycle is
12
target-aborted on PCI. For Processor/PCH interface packets that have completion
required, this event must also cause a target abort to be returned, and sets
PSTS.STA. (D30:F0:06 bit 11).
Signaled Target Abort (STA)—R/WC.
0 = No target abort.
11
1 = This bit is set when the bridge is acting as a target on the PCI Bus and signals a
target abort.
DEVSEL# Timing (DEVT)—RO.
10:9
01h = Medium decode timing.
Data Parity Error Detected (DPD)—R/WC.
0 = Conditions described below not met.
1 = The PCH sets this bit when all of the following three conditions are met:
8
• The bridge is the initiator on PCI.
• PERR# is detected asserted or a parity error is detected internally
• BCTRL.PERE (D30:F0:3E bit 0) is set.
Fast Back to Back Capable (FBC)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate that the PCI to PCI
7
target logic is capable of receiving fast back-to-back cycles.
6 Reserved
66 MHz Capable (66MHZ_CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. This bridge is 33 MHz capable
5
only.
4:0 Reserved

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11.1.13 MEMBASE_LIMIT—Memory Base and Limit Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 20h–23h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register defines the base and limit, aligned to a 1-MB boundary, of the non-
prefetchable memory area of the bridge. Accesses that are within the ranges specified
in this register will be sent to PCI if CMD.MSE is set. Accesses from PCI that are outside
the ranges specified will be accepted by the bridge if CMD.BME is set.

Bit Description

Memory Limit (ML)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of the incoming
31:20 address to determine the upper 1-MB aligned value (exclusive) of the range. The
incoming address must be less than this value.
19:16 Reserved
Memory Base (MB)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of the incoming
15:4 address to determine the lower 1-MB aligned value (inclusive) of the range. The
incoming address must be greater than or equal to this value.
3:0 Reserved

11.1.14 PREF_MEM_BASE_LIMIT—Prefetchable Memory Base

and Limit Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 24h–27h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00010001h Size: 32-bit

Defines the base and limit, aligned to a 1-MB boundary, of the prefetchable memory
area of the bridge. Accesses that are within the ranges specified in this register will be
sent to PCI if CMD.MSE is set. Accesses from PCI that are outside the ranges specified
will be accepted by the bridge if CMD.BME is set.

Bit Description

Prefetchable Memory Limit (PML)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of
31:20 the incoming address to determine the upper 1-MB aligned value (exclusive) of the
range. The incoming address must be less than this value.
19:16 64-bit Indicator (I64L)—RO. Indicates support for 64-bit addressing.
Prefetchable Memory Base (PMB)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of
15:4 the incoming address to determine the lower 1-MB aligned value (inclusive) of the
range. The incoming address must be greater than or equal to this value.
3:0 64-bit Indicator (I64B)—RO. Indicates support for 64-bit addressing.

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11.1.15 PMBU32—Prefetchable Memory Base Upper 32 Bits

Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 28h–2Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Prefetchable Memory Base Upper Portion (PMBU)—R/W. Upper 32-bits of the

31:0
prefetchable address base.

11.1.16 PMLU32—Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper 32 Bits

Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 2C–2Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper Portion (PMLU)—R/W. Upper 32-bits of the

31:0
prefetchable address limit.

11.1.17 CAPP—Capability List Pointer Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 50h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (PTR)—RO. Indicates that the pointer for the first entry in the
7:0
capabilities list is at 50h in configuration space.

11.1.18 INTR—Interrupt Information Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 3Ch–3Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Interrupt Pin (IPIN)—RO. The PCI bridge does not assert an interrupt.
Interrupt Line (ILINE)—R/W. Software written value to indicate which interrupt line
(vector) the interrupt is connected to. No hardware action is taken on this register.
7:0
Since the bridge does not generate an interrupt, BIOS should program this value to FFh
as per the PCI bridge specification.

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11.1.19 BCTRL—Bridge Control Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 3Eh–3Fh Attribute: R/WC, RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:12 Reserved
Discard Timer SERR# Enable (DTE)—R/W. Controls the generation of SERR# on the
primary interface in response to the DTS bit being set:
11
0 = Do not generate SERR# on a secondary timer discard
1 = Generate SERR# in response to a secondary timer discard
Discard Timer Status (DTS)—R/WC. This bit is set to 1 when the secondary discard
10
timer (see the SDT bit below) expires for a delayed transaction in the hard state.
Secondary Discard Timer (SDT)—R/W. This bit sets the maximum number of PCI
clock cycles that the PCH waits for an initiator on PCI to repeat a delayed transaction
request. The counter starts once the delayed transaction data is has been returned by
the system and is in a buffer in the PCH PCI bridge. If the master has not repeated the
9
transaction at least once before the counter expires, the PCH PCI bridge discards the
transaction from its queue.
0 = The PCI master timeout value is between 215 and 216 PCI clocks
1 = The PCI master timeout value is between 210 and 211 PCI clocks
8 Primary Discard Timer (PDT)—R/W. This bit is R/W for software compatibility only.
Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The PCI logic will not generate
7
fast back-to-back cycles on the PCI bus.
Secondary Bus Reset (SBR)—R/W. Controls PCIRST# assertion on PCI.
0 = Bridge de-asserts PCIRST#
6 1 = Bridge asserts PCIRST#. When PCIRST# is asserted, the delayed transaction
buffers, posting buffers, and the PCI bus are initialized back to reset conditions.
The rest of the part and the configuration registers are not affected.
Master Abort Mode (MAM)—R/W. Controls the PCH PCI bridge’s behavior when a
master abort occurs:
Master Abort on Processor /PCH Interconnect (DMI):
0 = Bridge asserts TRDY# on PCI. It drives all 1s for reads, and discards data on writes.
1 = Bridge returns a target abort on PCI.
5 Master Abort PCI (non-locked cycles):
0 = Normal completion status will be returned on the Processor/PCH interconnect.
1 = Target abort completion status will be returned on the Processor/PCH interconnect.

NOTE: All locked reads will return a completer abort completion status on the
Processor/PCH interconnect.
VGA 16-Bit Decode (V16D)—R/W. Enables the PCH PCI bridge to provide 16-bits
4 decoding of VGA I/O address precluding the decode of VGA alias addresses every 1 KB.
This bit requires the VGAE bit in this register be set.

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Bit Description

VGA Enable (VGAE)—R/W. When set to a 1, the PCH PCI bridge forwards the
following transactions to PCI regardless of the value of the I/O base and limit registers.
The transactions are qualified by CMD.MSE (D30:F0:04 bit 1) and CMD.IOSE
(D30:F0:04 bit 0) being set.
• Memory addresses: 000A0000h–000BFFFFh
3 • I/O addresses: 3B0h–3BBh and 3C0h–3DFh. For the I/O addresses, bits [63:16] of
the address must be 0, and bits [15:10] of the address are ignored (that is,
aliased).
The same holds true from secondary accesses to the primary interface in reverse. That
is, when the bit is 0, memory and I/O addresses on the secondary interface between
the above ranges will be claimed.
ISA Enable (IE)—R/W. This bit only applies to I/O addresses that are enabled by the
I/O Base and I/O Limit registers and are in the first 64 KB of PCI I/O space. If this bit is
2
set, the PCH PCI bridge will block any forwarding from primary to secondary of I/O
transactions addressing the last 768 bytes in each 1-KB block (offsets 100h to 3FFh).
SERR# Enable (SEE)—R/W. Controls the forwarding of secondary interface SERR#
assertions on the primary interface. When set, the PCI bridge will forward SERR# pin.
1 • SERR# is asserted on the secondary interface.
• This bit is set.
• CMD.SEE (D30:F0:04 bit 8) is set.
Parity Error Response Enable (PERE)—R/W.
0 = Disable
0
1 = The PCH PCI bridge is enabled for parity error reporting based on parity errors on
the PCI bus.

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11.1.20 SPDH—Secondary PCI Device Hiding Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 40h–41h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

This register allows software to hide the PCI devices, either plugged into slots or on the
motherboard.

Bit Description

15:4 Reserved
Hide Device 3 (HD3)—R/W, RO. Same as bit 0 of this register, except for device 3
3
(AD[19])
Hide Device 2 (HD2)—R/W, RO. Same as bit 0 of this register, except for device 2
2
(AD[18])
Hide Device 1 (HD1)—R/W, RO. Same as bit 0 of this register, except for device 1
1
(AD[17])
Hide Device 0 (HD0)—R/W, RO.
0 = The PCI configuration cycles for this slot are not affected.
1 = The PCH hides device 0 on the PCI bus. This is done by masking the IDSEL
0
(keeping it low) for configuration cycles to that device. Since the device will not see
its IDSEL go active, it will not respond to PCI configuration cycles and the
processor will think the device is not present. AD[16] is used as IDSEL for device 0.

11.1.21 DTC—Delayed Transaction Control Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 44h–47h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Discard Delayed Transactions (DDT)—R/W.

0 = Logged delayed transactions are kept.
1 = The PCH PCI bridge will discard any delayed transactions it has logged. This
includes transactions in the pending queue, and any transactions in the active
queue, whether in the hard or soft DT state. The prefetchers will be disabled and
return to an idle state.
31

NOTES:If a transaction is running on PCI at the time this bit is set, that transaction will
continue until either the PCI master disconnects (by de-asserting FRAME#) or
the PCI bridge disconnects (by asserting STOP#). This bit is cleared by the PCI
bridge when the delayed transaction queues are empty and have returned to an
idle state. Software sets this bit and polls for its completion
Block Delayed Transactions (BDT)—R/W.
0 = Delayed transactions accepted
30 1 = The PCH PCI bridge will not accept incoming transactions which will result in
delayed transactions. It will blindly retry these cycles by asserting STOP#. All
postable cycles (memory writes) will still be accepted.
29:8 Reserved

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Bit Description

Maximum Delayed Transactions (MDT)—R/W. Controls the maximum number of

delayed transactions that the PCH PCI bridge will run. Encodings are:
00 =) 2 Active, 5 pending
7:6
01 =) 2 active, no pending
10 =) 1 active, no pending
11 =) Reserved
5 Reserved
Auto Flush After Disconnect Enable (AFADE)—R/W.
0 = The PCI bridge will retain any fetched data until required to discard by producer/
4 consumer rules.
1 = The PCI bridge will flush any prefetched data after either the PCI master (by de-
asserting FRAME#) or the PCI bridge (by asserting STOP#) disconnects the PCI
transfer.
Never Prefetch (NP)—R/W.
0 = Prefetch enabled
3 1 = The PCH will only fetch a single DW and will not enable prefetching, regardless of
the command being an Memory read (MR), Memory read line (MRL), or Memory
read multiple (MRM).
Memory Read Multiple Prefetch Disable (MRMPD)—R/W.
0 = MRM commands will fetch multiple cache lines as defined by the prefetch
2 algorithm.
1 = Memory read multiple (MRM) commands will fetch only up to a single, 64-byte
aligned cache line.
Memory Read Line Prefetch Disable (MRLPD)—R/W.
0 = MRL commands will fetch multiple cache lines as defined by the prefetch algorithm.
1
1 = Memory read line (MRL) commands will fetch only up to a single, 64-byte aligned
cache line.
Memory Read Prefetch Disable (MRPD)—R/W.
0 0 = MR commands will fetch up to a 64-byte aligned cache line.
1 = Memory read (MR) commands will fetch only a single DW.

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11.1.22 BPS—Bridge Proprietary Status Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 48h–4Bh Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:17 Reserved
PERR# Assertion Detected (PAD)—R/WC. This bit is set by hardware whenever the
PERR# pin is asserted on the rising edge of PCI clock. This includes cases in which the
chipset is the agent driving PERR#. It remains asserted until cleared by software
16 writing a 1 to this location. When enabled by the PERR#-to-SERR# Enable bit (in the
Bridge Policy Configuration register), a 1 in this bit can generate an internal SERR# and
be a source for the NMI logic.
This bit can be used by software to determine the source of a system problem.
15:7 Reserved
Number of Pending Transactions (NPT)—RO. This read-only indicator tells debug
software how many transactions are in the pending queue. Possible values are:
000 = No pending transaction
001 = 1 pending transaction
010 = 2 pending transactions
011 = 3 pending transactions
6:4
100 = 4 pending transactions
101 = 5 pending transactions
110–111 = Reserved

NOTE: This field is not valid if DTC.MDT (offset 44h:bits 7:6) is any value other than
‘00’.
3:2 Reserved
Number of Active Transactions (NAT)—RO. This read-only indicator tells debug
software how many transactions are in the active queue. Possible values are:
00 = No active transactions
1:0
01 = 1 active transaction
10 = 2 active transactions
11 = Reserved

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11.1.23 BPC—Bridge Policy Configuration Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 4Ch–4Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00001200h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:14 Reserved
Upstream Read Latency Threshold (URLT)—R/W: This field specifies the number of
PCI clocks after internally enqueuing an upstream memory read request at which point
the PCI target logic should insert wait states to optimize lead-off latency. When the
master returns after this threshold has been reached and data has not arrived in the
Delayed Transaction completion queue, then the PCI target logic will insert wait states
instead of immediately retrying the cycle. The PCI target logic will insert up to 16 clocks
of target initial latency (from FRAME# assertion to TRDY# or STOP# assertion) before
13:8 retrying the PCI read cycle (if the read data has not arrived yet).
Note that the starting event for this Read Latency Timer is not explicitly visible
externally.
A value of 0h disables this policy completely such that wait states will never be inserted
on the read lead-off data phase.
The default value (12h) specifies 18 PCI clocks (540 ns) and is approximately 4 clocks
less than the typical idle lead-off latency expected for desktop PCH systems. This value
may need to be changed by BIOS, depending on the platform.
Subtractive Decode Policy (SDP)—R/W.
0 = The PCI bridge always forwards memory and I/O cycles that are not claimed by any
other device on the backbone (primary interface) to the PCI bus (secondary
interface).
1 = The PCI bridge will not claim and forward memory or I/O cycles at all unless the
corresponding Space Enable bit is set in the Command register.
NOTE: The Boot BIOS Destination Selection strap can force the BIOS accesses to PCI.

CMD.MSE BPC.SDP Range Forwarding Policy

7
Forward unclaimed
0 0 Don’t Care
cycles
0 1 Don’t Care Forwarding Prohibited
Positive decode and
1 X Within range
forward
Subtractive decode &
1 X Outside
forward

PERR#-to-SERR# Enable (PSE)—R/W. When this bit is set, a 1 in the PERR#

Assertion status bit (in the Bridge Proprietary Status register) will result in an internal
6
SERR# assertion on the primary side of the bridge (if also enabled by the SERR#
Enable bit in the primary Command register). SERR# is a source of NMI.
Secondary Discard Timer Testmode (SDTT)—R/W.
0 = The secondary discard timer expiration will be defined in BCTRL.SDT (D30:F0:3E,
5
bit 9)
1 = The secondary discard timer will expire after 128 PCI clocks.
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Bit Description

Peer Decode Enable (PDE)—R/W.

0 = The PCI bridge assumes that all memory cycles target main memory, and all I/O
2 cycles are not claimed.
1 = The PCI bridge will perform peer decode on any memory or I/O cycle from PCI that
falls outside of the memory and I/O window registers
1 Reserved
Received Target Abort SERR# Enable (RTAE)—R/W. When set, the PCI bridge will
0 report SERR# when PSTS.RTA (D30:F0:06 bit 12) or SSTS.RTA (D30:F0:1E bit 12) are
set, and CMD.SEE (D30:F0:04 bit 8) is set.

11.1.24 SVCAP—Subsystem Vendor Capability Register

(PCI-PCI—D30:F0)
Offset Address: 50h–51h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 000Dh Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Value of 00h indicates this is the last item in the list.
Capability Identifier (CID)—RO. Value of 0Dh indicates this is a PCI bridge
7:0
subsystem vendor capability.

11.1.25 SVID—Subsystem Vendor IDs Register (PCI-PCI—D30:F0)

Offset Address: 54h–57h Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem Identifier (SID)—R/WO. Indicates the subsystem as identified by the

31:16 vendor. This field is write once and is locked down until a bridge reset occurs (not the
PCI bus reset).
Subsystem Vendor Identifier (SVID)—R/WO. Indicates the manufacturer of the
15:0 subsystem. This field is write once and is locked down until a bridge reset occurs (not
the PCI bus reset).

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12 Gigabit LAN Configuration

Registers
12.1 Gigabit LAN Configuration Registers
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Note: Register address locations that are not shown in Table 12-1 should be treated as
Reserved.
/

Table 12-1. Gigabit LAN Configuration Registers Address Map

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) (Sheet 1 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0010h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h–0Bh CC Class Code 020000h RO
0Ch CLS Cache Line Size 00h R/W
0Dh PLT Primary Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HEADTYP Header Type 00h RO
10h–13h MBARA Memory Base Address A 00000000h R/W, RO
14h–17h MBARB Memory Base Address B 00000000h R/W, RO
18h–1Bh MBARC Memory Base Address C 00000001h R/W, RO
See register
2Ch–2Dh SID Subsystem ID RO
description
See register
2Eh–2Fh SVID Subsystem Vendor ID RO
description
See register
30h–33h ERBA Expansion ROM Base Address RO
description
34h CAPP Capabilities List Pointer C8h RO
See register
3Ch–3Dh INTR Interrupt Information R/W, RO
description
3Eh MLMG Maximum Latency/Minimum Grant 00h RO
C8h–C9h CLIST1 Capabilities List 1 D001h RO
See register
CAh–CBh PMC PCI Power Management Capability RO
description
PCI Power Management Control and See register R/WC, R/W,
CCh–CDh PMCS
Status description RO

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Table 12-1. Gigabit LAN Configuration Registers Address Map

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0) (Sheet 2 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

See register
CFh DR Data Register RO
description
D0h–D1h CLIST2 Capabilities List 2 E005h R/WO, RO
D2h–D3h MCTL Message Control 0080h R/W, RO
See register
D4h–D7h MADDL Message Address Low R/W
description
See register
D8h–DBh MADDH Message Address High R/W
description
See register
DCh–DDh MDAT Message Data R/W
description
E0h–E1h FLRCAP Function Level Reset Capability 0009h RO
Function Level Reset Capability See register
E2h–E3h FLRCLV R/WO, RO
Length and Value description
E4h–E5h DEVCTRL Device Control 0000h R/W, RO

12.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. The field may be auto-loaded
15:0 from the NVM at address 0Eh during init time depending on the "Load Vendor/Device
ID" bit field in NVM word 0Ah with a default value of 8086h.

12.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH Gigabit LAN controller. The
15:0 field may be auto-loaded from the NVM word 0Dh during initialization time depending
on the "Load Vendor/Device ID" bit field in NVM word 0Ah.

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12.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable—R/W. This disables pin-based INTx# interrupts on enabled Hot-
Plug and power management events. This bit has no effect on MSI operation.
0 = Internal INTx# messages are generated if there is an interrupt for Hot-Plug or
power management and MSI is not enabled.
10
1 = Internal INTx# messages will not be generated.
This bit does not affect interrupt forwarding from devices connected to the root port.
Assert_INTx and Deassert_INTx messages will still be forwarded to the internal
interrupt controllers if this bit is set.
9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
SERR# Enable (SEE)—R/W.
0 = Disable
8
1 = Enables the Gb LAN controller to generate an SERR# message when PSTS.SSE is
set.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
6
1 = Indicates that the device is capable of reporting parity errors as a master on the
backbone.
5 Palette Snoop Enable (PSE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
4 Postable Memory Write Enable (PMWE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W.
0 = Disable. All cycles from the device are master aborted
2
1 = Enable. Allows the root port to forward cycles onto the backbone from a Gigabit
LAN* device.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W.
0 = Disable. Memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and limit
1 registers are master aborted on the backbone.
1 = Enable. Allows memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and
limit registers can be forwarded to the Gigabit LAN device.
I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—R/W. This bit controls access to the I/O space registers.
0 = Disable. I/O cycles within the range specified by the I/O base and limit registers
0 are master aborted on the backbone.
1 = Enable. Allows I/O cycles within the range specified by the I/O base and limit
registers can be forwarded to the Gigabit LAN device.

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12.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

0 = No parity error detected.
15
1 = Set when the Gb LAN controller receives a command or data from the backbone
with a parity error. This is set even if PCIMD.PER (D25:F0, bit 6) is not set.
Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC.
14 0 = No system error signaled.
1 = Set when the Gb LAN controller signals a system error to the internal SERR# logic.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.
0 = Root port has not received a completion with unsupported request status from the
13 backbone.
1 = Set when the GbE LAN controller receives a completion with unsupported request
status from the backbone.
Received Target Abort (RTA)—R/WC.
0 = Root port has not received a completion with completer abort from the backbone.
12
1 = Set when the Gb LAN controller receives a completion with completer abort from
the backbone.
Signaled Target Abort (STA)—R/WC.
11 0 = No target abort received.
1 = Set whenever the Gb LAN controller forwards a target abort received from the
downstream device onto the backbone.
10:9 DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEV_STS)—RO. Hardwired to ‘0’.
Master Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—R/WC.
0 = No data parity error received.
8
1 = Set when the Gb LAN Controller receives a completion with a data parity error on
the backbone and PCIMD.PER (D25:F0, bit 6) is set.
7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FB2BC)—RO. Hardwired to ‘0’.
6 Reserved
5 66 MHz Capable—RO. Hardwired to 0.
4 Capabilities List—RO. Hardwired to 1. Indicates the presence of a capabilities list.
Interrupt Status—RO. Indicates status of Hot-Plug and power management interrupts
on the root port that result in INTx# message generation.
0 = Interrupt is de-asserted.
3
1 = Interrupt is asserted.
This bit is not set if MSI is enabled. If MSI is not enabled, this bit is set regardless of the
state of PCICMD.Interrupt Disable bit (D25:F0:04h:bit 10).
2:0 Reserved

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12.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

12.1.6 CC—Class Code Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 09h–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 020000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

Class Code—RO. Identifies the device as an Ethernet Adapter.

23:0
020000h = Ethernet Adapter.

12.1.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 0Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Cache Line Size—R/W. This field is implemented by PCI devices as a read write field
7:0
for legacy compatibility purposes but has no impact on any device functionality.

12.1.8 PLT—Primary Latency Timer Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Latency Timer (LT)—RO. Hardwired to 0.

12.1.9 HT—Header Type Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Header Type (HT)—RO.

7:0
00h = Indicates this is a single function device.

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12.1.10 MBARA—Memory Base Address Register A

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 10h–13h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

The internal CSR registers and memories are accessed as direct memory mapped
offsets from the base address register. SW may only access whole DWord at a time.

Bit Description

Base Address (BA)—R/W. Software programs this field with the base address of this
31:17
region.
16:4 Memory Size (MSIZE)—R/W. Memory size is 128 KB.
Prefetchable Memory (PM)—RO. The GbE LAN controller does not implement
3
prefetchable memory.
2:1 Memory Type (MT)—RO. Set to 00b indicating a 32 bit BAR.
0 Memory / IO Space (MIOS)—RO. Set to 0 indicating a Memory Space BAR.

12.1.11 MBARB—Memory Base Address Register B

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 14h–17h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

The internal registers that are used to access the LAN Space in the External FLASH
device. Access to these registers are direct memory mapped offsets from the base
address register. Software may only access a DWord at a time.

Bit Description

Base Address (BA)—R/W. Software programs this field with the base address of this
31:12
region.
11:4 Memory Size (MSIZE)—R/W. Memory size is 4 KB.
Prefetchable Memory (PM)—RO. The Gb LAN controller does not implement
3
prefetchable memory.
2:1 Memory Type (MT)—RO. Set to 00b indicating a 32 bit BAR.
0 Memory / IO Space (MIOS)—RO. Set to 0 indicating a Memory Space BAR.

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12.1.12 MBARC—Memory Base Address Register C

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 18h–1Bh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Internal registers, and memories, can be accessed using I/O operations. There are two
4B registers in the I/O mapping window: Addr Reg and Data Reg. Software may only
access a DWord at a time.

Bit Description

Base Address (BA)—R/W. Software programs this field with the base address of this
31:5
region.
4:1 I/O Size (IOSIZE)—RO. I/O space size is 32 Bytes.
0 Memory / I/O Space (MIOS)—RO. Set to 1 indicating an I/O Space BAR.

12.1.13 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SVID)—RO. This value may be loaded automatically from

the NVM Word 0Ch upon power up depending on the "Load Subsystem ID" bit field in
15:0
NVM word 0Ah. A value of 8086h is default for this field upon power up if the NVM does
not respond or is not programmed. All functions are initialized to the same value.

12.1.14 SID—Subsystem ID Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SID)—RO. This value may be loaded automatically from the NVM
Word 0Bh upon power up or reset depending on the “Load Subsystem ID” bit field in
15:0
NVM word 0Ah with a default value of 0000h. This value is loadable from NVM word
location 0Ah.

12.1.15 ERBA—Expansion ROM Base Address Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 30h–33h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Expansion ROM Base Address (ERBA)—RO. This register is used to define the
31:0 address and size information for boot-time access to the optional FLASH memory. If no
Flash memory exists, this register reports 00000000h.

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12.1.16 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 34h Attribute: R0
Default Value: C8h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (PTR)—RO. Indicates that the pointer for the first entry in the
7:0
capabilities list is at C8h in configuration space.

12.1.17 INTR—Interrupt Information Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 3Ch–3Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0100h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin (IPIN)—RO. Indicates the interrupt pin driven by the GbE LAN
15:8 controller.
01h = The GbE LAN controller implements legacy interrupts on INTA.
Interrupt Line (ILINE)—R/W. Default = 00h. Software written value to indicate which
7:0 interrupt line (vector) the interrupt is connected to. No hardware action is taken on this
register.

12.1.18 MLMG—Maximum Latency/Minimum Grant Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: 3Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Maximum Latency/Minimum Grant (MLMG)—RO. Not used. Hardwired to 00h.

12.1.19 CLIST 1—Capabilities List Register 1

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: C8h–C9h Attribute: RO
Default Value: D001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Value of D0h indicates the location of the next pointer.
Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates the linked list item is a PCI Power Management
7:0
Register.

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12.1.20 PMC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: CAh–CBh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit descriptions Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 15:11 only)

Bit Description

PME_Support (PMES)—RO. This five-bit field indicates the power states in which the
function may assert PME#. It depend on PM Ena and AUX-PWR bits in word 0Ah in the
NVM:

Condition Function Value

15:11 PM Ena=0 No PME at all states 0000b
PM Ena & AUX-PWR=0 PME at D0 and D3hot 01001b
PME at D0, D3hot and
PM Ena & AUX-PWR=1 11001b
D3cold

These bits are not reset by Function Level Reset.

10 D2_Support (D2S)—RO. The D2 state is not supported.
9 D1_Support (D1S)—RO. The D1 state is not supported.
8:6 Aux_Current (AC)—RO. Required current defined in the Data Register.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Set to 1. The GbE LAN Controller requires
5
its device driver to be executed following transition to the D0 un-initialized state.
4 Reserved
3 PME Clock (PMEC)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Version (VS)—RO. Hardwired to 010b to indicate support for Revision 1.1 of the PCI
2:0
Power Management Specification.

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12.1.21 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status

Register (Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: CCh–CDh Attribute: R/WC, R/W, RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bit 8 only)

Bit Description

PME Status (PMES)—R/WC. This bit is set to 1 when the function detects a wake-up
15
event independent of the state of the PMEE bit. Writing a 1 will clear this bit.
Data Scale (DSC)—R/W. This field indicates the scaling factor to be used when
interpreting the value of the Data register.
For the GbE LAN and common functions this field equals 01b (indicating 0.1 watt units)
if the PM is enabled in the NVM, and the Data_Select field is set to 0, 3, 4, 7, (or 8 for
14:13
Function 0). Else it equals 00b.
For the manageability functions this field equals 10b (indicating 0.01 watt units) if the
PM is enabled in the NVM, and the Data_Select field is set to 0, 3, 4, 7. Else it equals
00b.
Data Select (DSL)—R/W. This four-bit field is used to select which data is to be
reported through the Data register (offset CFh) and Data_Scale field. These bits are
writeable only when the Power Management is enabled using NVM.
0h = D0 Power Consumption
12:9 3h = D3 Power Consumption
4h = D0 Power Dissipation
7h = D3 Power Dissipation
8h = Common Power
All other values are reserved.
PME Enable (PMEE)—R/W. If Power Management is enabled in the NVM, writing a 1 to
this register will enable Wakeup. If Power Management is disabled in the NVM, writing a
8
1 to this bit has no affect, and will not set the bit to 1. This bit is not reset by Function
Level Reset.
7:4 Reserved - Returns a value of 0000.
No Soft Reset (NSR)—RO. Defines if the device executed internal reset on the
3
transition to D0. the LAN controller always reports 0 in this field.
2 Reserved - Returns a value of 0b.
Power State (PS)—R/W. This field is used both to determine the current power state
of the GbE LAN Controller and to set a new power state. The values are:
00 = D0 state (default)
1:0 01 = Ignored
10 = Ignored
11 = D3 state (Power Management must be enables in the NVM or this cycle will be
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12.1.22 DR—Data Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: CFh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Reported Data (RD)—RO. This register is used to report power consumption and heat
dissipation. This register is controlled by the Data_Select field in the PMCS (Offset CCh,
7:0 bits 12:9), and the power scale is reported in the Data_Scale field in the PMCS (Offset
CCh, bits 14:13). The data of this field is loaded from the NVM if PM is enabled in the
NVM or with a default value of 00h otherwise.

12.1.23 CLIST 2—Capabilities List Register 2

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: D0h–D1h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: E005h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 15:8 only)

Bit Description

Next Capability (NEXT)—R/WO. Value of E0h points to the Function Level Reset
15:8 capability structure.
These bits are not reset by Function Level Reset.
Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates the linked list item is a Message Signaled
7:0
Interrupt Register.

12.1.24 MCTL—Message Control Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: D2h–D3h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0080h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
64-bit Capable (CID)—RO. Set to 1 to indicate that the GbE LAN Controller is capable
7
of generating 64-bit message addresses.
Multiple Message Enable (MME)—RO. Returns 000b to indicate that the GbE LAN
6:4
controller only supports a single message.
Multiple Message Capable (MMC)—RO. The GbE LAN controller does not support
3:1
multiple messages.
MSI Enable (MSIE)—R/W.
0 0 = MSI generation is disabled.
1 = The Gb LAN controller will generate MSI for interrupt assertion instead of INTx
signaling.

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12.1.25 MADDL—Message Address Low Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: D4h–D7h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: See bit description Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Message Address Low (MADDL)—R/W. Written by the system to indicate the lower
31:0 32 bits of the address to use for the MSI memory write transaction. The lower two bits
will always return 0 regardless of the write operation.

12.1.26 MADDH—Message Address High Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: D8h–DBh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: See bit description Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Message Address High (MADDH)—R/W. Written by the system to indicate the upper
31:0
32 bits of the address to use for the MSI memory write transaction.

12.1.27 MDAT—Message Data Register

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: DCh–DDh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Message Data (MDAT)—R/W. Written by the system to indicate the lower 16 bits of
31:0 the data written in the MSI memory write DWORD transaction. The upper 16 bits of the
transaction are written as 0000h.

12.1.28 FLRCAP—Function Level Reset Capability

(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: E0h–E1h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0009h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Next Pointer—RO. This field provides an offset to the next capability item in the
15:8
capability list. The value of 00h indicates the last item in the list.
Capability ID—RO. The value of this field depends on the FLRCSSEL bit.
7:0 13h = If FLRCSSEL = 0
09h = If FLRCSSEL = 1, indicating vendor specific capability.

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12.1.29 FLRCLV—Function Level Reset Capability Length and

Version
(Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)
Address Offset: E2h–E3h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: See Description. Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 9:8 Only When FLRCSSEL = 0)

When FLRCSSEL = 0, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
Function Level Reset Capability—R/WO.
9 1 = Support for Function Level Reset.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
TXP Capability—R/WO.
8 1 = Indicates support for the Transactions Pending (TXP) bit. TXP must be supported if
FLR is supported.
Capability Length—RO. The value of this field indicates the number of bytes of the
7:0 vendor specific capability as require by the PCI spec. It has the value of 06h for the
Function Level Reset capability.

When FLRCSSEL = 1, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

Vendor Specific Capability ID—RO. A value of 2h in this field identifies this capability
15:12
as Function Level Reset.
Capability Version—RO. The value of this field indicates the version of the Function
11:8
Level Reset Capability. Default is 0h.
Capability Length—RO. The value of this field indicates the number of bytes of the
7:0 vendor specific capability as require by the PCI spec. It has the value of 06h for the
Function Level Reset capability.

12.1.30 DEVCTRL—Device Control (Gigabit LAN—D25:F0)

Address Offset: E4–E5h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:9 Reserved
Transactions Pending (TXP)—R/W.
1 = Indicates the controller has issued Non-Posted requests which have not been
8
completed.
0 = Indicates that completions for all Non-Posted requests have been received.
7:1 Reserved
Initiate Function Level Reset—RO. This bit is used to initiate an FLT transition. A
0 write of 1 initiates the transition. Since hardware must not respond to any cycles until
Function Level Reset completion, the value read by software from this bit is 0.

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13 LPC Interface Bridge Registers

(D31:F0)
The LPC bridge function of the PCH resides in PCI Device 31:Function 0. This function
contains many other functional units, such as DMA and Interrupt controllers, Timers,
Power Management, System Management, GPIO, RTC, and LPC Configuration
Registers.

Registers and functions associated with other functional units are described in their
respective sections.

13.1 PCI Configuration Registers (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Note: Address locations that are not shown should be treated as Reserved.
.

Table 13-1. LPC Interface PCI Register Address Map (LPC I/F—D31:F0) (Sheet 1 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0007h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0210h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h PI Programming Interface 00h RO
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code 01h RO
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 06h RO
0Dh PLT Primary Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HEADTYP Header Type 80h RO
2Ch–2Fh SS Sub System Identifiers 00000000h R/WO
34h CAPP Capability List Pointer E0h RO
40h–43h PMBASE ACPI Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
44h ACPI_CNTL ACPI Control 00h R/W
48h–4Bh GPIOBASE GPIO Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
4C GC GPIO Control 00h R/W
60h–63h PIRQ[n]_ROUT PIRQ[A–D] Routing Control 80808080h R/W
64h SIRQ_CNTL Serial IRQ Control 10h R/W, RO
68h–6Bh PIRQ[n]_ROUT PIRQ[E–H] Routing Control 80808080h R/W
6Ch–6Dh LPC_IBDF IOxAPIC Bus:Device:Function 00F8h R/W
70h–7F HPET Configuration
80h LPC_I/O_DEC I/O Decode Ranges 0000h R/W

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Table 13-1. LPC Interface PCI Register Address Map (LPC I/F—D31:F0) (Sheet 2 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

82h–83h LPC_EN LPC I/F Enables 0000h R/W

84h–87h GEN1_DEC LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 1 00000000h R/W
88h–8Bh GEN2_DEC LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 2 00000000h R/W
8Ch–8Eh GEN3_DEC LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 3 00000000h R/W
90h–93h GEN4_DEC LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 4 00000000h R/W
USB Legacy Keyboard / Mouse
94h–97h ULKMC
Control
98h–9Bh LGMR LPC Generic Memory Range 00000000h R/W
Power Management (See
A0h–CFh
Section 13.8.1)
D0h–D3h FWH_SEL1 Firmware Hub Select 1 00112233h R/W, RO
D4h–D5h FWH_SEL2 Firmware Hub Select 2 4567h R/W
D8h–D9h FWH_DEC_EN1 Firmware Hub Decode Enable 1 FFCFh R/W, RO
R/WLO, R/W,
DCh BIOS_CNTL BIOS Control 00h
RO
E0h–E1h FDCAP Feature Detection Capability ID 0009h RO
Feature Detection Capability
E2h FDLEN 0Ch RO
Length
E3h FDVER Feature Detection Version 10h RO
See
E4h–EBh FDVCT Feature Vector RO
Description
F0h–F3h RCBA Root Complex Base Address 00000000h R/W

13.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. Intel VID = 8086h

13.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH LPC bridge. See the Intel®
15:0 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Specification Update for the value of
the Device ID Register.

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13.1.3 PCICMD—PCI COMMAND Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0007h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:10 Reserved
9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
8 SERR# Enable (SERR_EN)—R/W. The LPC bridge generates SERR# if this bit is set.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Parity Error Response Enable (PERE)—R/W.

6 0 = No action is taken when detecting a parity error.

1 = Enables the PCH LPC bridge to respond to parity errors detected on backbone
interface.
5 VGA Palette Snoop (VPS)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
4 Memory Write and Invalidate Enable (MWIE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
2 Bus Master Enable (BME)—RO. Bus Masters cannot be disabled.
1 Memory Space Enable (MSE)—RO. Memory space cannot be disabled on LPC.
0 I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—RO. I/O space cannot be disabled on LPC.

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13.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 06h–07h Attribute: RO, R/WC
Default Value: 0210h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 to
the bit has no effect.

Bit Description
Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC. Set when the LPC bridge detects a parity
error on the internal backbone. Set even if the PCICMD.PERE bit (D31:F0:04, bit 6) is
15 0.
0 = Parity Error Not detected.
1 = Parity Error detected.
Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC. Set when the LPC bridge signals a system
14
error to the internal SERR# logic.
Master Abort Status (RMA)—R/WC.
13 0 = Unsupported request status not received.
1 = The bridge received a completion with unsupported request status from the
backbone.
Received Target Abort (RTA)—R/WC.
12 0 = Completion abort not received.
1 = Completion with completion abort received from the backbone.
Signaled Target Abort (STA)—R/WC.
0 = Target abort Not generated on the backbone.
11
1 = LPC bridge generated a completion packet with target abort status on the
backbone.
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEV_STS)—RO.
10:9
01 = Medium Timing.
Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—R/WC.
0 = All conditions listed below Not met.
1 = Set when all three of the following conditions are met:
8 • LPC bridge receives a completion packet from the backbone from a previous
request,
• Parity error has been detected (D31:F0:06, bit 15)
• PCICMD.PERE bit (D31:F0:04, bit 6) is set.
Fast Back to Back Capable (FBC): Reserved – bit has no meaning on the internal
7
backbone.
6 Reserved
66 MHz Capable (66MHZ_CAP)—Reserved – bit has no meaning on the internal
5
backbone.
4 Capabilities List (CLIST)—RO. Capability list exists on the LPC bridge.
3 Interrupt Status (IS)—RO. The LPC bridge does not generate interrupts.
2:0 Reserved

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13.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
Revision ID (RID)—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series
7:0
Chipset Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

13.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
7:0 Programming Interface—RO.

13.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 0Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
Sub Class Code—RO. 8-bit value that indicates the category of bridge for the LPC
7:0 bridge.
01h = PCI-to-ISA bridge.

13.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 06h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
Base Class Code—RO. 8-bit value that indicates the type of device for the LPC bridge.
7:0
06h = Bridge device.

13.1.9 PLT—Primary Latency Timer Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
7:3 Master Latency Count (MLC)—Reserved.
2:0 Reserved

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13.1.10 HEADTYP—Header Type Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
7 Multi-Function Device—RO. This bit is 1 to indicate a multi-function device.
Header Type—RO. This 7-bit field identifies the header layout of the configuration
6:0
space.

13.1.11 SS—Sub System Identifiers Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 2Ch–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register is initialized to logic 0 by the assertion of PLTRST#. This register can be
written only once after PLTRST# de-assertion.

Bit Description
Subsystem ID (SSID)—R/WO. This is written by BIOS. No hardware action taken on
31:16
this value.
Subsystem Vendor ID (SSVID)—R/WO. This is written by BIOS. No hardware action
15:0
taken on this value.

13.1.12 CAPP—Capability List Pointer Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: E0h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
Capability Pointer (CP)—RO. Indicates the offset of the first Capability
7:0
Item.

13.1.13 PMBASE—ACPI Base Address Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 40h–43h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI, Legacy
Power Well: Core

Sets base address for ACPI I/O registers, GPIO registers and TCO I/O registers. These
registers can be mapped anywhere in the 64-K I/O space on 128-byte boundaries.

Bit Description
31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides 128 bytes of I/O space for ACPI, GPIO, and
15:7
TCO logic. This is placed on a 128-byte boundary.
6:1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate I/O space.

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13.1.14 ACPI_CNTL—ACPI Control Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 44h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI, Legacy
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
ACPI Enable (ACPI_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
7 1 = Decode of the I/O range pointed to by the ACPI base register is enabled, and the
ACPI power management function is enabled. Note that the APM power
management ranges (B2/B3h) are always enabled and are not affected by this bit.
6:3 Reserved
SCI IRQ Select (SCI_IRQ_SEL)—R/W.
Specifies on which IRQ the SCI will internally appear. If not using the APIC, the SCI
must be routed to IRQ9–11, and that interrupt is not sharable with the SERIRQ stream,
but is shareable with other PCI interrupts. If using the APIC, the SCI can also be
mapped to IRQ20–23, and can be shared with other interrupts.
000b IRQ9
001b IRQ10
010b IRQ11
011b Reserved
2:0 100b IRQ20 (Only available if APIC enabled)
101b IRQ21 (Only available if APIC enabled)
110b IRQ22 (Only available if APIC enabled)
111b IRQ23 (Only available if APIC enabled)

When the interrupt is mapped to APIC interrupts 9, 10, or 11, the APIC should be
programmed for active-high reception. When the interrupt is mapped to APIC interrupts
20 through 23, the APIC should be programmed for active-low reception.

13.1.15 GPIOBASE—GPIO Base Address Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 48h–4Bh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bit

Bit Description
31:16 Reserved. Always 0.
15:7 Base Address (BA)—R/W. Provides the 128 bytes of I/O space for GPIO.
6:1 Reserved. Always 0.
0 RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate I/O space.

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13.1.16 GC—GPIO Control Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 4Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description
7:5 Reserved
GPIO Enable (EN)—R/W. This bit enables/disables decode of the I/O range pointed to
by the GPIO Base Address register (D31:F0:48h) and enables the GPIO function.
4
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable.
3:1 Reserved
GPIO Lockdown Enable (GLE)—R/W. This bit enables lockdown of the following GPIO
registers:
• Offset 00h: GPIO_USE_SEL
• Offset 04h: GP_IO_SEL
• Offset 0Ch: GP_LVL
• Offset 30h: GPIO_USE_SEL2
• Offset 34h: GP_IO_SEL2
• Offset 38h: GP_LVL2
0
• Offset 40h: GPIO_USE_SEL3
• Offset 44h: GP_IO_SEL3
• Offset 48h: GP_LVL3
• Offset 60h: GP_RST_SEL
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable.
When this bit is written from 1-to-0, an SMI# is generated, if enabled. This ensures
that only SMM code can change the above GPIO registers after they are locked down.

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13.1.17 PIRQ[n]_ROUT—PIRQ[A,B,C,D] Routing Control Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: PIRQA – 60h, PIRQB – 61h, Attribute: R/W
PIRQC – 62h, PIRQD – 63h
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Interrupt Routing Enable (IRQEN)—R/W.
0 = The corresponding PIRQ is routed to one of the ISA-compatible interrupts
specified in bits[3:0].
1 = The PIRQ is not routed to the 8259.
7

NOTE: BIOS must program this bit to 0 during POST for any of the PIRQs that are
being used. The value of this bit may subsequently be changed by the OS
when setting up for I/O APIC interrupt delivery mode.
6:4 Reserved
IRQ Routing—R/W. (ISA compatible.)
Value IRQ Value IRQ
0000b Reserved 1000b Reserved
0001b Reserved 1001b IRQ9
0010b Reserved 1010b IRQ10
0011b IRQ3 1011b IRQ11
3:0 0100b IRQ4 1100b IRQ12
0101b IRQ5 1101b Reserved
0110b IRQ6 1110b IRQ14
0111b IRQ7 1111b IRQ15

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13.1.18 SIRQ_CNTL—Serial IRQ Control Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 64h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 10h Size: 8 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Serial IRQ Enable (SIRQEN)—R/W.
7 0 = The buffer is input only and internally SERIRQ will be a 1.
1 = Serial IRQs will be recognized. The SERIRQ pin will be configured as SERIRQ.
Serial IRQ Mode Select (SIRQMD)—R/W.
0 = The serial IRQ machine will be in quiet mode.
1 = The serial IRQ machine will be in continuous mode.
6
NOTE: For systems using Quiet Mode, this bit should be set to 1 (Continuous Mode) for
at least one frame after coming out of reset before switching back to Quiet
Mode. Failure to do so will result in the PCH not recognizing SERIRQ interrupts.
Serial IRQ Frame Size (SIRQSZ)—RO. Fixed field that indicates the size of the
5:2
SERIRQ frame as 21 frames.
Start Frame Pulse Width (SFPW)—R/W. This is the number of PCI clocks that the
SERIRQ pin will be driven low by the serial IRQ machine to signal a start frame. In
continuous mode, the PCH will drive the start frame for the number of clocks specified.
In quiet mode, the PCH will drive the start frame for the number of clocks specified
minus one, as the first clock was driven by the peripheral.
1:0
00 = 4 clocks
01 = 6 clocks
10 = 8 clocks
11 = Reserved

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13.1.19 PIRQ[n]_ROUT—PIRQ[E,F,G,H] Routing Control Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: PIRQE – 68h, PIRQF – 69h, Attribute: R/W
PIRQG – 6Ah, PIRQH – 6Bh
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Interrupt Routing Enable (IRQEN)—R/W.
0 = The corresponding PIRQ is routed to one of the ISA-compatible interrupts specified
in bits[3:0].
1 = The PIRQ is not routed to the 8259.
7

NOTE: BIOS must program this bit to 0 during POST for any of the PIRQs that are
being used. The value of this bit may subsequently be changed by the OS when
setting up for I/O APIC interrupt delivery mode.
6:4 Reserved
IRQ Routing—R/W. (ISA compatible.)
Q Q
0000b Reserved 1000b Reserved
0001b Reserved 1001b IRQ9
0010b Reserved 1010b IRQ10
3:0 0011b IRQ3 1011b IRQ11
0100b IRQ4 1100b IRQ12
0101b IRQ5 1101b Reserved
0110b IRQ6 1110b IRQ14
0111b IRQ7 1111b IRQ15

13.1.20 LPC_IBDF—IOxAPIC Bus:Device:Function Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 6Ch–6Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00F8h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description
IOxAPIC Bus:Device:Function (IBDF)—R/W. this field specifies the
bus:device:function that PCH’s IOxAPIC will be using for the following:
• As the Requester ID when initiating Interrupt Messages to the processor.
• As the Completer ID when responding to the reads targeting the IOxAPIC’s
Memory-Mapped I/O registers.
The 16-bit field comprises
p the following:
15:0
15:8 Bus Number
7:3 Device Number
2:0 Function Number

This field defaults to Bus 0: Device 31: Function 0 after reset. BIOS can program this
field to provide a unique bus:device:function number for the internal IOxAPIC.

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13.1.21 LPC_HnBDF—HPET n Bus:Device:Function Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Address Offset H0BDF 70h–71h
H1BDF 72h–73h
H2BDF 74h–75h
H3BDF 76h–77h
H4BDF 78h–79h
H5BDF 7Ah–7Bh
H6BDF 7Ch–7Dh
H7BDF 7Eh–7Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00F8h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description
HPET n Bus:Device:Function (HnBDF)—R/W. This field specifies the
bus:device:function that the PCH’s HPET n will be using in the following:
• As the Requester ID when initiating Interrupt Messages to the processor
• As the Completer ID when responding to the reads targeting the corresponding
HPET’s Memory-Mapped I/O registers
The 16-bit field comprises the following:

Bits Description
15:0 15:8 Bus Number
7:3 Device Number
2:0 Function Number

This field is default to Bus 0: Device 31: Function 0 after reset. BIOS shall program this
field accordingly if unique bus:device:function number is required for the
corresponding HPET.

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13.1.22 LPC_I/O_DEC—I/O Decode Ranges Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 80h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description
15:13 Reserved
FDD Decode Range—R/W. Determines which range to decode for the FDD Port
12 0 = 3F0h–3F5h, 3F7h (Primary)
1 = 370h–375h, 377h (Secondary)
11:10 Reserved
LPT Decode Range—R/W. This field determines which range to decode for the LPT
Port.
00 = 378h–37Fh and 778h–77Fh
9:8
01 = 278h–27Fh (port 279h is read only) and 678h–67Fh
10 = 3BCh –3BEh and 7BCh–7BEh
11 = Reserved
7 Reserved
COMB Decode Range—R/W. This field determines which range to decode for the
COMB Port.
000 = 3F8h–3FFh (COM1)
001 = 2F8h–2FFh (COM2)
010 = 220h–227h
6:4
011 = 228h–22Fh
100 = 238h–23Fh
101 = 2E8h–2EFh (COM4)
110 = 338h–33Fh
111 = 3E8h–3EFh (COM3)
3 Reserved
COMA Decode Range—R/W. This field determines which range to decode for the
COMA Port.
000 = 3F8h–3FFh (COM1)
001 = 2F8h–2FFh (COM2)
010 = 220h–227h
2:0
011 = 228h–22Fh
100 = 238h–23Fh
101 = 2E8h–2EFh (COM4)
110 = 338h–33Fh
111 = 3E8h–3EFh (COM3)

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13.1.23 LPC_EN—LPC I/F Enables Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)

Offset Address: 82h–83h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:14 Reserved
CNF2_LPC_EN—R/W. Microcontroller Enable # 2.
0 = Disable.
13
1 = Enables the decoding of the I/O locations 4Eh and 4Fh to the LPC interface. This
range is used for a microcontroller.
CNF1_LPC_EN—R/W. Super I/O Enable.
0 = Disable.
12
1 = Enables the decoding of the I/O locations 2Eh and 2Fh to the LPC interface. This
range is used for Super I/O devices.
MC_LPC_EN—R/W. Microcontroller Enable # 1.
0 = Disable.
11
1 = Enables the decoding of the I/O locations 62h and 66h to the LPC interface. This
range is used for a microcontroller.
KBC_LPC_EN—R/W. Keyboard Enable.

10 0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the decoding of the I/O locations 60h and 64h to the LPC interface. This
range is used for a microcontroller.
GAMEH_LPC_EN—R/W. High Gameport Enable

9 0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the decoding of the I/O locations 208h to 20Fh to the LPC interface. This
range is used for a gameport.
GAMEL_LPC_EN—R/W. Low Gameport Enable
8 0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the decoding of the I/O locations 200h to 207h to the LPC interface. This
range is used for a gameport.
7:4 Reserved
FDD_LPC_EN—R/W. Floppy Drive Enable
0 = Disable.
3
1 = Enables the decoding of the FDD range to the LPC interface. This range is selected
in the LPC_FDD/LPT Decode Range Register (D31:F0:80h, bit 12).
LPT_LPC_EN—R/W. Parallel Port Enable
0 = Disable.
2
1 = Enables the decoding of the LPTrange to the LPC interface. This range is selected in
the LPC_FDD/LPT Decode Range Register (D31:F0:80h, bit 9:8).
COMB_LPC_EN—R/W. Com Port B Enable
0 = Disable.
1
1 = Enables the decoding of the COMB range to the LPC interface. This range is
selected in the LPC_COM Decode Range Register (D31:F0:80h, bits 6:4).
COMA_LPC_EN—R/W. Com Port A Enable
0 = Disable.
0
1 = Enables the decoding of the COMA range to the LPC interface. This range is
selected in the LPC_COM Decode Range Register (D31:F0:80h, bits 3:2).

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13.1.24 GEN1_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 1 Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 84h–87h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range Address[7:2] Mask—R/W. A 1 in any bit position
indicates that any value in the corresponding address bit in a received cycle will be
23:18 treated as a match. The corresponding bit in the Address field, below, is ignored. The
mask is only provided for the lower 6 bits of the DWord address, allowing for decoding
blocks up to 256 bytes in size.
17:16 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range 1 Base Address (GEN1_BASE)—R/W.
15:2
NOTE: The PCH Does not provide decode down to the word or byte level
1 Reserved
Generic Decode Range 1 Enable (GEN1_EN)—R/W.
0 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the GEN1 I/O range to be forwarded to the LPC I/F

13.1.25 GEN2_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 2 Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 88h–8Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range Address[7:2] Mask—R/W. A 1 in any bit position
indicates that any value in the corresponding address bit in a received cycle will be
23:18 treated as a match. The corresponding bit in the Address field, below, is ignored. The
mask is only provided for the lower 6 bits of the DWord address, allowing for decoding
blocks up to 256 bytes in size.
17:16 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range 2 Base Address (GEN1_BASE)—R/W.
15:2
NOTE: The PCH does not provide decode down to the word or byte level.
1 Reserved
Generic Decode Range 2 Enable (GEN2_EN)—R/W.
0 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the GEN2 I/O range to be forwarded to the LPC I/F

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13.1.26 GEN3_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 3 Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 8Ch–8Eh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range Address[7:2] Mask—R/W. A 1 in any bit position
indicates that any value in the corresponding address bit in a received cycle will be
23:18 treated as a match. The corresponding bit in the Address field, below, is ignored. The
mask is only provided for the lower 6 bits of the DWord address, allowing for decoding
blocks up to 256 bytes in size.
17:16 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range 3 Base Address (GEN3_BASE)—R/W.
15:2
NOTE: The PCH Does not provide decode down to the word or byte level
1 Reserved
Generic Decode Range 3 Enable (GEN3_EN)—R/W.
0 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the GEN3 I/O range to be forwarded to the LPC I/F

13.1.27 GEN4_DEC—LPC I/F Generic Decode Range 4 Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 90h–93h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range Address[7:2] Mask—R/W. A 1 in any bit position
indicates that any value in the corresponding address bit in a received cycle will be
23:18 treated as a match. The corresponding bit in the Address field, below, is ignored. The
mask is only provided for the lower 6 bits of the DWord address, allowing for decoding
blocks up to 256 bytes in size.
17:16 Reserved
Generic I/O Decode Range 4 Base Address (GEN4_BASE)—R/W.
15:2
NOTE: The PCH Does not provide decode down to the word or byte level
1 Reserved
Generic Decode Range 4 Enable (GEN4_EN)—R/W.
0 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the GEN4 I/O range to be forwarded to the LPC I/F

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13.1.28 ULKMC—USB Legacy Keyboard / Mouse Control

Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 94h–97h Attribute: RO, RWC, R/W
Default Value: 00002000h Size: 32 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:16 Reserved
SMI Caused by End of Pass-Through (SMIBYENDPS)—R/WC. This bit indicates if
the event occurred. Note that even if the corresponding enable bit is not set in bit 7,
then this bit will still be active. It is up to the SMM code to use the enable bit to
15
determine the exact cause of the SMI#.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location in any of the controllers.
1 = Event Occurred
14:12 Reserved
SMI Caused by Port 64 Write (TRAPBY64W)—R/WC. This bit indicates if the event
occurred. Note that even if the corresponding enable bit is not set in bit 3, this bit will
still be active. It is up to the SMM code to use the enable bit to determine the exact
11 cause of the SMI#. Note that the A20Gate Pass-Through Logic allows specific port 64h
writes to complete without setting this bit.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location in any of the controllers.
1 = Event Occurred.
SMI Caused by Port 64 Read (TRAPBY64R)—R/WC. This bit indicates if the event
occurred. Note that even if the corresponding enable bit is not set in bit 2, this bit will
still be active. It is up to the SMM code to use the enable bit to determine the exact
10 cause of the SMI#.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location in any of the controllers.
1 = Event Occurred.
SMI Caused by Port 60 Write (TRAPBY60W)—R/WC. This bit indicates if the event
occurred. Note that even if the corresponding enable bit is not set in bit 1, this bit will
still be active. It is up to the SMM code to use the enable bit to determine the exact
9 cause of the SMI#. Note that the A20Gate Pass-Through Logic allows specific port 64h
writes to complete without setting this bit.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location in any of the controllers.
1 = Event Occurred.
SMI Caused by Port 60 Read (TRAPBY60R)—R/WC. This bit indicates if the event
occurred. Note that even if the corresponding enable bit is not set in the bit 0, then this
bit will still be active. It is up to the SMM code to use the enable bit to determine the
8
exact cause of the SMI#.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location in any of the controllers.
1 = Event Occurred.
SMI at End of Pass-Through Enable (SMIATENDPS)—R/W. This bit enables SMI at
the end of a pass-through. This can occur if an SMI is generated in the middle of a
7 pass-through, and needs to be serviced later.
0 = Disable
1 = Enable
Pass Through State (PSTATE)—RO.
0 = If software needs to reset this bit, it should set bit 5 in all of the host controllers to
6 0.
1 = Indicates that the state machine is in the middle of an A20GATE pass-through
sequence.

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Bit Description
A20Gate Pass-Through Enable (A20PASSEN)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
5 1 = Enable. Allows A20GATE sequence Pass-Through function. A specific cycle
sequence involving writes to port 60h and 64h does not result in the setting of the
SMI status bits.
SMI on USB IRQ Enable (USBSMIEN)—R/W.
4 0 = Disable
1 = Enable. USB interrupt will cause an SMI event.
SMI on Port 64 Writes Enable (64WEN)—R/W.
3 0 = Disable
1 = Enable. A 1 in bit 11 will cause an SMI event.
SMI on Port 64 Reads Enable (64REN)—R/W.
2 0 = Disable
1 = Enable. A 1 in bit 10 will cause an SMI event.
SMI on Port 60 Writes Enable (60WEN)—R/W.
1 0 = Disable
1 = Enable. A 1 in bit 9 will cause an SMI event.
SMI on Port 60 Reads Enable (60REN)—R/W.
0 0 = Disable
1 = Enable. A 1 in bit 8 will cause an SMI event.

13.1.29 LGMR—LPC I/F Generic Memory Range Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: 98h–9Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Memory Address[31:16]—R/W. This field specifies a 64 KB memory block anywhere
31:16 in the 4 GB memory space that will be decoded to LPC as standard LPC memory cycle if
enabled.
15:1 Reserved
LPC Memory Range Decode Enable—R/W. When this bit is set to 1, then the range
0
specified in bits 31:16 of this register is enabled for decoding to LPC.

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13.1.30 FWH_SEL1—Firmware Hub Select 1 Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: D0h–D3h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00112233h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description
FWH_F8_IDSEL—RO. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges and one
128-KB memory range. This field is fixed at 0000. The IDSEL programmed in this field
addresses the following memory ranges:
31:28
FFF8 0000h–FFFF FFFFh
FFB8 0000h–FFBF FFFFh
000E 0000h–000F FFFFh
FWH_F0_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges. The
IDSEL programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
27:24
FFF0 0000h–FFF7 FFFFh
FFB0 0000h–FFB7 FFFFh
FWH_E8_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges. The
IDSEL programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
23:20
FFE8 0000h–FFEF FFFFh
FFA8 0000h–FFAF FFFFh
FWH_E0_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges. The
IDSEL programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
19:16
FFE0 0000h–FFE7 FFFFh
FFA0 0000h–FFA7 FFFFh
FWH_D8_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges. The
IDSEL programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
15:12
FFD8 0000h–FFDF FFFFh
FF98 0000h–FF9F FFFFh
FWH_D0_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges. The
IDSEL programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
11:8
FFD0 0000h–FFD7 FFFFh
FF90 0000h–FF97 FFFFh
FWH_C8_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges. The
IDSEL programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
7:4
FFC8 0000h–FFCF FFFFh
FF88 0000h–FF8F FFFFh
FWH_C0_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory ranges. The
IDSEL programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
3:0
FFC0 0000h–FFC7 FFFFh
FF80 0000h–FF87 FFFFh

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13.1.31 FWH_SEL2—Firmware Hub Select 2 Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: D4h–D5h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 4567h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description
FWH_70_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two, 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges. The IDSEL
programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
15:12
FF70 0000h–FF7F FFFFh
FF30 0000h–FF3F FFFFh
FWH_60_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two, 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges. The IDSEL
programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
11:8
FF60 0000h–FF6F FFFFh
FF20 0000h–FF2F FFFFh
FWH_50_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two, 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges. The IDSEL
programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
7:4
FF50 0000h–FF5F FFFFh
FF10 0000h–FF1F FFFFh
FWH_40_IDSEL—R/W. IDSEL for two, 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges. The IDSEL
programmed in this field addresses the following memory ranges:
3:0
FF40 0000h–FF4F FFFFh
FF00 0000h–FF0F FFFFh

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13.1.32 FWH_DEC_EN1—Firmware Hub Decode Enable

Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: D8h–D9h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: FFCFh Size: 16 bits

Bit Description
FWH_F8_EN—RO. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges, and one 128-KB memory range.

15 0 = Disable
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FFF80000h–FFFFFFFFh
FFB80000h–FFBFFFFFh
FWH_F0_EN—R/W. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges.
0 = Disable.
14
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub:
FFF00000h–FFF7FFFFh
FFB00000h–FFB7FFFFh
FWH_E8_EN—R/W. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges.
13 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub:
FFE80000h–FFEFFFFh
FFA80000h–FFAFFFFFh
FWH_E0_EN—R/W. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges.
0 = Disable.
12
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub:
FFE00000h–FFE7FFFFh
FFA00000h–FFA7FFFFh
FWH_D8_EN—R/W. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges.
0 = Disable.
11
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FFD80000h–FFDFFFFFh
FF980000h–FF9FFFFFh
FWH_D0_EN—R/W. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges.

10 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FFD00000h–FFD7FFFFh
FF900000h–FF97FFFFh
FWH_C8_EN—R/W. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges.
0 = Disable.
9
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FFC80000h–FFCFFFFFh
FF880000h–FF8FFFFFh
FWH_C0_EN—R/W. This bit enables decoding two 512-KB Firmware Hub memory
ranges.
0 = Disable.
8
1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FFC00000h–FFC7FFFFh
FF800000h–FF87FFFFh

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Bit Description
FWH_Legacy_F_EN—R/W. This enables the decoding of the legacy 64KB range at
F0000h–FFFFFh.
0 = Disable.
7 1 = Enable the following legacy ranges for the Firmware Hub
F0000h–FFFFFh
NOTE: The decode for the BIOS legacy F segment is enabled only by this bit and is not
affected by the GEN_PMCON_1.iA64_EN bit.
FWH_Legacy_E_EN—R/W. This enables the decoding of the legacy 64KB range at
E0000h–EFFFFh.
0 = Disable.
6 1 = Enable the following legacy ranges for the Firmware Hub
E0000h–EFFFFh
NOTE: The decode for the BIOS legacy E segment is enabled only by this bit and is not
affected by the GEN_PMCON_1.iA64_EN bit.
5:4 Reserved
FWH_70_EN—R/W. Enables decoding two 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges.
0 = Disable.
3 1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FF70 0000h–FF7F FFFFh
FF30 0000h–FF3F FFFFh
FWH_60_EN—R/W. Enables decoding two 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges.
0 = Disable.
2 1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FF60 0000h–FF6F FFFFh
FF20 0000h–FF2F FFFFh
FWH_50_EN—R/W. Enables decoding two 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges.
0 = Disable.
1 1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FF50 0000h–FF5F FFFFh
FF10 0000h–FF1F FFFFh
FWH_40_EN—R/W. Enables decoding two 1-M Firmware Hub memory ranges.
0 = Disable.
0 1 = Enable the following ranges for the Firmware Hub
FF40 0000h–FF4F FFFFh
FF00 0000h–FF0F FFFFh
NOTE: This register effects the BIOS decode regardless of whether the BIOS is resident on LPC or
SPI. The concept of Feature Space does not apply to SPI-based flash. The PCH simply
decodes these ranges as memory accesses when enabled for the SPI flash interface.

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13.1.33 BIOS_CNTL—BIOS Control Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: DCh Attribute: R/WLO, R/W, RO
Default Value: 20h Size: 8 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:6 Reserved
SMM BIOS Write Protect Disable (SMM_BWP)—R/WLO.
This bit set defines when the BIOS region can be written by the host.
5 0 = BIOS region SMM protection is disabled. The BIOS Region is writable regardless if
Processors are in SMM or not. (Set this field to 0 for legacy behavior)
1 = BIOS region SMM protection is enabled. The BIOS Region is not writable unless all
Processors are in SMM.
Top Swap Status (TSS)—RO. This bit provides a read-only path to view the state of
4
the Top Swap bit that is at offset 3414h, bit 0.
SPI Read Configuration (SRC)—R/W. This 2-bit field controls two policies related to
BIOS reads on the SPI interface:
Bit 3- Prefetch Enable
Bit 2- Cache Disable

Settings are summarized below:

p
No prefetching, but caching enabled. 64B demand reads load
00b the read buffer cache with “valid” data, allowing repeated code
3:2 fetches to the same line to complete quickly
No prefetching and no caching. One-to-one correspondence of
01b host BIOS reads to SPI cycles. This value can be used to invalidate
the cache.
Prefetching and Caching enabled. This mode is used for long
10b
sequences of short reads to consecutive addresses (i.e, shadowing).
Reserved. This is an invalid configuration, caching must be
11b
enabled when prefetching is enabled.

BIOS Lock Enable (BLE)—R/WLO.

0 = Setting the BIOSWE will not cause SMIs.
1
1 = Enables setting the BIOSWE bit to cause SMIs. Once set, this bit can only be
cleared by a PLTRST#
BIOS Write Enable (BIOSWE)—R/W.
0 = Only read cycles result in Firmware Hub I/F cycles.
0 1 = Access to the BIOS space is enabled for both read and write cycles. When this bit is
written from a 0 to a 1 and BIOS Lock Enable (BLE) is also set, an SMI# is
generated. This ensures that only SMI code can update BIOS.

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13.1.34 FDCAP—Feature Detection Capability ID

Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: E0h–E1h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0009h Size: 16 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Next Item Pointer (NEXT)—RO. Configuration offset of the next Capability Item. 00h
15:8
indicates the last item in the Capability List.
7:0 Capability ID—RO. Indicates a Vendor Specific Capability

13.1.35 FDLEN—Feature Detection Capability Length

Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: E2h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0Ch Size: 8 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Capability Length—RO. Indicates the length of this Vendor Specific capability, as
7:0
required by PCI Specification.

13.1.36 FDVER—Feature Detection Version

Register (LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: E3h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 10h Size: 8 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Vendor-Specific Capability ID—RO. A value of 1h in this 4-bit field identifies this
7:4 Capability as Feature Detection Type. This field allows software to differentiate the
Feature Detection Capability from other Vendor-Specific capabilities
Capability Version—RO. This field indicates the version of the Feature Detection
3:0
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13.1.37 FDVCT—Feature Vector Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: E4h–EBh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See Description Size: 64 bit
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
63:45 Reserved
Intel® Identity Protection Technology—RO
44 0 = Capable
1 = Disabled
43:14 Reserved
USB* 2.0 Ports 6 and 7—RO
13 0 = Capable
1 = Disabled
12 Reserved
PCI Express* Ports 7and 8—RO
11 0 = Capable
1 = Disabled
10:7 Reserved
SATA Ports 2 and 3—RO
6 0 = Capable
1 = Disabled
SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 Capability—RO
5 0 = Capable
1 = Disabled
4:0 Reserved

13.1.38 RCBA—Root Complex Base Address Register

(LPC I/F—D31:F0)
Offset Address: F0–F3h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bit Description
Base Address (BA)—R/W. Base Address for the root complex register block decode
31:14
range. This address is aligned on a 16-KB boundary.
13:1 Reserved
Enable (EN)—R/W. When set, this bit enables the range specified in BA to be claimed
0
as the Root Complex Register Block.

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13.2 DMA I/O Registers

Table 13-2. DMA Registers (Sheet 1 of 2)

Port Alias Register Name Default Type

00h 10h Channel 0 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
01h 11h Channel 0 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W
02h 12h Channel 1 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
03h 13h Channel 1 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W
04h 14h Channel 2 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
05h 15h Channel 2 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W
06h 16h Channel 3 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
07h 17h Channel 3 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W
Channel 0–3 DMA Command Undefined WO
08h 18h
Channel 0–3 DMA Status Undefined RO
0Ah 1Ah Channel 0–3 DMA Write Single Mask 000001XXb WO
0Bh 1Bh Channel 0–3 DMA Channel Mode 000000XXb WO
0Ch 1Ch Channel 0–3 DMA Clear Byte Pointer Undefined WO
0Dh 1Dh Channel 0–3 DMA Master Clear Undefined WO
0Eh 1Eh Channel 0–3 DMA Clear Mask Undefined WO
0Fh 1Fh Channel 0–3 DMA Write All Mask 0Fh R/W
80h 90h Reserved Page Undefined R/W
81h 91h Channel 2 DMA Memory Low Page Undefined R/W
82h — Channel 3 DMA Memory Low Page Undefined R/W
83h 93h Channel 1 DMA Memory Low Page Undefined R/W
84h–86h 94h–96h Reserved Pages Undefined R/W
87h 97h Channel 0 DMA Memory Low Page Undefined R/W
88h 98h Reserved Page Undefined R/W
89h 99h Channel 6 DMA Memory Low Page Undefined R/W
8Ah 9Ah Channel 7 DMA Memory Low Page Undefined R/W
8Bh 9Bh Channel 5 DMA Memory Low Page Undefined R/W
8Ch–8Eh 9Ch–9Eh Reserved Page Undefined R/W
8Fh 9Fh Refresh Low Page Undefined R/W
C0h C1h Channel 4 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
C2h C3h Channel 4 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W
C4h C5h Channel 5 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
C6h C7h Channel 5 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W
C8h C9h Channel 6 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
CAh CBh Channel 6 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W
CCh CDh Channel 7 DMA Base & Current Address Undefined R/W
CEh CFh Channel 7 DMA Base & Current Count Undefined R/W

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Table 13-2. DMA Registers (Sheet 2 of 2)

Port Alias Register Name Default Type

Channel 4–7 DMA Command Undefined WO

D0h D1h
Channel 4–7 DMA Status Undefined RO
D4h D5h Channel 4–7 DMA Write Single Mask 000001XXb WO
D6h D7h Channel 4–7 DMA Channel Mode 000000XXb WO
D8h D9h Channel 4–7 DMA Clear Byte Pointer Undefined WO
DAh DBh Channel 4–7 DMA Master Clear Undefined WO
DCh DDh Channel 4–7 DMA Clear Mask Undefined WO
DEh DFh Channel 4–7 DMA Write All Mask 0Fh R/W

13.2.1 DMABASE_CA—DMA Base and Current Address Registers

I/O Address: Ch. #0 = 00h; Ch. #1 = 02h Attribute: R/W
Ch. #2 = 04h; Ch. #3 = 06h Size: 16 bit (per channel),
Ch. #5 = C4h Ch. #6 = C8h but accessed in two 8-bit
Ch. #7 = CCh; quantities
Default Value: Undefined
Lockable: No Power Well:Core

Bit Description
Base and Current Address—R/W. This register determines the address for the
transfers to be performed. The address specified points to two separate registers. On
writes, the value is stored in the Base Address register and copied to the Current
Address register. On reads, the value is returned from the Current Address register.
The address increments/decrements in the Current Address register after each transfer,
depending on the mode of the transfer. If the channel is in auto-initialize mode, the
15:0 Current Address register will be reloaded from the Base Address register after a
terminal count is generated.
For transfers to/from a 16-bit slave (channels 5–7), the address is shifted left one bit
location. Bit 15 will be shifted into Bit 16.
The register is accessed in 8 bit quantities. The byte is pointed to by the current byte
pointer flip/flop. Before accessing an address register, the byte pointer flip/flop should
be cleared to ensure that the low byte is accessed first

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13.2.2 DMABASE_CC—DMA Base and Current Count Registers

I/O Address: Ch. #0 = 01h; Ch. #1 = 03h Attribute: R/W
Ch. #2 = 05h; Ch. #3 = 07h Size: 16-bit (per channel),
Ch. #5 = C6h; Ch. #6 = CAh but accessed in two 8-bit
Ch. #7 = CEh; quantities
Default Value: Undefined
Lockable: No Power Well:Core

Bit Description
Base and Current Count—R/W. This register determines the number of transfers to
be performed. The address specified points to two separate registers. On writes, the
value is stored in the Base Count register and copied to the Current Count register. On
reads, the value is returned from the Current Count register.
The actual number of transfers is one more than the number programmed in the Base
Count Register (that is, programming a count of 4h results in 5 transfers). The count is
decrements in the Current Count register after each transfer. When the value in the
register rolls from 0 to FFFFh, a terminal count is generated. If the channel is in auto-
15:0
initialize mode, the Current Count register will be reloaded from the Base Count
register after a terminal count is generated.
For transfers to/from an 8-bit slave (channels 0–3), the count register indicates the
number of bytes to be transferred. For transfers to/from a 16-bit slave (channels 5–7),
the count register indicates the number of words to be transferred.
The register is accessed in 8 bit quantities. The byte is pointed to by the current byte
pointer flip/flop. Before accessing a count register, the byte pointer flip/flop should be
cleared to ensure that the low byte is accessed first.

13.2.3 DMAMEM_LP—DMA Memory Low Page Registers

I/O Address: Ch. #0 = 87h; Ch. #1 = 83h
Ch. #2 = 81h; Ch. #3 = 82h
Ch. #5 = 8Bh; Ch. #6 = 89h
Ch. #7 = 8Ah; Attribute: R/W
Default Value: Undefined Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
DMA Low Page (ISA Address bits [23:16])—R/W. This register works in conjunction
with the DMA controller's Current Address Register to define the complete 24-bit
7:0 address for the DMA channel. This register remains static throughout the DMA transfer.
Bit 16 of this register is ignored when in 16 bit I/O count by words mode as it is
replaced by the bit 15 shifted out from the current address register.

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13.2.4 DMACMD—DMA Command Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 08h;
Ch. #4–7 = D0h Attribute: WO
Default Value: Undefined Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:5 Reserved. Must be 0.
DMA Group Arbitration Priority—WO. Each channel group is individually assigned
either fixed or rotating arbitration priority. At part reset, each group is initialized in
4 fixed priority.
0 = Fixed priority to the channel group
1 = Rotating priority to the group.
3 Reserved. Must be 0.
DMA Channel Group Enable—WO. Both channel groups are enabled following part
reset.
2 0 = Enable the DMA channel group.
1 = Disable. Disabling channel group 4–7 also disables channel group 0–3, which is
cascaded through channel 4.
1:0 Reserved. Must be 0.

13.2.5 DMASTA—DMA Status Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 08h;
Ch. #4–7 = D0h Attribute: RO
Default Value: Undefined Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Channel Request Status—RO. When a valid DMA request is pending for a channel,
the corresponding bit is set to 1. When a DMA request is not pending for a particular
channel, the corresponding bit is set to 0. The source of the DREQ may be hardware or
a software request. Note that channel 4 is the cascade channel, so the request status of
7:4 channel 4 is a logical OR of the request status for channels 0 through 3.
4 = Channel 0
5 = Channel 1 (5)
6 = Channel 2 (6)
7 = Channel 3 (7)
Channel Terminal Count Status—RO. When a channel reaches terminal count (TC),
its status bit is set to 1. If TC has not been reached, the status bit is set to 0. Channel 4
is programmed for cascade, so the TC bit response for channel 4 is irrelevant:
3:0 0 = Channel 0
1 = Channel 1 (5)
2 = Channel 2 (6)
3 = Channel 3 (7)

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13.2.6 DMA_WRSMSK—DMA Write Single Mask Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 0Ah;
Ch. #4–7 = D4h Attribute: WO
Default Value: 0000 01xx Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:3 Reserved. Must be 0.
Channel Mask Select—WO.
0 = Enable DREQ for the selected channel. The channel is selected through bits [1:0].
2
Therefore, only one channel can be masked / unmasked at a time.
1 = Disable DREQ for the selected channel.
DMA Channel Select—WO. These bits select the DMA Channel Mode Register to
program.
00 = Channel 0 (4)
1:0
01 = Channel 1 (5)
10 = Channel 2 (6)
11 = Channel 3 (7)

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13.2.7 DMACH_MODE—DMA Channel Mode Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 0Bh;
Ch. #4–7 = D6h Attribute: WO
Default Value: 0000 00xx Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
DMA Transfer Mode—WO. Each DMA channel can be programmed in one of four
different modes:
00 = Demand mode
7:6
01 = Single mode
10 = Reserved
11 = Cascade mode
Address Increment/Decrement Select—WO. This bit controls address increment/
decrement during DMA transfers.
5
0 = Address increment. (default after part reset or Master Clear)
1 = Address decrement.
Autoinitialize Enable—WO.
0 = Autoinitialize feature is disabled and DMA transfers terminate on a terminal count.
4 A part reset or Master Clear disables autoinitialization.
1 = DMA restores the Base Address and Count registers to the current registers
following a terminal count (TC).
DMA Transfer Type—WO. These bits represent the direction of the DMA transfer.
When the channel is programmed for cascade mode, (bits[7:6] = 11) the transfer type
is irrelevant.
3:2 00 = Verify – No I/O or memory strobes generated
01 = Write – Data transferred from the I/O devices to memory
10 = Read – Data transferred from memory to the I/O device
11 = Invalid
DMA Channel Select—WO. These bits select the DMA Channel Mode Register that will
be written by bits [7:2].
00 = Channel 0 (4)
1:0
01 = Channel 1 (5)
10 = Channel 2 (6)
11 = Channel 3 (7)

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13.2.8 DMA Clear Byte Pointer Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 0Ch;
Ch. #4–7 = D8h Attribute: WO
Default Value: xxxx xxxx Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Clear Byte Pointer—WO. No specific pattern. Command enabled with a write to the I/
O port address. Writing to this register initializes the byte pointer flip/flop to a known
state. It clears the internal latch used to address the upper or lower byte of the 16-bit
7:0 Address and Word Count Registers. The latch is also cleared by part reset and by the
Master Clear command. This command precedes the first access to a 16-bit DMA
controller register. The first access to a 16-bit register will then access the significant
byte, and the second access automatically accesses the most significant byte.

13.2.9 DMA Master Clear Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 0Dh;
Ch. #4–7 = DAh Attribute: WO
Default Value: xxxx xxxx Size: 8-bit

Bit Description
Master Clear—WO. No specific pattern. Enabled with a write to the port. This has the
7:0 same effect as the hardware Reset. The Command, Status, Request, and Byte Pointer
flip/flop registers are cleared and the Mask Register is set.

13.2.10 DMA_CLMSK—DMA Clear Mask Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 0Eh;
Ch. #4–7 = DCh Attribute: WO
Default Value: xxxx xxxx Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Clear Mask Register—WO. No specific pattern. Command enabled with a write to the
7:0
port.

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13.2.11 DMA_WRMSK—DMA Write All Mask Register

I/O Address: Ch. #0–3 = 0Fh;
Ch. #4–7 = DEh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000 1111 Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:4 Reserved. Must be 0.
Channel Mask Bits—R/W. This register permits all four channels to be simultaneously
enabled/disabled instead of enabling/disabling each channel individually, as is the case
with the Mask Register – Write Single Mask Bit. In addition, this register has a read
path to allow the status of the channel mask bits to be read. A channel's mask bit is
automatically set to 1 when the Current Byte/Word Count Register reaches terminal
count (unless the channel is in auto-initialization mode).
Setting the bit(s) to a 1 disables the corresponding DREQ(s). Setting the bit(s) to a 0
enables the corresponding DREQ(s). Bits [3:0] are set to 1 upon part reset or Master
3:0 Clear. When read, bits [3:0] indicate the DMA channel [3:0] ([7:4]) mask status.
Bit 0 = Channel 0 (4)1 = Masked, 0 = Not Masked
Bit 1 = Channel 1 (5)1 = Masked, 0 = Not Masked
Bit 2 = Channel 2 (6)1 = Masked, 0 = Not Masked
Bit 3 = Channel 3 (7)1 = Masked, 0 = Not Masked

NOTE: Disabling channel 4 also disables channels 0–3 due to the cascade of channels
0–3 through channel 4.

13.3 Timer I/O Registers

Port Aliases Register Name Default Value Type

Counter 0 Interval Time Status Byte Format 0XXXXXXXb RO
40h 50h
Counter 0 Counter Access Port Undefined R/W
Counter 1 Interval Time Status Byte Format 0XXXXXXXb RO
41h 51h
Counter 1 Counter Access Port Undefined R/W
Counter 2 Interval Time Status Byte Format 0XXXXXXXb RO
42h 52h
Counter 2 Counter Access Port Undefined R/W
Timer Control Word Undefined WO
43h 53h Timer Control Word Register XXXXXXX0b WO
Counter Latch Command X0h WO

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13.3.1 TCW—Timer Control Word Register

I/O Address: 43h Attribute: WO
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 8 bits

This register is programmed prior to any counter being accessed to specify counter
modes. Following part reset, the control words for each register are undefined and each
counter output is 0. Each timer must be programmed to bring it into a known state.

Bit Description
Counter Select—WO. The Counter Selection bits select the counter the control word
acts upon as shown below. The Read Back Command is selected when bits[7:6] are
both 1.
7:6 00 = Counter 0 select
01 = Counter 1 select
10 = Counter 2 select
11 = Read Back Command
Read/Write Select—WO. These bits are the read/write control bits. The actual
counter programming is done through the counter port (40h for counter 0, 41h for
counter 1, and 42h for counter 2).
5:4 00 = Counter Latch Command
01 = Read/Write Least Significant Byte (LSB)
10 = Read/Write Most Significant Byte (MSB)
11 = Read/Write LSB then MSB
Counter Mode Selection—WO. These bits select one of six possible modes of
operation for the selected counter.

000b Mode 0 Out signal on end of count (=0)

Mode 1 Hardware retriggerable one-
001b
shot
Mode 2 Rate generator (divide by n
3:1 x10b
counter)
x11b Mode 3 Square wave output
100b Mode 4 Software triggered strobe
101b Mode 5 Hardware triggered strobe

Binary/BCD Countdown Select—WO.

0 0 = Binary countdown is used. The largest possible binary count is 216
1 = Binary coded decimal (BCD) count is used. The largest possible BCD count is 104

There are two special commands that can be issued to the counters through this
register, the Read Back Command and the Counter Latch Command. When these
commands are chosen, several bits within this register are redefined. These register
formats are described below:

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RDBK_CMD—Read Back Command

The Read Back Command is used to determine the count value, programmed mode,
and current states of the OUT pin and Null count flag of the selected counter or
counters. Status and/or count may be latched in any or all of the counters by selecting
the counter during the register write. The count and status remain latched until read,
and further latch commands are ignored until the count is read. Both count and status
of the selected counters may be latched simultaneously by setting both bit 5 and bit 4
to 0. If both are latched, the first read operation from that counter returns the latched
status. The next one or two reads, depending on whether the counter is programmed
for one or two byte counts, returns the latched count. Subsequent reads return an
unlatched count.

Bit Description
7:6 Read Back Command. Must be 11 to select the Read Back Command
Latch Count of Selected Counters.
5 0 = Current count value of the selected counters will be latched
1 = Current count will not be latched
Latch Status of Selected Counters.
4 0 = Status of the selected counters will be latched
1 = Status will not be latched
Counter 2 Select.
3
1 = Counter 2 count and/or status will be latched
Counter 1 Select.
2
1 = Counter 1 count and/or status will be latched
Counter 0 Select.
1
1 = Counter 0 count and/or status will be latched.
0 Reserved. Must be 0.

LTCH_CMD—Counter Latch Command

The Counter Latch Command latches the current count value. This command is used to
insure that the count read from the counter is accurate. The count value is then read
from each counter's count register through the Counter Ports Access Ports Register
(40h for counter 0, 41h for counter 1, and 42h for counter 2). The count must be read
according to the programmed format; that is, if the counter is programmed for two
byte counts, two bytes must be read. The two bytes do not have to be read one right
after the other (read, write, or programming operations for other counters may be
inserted between the reads). If a counter is latched once and then latched again before
the count is read, the second Counter Latch Command is ignored.

Bit Description
Counter Selection. These bits select the counter for latching. If “11” is written, then
the write is interpreted as a read back command.
7:6 00 = Counter 0
01 = Counter 1
10 = Counter 2
Counter Latch Command.
5:4
00 = Selects the Counter Latch Command.
3:0 Reserved. Must be 0.

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13.3.2 SBYTE_FMT—Interval Timer Status Byte Format Register

I/O Address: Counter 0 = 40h,
Counter 1 = 41h, Attribute: RO
Counter 2 = 42h Size: 8 bits per counter
Default Value: Bits[6:0] undefined, Bit 7=0

Each counter's status byte can be read following a Read Back Command. If latch status
is chosen (bit 4=0, Read Back Command) as a read back option for a given counter, the
next read from the counter's Counter Access Ports Register (40h for counter 0, 41h for
counter 1, and 42h for counter 2) returns the status byte. The status byte returns the
following:

Bit Description
Counter OUT Pin State—RO.
7 0 = OUT pin of the counter is also a 0
1 = OUT pin of the counter is also a 1
Count Register Status—RO. This bit indicates when the last count written to the
Count Register (CR) has been loaded into the counting element (CE). The exact time
this happens depends on the counter mode, but until the count is loaded into the
6 counting element (CE), the count value will be incorrect.
0 = Count has been transferred from CR to CE and is available for reading.
1 = Null Count. Count has not been transferred from CR to CE and is not yet available
for reading.
Read/Write Selection Status—RO. These reflect the read/write selection made
through bits[5:4] of the control register. The binary codes returned during the status
read match the codes used to program the counter read/write selection.
5:4 00 = Counter Latch Command
01 = Read/Write Least Significant Byte (LSB)
10 = Read/Write Most Significant Byte (MSB)
11 = Read/Write LSB then MSB
Mode Selection Status—RO. These bits return the counter mode programming. The
binary code returned matches the code used to program the counter mode, as listed
under the bit function above.
000 = Mode 0—Out signal on end of count (=0)
3:1 001 = Mode 1—Hardware retriggerable one-shot
x10 = Mode 2—Rate generator (divide by n counter)
x11 = Mode 3—Square wave output
100 = Mode 4—Software triggered strobe
101 = Mode 5—Hardware triggered strobe
Countdown Type Status—RO. This bit reflects the current countdown type.
0 0 = Binary countdown
1 = Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) countdown.

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13.3.3 Counter Access Ports Register

I/O Address: Counter 0 – 40h,
Counter 1 – 41h, Attribute: R/W
Counter 2 – 42h
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 8 bit

Bit Description
Counter Port—R/W. Each counter port address is used to program the 16-bit Count
Register. The order of programming, either LSB only, MSB only, or LSB then MSB, is
7:0 defined with the Interval Counter Control Register at port 43h. The counter port is also
used to read the current count from the Count Register, and return the status of the
counter programming following a Read Back Command.

13.4 8259 Interrupt Controller (PIC) Registers

13.4.1 Interrupt Controller I/O MAP
The interrupt controller registers are located at 20h and 21h for the master controller
(IRQ 0–7), and at A0h and A1h for the slave controller (IRQ 8–13). These registers
have multiple functions, depending upon the data written to them. Table 13-3 shows
the different register possibilities for each address.

Table 13-3. PIC Registers

Default
Port Aliases Register Name Type
Value

24h, 28h, Master PIC ICW1 Init. Cmd Word 1 Undefined WO

20h 2Ch, 30h, Master PIC OCW2 Op Ctrl Word 2 001XXXXXb WO
34h, 38h, 3Ch Master PIC OCW3 Op Ctrl Word 3 X01XXX10b WO
Master PIC ICW2 Init. Cmd Word 2 Undefined WO
25h, 29h,
2Dh, 31h, Master PIC ICW3 Init. Cmd Word 3 Undefined WO
21h
35h, 39h, Master PIC ICW4 Init. Cmd Word 4 01h WO
3Dh
Master PIC OCW1 Op Ctrl Word 1 00h R/W
A4h, A8h, Slave PIC ICW1 Init. Cmd Word 1 Undefined WO
ACh, B0h, Slave PIC OCW2 Op Ctrl Word 2 001XXXXXb WO
A0h
B4h, B8h,
BCh Slave PIC OCW3 Op Ctrl Word 3 X01XXX10b WO

Slave PIC ICW2 Init. Cmd Word 2 Undefined WO

A5h, A9h,
ADh, B1h, Slave PIC ICW3 Init. Cmd Word 3 Undefined WO
A1h
B5h, B9h, Slave PIC ICW4 Init. Cmd Word 4 01h WO
BDh
Slave PIC OCW1 Op Ctrl Word 1 00h R/W
4D0h – Master PIC Edge/Level Triggered 00h R/W
4D1h – Slave PIC Edge/Level Triggered 00h R/W

Note: See note addressing active-low interrupt sources in 8259 Interrupt Controllers section
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13.4.2 ICW1—Initialization Command Word 1 Register

Offset Address: Master Controller – 20h Attribute: WO
Slave Controller – A0h Size: 8 bit /controller
Default Value: All bits undefined

A write to Initialization Command Word 1 starts the interrupt controller initialization

sequence, during which the following occurs:
1. The Interrupt Mask register is cleared.
2. IRQ7 input is assigned priority 7.
3. The slave mode address is set to 7.
4. Special mask mode is cleared and Status Read is set to IRR.

Once this write occurs, the controller expects writes to ICW2, ICW3, and ICW4 to
complete the initialization sequence.

Bit Description
ICW/OCW Select—WO. These bits are MCS-85 specific, and not needed.
7:5
000 = Should be programmed to “000”
ICW/OCW Select—WO.
4 1 = This bit must be a 1 to select ICW1 and enable the ICW2, ICW3, and ICW4
sequence.
Edge/Level Bank Select (LTIM)—WO. Disabled. Replaced by the edge/level
3
triggered control registers (ELCR, D31:F0:4D0h, D31:F0:4D1h).
ADI—WO.
2
0 = Ignored for the PCH. Should be programmed to 0.
Single or Cascade (SNGL)—WO.
1
0 = Must be programmed to a 0 to indicate two controllers operating in cascade mode.
ICW4 Write Required (IC4)—WO.
0 1 = This bit must be programmed to a 1 to indicate that ICW4 needs to be
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13.4.3 ICW2—Initialization Command Word 2 Register

Offset Address: Master Controller – 21h Attribute: WO
Slave Controller – A1h Size: 8 bit /controller
Default Value: All bits undefined

ICW2 is used to initialize the interrupt controller with the five most significant bits of
the interrupt vector address. The value programmed for bits[7:3] is used by the
processor to define the base address in the interrupt vector table for the interrupt
routines associated with each IRQ on the controller. Typical ISA ICW2 values are 08h
for the master controller and 70h for the slave controller.

Bit Description
Interrupt Vector Base Address—WO. Bits [7:3] define the base address in the
7:3 interrupt vector table for the interrupt routines associated with each interrupt request
level input.
Interrupt Request Level—WO. When writing ICW2, these bits should all be 0. During
an interrupt acknowledge cycle, these bits are programmed by the interrupt controller
with the interrupt to be serviced. This is combined with bits [7:3] to form the interrupt
vector driven onto the data bus during the second INTA# cycle. The code is a three bit
binary code:

000b IRQ0 IRQ8

001b IRQ1 IRQ9
2:0
010b IRQ2 IRQ10
011b IRQ3 IRQ11
100b IRQ4 IRQ12
101b IRQ5 IRQ13
110b IRQ6 IRQ14
111b IRQ7 IRQ15

13.4.4 ICW3—Master Controller Initialization Command

Word 3 Register
Offset Address: 21h Attribute: WO
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
7:3 0 = These bits must be programmed to 0.
Cascaded Interrupt Controller IRQ Connection—WO. This bit indicates that the
slave controller is cascaded on IRQ2. When IRQ8#–IRQ15 is asserted, it goes through
the slave controller’s priority resolver. The slave controller’s INTR output onto IRQ2.
2 IRQ2 then goes through the master controller’s priority solver. If it wins, the INTR
signal is asserted to the processor, and the returning interrupt acknowledge returns the
interrupt vector for the slave controller.
1 = This bit must always be programmed to a 1.
1:0 0 = These bits must be programmed to 0.

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13.4.5 ICW3—Slave Controller Initialization Command

Word 3 Register
Offset Address: A1h Attribute: WO
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 8 bits

Bit Description
7:3 0 = These bits must be programmed to 0.
Slave Identification Code—WO. These bits are compared against the slave
identification code broadcast by the master controller from the trailing edge of the first
internal INTA# pulse to the trailing edge of the second internal INTA# pulse. These bits
2:0
must be programmed to 02h to match the code broadcast by the master controller.
When 02h is broadcast by the master controller during the INTA# sequence, the slave
controller assumes responsibility for broadcasting the interrupt vector.

13.4.6 ICW4—Initialization Command Word 4 Register

Offset Address: Master Controller – 021h Attribute: WO
Slave Controller – 0A1h Size: 8 bits
Default Value: 01h

Bit Description
7:5 0 = These bits must be programmed to 0.
Special Fully Nested Mode (SFNM)—WO.
4 0 = Should normally be disabled by writing a 0 to this bit.
1 = Special fully nested mode is programmed.
Buffered Mode (BUF)—WO.
3
0 = Must be programmed to 0 for the PCH. This is non-buffered mode.
Master/Slave in Buffered Mode—WO. Not used.
2
0 = Should always be programmed to 0.
Automatic End of Interrupt (AEOI)—WO.
1 0 = This bit should normally be programmed to 0. This is the normal end of interrupt.
1 = Automatic End of Interrupt (AEOI) mode is programmed.
Microprocessor Mode—WO.
0 1 = Must be programmed to 1 to indicate that the controller is operating in an Intel
Architecture-based system.

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13.4.7 OCW1—Operational Control Word 1 (Interrupt Mask)

Register
Offset Address: Master Controller – 021h Attribute: R/W
Slave Controller – 0A1h Size: 8 bits
Default Value: 00h

Bit Description
Interrupt Request Mask—R/W. When a 1 is written to any bit in this register, the
corresponding IRQ line is masked. When a 0 is written to any bit in this register, the
7:0 corresponding IRQ mask bit is cleared, and interrupt requests will again be accepted by
the controller. Masking IRQ2 on the master controller will also mask the interrupt
requests from the slave controller.

13.4.8 OCW2—Operational Control Word 2 Register

Offset Address: Master Controller – 020h Attribute: WO
Slave Controller – 0A0h Size: 8 bits
Default Value: Bit[4:0]=undefined, Bit[7:5]=001

Following a part reset or ICW initialization, the controller enters the fully nested mode
of operation. Non-specific EOI without rotation is the default. Both rotation mode and
specific EOI mode are disabled following initialization.

Bit Description
Rotate and EOI Codes (R, SL, EOI)—WO. These three bits control the Rotate and End
of Interrupt modes and combinations of the two.
000 = Rotate in Auto EOI Mode (Clear)
001 = Non-specific EOI command
010 = No Operation
7:5 011 = *Specific EOI Command
100 = Rotate in Auto EOI Mode (Set)
101 = Rotate on Non-Specific EOI Command
110 = *Set Priority Command
111 = *Rotate on Specific EOI Command
*L0 – L2 Are Used
4:3 OCW2 Select—WO. When selecting OCW2, bits 4:3 = 00
Interrupt Level Select (L2, L1, L0)—WO. L2, L1, and L0 determine the interrupt level
acted upon when the SL bit is active. A simple binary code, outlined below, selects the
channel for the command to act upon. When the SL bit is inactive, these bits do not
have a defined function; programming L2, L1 and L0 to 0 is sufficient in this case.

000b IRQ0/8 000b IRQ4/12

2:0
001b IRQ1/9 001b IRQ5/13
010b IRQ2/10 010b IRQ6/14
011b IRQ3/11 011b IRQ7/15

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13.4.9 OCW3—Operational Control Word 3 Register

Offset Address: Master Controller – 020h Attribute:WO
Slave Controller – 0A0h Size: 8 bits
Default Value: Bit[6,0]=0, Bit[7,4:2]=undefined,
Bit[5,1]=1

Bit Description
7 Reserved. Must be 0.
Special Mask Mode (SMM)—WO.
1 = The Special Mask Mode can be used by an interrupt service routine to dynamically
6 alter the system priority structure while the routine is executing, through selective
enabling/disabling of the other channel's mask bits. Bit 5, the ESMM bit, must be
set for this bit to have any meaning.
Enable Special Mask Mode (ESMM)—WO.
5 0 = Disable. The SMM bit becomes a “don't care”.
1 = Enable the SMM bit to set or reset the Special Mask Mode.
4:3 OCW3 Select—WO. When selecting OCW3, bits 4:3 = 01
Poll Mode Command—WO.
0 = Disable. Poll Command is not issued.
2 1 = Enable. The next I/O read to the interrupt controller is treated as an interrupt
acknowledge cycle. An encoded byte is driven onto the data bus, representing the
highest priority level requesting service.
Register Read Command—WO. These bits provide control for reading the In-Service
Register (ISR) and the Interrupt Request Register (IRR). When bit 1=0, bit 0 will not
affect the register read selection. When bit 1=1, bit 0 selects the register status
returned following an OCW3 read. If bit 0=0, the IRR will be read. If bit 0=1, the ISR
will be read. Following ICW initialization, the default OCW3 port address read will be
“read IRR”. To retain the current selection (read ISR or read IRR), always write a 0 to
1:0 bit 1 when programming this register. The selected register can be read repeatedly
without reprogramming OCW3. To select a new status register, OCW3 must be
reprogrammed prior to attempting the read.
00 = No Action
01 = No Action
10 = Read IRQ Register
11 = Read IS Register

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13.4.10 ELCR1—Master Controller Edge/Level Triggered Register

Offset Address: 4D0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

In edge mode, (bit[x] = 0), the interrupt is recognized by a low to high transition. In
level mode (bit[x] = 1), the interrupt is recognized by a high level. The cascade
channel, IRQ2, the heart beat timer (IRQ0), and the keyboard controller (IRQ1),
cannot be put into level mode.

Bit Description
IRQ7 ECL—R/W.
7 0 = Edge.
1 = Level.
IRQ6 ECL—R/W.
6 0 = Edge.
1 = Level.
IRQ5 ECL—R/W.
5 0 = Edge.
1 = Level.
IRQ4 ECL—R/W.
4 0 = Edge.
1 = Level.
IRQ3 ECL—R/W.
3 0 = Edge.
1 = Level.
2:0 Reserved. Must be 0.

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13.4.11 ELCR2—Slave Controller Edge/Level Triggered Register

Offset Address: 4D1h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

In edge mode, (bit[x] = 0), the interrupt is recognized by a low to high transition. In
level mode (bit[x] = 1), the interrupt is recognized by a high level. The real time clock,
IRQ8#, and the floating point error interrupt, IRQ13, cannot be programmed for level
mode.

Bit Description
IRQ15 ECL—R/W.
7 0 = Edge
1 = Level
IRQ14 ECL—R/W.
6 0 = Edge
1 = Level
5 Reserved. Must be 0.
IRQ12 ECL—R/W.
4 0 = Edge
1 = Level
IRQ11 ECL—R/W.
3 0 = Edge
1 = Level
IRQ10 ECL—R/W.
2 0 = Edge
1 = Level
IRQ9 ECL—R/W.
1 0 = Edge
1 = Level
0 Reserved. Must be 0.

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13.5 Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

(APIC)
13.5.1 APIC Register Map
The APIC is accessed using an indirect addressing scheme. Two registers are visible by
software for manipulation of most of the APIC registers. These registers are mapped
into memory space. The address bits 19:12 of the address range are programmable
through bits 7:0 of OIC register (Chipset Config Registers:Offset 31FEh) The registers
are shown in Table 13-4.

Table 13-4. APIC Direct Registers

Address Mnemonic Register Name Size Type

FEC_ _0000h IND Index 8 bits R/W

FEC_ _0010h DAT Data 32 bits R/W
FEC_ _0040h EOIR EOI 32 bits WO

Table 13-5 lists the registers which can be accessed within the APIC using the Index
Register. When accessing these registers, accesses must be done one DWord at a time.
For example, software should never access byte 2 from the Data register before
accessing bytes 0 and 1. The hardware will not attempt to recover from a bad
programming model in this case.

Table 13-5. APIC Indirect Registers

Index Mnemonic Register Name Size Type

00 ID Identification 32 bits R/W

01 VER Version 32 bits RO
02–0F — Reserved — RO
10–11 REDIR_TBL0 Redirection Table 0 64 bits R/W, RO
12–13 REDIR_TBL1 Redirection Table 1 64 bits R/W, RO
... ... ... ... ...
3E–3F REDIR_TBL23 Redirection Table 23 64 bits R/W, RO
40–FF — Reserved — RO

13.5.2 IND—Index Register

Memory Address FEC_ _0000h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

The Index Register will select which APIC indirect register to be manipulated by
software. The selector values for the indirect registers are listed in Table 13-5. Software
will program this register to select the desired APIC internal register
.

Bit Description
7:0 APIC Index—R/W. This is an 8-bit pointer into the I/O APIC register table.

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13.5.3 DAT—Data Register

Memory Address FEC_ _0000h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This is a 32-bit register specifying the data to be read or written to the register pointed
to by the Index register. This register can only be accessed in DWord quantities.

Bit Description
APIC Data—R/W. This is a 32-bit register for the data to be read or written to the APIC
7:0 indirect register (Figure 13-5) pointed to by the Index register (Memory Address
FEC0_0000h).

13.5.4 EOIR—EOI Register

Memory Address FEC_ _0000h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: N/A Size: 32 bits

The EOI register is present to provide a mechanism to maintain the level triggered
semantics for level-triggered interrupts issued on the parallel bus.

When a write is issued to this register, the I/O APIC will check the lower 8 bits written
to this register, and compare it with the vector field for each entry in the I/O
Redirection Table. When a match is found, the Remote_IRR bit (Index Offset 10h, bit
14) for that I/O Redirection Entry will be cleared.

Note: If multiple I/O Redirection entries, for any reason, assign the same vector for more
than one interrupt input, each of those entries will have the Remote_IRR bit reset to 0.
The interrupt, which was prematurely reset, will not be lost because if its input
remained active when the Remote_IRR bit was cleared, the interrupt will be reissued
and serviced at a later time. Note that only bits 7:0 are actually used. Bits 31:8 are
ignored by the PCH.

Note: To provide for future expansion, the processor should always write a value of 0 to Bits
31:8.

Bit Description
Reserved. To provide for future expansion, the processor should always write a value of
31:8
0 to Bits 31:8.
Redirection Entry Clear—WO. When a write is issued to this register, the I/O APIC will
check this field, and compare it with the vector field for each entry in the I/O
7:0
Redirection Table. When a match is found, the Remote_IRR bit for that I/O Redirection
Entry will be cleared.

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13.5.5 ID—Identification Register

Index Offset: 00h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

The APIC ID serves as a physical name of the APIC. The APIC bus arbitration ID for the
APIC is derived from its I/O APIC ID. This register is reset to 0 on power-up reset.

Bit Description
31:28 Reserved
27:24 APIC ID—R/W. Software must program this value before using the APIC.
23:16 Reserved
15 Scratchpad Bit.
14:0 Reserved

13.5.6 VER—Version Register

Index Offset: 01h Attribute: RO, RWO
Default Value: 00170020h Size: 32 bits

Each I/O APIC contains a hardwired Version Register that identifies different
implementation of APIC and their versions. The maximum redirection entry information
also is in this register, to let software know how many interrupt are supported by this
APIC.

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Maximum Redirection Entries (MRE)—RWO. This is the entry number (0 being the
lowest entry) of the highest entry in the redirection table. It is equal to the number of
interrupt input pins minus one and is in the range 0 through 239. In the PCH this field
23:16 is hardwired to 17h to indicate 24 interrupts.
BIOS must write to this field after PLTRST# to lockdown the value. this allows BIOS to
use some of the entries for its own purpose and thus advertising fewer IOxAPIC
Redirection Entries to the OS.
Pin Assertion Register Supported (PRQ)—RO. Indicate that the IOxAPIC does not
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implement the Pin Assertion Register.
14:8 Reserved
Version (VS)—RO. This is a version number that identifies the implementation
7:0
version.

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13.5.7 REDIR_TBL—Redirection Table

Index Offset: 10h–11h (vector 0) through Attribute:R/W, RO
3E–3Fh (vector 23)
Default Value: Bit 16 = 1. All other bits undefined Size: 64 bits each, (accessed
as two 32 bit quantities)

The Redirection Table has a dedicated entry for each interrupt input pin. The
information in the Redirection Table is used to translate the interrupt manifestation on
the corresponding interrupt pin into an APIC message.

The APIC will respond to an edge triggered interrupt as long as the interrupt is held
until after the acknowledge cycle has begun. Once the interrupt is detected, a delivery
status bit internally to the I/O APIC is set. The state machine will step ahead and wait
for an acknowledgment from the APIC unit that the interrupt message was sent. Only
then will the I/O APIC be able to recognize a new edge on that interrupt pin. That new
edge will only result in a new invocation of the handler if its acceptance by the
destination APIC causes the Interrupt Request Register bit to go from 0 to 1.
(In other words, if the interrupt was not already pending at the destination.)

Bit Description
Destination—R/W. If bit 11 of this entry is 0 (Physical), then bits 59:56 specifies an
APIC ID. In this case, bits 63:59 should be programmed by software to 0.
63:56
If bit 11 of this entry is 1 (Logical), then bits 63:56 specify the logical destination
address of a set of processors.
Extended Destination ID (EDID)—RO. These bits are sent to a local APIC only when
55:48
in Processor System Bus mode. They become bits 11:4 of the address.
47:17 Reserved
Mask—R/W.
0 = Not masked: An edge or level on this interrupt pin results in the delivery of the
interrupt to the destination.
1 = Masked: Interrupts are not delivered nor held pending. Setting this bit after the
16 interrupt is accepted by a local APIC has no effect on that interrupt. This behavior
is identical to the device withdrawing the interrupt before it is posted to the
processor. It is software's responsibility to deal with the case where the mask bit is
set after the interrupt message has been accepted by a local APIC unit but before
the interrupt is dispensed to the processor.
Trigger Mode—R/W. This field indicates the type of signal on the interrupt pin that
triggers an interrupt.
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0 = Edge triggered.
1 = Level triggered.
Remote IRR—R/W. This bit is used for level triggered interrupts; its meaning is
undefined for edge triggered interrupts.
14
0 = Reset when an EOI message is received from a local APIC.
1 = Set when Local APIC/s accept the level interrupt sent by the I/O APIC.
Interrupt Input Pin Polarity—R/W. This bit specifies the polarity of each interrupt
signal connected to the interrupt pins.
13
0 = Active high.
1 = Active low.
Delivery Status—RO. This field contains the current status of the delivery of this
interrupt. Writes to this bit have no effect.
12
0 = Idle. No activity for this interrupt.
1 = Pending. Interrupt has been injected, but delivery is not complete.

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Bit Description
Destination Mode—R/W. This field determines the interpretation of the Destination
field.
0 = Physical. Destination APIC ID is identified by bits 59:56.
11
1 = Logical. Destinations are identified by matching bit 63:56 with the Logical
Destination in the Destination Format Register and Logical Destination Register in
each Local APIC.
Delivery Mode—R/W. This field specifies how the APICs listed in the destination field
should act upon reception of this signal. Certain Delivery Modes will only operate as
10:8
intended when used in conjunction with a specific trigger mode. These encodings are
listed in the note below:
Vector—R/W. This field contains the interrupt vector for this interrupt. Values range
7:0
between 10h and FEh.
NOTE: Delivery Mode encoding:
000 = Fixed. Deliver the signal on the INTR signal of all processor cores listed in the destination.
Trigger Mode can be edge or level.
001 = Lowest Priority. Deliver the signal on the INTR signal of the processor core that is
executing at the lowest priority among all the processors listed in the specified
destination. Trigger Mode can be edge or level.
010 = SMI (System Management Interrupt). Requires the interrupt to be programmed as edge
triggered. The vector information is ignored but must be programmed to all 0s for future
compatibility: not supported
011 = Reserved
100 = NMI. Deliver the signal on the NMI signal of all processor cores listed in the destination.
Vector information is ignored. NMI is treated as an edge triggered interrupt even if it is
programmed as level triggered. For proper operation this redirection table entry must be
programmed to edge triggered. The NMI delivery mode does not set the RIRR bit. If the
redirection table is incorrectly set to level, the loop count will continue counting through
the redirection table addresses. Once the count for the NMI pin is reached again, the
interrupt will be sent again: not supported
101 = INIT. Deliver the signal to all processor cores listed in the destination by asserting the
INIT signal. All addressed local APICs will assume their INIT state. INIT is always treated
as an edge triggered interrupt even if programmed as level triggered. For proper
operation this redirection table entry must be programmed to edge triggered. The INIT
delivery mode does not set the RIRR bit. If the redirection table is incorrectly set to level,
the loop count will continue counting through the redirection table addresses. Once the
count for the INIT pin is reached again, the interrupt will be sent again: not supported
110 = Reserved
111 = ExtINT. Deliver the signal to the INTR signal of all processor cores listed in the destination
as an interrupt that originated in an externally connected 8259A compatible interrupt
controller. The INTA cycle that corresponds to this ExtINT delivery will be routed to the
external controller that is expected to supply the vector. Requires the interrupt to be
programmed as edge triggered.

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13.6 Real Time Clock Registers

13.6.1 I/O Register Address Map
The RTC internal registers and RAM are organized as two banks of 128 bytes each,
called the standard and extended banks. The first 14 bytes of the standard bank
contain the RTC time and date information along with four registers, A–D, that are used
for configuration of the RTC. The extended bank contains a full 128 bytes of battery
backed SRAM, and will be accessible even when the RTC module is disabled (using the
RTC configuration register). Registers A–D do not physically exist in the RAM.

All data movement between the host processor and the real-time clock is done through
registers mapped to the standard I/O space. The register map appears in Table 13-6.

Table 13-6. RTC I/O Registers

I/O
If U128E bit = 0 Function
Locations

70h and 74h Also alias to 72h and 76h Real-Time Clock (Standard RAM) Index Register
71h and 75h Also alias to 73h and 77h Real-Time Clock (Standard RAM) Target Register
72h and 76h Extended RAM Index Register (if enabled)
73h and 77h Extended RAM Target Register (if enabled)

NOTES:
1. I/O locations 70h and 71h are the standard legacy location for the real-time clock.
The map for this bank is shown in Table 13-7. Locations 72h and 73h are for
accessing the extended RAM. The extended RAM bank is also accessed using an
indexed scheme. I/O address 72h is used as the address pointer and I/O address
73h is used as the data register. Index addresses above 127h are not valid. If the
extended RAM is not needed, it may be disabled.
2. Software must preserve the value of bit 7 at I/O addresses 70h and 74h. When
writing to this address, software must first read the value, and then write the same
value for bit 7 during the sequential address write. Note that port 70h is not
directly readable. The only way to read this register is through Alt Access mode.
Although RTC Index bits 6:0 are readable from port 74h, bit 7 will always return 0.
If the NMI# enable is not changed during normal operation, software can
alternatively read this bit once and then retain the value for all subsequent writes
to port 70h.

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13.6.2 Indexed Registers

The RTC contains two sets of indexed registers that are accessed using the two
separate Index and Target registers (70/71h or 72/73h), as shown in Table 13-7.

Table 13-7. RTC (Standard) RAM Bank

Index Name

00h Seconds
01h Seconds Alarm
02h Minutes
03h Minutes Alarm
04h Hours
05h Hours Alarm
06h Day of Week
07h Day of Month
08h Month
09h Year
0Ah Register A
0Bh Register B
0Ch Register C
0Dh Register D
0Eh–7Fh 114 Bytes of User RAM

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13.6.2.1 RTC_REGA—Register A
RTC Index: 0A Attribute: R/W
Default Value: Undefined Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: RTC

This register is used for general configuration of the RTC functions. None of the bits are
affected by RSMRST# or any other PCH reset signal.

Bit Description
Update In Progress (UIP)—R/W. This bit may be monitored as a status flag.
0 = The update cycle will not start for at least 488 µs. The time, calendar, and alarm
7
information in RAM is always available when the UIP bit is 0.
1 = The update is soon to occur or is in progress.
Division Chain Select (DV[2:0])—R/W. These three bits control the divider chain for
the oscillator, and are not affected by RSMRST# or any other reset signal.
010 = Normal Operation
11X = Divider Reset
6:4 101 = Bypass 15 stages (test mode only)
100 = Bypass 10 stages (test mode only)
011 = Bypass 5 stages (test mode only)
001 = Invalid
000 = Invalid
Rate Select (RS[3:0])—R/W. Selects one of 13 taps of the 15 stage divider chain. The
selected tap can generate a periodic interrupt if the PIE bit is set in Register B.
Otherwise this tap will set the PF flag of Register C. If the periodic interrupt is not to be
used, these bits should all be set to 0. RS3 corresponds to bit 3.
0000 = Interrupt never toggles
0001 = 3.90625 ms
0010 = 7.8125 ms
0011 = 122.070 µs
0100 = 244.141 µs
0101 = 488.281 µs
3:0 0110 = 976.5625 µs
0111 = 1.953125 ms
1000 = 3.90625 ms
1001 = 7.8125 ms
1010 = 15.625 ms
1011 = 31.25 ms
1100 = 62.5 ms
1101 = 125 ms
1110 = 250 ms
1111= 500 ms

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13.6.2.2 RTC_REGB—Register B (General Configuration)

RTC Index: 0Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: U0U00UUU (U: Undefined) Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: RTC

Bit Description
Update Cycle Inhibit (SET)—R/W. Enables/Inhibits the update cycles. This bit is not
affected by RSMRST# nor any other reset signal.
0 = Update cycle occurs normally once each second.
1 = A current update cycle will abort and subsequent update cycles will not occur until
7 SET is returned to 0. When set is one, the BIOS may initialize time and calendar
bytes safely.

NOTE: This bit should be set then cleared early in BIOS POST after each powerup
directly after coin-cell battery insertion.
Periodic Interrupt Enable (PIE)—R/W. This bit is cleared by RSMRST#, but not on
any other reset.
6 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. Allows an interrupt to occur with a time base set with the RS bits of register
A.
Alarm Interrupt Enable (AIE)—R/W. This bit is cleared by RTCRST#, but not on any
other reset.
0 = Disable.
5
1 = Enable. Allows an interrupt to occur when the AF is set by an alarm match from the
update cycle. An alarm can occur once a second, one an hour, once a day, or one a
month.
Update-Ended Interrupt Enable (UIE)—R/W. This bit is cleared by RSMRST#, but
not on any other reset.
4
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. Allows an interrupt to occur when the update cycle ends.
Square Wave Enable (SQWE)—R/W. This bit serves no function in the PCH. It is left
3 in this register bank to provide compatibility with the Motorola 146818B. The PCH has
no SQW pin. This bit is cleared by RSMRST#, but not on any other reset.
Data Mode (DM)—R/W. This bit specifies either binary or BCD data representation.
This bit is not affected by RSMRST# nor any other reset signal.
2
0 = BCD
1 = Binary
Hour Format (HOURFORM)—R/W. This bit indicates the hour byte format. This bit is
not affected by RSMRST# nor any other reset signal.
1 0 = Twelve-hour mode. In twelve-hour mode, the seventh bit represents AM as 0 and
PM as one.
1 = Twenty-four hour mode.
Daylight Savings Legacy Software Support (DSLSWS)—R/W. Daylight savings
functionality is no longer supported. This bit is used to maintain legacy software
0
support and has no associated functionality. If BUC.DSO bit is set, the DSLSWS bit
continues to be R/W.

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13.6.2.3 RTC_REGC—Register C (Flag Register)

RTC Index: 0Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00U00000 (U: Undefined) Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: RTC

Writes to Register C have no effect.

Bit Description
Interrupt Request Flag (IRQF)—RO. IRQF = (PF * PIE) + (AF * AIE) + (UF *UFE).
7 This bit also causes the RTC Interrupt to be asserted. This bit is cleared upon RSMRST#
or a read of Register C.
Periodic Interrupt Flag (PF)—RO. This bit is cleared upon RSMRST# or a read of
Register C.
6 0 = If no taps are specified using the RS bits in Register A, this flag will not be set.
1 = Periodic interrupt Flag will be 1 when the tap specified by the RS bits of register A is
1.
Alarm Flag (AF)—RO.
5 0 = This bit is cleared upon RTCRST# or a read of Register C.
1 = Alarm Flag will be set after all Alarm values match the current time.
Update-Ended Flag (UF)—RO.
4 0 = The bit is cleared upon RSMRST# or a read of Register C.
1 = Set immediately following an update cycle for each second.
3:0 Reserved. Will always report 0.

13.6.2.4 RTC_REGD—Register D (Flag Register)

RTC Index: 0Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 10UUUUUU (U: Undefined) Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: RTC

Bit Description
Valid RAM and Time Bit (VRT)—R/W.

7 0 = This bit should always be written as a 0 for write cycle, however it will return a 1 for
read cycles.
1 = This bit is hardwired to 1 in the RTC power well.
6 Reserved. This bit always returns a 0 and should be set to 0 for write cycles.
Date Alarm—R/W. These bits store the date of month alarm value. If set to 000000b,
then a don’t care state is assumed. The host must configure the date alarm for these
5:0 bits to do anything, yet they can be written at any time. If the date alarm is not
enabled, these bits will return 0s to mimic the functionality of the Motorola 146818B.
These bits are not affected by any reset assertion.

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13.7 Processor Interface Registers

Table 13-8 is the register address map for the processor interface registers.

Table 13-8. Processor Interface PCI Register Address Map

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

61h NMI_SC NMI Status and Control 00h R/W, RO

70h NMI_EN NMI Enable 80h R/W (special)
92h PORT92 Fast A20 and Init 00h R/W
F0h COPROC_ERR Coprocessor Error 00h WO
CF9h RST_CNT Reset Control 00h R/W

13.7.1 NMI_SC—NMI Status and Control Register

I/O Address: 61h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
SERR# NMI Source Status (SERR#_NMI_STS)—RO.
1 = Bit is set if a PCI agent detected a system error and pulses the PCI SERR# line and
if bit 2 (PCI_SERR_EN) is cleared. This interrupt source is enabled by setting bit 2
to 0. To reset the interrupt, set bit 2 to 1 and then set it to 0. When writing to port
7
61h, this bit must be 0.
NOTE: This bit is set by any of the PCH internal sources of SERR; this includes SERR
assertions forwarded from the secondary PCI bus, errors on a PCI Express*
port, or other internal functions that generate SERR#.
IOCHK# NMI Source Status (IOCHK_NMI_STS)—RO.
1 = Bit is set if an LPC agent (using SERIRQ) asserted IOCHK# and if bit 3
6 (IOCHK_NMI_EN) is cleared. This interrupt source is enabled by setting bit 3 to 0.
To reset the interrupt, set bit 3 to 1 and then set it to 0. When writing to port 61h,
this bit must be a 0.
Timer Counter 2 OUT Status (TMR2_OUT_STS)—RO. This bit reflects the current
state of the 8254 counter 2 output. Counter 2 must be programmed following any PCI
5
reset for this bit to have a determinate value. When writing to port 61h, this bit must
be a 0.
Refresh Cycle Toggle (REF_TOGGLE)—RO. This signal toggles from either 0 to 1 or
4 1 to 0 at a rate that is equivalent to when refresh cycles would occur. When writing to
port 61h, this bit must be a 0.
IOCHK# NMI Enable (IOCHK_NMI_EN)—R/W.
3 0 = Enabled.
1 = Disabled and cleared.
PCI SERR# Enable (PCI_SERR_EN)—R/W.
2 0 = SERR# NMIs are enabled.
1 = SERR# NMIs are disabled and cleared.
Speaker Data Enable (SPKR_DAT_EN)—R/W.
1 0 = SPKR output is a 0.
1 = SPKR output is equivalent to the Counter 2 OUT signal value.
Timer Counter 2 Enable (TIM_CNT2_EN)—R/W.
0 0 = Disable
1 = Enable

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13.7.2 NMI_EN—NMI Enable (and Real Time Clock Index)

Register
I/O Address: 70h Attribute: R/W (special)
Default Value: 80h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Note: The RTC Index field is write-only for normal operation. This field can only be read in Alt-
Access Mode. Note, however, that this register is aliased to Port 74h (documented in
Table 13-6), and all bits are readable at that address.

Bits Description
NMI Enable (NMI_EN)—R/W (special).
7 0 = Enable NMI sources.
1 = Disable All NMI sources.
Real Time Clock Index Address (RTC_INDX)—R/W (special). This data goes to the
6:0
RTC to select which register or CMOS RAM address is being accessed.

13.7.3 PORT92—Fast A20 and Init Register

I/O Address: 92h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:2 Reserved
Alternate A20 Gate (ALT_A20_GATE)—R/W. This bit is Or’d with the A20GATE input
signal to generate A20M# to the processor.
1
0 = A20M# signal can potentially go active.
1 = This bit is set when INIT# goes active.
INIT_NOW—R/W. When this bit transitions from a 0 to a 1, the PCH will force INIT#
0
active for 16 PCI clocks.

13.7.4 COPROC_ERR—Coprocessor Error Register

I/O Address: F0h Attribute: WO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bits Description
Coprocessor Error (COPROC_ERR)—WO. Any value written to this register will
7:0 cause IGNNE# to go active, if FERR# had generated an internal IRQ13. For FERR# to
generate an internal IRQ13, the CEN bit must be 1.

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13.7.5 RST_CNT—Reset Control Register

I/O Address: CF9h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:4 Reserved
Full Reset (FULL_RST)—R/W. This bit is used to determine the states of SLP_S3#,
SLP_S4#, and SLP_S5# after a CF9 hard reset (SYS_RST =1 and RST_CPU is set to 1),
after PWROK going low (with RSMRST# high), or after two TCO timeouts.
0 = PCH will keep SLP_S3#, SLP_S4# and SLP_S5# high.
3
1 = PCH will drive SLP_S3#, SLP_S4# and SLP_S5# low for 3–5 seconds.

NOTE: When this bit is set, it also causes the full power cycle (SLP_S3/4/5# assertion)
in response to SYS_RESET#, PWROK#, and Watchdog timer reset sources.
Reset CPU (RST_CPU)—R/W. When this bit transitions from a 0 to a 1, it initiates a
2
hard or soft reset, as determined by the SYS_RST bit (bit 1 of this register).
System Reset (SYS_RST)—R/W. This bit is used to determine a hard or soft reset to
the processor.
0 = When RST_CPU bit goes from 0 to 1, the PCH performs a soft reset by activating
INIT# for 16 PCI clocks.
1 1 = When RST_CPU bit goes from 0 to 1, the PCH performs a hard reset by activating
PLTRST# and SUS_STAT# active for a minimum of about 1 milliseconds. In this
case, SLP_S3#, SLP_S4# and SLP_S5# state (assertion or de-assertion) depends
on FULL_RST bit setting. The PCH main power well is reset when this bit is 1. It
also resets the resume well bits (except for those noted throughout the EDS).
0 Reserved

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13.8 Power Management Registers (PM—D31:F0)

The power management registers are distributed within the PCI Device 31: Function 0
space, as well as a separate I/O range. Each register is described below. Unless
otherwise indicate, bits are in the main (core) power well.

Bits not explicitly defined in each register are assumed to be reserved. When writing to
a reserved bit, the value should always be 0. Software should not attempt to use the
value read from a reserved bit, as it may not be consistently 1 or 0.

13.8.1 Power Management PCI Configuration Registers

(PM—D31:F0)
Table 13-9 shows a small part of the configuration space for PCI Device 31: Function 0.
It includes only those registers dedicated for power management. Some of the
registers are only used for Legacy Power management schemes.

Table 13-9. Power Management PCI Register Address Map (PM—D31:F0)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

General Power Management R/W, R/WO,

A0h GEN_PMCON_1 0000h
Configuration 1 RO
General Power Management R/W, R/WC,
A2h GEN_PMCON_2 00h
Configuration 2 RO
General Power Management
A4h GEN_PMCON_3 00h R/W, R/WC
Configuration 3
GEN_PMCON_LO General Power Management
A6h 00h RO, R/WLO
CK Configuration Lock
A9h CIR4 Chipset Initialization Register 4 01h R/W
ABh BM_BREAK_EN BM_BREAK_EN 00h R/W
ACh PMIR Power Management Initialization 00000000h R/W, R/WL
B8–BBh GPI_ROUT GPI Route Control 00000000h R/W

13.8.1.1 GEN_PMCON_1—General PM Configuration 1 Register

(PM—D31:F0)
Offset Address: A0h Attribute: R/W, RO, R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI, Legacy
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:11 Reserved
BIOS_PCI_EXP_EN—R/W. This bit acts as a global enable for the SCI associated
with the PCI Express* ports.
0 = The various PCI Express ports and Processor cannot cause the PCI_EXP_STS
10
bit to go active.
1 = The various PCI Express ports and Processor can cause the PCI_EXP_STS bit to
go active.
PWRBTN_LVL—RO. This bit indicates the current state of the PWRBTN# signal.
9 0 = Low.
1 = High.

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Bit Description
8:5 Reserved
SMI_LOCK—R/WO. When this bit is set, writes to the GLB_SMI_EN bit (PMBASE +
30h, bit 0) will have no effect. Once the SMI_LOCK bit is set, writes of 0 to
4
SMI_LOCK bit will have no effect (that is, once set, this bit can only be cleared by
PLTRST#).
3 (Mobile
Reserved
Only)
Pseudo CLKRUN_EN(PSEUDO_CLKRUN_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable internal CLKRUN# logic to allow DMI PLL shutdown. This bit has no
impact on state of external CLKRUN# pin.
3 (Desktop
Only) NOTES:
1. PSEUDO_CLKRUN_EN bit does not result in STP_PCI# assertion to actually
stop the external PCICLK.
2. This bit should be set mutually exclusive with the CLKRUN_EN bit. Setting
PSEUDO_CLKRUN_EN in a mobile sku could result in unspecified behavior.
PCI CLKRUN# Enable (CLKRUN_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disable. PCH drives the CLKRUN# signal low.
1 = Enable CLKRUN# logic to control the system PCI clock using the CLKRUN# and
STP_PCI# signals.

2 (Mobile NOTES:
Only) 1. When the SLP_EN# bit is set, the PCH drives the CLKRUN# signal low
regardless of the state of the CLKRUN_EN bit. This ensures that the PCI and
LPC clocks continue running during a transition to a sleep state.
2. This bit should be set mutually exclusive with the PSEUDO_CLKRUN_EN bit.
Setting CLKRUN_EN in a non-mobile sku could result in unspecified
behavior.
2 (Desktop
Reserved
Only)
Periodic SMI# Rate Select (PER_SMI_SEL)—R/W. Set by software to control
the rate at which periodic SMI# is generated.

1:0 00 = 64 seconds
01 = 32 seconds
10 = 16 seconds
11 = 8 seconds

13.8.1.2 GEN_PMCON_2—General PM Configuration 2 Register

(PM—D31:F0)
Offset Address: A2h Attribute: R/W, RO, R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI, Legacy
Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
DRAM Initialization Bit—R/W. This bit does not effect hardware functionality in any
way. BIOS is expected to set this bit prior to starting the DRAM initialization sequence
and to clear this bit after completing the DRAM initialization sequence. BIOS can detect
7 that a DRAM initialization sequence was interrupted by a reset by reading this bit during
the boot sequence.
• If the bit is 1, then the DRAM initialization was interrupted.
• This bit is reset by the assertion of the RSMRST# pin.

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Bit Description
6 Reserved
Memory Placed in Self-Refresh (MEM_SR)—RO.
• If the bit is 1, DRAM should have remained powered and held in Self-Refresh
5
through the last power state transition (that is, the last time the system left S0).
• This bit is reset by the assertion of the RSMRST# pin.
System Reset Status (SRS)—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
0 = SYS_RESET# button Not pressed.
1 = PCH sets this bit when the SYS_RESET# button is pressed. BIOS is expected to
read this bit and clear it, if it is set.
4
NOTES:
1. This bit is also reset by RSMRST# and CF9h resets.
2. The SYS_RESET# is implemented in the Main power well. This pin must be
properly isolated and masked to prevent incorrectly setting this Suspend well
status bit.
CPU Thermal Trip Status (CTS)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = This bit is set when PLTRST# is inactive and THRMTRIP# goes active while the
system is in an S0 or S1 state.

3 NOTES:
1. This bit is also reset by RSMRST#, and CF9h resets. It is not reset by the
shutdown and reboot associated with the CPUTHRMTRIP# event.
2. The CF9h reset in the description refers to CF9h type core well reset which
includes SYS_RST#, PWROK/SYS_PWROK low, SMBus hard reset, TCO Timeout.
This type of reset will clear CTS bit.
Minimum SLP_S4# Assertion Width Violation Status—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Hardware sets this bit when the SLP_S4# assertion width is less than the time
programmed in the SLP_S4# Minimum Assertion Width field (D31:F0:Offset
A4h:bits 5:4). The PCH begins the timer when SLP_S4# is asserted during S4/S5
2 entry, or when the RSMRST# input is de-asserted during G3 exit. Note that this bit
is functional regardless of the value in the SLP_S4# Assertion Stretch Enable
(D31:F0:Offset A4h:bit 3).

NOTE: This bit is reset by the assertion of the RSMRST# pin, but can be set in some
cases before the default value is readable.
1 Reserved
PWROK Failure (PWROK_FLR)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it, or when the system goes into a G3
state.
0
1 = This bit will be set any time PWROK goes low, when the system was in S0, or S1
state.
NOTE: See Chapter 5.13.10.3 for more details about the PWROK pin functionality.

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13.8.1.3 GEN_PMCON_3—General PM Configuration 3 Register

(PM—D31:F0)
Offset Address: A4h Attribute: R/W, R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI, Legacy
Power Well: RTC, SUS

Bit Description
PME B0 S5 Disable (PME_B0_S5_DIS)—R/W. When set to 1, this bit blocks
wake events from PME_B0_STS in S5, regardless of the state of PME_B0_EN.
When cleared (default), wake events from PME_B0_STS are allowed in S5 if
PME_B0_EN = 1.
Wakes from power states other than S5 are not affected by this policy bit.
The net effect of setting PME_B0_S5_DIS = '1' is described by the truth table
below:
Y = Wake; N = Don't wake; B0 = PME_B0_EN; OV = WOL Enable Override
15
B0/OV S1/S3/S4 S5
00 N N
01 N Y (LAN only)
11 Y (all PME B0 sources) Y (LAN only)
10 Y (all PME B0 sources) N

This bit is cleared by the RTCRST# pin.

14 Reserved
WOL Enable Override—R/W.
0 = WOL policies are determined by PMEB0 enable bit and appropriate LAN status
bits
13
1 = Enable integrated LAN to wake the system in S5 only regardless of the value in
the PME_B0_EN bit in the GPE0_EN register.
This bit is cleared by the RTCRST# pin.
Disable SLP_S4# Stretching after G3: R/W
0 = Enables stretching on SLP_S4# in conjunction with SLP_S4# Assertion Stretch
Enable (bit 3) and the Minimum Assertion Width (bits 5:4)
12 1 = Disables stretching on SLP_S4# regardless of the state of the SLP_S4#
Assertion Stretch Enable (bit 3).
This bit is cleared by the RTCRST# pin.
NOTE: This field is RO when the SLP_Sx# Stretching Policy Lock- Down bit is set.
SLP_S3# Minimum Assertion Width: R/W This 2-bit value indicates the
minimum assertion width of the SLP_S3# signal to ensure that the Main power
supplies have been fully power-cycled.
Valid Settings are:
00 = 60–100 us
11:10
01 = 1–1.2 ms
10 = 50–50.2 ms
11 = 2–2.0002 s
This bit is cleared by the RSMRST# pin.
NOTE: This field is RO when the SLP_Sx# Stretching Policy Lock-Down bit is set.

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Bit Description
General Reset Status (GEN_RST_STS)—R/WC. This bit is set by hardware
whenever PLTRST# asserts for any reason other than going into a software-
entered sleep state (using PM1CNT.SLP_EN write) or a suspend well power failure
(RSMRST# pin assertion). BIOS is expected to consult and then write a 1 to clear
9
this bit during the boot flow before determining what action to take based on
PM1_STS.WAK_STS = 1. If GEN_RST_STS = 1, the cold reset boot path should be
followed rather than the resume path, regardless of the setting of WAK_STS.
This bit is cleared by the RSMRST# pin.
SLP_LAN# Default Value (SLP_LAN_DEFAULT)—R/W. This bit specifies the
value to drive on the SLP_LAN# pin when in Sx/Moff and ME FW nor host BIOS has
configured SLP_LAN#/GPIO29 as an output. When this bit is set to 1 SLP_LAN#
will default to be driven high, when set to 0 SLP_LAN# will default to be driven low.
8
This bit will always determine SLP_LAN# behavior when in S4/S5/Moff after a G3,
in S5/Moff after a host partition reset with power down and when in S5/Moff due to
an unconditional power down.
This bit is cleared by RTCRST#.
SWSMI_RATE_SEL—R/W. This field indicates when the SWSMI timer will time
out.
Valid values are:
00 = 1.5 ms ± 0.6 ms
7:6
01 = 16 ms ± 4 ms
10 = 32 ms ± 4 ms
11 = 64 ms ± 4 ms
These bits are not cleared by any type of reset except RTCRST#.
SLP_S4# Minimum Assertion Width—R/W. This field indicates the minimum
assertion width of the SLP_S4# signal to ensure that the DRAMs have been safely
power-cycled.
Valid values are:
11 = 1 second
10 = 2 seconds
01 = 3 seconds
5:4 00 = 4 seconds
This value is used in two ways:
1. If the SLP_S4# assertion width is ever shorter than this time, a status bit is
set for BIOS to read when S0 is entered.
2. If enabled by bit 3 in this register, the hardware will prevent the SLP_S4#
signal from de-asserting within this minimum time period after asserting.
RTCRST# forces this field to the conservative default state (00b).
NOTE: This field is RO when the SLP_S4# Stretching Policy Lock-Down bit is set.
SLP_S4# Assertion Stretch Enable—R/W.
0 = The SLP_S4# minimum assertion time is 1 to 2 RTCCLK.
1 = The SLP_S4# signal minimally assert for the time specified in bits 5:4 of this
3
register.
This bit is cleared by RTCRST#.
NOTE: This bit is RO when the SLP_S4# Stretching Policy Lock-Down bit is set.
RTC Power Status (RTC_PWR_STS)—R/W. This bit is set when RTCRST#
2 indicates a weak or missing battery. The bit is not cleared by any type of reset. The
bit will remain set until the software clears it by writing a 0 back to this bit position.

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Bit Description
Power Failure (PWR_FLR)—R/WC. This bit is in the RTC well, and is not cleared
by any type of reset except RTCRST#.
0 = Indicates that the trickle current has not failed since the last time the bit was
cleared. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Indicates that the trickle current (from the main battery or trickle supply) was
1
removed or failed.

NOTE: Clearing CMOS in a PCH-based platform can be done by using a jumper on

RTCRST# or GPI, or using SAFEMODE strap. Implementations should not
attempt to clear CMOS by using a jumper to pull VccRTC low.
AFTERG3_EN—R/W. This bit determines what state to go to when power is re-
applied after a power failure (G3 state). This bit is in the RTC well and is only
cleared by RTCRST# assertion.

0 0 = System will return to S0 state (boot) after power is re-applied.

1 = System will return to the S5 state (except if it was in S4, in which case it will
return to S4). In the S5 state, the only enabled wake event is the Power
Button or any enabled wake event that was preserved through the power
failure.
NOTE: RSMRST# is sampled using the RTC clock. Therefore, low times that are less than one RTC
clock period may not be detected by the PCH.

13.8.1.4 GEN_PMCON_LOCK—General Power Management Configuration

Lock Register
Offset Address: A6h Attribute: RO, R/WLO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:3 Reserved
SLP_S4# Stretching Policy Lock-Down—R/WLO. When set to 1, this bit locks
down the SLP_S4# Minimum Assertion Width, the SLP_S4# Assertion Stretch
Enable, the Disable SLP_S4# Stretching after G3 and SLP_S4# Assertion Stretch
2 Enable bits in the GEN_PMCON_3 register, making them read-only.
This bit becomes locked when a value of 1b is written to it. Writes of 0 to this bit
are always ignored.
This bit is cleared by platform reset.
ACPI_BASE_LOCK—R/WLO. When set to 1, this bit locks down the ACPI Base
Address Register (ABASE) at offset 40h. The Base Address Field becomes read-
only.
1
This bit becomes locked when a value of 1b is written to it. Writes of 0 to this bit
are always ignored. Once locked by writing 1, the only way to clear this bit is to
perform a platform reset.
0 Reserved
C

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13.8.1.5 Chipset Initialization Register 4 (PM—D31:F0)

Offset Address: A9h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 01h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI, Legacy
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:0 CIR4 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 45h.

13.8.1.6 BM_BREAK_EN Register (PM—D31:F0)

Offset Address: ABh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI, Legacy
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
STORAGE_BREAK_EN—R/W.
0 = Serial ATA traffic will not act as a break event.
7
1 = Serial ATA traffic acts as a break event, Serial ATA master activity will cause
BM_STS to be set and will cause a break from C3/C4.
PCIE_BREAK_EN—R/W.
0 = PCI Express* traffic will not act as a break event.
6
1 = PCI Express traffic acts as a break event, PCI Express master activity will cause
BM_STS to be set and will cause a break from C3/C4.
PCI_BREAK_EN—R/W.
0 = PCI traffic will not act as a break event.
5
1 = PCI traffic acts as a break event, PCI master activity will cause BM_STS to be set
and will cause a break from C3/C4.
4:3 Reserved
EHCI_BREAK_EN—R/W.
2 0 = EHCI traffic will not act as a break event.
1 = EHCI traffic acts as a break event, EHCI master activity will cause BM_STS to be
set and will cause a break from C3/C4.
1 Reserved
HDA_BREAK_EN—R/W.
0 = Intel® High Definition Audio traffic will not act as a break event.
0 1 = Intel® High Definition Audio traffic acts as a break event, Intel® High Definition
Audio master activity will cause BM_STS to be set and will cause a break from C3/
C4.

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13.8.1.7 PMIR—Power Management Initialization Register (PM—D31:F0)

Offset Address: ACh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
0

Bit Description
PMIR Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program these bits to 11b.
31:30
Note: In the manufacturing/debug environments these bits will need to be left as default “00h”.
29:21 Reserved
CF9h Global Reset (CF9GR)—R/W.
When set, a CF9h write of 6h or Eh will cause a Global reset of both the Host and Intel®
ME partitions. If this bit is cleared, a CF9h write of 6h or Eh will only reset the host
20
partition. This bit field is not reset by a CF9h reset.

NOTE: Bit 20 is read only when bit 31 set to 1.

19:0 PMIR Field 0—R/W. BIOS must program these bits to 00300h.

13.8.1.8 GPIO_ROUT—GPIO Routing Control Register

(PM—D31:F0)
Offset Address: B8h–BBh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
31:30 GPIO15 Route—R/W. See bits 1:0 for description.
Same pattern for GPIO14 through GPIO3
5:4 GPIO2 Route—R/W. See bits 1:0 for description.
3:2 GPIO1 Route—R/W. See bits 1:0 for description.
GPIO0 Route—R/W. GPIO can be routed to cause an NMI, SMI# or SCI when the
GPIO[n]_STS bit is set. If the GPIO0 is not set to an input, this field has no effect.
If the system is in an S1–S5 state and if the GPE0_EN bit is also set, then the GPIO can
cause a Wake event, even if the GPIO is NOT routed to cause an NMI, SMI# or SCI.
1:0
00 = No effect.
01 = SMI# (if corresponding ALT_GPI_SMI_EN bit is also set)
10 = SCI (if corresponding GPE0_EN bit is also set)
11 = NMI (If corresponding GPI_NMI_EN is also set)

Note: GPIOs that are not implemented will not have the corresponding bits implemented in
this register.

13.8.2 APM I/O Decode

Table 13-10 shows the I/O registers associated with APM support. This register space is
enabled in the PCI Device 31: Function 0 space (APMDEC_EN), and cannot be moved
(fixed I/O location).

Table 13-10. APM Register Map

Address Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

B2h APM_CNT Advanced Power Management Control Port 00h R/W

B3h APM_STS Advanced Power Management Status Port 00h R/W

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13.8.2.1 APM_CNT—Advanced Power Management Control Port Register

I/O Address: B2h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: Legacy Only
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Used to pass an APM command between the OS and the SMI handler. Writes to this
7:0 port not only store data in the APMC register, but also generates an SMI# when the
APMC_EN bit is set.

13.8.2.2 APM_STS—Advanced Power Management Status Port Register

I/O Address: B3h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: Legacy Only
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Used to pass data between the OS and the SMI handler. Basically, this is a scratchpad
7:0
register and is not affected by any other register or function (other than a PCI reset).

13.8.3 Power Management I/O Registers

Table 13-11 shows the registers associated with ACPI and Legacy power management
support. These registers are enabled in the PCI Device 31: Function 0 space
(PM_IO_EN), and can be moved to any I/O location (128-byte aligned). The registers
are defined to support the ACPI 3.0a specification, and use the same bit names.

Note: All reserved bits and registers will always return 0 when read, and will have no effect
when written.

Table 13-11. ACPI and Legacy I/O Register Map (Sheet 1 of 2)

PMBASE
Mnemonic Register Name ACPI Pointer Default Type
+ Offset
00h–01h PM1_STS PM1 Status PM1a_EVT_BLK 0000h R/WC
PM1a_EVT_BLK+
02h–03h PM1_EN PM1 Enable 0000h R/W
2
04h–07h PM1_CNT PM1 Control PM1a_CNT_BLK 00000000h R/W, WO
08h–0Bh PM1_TMR PM1 Timer PMTMR_BLK xx000000h RO
0Ch–1Fh — Reserved — — —
General Purpose Event 0
20–27h GPE0_STS GPE0_BLK 00000000h R/WC
Status
00000000
General Purpose Event 0
28–2Fh GPE0_EN GPE0_BLK+8 00000000h R/W
Enables

R/W, WO,
30h–33h SMI_EN SMI# Control and Enable 00000002h
R/WO
34h–37h SMI_STS SMI Status 00000000h R/WC, RO
38h–39h ALT_GP_SMI_EN Alternate GPI SMI Enable 0000h R/W
3Ah–3Bh ALT_GP_SMI_STS Alternate GPI SMI Status 0000h R/WC

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Table 13-11. ACPI and Legacy I/O Register Map (Sheet 2 of 2)

PMBASE
Mnemonic Register Name ACPI Pointer Default Type
+ Offset
USB Per-Port Registers Write R/WC, RO,
3Ch–3Dh UPRWC 0000h
Control R/WO
3Eh–41h — Reserved — — —
General Purpose Event
42h GPE_CNTL 00h RO, R/W
Control
43h — Reserved — — —
44h–45h DEVACT_STS Device Activity Status 0000h R/WC
46h–4Fh — Reserved
50h PM2_CNT PM2 Control PM2a_CNT_BLK 00h R/W
51h–5Fh — Reserved
60h–7Fh — Reserved for TCO — — —

13.8.3.1 PM1_STS—Power Management 1 Status Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 00h
(ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK) Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Bits 0–7: Core,
Bits 8–15: Resume, except Bit 11 in RTC
If bit 10 or 8 in this register is set, and the corresponding _EN bit is set in the PM1_EN
register, then the PCH will generate a Wake Event. Once back in an S0 state (or if
already in an S0 state when the event occurs), the PCH will also generate an SCI if the
SCI_EN bit is set, or an SMI# if the SCI_EN bit is not set.
Note: Bit 5 does not cause an SMI# or a wake event. Bit 0 does not cause a wake event but
can cause an SMI# or SCI.

Bit Description
Wake Status (WAK_STS)—R/WC. This bit is not affected by hard resets caused by a
CF9 write, but is reset by RSMRST#.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Set by hardware when the system is in one of the sleep states (using the SLP_EN
bit) and an enabled wake event occurs. Upon setting this bit, the PCH will transition
the system to the ON state.

15 If the AFTERG3_EN bit is not set and a power failure (such as removed batteries)
occurs without the SLP_EN bit set, the system will return to an S0 state when power
returns, and the WAK_STS bit will not be set.
If the AFTERG3_EN bit is set and a power failure occurs without the SLP_EN bit having
been set, the system will go into an S5 state when power returns, and a subsequent
wake event will cause the WAK_STS bit to be set. Note that any subsequent wake event
would have to be caused by either a Power Button press, or an enabled wake event that
was preserved through the power failure (enable bit in the RTC well).

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Bit Description
PCI Express Wake Status (PCIEXPWAK_STS)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it. If the WAKE# pin is still active during
the write or the PME message received indication has not been cleared in the root
port, then the bit will remain active (that is, all inputs to this bit are level-
sensitive).
1 = This bit is set by hardware to indicate that the system woke due to a PCI Express
wakeup event. This wakeup event can be caused by the PCI Express WAKE# pin
14 being active or receipt of a PCI Express PME message at a root port. This bit is set
only when one of these events causes the system to transition from a non-S0
system power state to the S0 system power state. This bit is set independent of the
state of the PCIEXP_WAKE_DIS bit.

NOTE: This bit does not itself cause a wake event or prevent entry to a sleeping state.
Thus, if the bit is 1 and the system is put into a sleeping state, the system will
not automatically wake.
13:12 Reserved
Power Button Override Status (PWRBTNOR_STS)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = This bit is set any time a Power Button Override occurs (that is, the power button is
pressed for at least 4 consecutive seconds), due to the corresponding bit in the
SMBus slave message, Intel® ME Initiated Power Button Override, Intel® ME
11 Initiated Host Reset with Power down or due to an internal thermal sensor
catastrophic condition. The power button override causes an unconditional
transition to the S5 state. The BIOS or SCI handler clears this bit by writing a 1 to
it. This bit is not affected by hard resets using CF9h writes, and is not reset by
RSMRST#. Thus, this bit is preserved through power failures. Note that if this bit is
still asserted when the global SCI_EN is set then an SCI will be generated.
RTC Status (RTC_STS)—R/WC. This bit is not affected by hard resets caused by a
CF9 write, but is reset by RSMRST#.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
10
1 = Set by hardware when the RTC generates an alarm (assertion of the IRQ8# signal).
Additionally if the RTC_EN bit (PMBASE + 02h, bit 10) is set, the setting of the
RTC_STS bit will generate a wake event.
ME_STS—R/WC. This bit is set when the Intel® Management Engine generates a Non-
Maskable wake event, and is not affected by any other enable bit. When this bit is set,
the Host Power Management logic wakes to S0.
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This bit is only set by hardware and can only be reset by writing a one to this bit
position. This bit is not affected by hard resets caused by a CF9 write, but is reset by
RSMRST#.
Power Button Status (PWRBTN__STS)—R/WC. This bit is not affected by hard
resets caused by a CF9 write.
0 = If the PWRBTN# signal is held low for more than 4 seconds, the hardware clears
the PWRBTN_STS bit, sets the PWRBTNOR_STS bit, and the system transitions to
the S5 state with only PWRBTN# enabled as a wake event.
This bit can be cleared by software by writing a one to the bit position.
1 = This bit is set by hardware when the PWRBTN# signal is asserted Low, independent
of any other enable bit.
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In the S0 state, while PWRBTN_EN and PWRBTN_STS are both set, an SCI (or
SMI# if SCI_EN is not set) will be generated.
In any sleeping state S1–S5, while PWRBTN_EN (PMBASE + 02h, bit 8) and
PWRBTN_STS are both set, a wake event is generated.

NOTE: If the PWRBTN_STS bit is cleared by software while the PWRBTN# signal is sell
asserted, this will not cause the PWRBN_STS bit to be set. The PWRBTN# signal
must go inactive and active again to set the PWRBTN_STS bit.

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Bit Description
7:6 Reserved
Global Status (GBL _STS)—R/WC.
0 = The SCI handler should then clear this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location.
5 1 = Set when an SCI is generated due to BIOS wanting the attention of the SCI
handler. BIOS has a corresponding bit, BIOS_RLS, which will cause an SCI and set
this bit.
Bus Master Status (BM_STS)—R/WC. This bit will not cause a wake event, SCI or
SMI#.
4 0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Set by the PCH when a PCH-visible bus master requests access to memory or the
BM_BUSY# signal is active.
3:1 Reserved
Timer Overflow Status (TMROF_STS)—R/WC.
0 = The SCI or SMI# handler clears this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location.
0 1 = This bit gets set any time bit 22 of the 24-bit timer goes high (bits are numbered
from 0 to 23). This will occur every 2.3435 seconds. When the TMROF_EN bit
(PMBASE + 02h, bit 0) is set, then the setting of the TMROF_STS bit will
additionally generate an SCI or SMI# (depending on the SCI_EN).

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13.8.3.2 PM1_EN—Power Management 1 Enable Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 02h
(ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK + 2) Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Bits 0–7: Core,
Bits 8–9, 11–15: Resume,
Bit 10: RTC

Bit Description
15 Reserved
PCI Express* Wake Disable(PCIEXPWAK_DIS)—R/W. Modification of this bit has
no impact on the value of the PCIEXP_WAKE_STS bit.
0 = Inputs to the PCIEXP_WAKE_STS bit in the PM1 Status register enabled to wake
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the system.
1 = Inputs to the PCIEXP_WAKE_STS bit in the PM1 Status register disabled from
waking the system.
13:11 Reserved
RTC Event Enable (RTC_EN)—R/W. This bit is in the RTC well to allow an RTC event
to wake after a power failure. This bit is not cleared by any reset other than RTCRST#
or a Power Button Override event.
10 0 = No SCI (or SMI#) or wake event is generated then RTC_STS (PMBASE + 00h, bit
10) goes active.
1 = An SCI (or SMI#) or wake event will occur when this bit is set and the RTC_STS bit
goes active.
9 Reserved
Power Button Enable (PWRBTN_EN)—R/W. This bit is used to enable the setting of
the PWRBTN_STS bit to generate a power management event (SMI#, SCI).
PWRBTN_EN has no effect on the PWRBTN_STS bit (PMBASE + 00h, bit 8) being set by
8 the assertion of the power button. The Power Button is always enabled as a Wake
event.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable.
7:6 Reserved
Global Enable (GBL_EN)—R/W. When both the GBL_EN and the GBL_STS bit
(PMBASE + 00h, bit 5) are set, an SCI is raised.
5
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable SCI on GBL_STS going active.
4:1 Reserved
Timer Overflow Interrupt Enable (TMROF_EN)—R/W. Works in conjunction with
the SCI_EN bit (PMBASE + 04h, bit 0) as described below:

0 0 X No SMI# or SCI
1 0 SMI#
1 1 SCI

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13.8.3.3 PM1_CNT—Power Management 1 Control Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 04h
(ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK) Attribute: R/W, WO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Bits 0–7: Core,
Bits 8–12: RTC,
Bits 13–15: Resume

Bit Description
31:14 Reserved
Sleep Enable (SLP_EN)—WO. Setting this bit causes the system to sequence into
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the Sleep state defined by the SLP_TYP field.
Sleep Type (SLP_TYP)—R/W. This 3-bit field defines the type of Sleep the system
should enter when the SLP_EN bit is set to 1. These bits are only reset by RTCRST#.

000b ON: Typically maps to S0 state.

001b Puts CPU in S1 state.
010b Reserved
12:10 011b Reserved
100b Reserved
101b Suspend-To-RAM. Assert SLP_S3#: Typically maps to S3 state.
Suspend-To-Disk. Assert SLP_S3#, and SLP_S4#: Typically maps to
110b
S4 state.
Soft Off. Assert SLP_S3#, SLP_S4#, and SLP_S5#: Typically maps to
111b
S5 state.

9:3 Reserved
Global Release (GBL_RLS)—WO.
0 = This bit always reads as 0.
2 1 = ACPI software writes a 1 to this bit to raise an event to the BIOS. BIOS software
has a corresponding enable and status bits to control its ability to receive ACPI
events.
Bus Master Reload (BM_RLD)—R/W. This bit is treated as a scratchpad bit. This
bit is reset to 0 by PLTRST#
0 = Bus master requests will not cause a break from the C3 state.
1 1 = Enables Bus Master requests (internal or external) to cause a break from the C3
state.
If software fails to set this bit before going to C3 state, the PCH will still return to a
snoopable state from C3 or C4 states due to bus master activity.
SCI Enable (SCI_EN)—R/W. Selects the SCI interrupt or the SMI# interrupt for
various events including the bits in the PM1_STS register (bit 10, 8, 0), and bits in
0 GPE0_STS.
0 = These events will generate an SMI#.
1 = These events will generate an SCI.

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13.8.3.4 PM1_TMR—Power Management 1 Timer Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 08h
(ACPI PMTMR_BLK)
Attribute: RO
Default Value: xx000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Timer Value (TMR_VAL)—RO. Returns the running count of the PM timer. This
counter runs off a 3.579545 MHz clock (14.31818 MHz divided by 4). It is reset to 0
during a PCI reset, and then continues counting as long as the system is in the S0
state. After an S1 state, the counter will not be reset (it will continue counting from the
23:0 last value in S0 state.
Anytime bit 22 of the timer goes HIGH to LOW (bits referenced from 0 to 23), the
TMROF_STS bit (PMBASE + 00h, bit 0) is set. The High-to-Low transition will occur
every 2.3435 seconds. If the TMROF_EN bit (PMBASE + 02h, bit 0) is set, an SCI
interrupt is also generated.

13.8.3.5 PM1_TMR—Power Management 1 Timer Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 08h
(ACPI PMTMR_BLK)
Attribute: RO
Default Value: xx000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Timer Value (TMR_VAL)—RO. Returns the running count of the PM timer. This
counter runs off a 3.579545 MHz clock (14.31818 MHz divided by 4). It is reset to 0
during a PCI reset, and then continues counting as long as the system is in the S0
state. After an S1 state, the counter will not be reset (it will continue counting from the
23:0 last value in S0 state.
Anytime bit 22 of the timer goes HIGH to LOW (bits referenced from 0 to 23), the
TMROF_STS bit (PMBASE + 00h, bit 0) is set. The High-to-Low transition will occur
every 2.3435 seconds. If the TMROF_EN bit (PMBASE + 02h, bit 0) is set, an SCI
interrupt is also generated.

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13.8.3.6 GPE0_STS—General Purpose Event 0 Status Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 20h
(ACPI GPE0_BLK) Attribute: Bits 0:32 R/WC
Bits 33:63 RO
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI
Power Well: Resume

This register is symmetrical to the General Purpose Event 0 Enable Register. Unless
indicated otherwise below, if the corresponding _EN bit is set, then when the _STS bit
get set, the PCH will generate a Wake Event. Once back in an S0 state (or if already in
an S0 state when the event occurs), the PCH will also generate an SCI if the SCI_EN bit
is set, or an SMI# if the SCI_EN bit (PMBASE + 04h, bit 0) is not set. Bits 31:16 are
reset by a CF9h write; bits 63:32 and 15:0 are not. All are reset by RSMRST#.

Bit Description
63:36 Reserved
GPIO27_STS—R/WC.
0 = Disable.
1 = Set by hardware and can be reset by writing a one to this bit position or a
35
resume well reset. This bit is set at the level specified in GP27IO_POL. Note that
GPIO27 is always monitored as an input for the purpose of setting this bit,
regardless of the actual GPIO configuration.,
34:32 Reserved
GPIOn_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = These bits are set any time the corresponding GPIO is set up as an input and the
corresponding GPIO signal is high (or low if the corresponding GP_INV bit is set).
If the corresponding enable bit is set in the GPE0_EN register, then when the
GPIO[n]_STS bit is set:
31:16 • If the system is in an S1–S5 state, the event will also wake the system.
• If the system is in an S0 state (or upon waking back to an S0 state), a SCI will be
caused depending on the GPIO_ROUT bits (D31:F0:B8h, bits 31:30) for the
corresponding GPI.

NOTE: Mapping is as follows: bit 31 corresponds to GPIO[15]... and bit 16

corresponds to GPIO[0].
15:14 Reserved
PME_B0_STS—R/WC. This bit will be set to 1 by the PCH when any internal device
with PCI Power Management capabilities on bus 0 asserts the equivalent of the PME#
signal. Additionally, if the PME_B0_EN bit is set, and the system is in an S0 state,
then the setting of the PME_B0_STS bit will generate an SCI (or SMI# if SCI_EN is
not set). If the PME_B0_STS bit is set, and the system is in an S1–S4 state (or S5
state due to SLP_TYP and SLP_EN), then the setting of the PME_B0_STS bit will
13 generate a wake event, and an SCI (or SMI# if SCI_EN is not set) will be generated.
If the system is in an S5 state due to power button override, then the PME_B0_STS
bit will not cause a wake event or SCI.

The default for this bit is 0. Writing a 1 to this bit position clears this bit.
NOTE: HD audio wake events are reported in this bit.
Intel® Management Engine “maskable” wake events are also reported in this bit.
12 Reserved

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Bit Description
PME_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Set by hardware when the PME# signal goes active. Additionally, if the PME_EN
bit is set, and the system is in an S0 state, then the setting of the PME_STS bit
11 will generate an SCI or SMI# (if SCI_EN is not set). If the PME_EN bit is set, and
the system is in an S1–S4 state (or S5 state due to setting SLP_TYP and
SLP_EN), then the setting of the PME_STS bit will generate a wake event, and an
SCI will be generated. If the system is in an S5 state due to power button
override or a power failure, then PME_STS will not cause a wake event or SCI.
10
(Desktop Reserved
Only)
10 BATLOW_STS—R/WC. (Mobile Only) Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
(Mobile 0 = BATLOW# Not asserted
Only) 1 = Set by hardware when the BATLOW# signal is asserted.
PCI_EXP_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Set by hardware to indicate that:
• The PME event message was received on one or more of the PCI Express* ports
• An Assert PMEGPE message received from the Processor using DMI

NOTES:
1. The PCI WAKE# pin has no impact on this bit.
2. If the PCI_EXP_STS bit went active due to an Assert PMEGPE message, then a
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Deassert PMEGPE message must be received prior to the software write for
the bit to be cleared.
3. If the bit is not cleared and the corresponding PCI_EXP_EN bit is set, the
level-triggered SCI will remain active.
4. A race condition exists where the PCI Express device sends another PME
message because the PCI Express device was not serviced within the time
when it must resend the message. This may result in a spurious interrupt,
and this is comprehended and approved by the PCI Express* Specification,
Revision 1.0a. The window for this race condition is approximately 95-105
milliseconds.
RI_STS—R/WC.
8 0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Set by hardware when the RI# input signal goes active.
SMBus Wake Status (SMB_WAK_STS)—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing
a 1 to it.
0 = Wake event Not caused by the PCH’s SMBus logic.
1 = Set by hardware to indicate that the wake event was caused by the PCH’s SMBus
logic.This bit will be set by the WAKE/SMI# command type, even if the system is
already awake. The SMI handler should then clear this bit.
NOTES:
7 1. The SMBus controller will independently cause an SMI# so this bit does not
need to do so (unlike the other bits in this register).
2. This bit is set by the SMBus slave command 01h (Wake/SMI#) even when the
system is in the S0 state. Therefore, to avoid an instant wake on subsequent
transitions to sleep states, software must clear this bit after each reception of
the Wake/SMI# command or just prior to entering the sleep state.
3. The SMBALERT_STS bit (D31:F3:I/O Offset 00h:Bit 5) should be cleared by
software before the SMB_WAK_STS bit is cleared.

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Bit Description
TCOSCI_STS—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
6 0 = TOC logic or thermal sensor logic did Not cause SCI.
1 = Set by hardware when the TCO logic or thermal sensor logic causes an SCI.
5:3 Reserved
SWGPE_STS—R/WC.
2
The SWGPE_CTRL bit (bit 1 of GPE_CTRL reg) acts as a level input to this bit.
HOT_PLUG_STS—R/WC.
0 = This bit is cleared by writing a 1 to this bit position.
1
1 = When a PCI Express* Hot-Plug event occurs. This will cause an SCI if the
HOT_PLUG_EN bit is set in the GEP0_EN register.
0 Reserved

13.8.3.7 GPE0_EN—General Purpose Event 0 Enables Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 28h
(ACPI GPE0_BLK + 8) Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI
Power Well: Bits 0–7, 9, 12, 14–63 Resume,
Bits 8, 10–11, 13 RTC

This register is symmetrical to the General Purpose Event 0 Status Register. All the bits
in this register should be cleared to 0 based on a Power Button Override or processor
Thermal Trip event. The resume well bits are all cleared by RSMRST#. The RTC well bits
are cleared by RTCRST#.

Bit Description
63:36 Reserved
GPIO27_EN—R/W.
35 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the setting of the GPIO27_STS bit to generate a wake event/SCI/SMI#.
34:32 Reserved
GPIn_EN—R/W. These bits enable the corresponding GPI[n]_STS bits being set to
cause a SCI, and/or wake event. These bits are cleared by RSMRST#.
31:16
NOTE: Mapping is as follows: bit 31 corresponds to GPIO15... and bit 16
corresponds to GPIO0.
15 Reserved
14 Reserved
PME_B0_EN—R/W.
0 = Disable
1 = Enables the setting of the PME_B0_STS bit to generate a wake event and/or an
13 SCI or SMI#. PME_B0_STS can be a wake event from the S1–S4 states, or from
S5 (if entered using SLP_TYP and SLP_EN) or power failure, but not Power
Button Override. This bit defaults to 0.

NOTE: It is only cleared by Software or RTCRST#. It is not cleared by CF9h writes.

12 Reserved
PME_EN—R/W.
0 = Disable.
11 1 = Enables the setting of the PME_STS to generate a wake event and/or an SCI.
PME# can be a wake event from the S1–S4 state or from S5 (if entered using
SLP_EN, but not power button override).

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Bit Description
10
(Desktop Reserved
Only)
BATLOW_EN—R/W. (Mobile Only)
10 0 = Disable.
(Mobile 1 = Enables the BATLOW# signal to cause an SMI# or SCI (depending on the
Only) SCI_EN bit) when it goes low. This bit does not prevent the BATLOW# signal
from inhibiting the wake event.
PCI_EXP_EN—R/W.
0 = Disable SCI generation upon PCI_EXP_STS bit being set.
9 1 = Enables PCH to cause an SCI when PCI_EXP_STS bit is set. This is used to allow
the PCI Express* ports, including the link to the Processor, to cause an SCI due
to wake/PME events.
RI_EN—R/W. The value of this bit will be maintained through a G3 state and is not
affected by a hard reset caused by a CF9h write.
8
0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the setting of the RI_STS to generate a wake event.
7 Reserved
TCOSCI_EN—R/W.
6 0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the setting of the TCOSCI_STS to generate an SCI.
5:3 Reserved
SWGPE_EN—R/W. This bit allows software to control the assertion of SWGPE_STS
bit. This bit This bit, when set to 1, enables the SW GPE function. If SWGPE_CTRL is
written to a 1, hardware will set SWGPE_STS (acts as a level input)
2
If SWGPE_STS, SWGPE_EN, and SCI_EN are all 1's, an SCI will be generated
If SWGPE_STS = 1, SWGPE_EN = 1, SCI_EN = 0, and GBL_SMI_EN = 1 then an
SMI# will be generated
HOT_PLUG_EN—R/W.
0 = Disables SCI generation upon the HOT_PLUG_STS bit being set.
1
1 = Enables the PCH to cause an SCI when the HOT_PLUG_STS bit is set. This is
used to allow the PCI Express ports to cause an SCI due to hot-plug events.
0 Reserved

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13.8.3.8 SMI_EN—SMI Control and Enable Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 30h Attribute: R/W, R/WO, WO
Default Value: 00000002h Size: 32 bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Core

Note: This register is symmetrical to the SMI status register.

Bit Description
31:28 Reserved
GPIO_UNLOCK_SMI_EN—R/WO. Setting this bit will cause the Intel® PCH to
generate an SMI# when the GPIO_UNLOCK_SMI_STS bit is set in the SMI_STS
27
register.
Once written to 1, this bit can only be cleared by PLTRST#.
26:19 Reserved
INTEL_USB2_EN—R/W.
18 0 = Disable
1 = Enables Intel-Specific USB2 SMI logic to cause SMI#.
LEGACY_USB2_EN—R/W.
17 0 = Disable
1 = Enables legacy USB2 logic to cause SMI#.
16:15 Reserved
PERIODIC_EN—R/W.
0 = Disable.
14
1 = Enables the PCH to generate an SMI# when the PERIODIC_STS bit (PMBASE +
34h, bit 14) is set in the SMI_STS register (PMBASE + 34h).
TCO_EN—R/W.
0 = Disables TCO logic generating an SMI#. Note that if the NMI2SMI_EN bit is set,
SMIs that are caused by re-routed NMIs will not be gated by the TCO_EN bit. Even
13 if the TCO_EN bit is 0, NMIs will still be routed to cause SMIs.
1 = Enables the TCO logic to generate SMI#.

NOTE: This bit cannot be written once the TCO_LOCK bit is set.
12 Reserved
MCSMI_ENMicrocontroller SMI Enable (MCSMI_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
11 1 = Enables PCH to trap accesses to the microcontroller range (62h or 66h) and
generate an SMI#. Note that “trapped’ cycles will be claimed by the PCH on PCI,
but not forwarded to LPC.
10:8 Reserved
BIOS Release (BIOS_RLS)—WO.
0 = This bit will always return 0 on reads. Writes of 0 to this bit have no effect.
1 = Enables the generation of an SCI interrupt for ACPI software when a one is written
7 to this bit position by BIOS software.
NOTE: GBL_STS being set will cause an SCI, even if the SCI_EN bit is not set.
Software must take great care not to set the BIOS_RLS bit (which causes
GBL_STS to be set) if the SCI handler is not in place.

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Bit Description
Software SMI# Timer Enable (SWSMI_TMR_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disable. Clearing the SWSMI_TMR_EN bit before the timer expires will reset the
timer and the SMI# will not be generated.
6
1 = Starts Software SMI# Timer. When the SWSMI timer expires (the timeout period
depends upon the SWSMI_RATE_SEL bit setting), SWSMI_TMR_STS is set and an
SMI# is generated. SWSMI_TMR_EN stays set until cleared by software.
APMC_EN—R/W.
5 0 = Disable. Writes to the APM_CNT register will not cause an SMI#.
1 = Enables writes to the APM_CNT register to cause an SMI#.
SLP_SMI_EN—R/W.
0 = Disables the generation of SMI# on SLP_EN. Note that this bit must be 0 before
the software attempts to transition the system into a sleep state by writing a 1 to
4 the SLP_EN bit.
1 = A write of 1 to the SLP_EN bit (bit 13 in PM1_CNT register) will generate an SMI#,
and the system will not transition to the sleep state based on that write to the
SLP_EN bit.
LEGACY_USB_EN—R/W.
3 0 = Disable.
1 = Enables legacy USB circuit to cause SMI#.
BIOS_EN—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the generation of SMI# when ACPI software writes a 1 to the GBL_RLS bit
2 (D31:F0:PMBase + 04h:bit 2). Note that if the BIOS_STS bit (D31:F0:PMBase +
34h:bit 2), which gets set when software writes 1 to GBL_RLS bit, is already a 1 at
the time that BIOS_EN becomes 1, an SMI# will be generated when BIOS_EN gets
set.
End of SMI (EOS)—R/W (special). This bit controls the arbitration of the SMI signal to
the processor. This bit must be set for the PCH to assert SMI# low to the processor
after SMI# has been asserted previously.
0 = Once the PCH asserts SMI# low, the EOS bit is automatically cleared.
1 = When this bit is set to 1, SMI# signal will be de-asserted for 4 PCI clocks before its
assertion. In the SMI handler, the processor should clear all pending SMIs (by
1
servicing them and then clearing their respective status bits), set the EOS bit, and
exit SMM. This will allow the SMI arbiter to re-assert SMI upon detection of an SMI
event and the setting of a SMI status bit.

NOTE: The PCH is able to generate 1st SMI after reset even though EOS bit is not set.
Subsequent SMI require EOS bit is set.
GBL_SMI_EN—R/W.
0 = No SMI# will be generated by PCH. This bit is reset by a PCI reset event.
0
1 = Enables the generation of SMI# in the system upon any enabled SMI event.
NOTE: When the SMI_LOCK bit is set, this bit cannot be changed.

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13.8.3.9 SMI_STS—SMI Status Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 34h Attribute: RO, R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Core

Note: If the corresponding _EN bit is set when the _STS bit is set, the PCH will cause an SMI#
(except bits 8–10 and 12, which do not need enable bits since they are logic ORs of
other registers that have enable bits). The PCH uses the same GPE0_EN register (I/O
address: PMBase+2Ch) to enable/disable both SMI and ACPI SCI general purpose input
events. ACPI OS assumes that it owns the entire GPE0_EN register per the ACPI
specification. Problems arise when some of the general-purpose inputs are enabled as
SMI by BIOS, and some of the general purpose inputs are enabled for SCI. In this case
ACPI OS turns off the enabled bit for any GPIx input signals that are not indicated as
SCI general-purpose events at boot, and exit from sleeping states. BIOS should define
a dummy control method which prevents the ACPI OS from clearing the SMI GPE0_EN
bits.

Bit Description
31:28 Reserved
GPIO_UNLOCK_SMI_STS—R/WC. This bit will be set if the GPIO registers lockdown
27
logic is requesting an SMI#. Writing a 1 to this bit position clears this bit to 0.
SPI_STS—RO. This bit will be set if the SPI logic is generating an SMI#. This bit is read
26 only because the sticky status and enable bits associated with this function are located
in the SPI registers.
25:22 Reserved
MONITOR_STS—RO. This bit will be set if the Trap/SMI logic has caused the SMI. This
will occur when the processor or a bus master accesses an assigned register (or a
21
sequence of accesses). See Section 10.1.26 through Section 10.1.42 for details on the
specific cause of the SMI.
PCI_EXP_SMI_STS—RO. PCI Express* SMI event occurred. This could be due to a
20
PCI Express PME event or Hot-Plug event.
19 Reserved
INTEL_USB2_STS—RO. This non-sticky read-only bit is a logical OR of each of the
SMI status bits in the Intel-Specific USB2 SMI Status Register ANDed with the
corresponding enable bits. Additionally, the Port Disable Write Enable SMI is reported in
18 this bit; the specific status bit for this event is contained in the USB Per-Port Registers
Write Control Register in this I/O space. This bit will not be active if the enable bits are
not set. Writes to this bit will have no effect.
All integrated USB2 Host Controllers are represented with this bit.
LEGACY_USB2_STS—RO. This non-sticky read-only bit is a logical OR of each of the
SMI status bits in the USB2 Legacy Support Register ANDed with the corresponding
17 enable bits. This bit will not be active if the enable bits are not set. Writes to this bit will
have no effect.
All integrated USB2 Host Controllers are represented with this bit.

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Bit Description
SMBus SMI Status (SMBUS_SMI_STS)—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a
1 to it.
0 = This bit is set from the 64 kHz clock domain used by the SMBus. Software must
wait at least 15.63 μs after the initial assertion of this bit before clearing it.
1 = Indicates that the SMI# was caused by:
16 1. The SMBus Slave receiving a message that an SMI# should be caused, or
2. The SMBALERT# signal goes active and the SMB_SMI_EN bit is set and the
SMBALERT_DIS bit is cleared, or
3. The SMBus Slave receiving a Host Notify message and the
HOST_NOTIFY_INTREN and the SMB_SMI_EN bits are set, or
4. The PCH detecting the SMLINK_SLAVE_SMI command while in the S0 state.
SERIRQ_SMI_STS—RO.
0 = SMI# was not caused by the SERIRQ decoder.
15
1 = Indicates that the SMI# was caused by the SERIRQ decoder.
NOTE: This is not a sticky bit
PERIODIC_STS—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
14
1 = This bit is set at the rate determined by the PER_SMI_SEL bits. If the
PERIODIC_EN bit (PMBASE + 30h, bit 14) is also set, the PCH generates an SMI#.
TCO_STS—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
0 = SMI# not caused by TCO logic.
13
1 = Indicates the SMI# was caused by the TCO logic. Note that this is not a wake
event.
Device Monitor Status (DEVMON_STS)—RO.
0 = SMI# not caused by Device Monitor.
12
1 = Set if bit 0 of the DEVACT_STS register (PMBASE + 44h) is set. The bit is not sticky,
so writes to this bit will have no effect.
Microcontroller SMI# Status (MCSMI_STS)—R/WC. Software clears this bit by
writing a 1 to it.
0 = Indicates that there has been no access to the power management microcontroller
range (62h or 66h).
11 1 = Set if there has been an access to the power management microcontroller range
(62h or 66h) and the Microcontroller Decode Enable #1 bit in the LPC Bridge I/O
Enables configuration register is 1 (D31:F0:Offset 82h:bit 11). Note that this
implementation assumes that the Microcontroller is on LPC. If this bit is set, and
the MCSMI_EN bit is also set, the PCH will generate an SMI#.
GPE0_STS—RO. This bit is a logical OR of the bits in the ALT_GP_SMI_STS register
that are also set up to cause an SMI# (as indicated by the GPI_ROUT registers) and
have the corresponding bit set in the ALT_GP_SMI_EN register. Bits that are not routed
10
to cause an SMI# will have no effect on this bit.
0 = SMI# was not generated by a GPI assertion.
1 = SMI# was generated by a GPI assertion.
GPE0_STS—RO. This bit is a logical OR of the bits 47:32, 14:10, 8, 6:2, and 0 in the
GPE0_STS register (PMBASE + 28h) that also have the corresponding bit set in the
9 GPE0_EN register (PMBASE + 2Ch).
0 = SMI# was not generated by a GPE0 event.
1 = SMI# was generated by a GPE0 event.
PM1_STS_REG—RO. This is an ORs of the bits in the ACPI PM1 Status Register (offset
PMBASE+00h) that can cause an SMI#.
8
0 = SMI# was not generated by a PM1_STS event.
1 = SMI# was generated by a PM1_STS event.
7 Reserved

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Bit Description
SWSMI_TMR_STS—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
6 0 = Software SMI# Timer has Not expired.
1 = Set by the hardware when the Software SMI# Timer expires.
APM_STS—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
5 0 = No SMI# generated by write access to APM Control register with APMCH_EN bit set.
1 = SMI# was generated by a write access to the APM Control register with the
APMC_EN bit set.
SLP_SMI_STS—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to the bit location.

4 0 = No SMI# caused by write of 1 to SLP_EN bit when SLP_SMI_EN bit is also set.
1 = Indicates an SMI# was caused by a write of 1 to SLP_EN bit when SLP_SMI_EN bit
is also set.
LEGACY_USB_STS—RO. This bit is a logical OR of each of the SMI status bits in the
USB Legacy Keyboard/Mouse Control Registers ANDed with the corresponding enable
3 bits. This bit will not be active if the enable bits are not set.
0 = SMI# was not generated by USB Legacy event.
1 = SMI# was generated by USB Legacy event.
BIOS_STS—R/WC.
0 = No SMI# generated due to ACPI software requesting attention.
1 = This bit gets set by hardware when a 1 is written by software to the GBL_RLS bit
2
(D31:F0:PMBase + 04h:bit 2). When both the BIOS_EN bit (D31:F0:PMBase +
30h:bit 2) and the BIOS_STS bit are set, an SMI# will be generated. The
BIOS_STS bit is cleared when software writes a 1 to its bit position.
1:0 Reserved

13.8.3.10 ALT_GP_SMI_EN—Alternate GPI SMI Enable Register

I/O Address: PMBASE +38h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
Alternate GPI SMI Enable—R/W. These bits are used to enable the corresponding
GPIO to cause an SMI#. For these bits to have any effect, the following must be true.
• The corresponding bit in the ALT_GP_SMI_EN register is set.
15:0 • The corresponding GPI must be routed in the GPI_ROUT register to cause an SMI.
• The corresponding GPIO must be implemented.
NOTE: Mapping is as follows: bit 15 corresponds to GPIO15... bit 0 corresponds to
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13.8.3.11 ALT_GP_SMI_STS—Alternate GPI SMI Status Register

I/O Address: PMBASE +3Ah Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
Alternate GPI SMI Status—R/WC. These bits report the status of the corresponding
GPIOs.
0 = Inactive. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Active
These bits are sticky. If the following conditions are true, then an SMI# will be
15:0 generated and the GPE0_STS bit set:
• The corresponding bit in the ALT_GPI_SMI_EN register (PMBASE + 38h) is set
• The corresponding GPIO must be routed in the GPI_ROUT register to cause an SMI.
• The corresponding GPIO must be implemented.
All bits are in the resume well. Default for these bits is dependent on the state of the
GPIO pins.

13.8.3.12 UPRWC—USB Per-Port Registers Write Control

I/O Address: PMBASE +3Ch Attribute: R/WC, R/W, R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
15:9 Reserved
Write Enable Status—R/WC
0 = This bit gets set by hardware when the “Per-Port Registers Write Enable” bit is
written from 0 to 1
1 = This bit is cleared by software writing a 1b to this bit location
8
The setting condition takes precedence over the clearing condition in the event that
both occur at once.
When this bit is 1b and bit 0 is 1b, the INTEL_USB2_STS bit is set in the SMI_STS
register.
7:1 Reserved
Write Enable SMI Enable—R/WO

0 0 = Disable
1 = Enables the generation of SMI when the Per-Port Registers Write Enable (bit 1) is
written from 0 to 1. Once written to 1b, this bit can not be cleared by software.

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13.8.3.13 GPE_CNTL—General Purpose Control Register

I/O Address: PMBASE +42h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI or Legacy
Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
8:2 Reserved
GPIO27_POL—R/W. This bit controls the polarity of the GPIO27 pin needed to set the
GPIO27_STS bit.
2
0 = GPIO27 = 0 will set the GPIO27_STS bit.
1 = GPIO27 = 1 will set the GPIO27_STS bit.
SWGPE_CTRL—R/W. This bit allows software to control the assertion of SWGPE_STS
bit. This bit is used by hardware as the level input signal for the SWGPE_STS bit in the
GPE0_STS register. When SWGPE_CTRL is 1, SWGPE_STS will be set to 1, and writes to
SWGPE_STS with a value of 1 to clear SWGPE_STS will result in SWGPE_STS being set
1
back to 1 by hardware. When SWGPE_CTRL is 0, writes to SWGPE_STS with a value of
1 will clear SWGPE_STS to 0.
This bit is cleared to 0 based on a Power Button Override, CPU Thermal Event as well as
by the RSMRST# pin assertion.
0 Reserved

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13.8.3.14 DEVACT_STS—Device Activity Status Register

I/O Address: PMBASE +44h Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Usage: Legacy Only
Power Well: Core

Each bit indicates if an access has occurred to the corresponding device’s trap range, or
for bits 6:9 if the corresponding PCI interrupt is active. This register is used in
conjunction with the Periodic SMI# timer to detect any system activity for legacy power
management. The periodic SMI# timer indicates if it is the right time to read the
DEVACT_STS register (PMBASE + 44h).

Note: Software clears bits that are set in this register by writing a 1 to the bit position.

Bit Description
15:13 Reserved
KBC_ACT_STS—R/WC. KBC (60/64h).
12 0 = Indicates that there has been no access to this device I/O range.
1 = This device I/O range has been accessed. Clear this bit by writing a 1 to the bit
location.
11:10 Reserved
PIRQDH_ACT_STS—R/WC. PIRQ[D or H].
9 0 = The corresponding PCI interrupts have not been active.
1 = At least one of the corresponding PCI interrupts has been active. Clear this bit by
writing a 1 to the bit location.
PIRQCG_ACT_STS—R/WC. PIRQ[C or G].
8 0 = The corresponding PCI interrupts have not been active.
1 = At least one of the corresponding PCI interrupts has been active. Clear this bit by
writing a 1 to the bit location.
PIRQBF_ACT_STS—R/WC. PIRQ[B or F].

7 0 = The corresponding PCI interrupts have not been active.

1 = At least one of the corresponding PCI interrupts has been active. Clear this bit by
writing a 1 to the bit location.
PIRQAE_ACT_STS—R/WC. PIRQ[A or E].
6 0 = The corresponding PCI interrupts have not been active.
1 = At least one of the corresponding PCI interrupts has been active. Clear this bit by
writing a 1 to the bit location.
5:0 Reserved

13.8.3.15 PM2_CNT—Power Management 2 Control Register

I/O Address: PMBASE + 50h
(ACPI PM2_CNT_BLK) Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Usage: ACPI
Power Well: Core

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Arbiter Disable (ARB_DIS)—R/W This bit is a scratchpad bit for legacy software
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13.9 System Management TCO Registers

The TCO logic is accessed using registers mapped to the PCI configuration space
(Device 31:Function 0) and the system I/O space. For TCO PCI Configuration registers,
see LPC Device 31:Function 0 PCI Configuration registers.

TCO Register I/O Map

The TCO I/O registers reside in a 32-byte range pointed to by a TCOBASE value, which
is, PMBASE + 60h in the PCI config space. The following table shows the mapping of
the registers within that 32-byte range. Each register is described in the following
sections.

Table 13-12. TCO I/O Register Address Map

TCOBASE
Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
+ Offset

TCO Timer Reload and Current

00h–01h TCO_RLD 0000h R/W
Value
02h TCO_DAT_IN TCO Data In 00h R/W
03h TCO_DAT_OUT TCO Data Out 00h R/W
04h–05h TCO1_STS TCO1 Status 0000h R/WC, RO
06h–07h TCO2_STS TCO2 Status 0000h R/WC
R/W,
08h–09h TCO1_CNT TCO1 Control 0000h
R/WLO, R/WC
0Ah–0Bh TCO2_CNT TCO2 Control 0008h R/W
TCO_MESSAGE1,
0Ch–0Dh TCO Message 1 and 2 00h R/W
TCO_MESSAGE2
0Eh TCO_WDCNT Watchdog Control 00h R/W
0Fh — Reserved — —
10h SW_IRQ_GEN Software IRQ Generation 03h R/W
11h — Reserved — —
12h–13h TCO_TMR TCO Timer Initial Value 0004h R/W
14h–1Fh — Reserved — —

13.9.1 TCO_RLD—TCO Timer Reload and Current Value Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +00h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:10 Reserved
TCO Timer Value—R/W. Reading this register will return the current count of the TCO
9:0
timer. Writing any value to this register will reload the timer to prevent the timeout.

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13.9.2 TCO_DAT_IN—TCO Data In Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +02h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
TCO Data In Value—R/W. This data register field is used for passing commands from
7:0 the OS to the SMI handler. Writes to this register will cause an SMI and set the
SW_TCO_SMI bit in the TCO1_STS register (D31:F0:04h).

13.9.3 TCO_DAT_OUT—TCO Data Out Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +03h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
TCO Data Out Value—R/W. This data register field is used for passing commands from
the SMI handler to the OS. Writes to this register will set the TCO_INT_STS bit in the
7:0
TCO_STS1 register. It will also cause an interrupt, as selected by the TCO_INT_SEL
bits.

13.9.4 TCO1_STS—TCO1 Status Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +04h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 2000h ‘Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core
(Except bit 7, in RTC)

Bit Description
15:14 Reserved
TCO_SLVSEL (TCO Slave Select)—RO. This register bit is Read Only by Host and
13 indicates the value of TCO Slave Select Soft Strap. See the PCH Soft Straps section of
the SPI Chapter for details.
DMISERR_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
12 1 = PCH received a DMI special cycle message using DMI indicating that it wants to
cause an SERR#. The software must read the Processor to determine the reason
for the SERR#.
11 Reserved
DMISMI_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
10 1 = PCH received a DMI special cycle message using DMI indicating that it wants to
cause an SMI. The software must read the Processor to determine the reason for
the SMI.
DMISCI_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
9 1 = PCH received a DMI special cycle message using DMI indicating that it wants to
cause an SCI. The software must read the Processor to determine the reason for
the SCI.

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Bit Description
BIOSWR_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = PCH sets this bit and generates and SMI# to indicate an invalid attempt to write to
8 the BIOS. This occurs when either:
a) The BIOSWP bit is changed from 0 to 1 and the BLD bit is also set, or
b) any write is attempted to the BIOS and the BIOSWP bit is also set.
NOTE: On write cycles attempted to the 4 MB lower alias to the BIOS space, the
BIOSWR_STS will not be set.
NEWCENTURY_STS—R/WC. This bit is in the RTC well.
0 = Cleared by writing a 1 to the bit position or by RTCRST# going active.
1 = This bit is set when the Year byte (RTC I/O space, index offset 09h) rolls over from
99 to 00. Setting this bit will cause an SMI# (but not a wake event).

NOTE: The NEWCENTURY_STS bit is not valid when the RTC battery is first installed (or
when RTC power has not been maintained). Software can determine if RTC
7 power has not been maintained by checking the RTC_PWR_STS bit
(D31:F0:A4h, bit 2), or by other means (such as a checksum on RTC RAM). If
RTC power is determined to have not been maintained, BIOS should set the
time to a valid value and then clear the NEWCENTURY_STS bit.
The NEWCENTURY_STS bit may take up to 3 RTC clocks for the bit to be cleared after a
1 is written to the bit to clear it. After writing a 1 to this bit, software should not exit the
SMI handler until verifying that the bit has actually been cleared. This will ensure that
the SMI is not re-entered.
6:4 Reserved
TIMEOUT—R/WC.
3 0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Set by PCH to indicate that the SMI was caused by the TCO timer reaching 0.
TCO_INT_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
2
1 = SMI handler caused the interrupt by writing to the TCO_DAT_OUT register
(TCOBASE + 03h).
SW_TCO_SMI—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1
1 = Software caused an SMI# by writing to the TCO_DAT_IN register (TCOBASE +
02h).
NMI2SMI_STS—RO.
0 = Cleared by clearing the associated NMI status bit.
0
1 = Set by the PCH when an SMI# occurs because an event occurred that would
otherwise have caused an NMI (because NMI2SMI_EN is set).

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13.9.5 TCO2_STS—TCO2 Status Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +06h Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume
(Except Bit 0, in RTC)

Bit Description
15:5 Reserved
SMLink Slave SMI Status (SMLINK_SLV_SMI_STS)—R/WC. Allow the software to
go directly into a pre-determined sleep state. This avoids race conditions. Software
clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
4 0 = The bit is reset by RSMRST#, but not due to the PCI Reset associated with exit
from S3–S5 states.
1 = PCH sets this bit to 1 when it receives the SMI message on the SMLink Slave
Interface.
3 Reserved
BOOT_STS—R/WC.
0 = Cleared by PCH based on RSMRST# or by software writing a 1 to this bit. Note that
software should first clear the SECOND_TO_STS bit before writing a 1 to clear the
BOOT_STS bit.
1 = Set to 1 when the SECOND_TO_STS bit goes from 0 to 1 and the processor has not
2 fetched the first instruction.
If rebooting due to a second TCO timer timeout, and if the BOOT_STS bit is set, the
PCH will reboot using the ‘safe’ multiplier (1111). This allows the system to recover
from a processor frequency multiplier that is too high, and allows the BIOS to check the
BOOT_STS bit at boot. If the bit is set and the frequency multiplier is 1111, then the
BIOS knows that the processor has been programmed to an invalid multiplier.
SECOND_TO_STS—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it, or by a RSMRST#.
1 = PCH sets this bit to 1 to indicate that the TIMEOUT bit had been (or is currently) set
1
and a second timeout occurred before the TCO_RLD register was written. If this bit
is set and the NO_REBOOT config bit is 0, then the PCH will reboot the system after
the second timeout. The reboot is done by asserting PLTRST#.
Intruder Detect (INTRD_DET)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it, or by RTCRST# assertion.
1 = Set by PCH to indicate that an intrusion was detected. This bit is set even if the
system is in G3 state.

NOTES:
1. This bit has a recovery time. After writing a 1 to this bit position (to clear it), the bit
may be read back as a 1 for up 65 microseconds before it is read as a 0. Software
must be aware of this recovery time when reading this bit after clearing it.
0 2. If the INTRUDER# signal is active when the software attempts to clear the
INTRD_DET bit, the bit will remain as a 1, and the SMI# will be generated again
immediately. The SMI handler can clear the INTRD_SEL bits (TCOBASE + 0Ah, bits
2:1), to avoid further SMIs. However, if the INTRUDER# signals goes inactive and
then active again, there will not be further SMI’s (because the INTRD_SEL bits
would select that no SMI# be generated).
3. If the INTRUDER# signal goes inactive some point after the INTRD_DET bit is
written as a 1, then the INTRD_DET signal will go to a 0 when INTRUDER# input
signal goes inactive. Note that this is slightly different than a classic sticky bit, since
most sticky bits would remain active indefinitely when the signal goes active and
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13.9.6 TCO1_CNT—TCO1 Control Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +08h Attribute: R/W, R/WLO, R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:13 Reserved
TCO_LOCK—R/WLO. When set to 1, this bit prevents writes from changing the TCO_EN
bit (in offset 30h of Power Management I/O space). Once this bit is set to 1, it can not
12
be cleared by software writing a 0 to this bit location. A core-well reset is required to
change this bit from 1 to 0. This bit defaults to 0.
TCO Timer Halt (TCO_TMR_HLT)—R/W.
0 = The TCO Timer is enabled to count.
1 = The TCO Timer will halt. It will not count, and thus cannot reach a value that will
11
cause an SMI# or set the SECOND_TO_STS bit. When set, this bit will prevent
rebooting and prevent Alert On LAN event messages from being transmitted on the
SMLink (but not Alert On LAN* heartbeat messages).
10 Reserved
NMI2SMI_EN—R/W.
0 = Normal NMI functionality.
1 = Forces all NMIs to instead cause SMIs. The functionality of this bit is dependent
upon the settings of the NMI_EN bit and the GBL_SMI_EN bit as detailed in the
following table:

9 0b 0b No SMI# at all because GBL_SMI_EN = 0

0b 1b SMI# will be caused due to NMI events
1b 0b No SMI# at all because GBL_SMI_EN = 0
1b 1b No SMI# due to NMI because NMI_EN = 1

NMI_NOW—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it. The NMI handler is expected to clear
8 this bit. Another NMI will not be generated until the bit is cleared.
1 = Writing a 1 to this bit causes an NMI. This allows the BIOS or SMI handler to force
an entry to the NMI handler.
7:0 Reserved

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13.9.7 TCO2_CNT—TCO2 Control Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +0Ah Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0008h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
15:6 Reserved
OS_POLICY—R/W. OS-based software writes to these bits to select the policy that the
BIOS will use after the platform resets due the WDT. The following convention is
recommended for the BIOS and OS:
00 = Boot normally
01 = Shut down
5:4
10 = Do not load OS. Hold in pre-boot state and use LAN to determine next step
11 = Reserved

NOTE: These are just scratchpad bits. They should not be reset when the TCO logic
resets the platform due to Watchdog Timer.
GPIO11_ALERT_DISABLE—R/W. At reset (using RSMRST# asserted) this bit is set
and GPIO[11] alerts are disabled.
3 0 = Enable.
1 = Disable GPIO11/SMBALERT# as an alert source for the heartbeats and the SMBus
slave.
INTRD_SEL—R/W. This field selects the action to take if the INTRUDER# signal goes
active.
00 = No interrupt or SMI#
2:1
01 = Interrupt (as selected by TCO_INT_SEL).
10 = SMI
11 = Reserved
0 Reserved

13.9.8 TCO_MESSAGE1 and TCO_MESSAGE2 Registers

I/O Address: TCOBASE +0Ch (Message 1)Attribute: R/W
TCOBASE +0Dh (Message 2)
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
TCO_MESSAGE[n]—R/W. BIOS can write into these registers to indicate its boot
7:0 progress. The external microcontroller can read these registers to monitor the boot
progress.

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13.9.9 TCO_WDCNT—TCO Watchdog Control Register

Offset Address: TCOBASE + 0Eh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Power Well: Resume

Bit Description
The BIOS or system management software can write into this register to indicate more
details on the boot progress. The register will reset to 00h based on a RSMRST# (but
7:0
not PLTRST#). The external microcontroller can read this register to monitor boot
progress.

13.9.10 SW_IRQ_GEN—Software IRQ Generation Register

Offset Address: TCOBASE + 10h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 03h Size: 8 bits
Power Well: Core

Bit Description
7:2 Reserved
IRQ12_CAUSE—R/W. When software sets this bit to 1, IRQ12 will be asserted. When
1
software sets this bit to 0, IRQ12 will be de-asserted.
IRQ1_CAUSE—R/W. When software sets this bit to 1, IRQ1 will be asserted. When
0
software sets this bit to 0, IRQ1 will be de-asserted.

13.9.11 TCO_TMR—TCO Timer Initial Value Register

I/O Address: TCOBASE +12h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0004h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:10 Reserved
TCO Timer Initial Value—R/W. Value that is loaded into the timer each time the
TCO_RLD register is written. Values of 0000h or 0001h will be ignored and should not
be attempted. The timer is clocked at approximately 0.6 seconds, and thus allows
9:0
timeouts ranging from 1.2 second to 613.8 seconds.
NOTE: The timer has an error of ±1 tick (0.6 S).
The TCO Timer will only count down in the S0 state.

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13.10 General Purpose I/O Registers

The control for the general purpose I/O signals is handled through a 128-byte I/O
space. The base offset for this space is selected by the GPIOBASE register.

Table 13-13. Registers to Control GPIO Address Map

GPIOBASE
Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
+ Offset
00h–03h GPIO_USE_SEL GPIO Use Select F96BA1FF R/W
04h–07h GP_IO_SEL GPIO Input/Output Select F6FF6EFFh R/W
08h–0Bh — Reserved 0h —
GPIO Level for Input or
0Ch–0Fh GP_LVL 02FE0100h R/W
Output
10h–13h — Reserved 0h —
14h–17h — Reserved 0h —
18h–1Bh GPO_BLINK GPIO Blink Enable 00040000h R/W
1Ch–1Fh GP_SER_BLINK GP Serial Blink 00000000h R/W
GP Serial Blink Command
20–23h GP_SB_CMDSTS 00080000h R/W
Status
24–27h GP_SB_DATA GP Serial Blink Data 00000000h R/W
28–29h GPI_NMI_EN GPI NMI Enable 0000 R/W
2A–2Bh GPI_NMI_STS GPI NMI Status 0000 R/WC
2C–2Fh GPI_INV GPIO Signal Invert 00000000h R/W
020300FEh
(mobile
only) /
30h–33h GPIO_USE_SEL2 GPIO Use Select 2 R/W
020300FFh
(Desktop
only)
34h–37h GP_IO_SEL2 GPIO Input/Output Select 2 1F57FFF4h R/W
GPIO Level for Input or
38h–3Bh GP_LVL2 A4AA0003h R/W
Output 2
3Ch–3Fh — Reserved 0h —
00000000h
(mobile
only)/
40h–43h GPIO_USE_SEL3 GPIO Use Select 3 R/W
00000100h
(desktop
only)
44h–47h GPIO_SEL3 GPIO Input/Output Select 3 00000F00h R/W
GPIO Level for Input or
48h–4Bh GP_LVL3 00000000h R/W
Output 3
4Ch–5Fh — Reserved 0h —
60h–63h GP_RST_SEL[31:0] GPIO Reset Select 1 01000000h R/W
64h–67h GP_RST_SEL[63:32] GPIO Reset Select 2 0h R/W
68h–6Bh GP_RST_SEL[95:64] GPIO Reset Select 3 0h R/W
6Ch–7Fh — Reserved 0h —

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13.10.1 GPIO_USE_SEL—GPIO Use Select Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE + 00h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: F96BA1FFh Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:3

Bit Description
GPIO_USE_SEL[31:0]—R/W. Each bit in this register enables the corresponding GPIO
(if it exists) to be used as a GPIO, rather than for the native function.
0 = Signal used as native function.
1 = Signal used as a GPIO.
NOTES:
1. The following bits are always 1 because they are always unMultiplexed: 0, 8, 15,
24, 27, and 28.
2. If GPIO[n] does not exist, then, the n-bit in this register will always read as 0
and writes will have no effect. The following bits are always 0 in mobile: 15 and
25.
31:0
3. After a full reset (RSMRST#) all multiplexed signals in the resume and core
wells are configured as their default function. After only a PLTRST#, the GPIOs
in the core well are configured as their default function.
4. When configured to GPIO mode, the muxing logic will present the inactive state
to native logic that uses the pin as an input.
5. All GPIOs are reset to the default state by CF9h reset except GPIO24.
6. Bit 26 may be overridden by bit 8 in the GEN_PMCON_3 Register.
7. Bit 29 must only be used to configure SLP_LAN# behavior in Sx/Moff when ME
FW is not configuring the pin as SLP_LAN#. GPIO29 can not be used for any
other usage.

13.10.2 GP_IO_SEL—GPIO Input/Output Select Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: F6FF6EFFh Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_IO_SEL[31:0]—R/W.
When configured in native mode (GPIO_USE_SEL[n] is 0), writes to these bits have
no effect. The value reported in this register is undefined when programmed as
native mode.
31:0 0 = Output. The corresponding GPIO signal is an output.
1 = Input. The corresponding GPIO signal is an input.

NOTE: GPIO29 can not be configured as an input, must be used as an output in Sx/
Moff to configure SLP_LAN#.

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13.10.3 GP_LVL—GPIO Level for Input or Output Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +0Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 02FE0100h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_LVL[31:0]—R/W. These registers are implemented as dual read/write with
dedicated storage each. Write value will be stored in the write register, while read is
coming from the read register which will always reflect the value of the pin.
If GPIO[n] is programmed to be an output (using the corresponding bit in the
GP_IO_SEL register), then the corresponding GP_LVL[n] write register value will
31:0
drive a high or low value on the output pin. 1 = high, 0 = low.
When configured in native mode (GPIO_USE_SEL[n] is 0), writes to these bits are
stored but have no effect to the pin value. The value reported in this register is
undefined when programmed as native mode.
NOTE: Bit 29 setting will be ignored if ME FW is configuring SLP_LAN# behavior.

13.10.4 GPO_BLINK—GPO Blink Enable Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +18h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00040000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_BLINK[31:0]—R/W. The setting of this bit has no effect if the corresponding
GPIO signal is programmed as an input.
0 = The corresponding GPIO will function normally.
1 = If the corresponding GPIO is programmed as an output, the output signal will
blink at a rate of approximately once per second. The high and low times have
approximately 0.5 seconds each. The GP_LVL bit is not altered when this bit is
31:0 set.
The value of the corresponding GP_LVL bit remains unchanged during the blink
process, and does not effect the blink in any way. The GP_LVL bit is not altered
when programmed to blink. It will remain at its previous value.
These bits correspond to GPIO in the Resume well. These bits revert to the default
value based on RSMRST# or a write to the CF9h register (but not just on
PLTRST#).

NOTE: GPIO18 will blink by default immediately after reset. This signal could be connected to an
LED to indicate a failed boot (by programming BIOS to clear GP_BLINK18 after successful
POST).

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13.10.5 GP_SER_BLINK—GP Serial Blink Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +1Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_SER_BLINK[31:0]—R/W. The setting of this bit has no effect if the
corresponding GPIO is programmed as an input or if the corresponding GPIO has the
GPO_BLINK bit set.
When set to a 0, the corresponding GPIO will function normally.
When using serial blink, this bit should be set to a 1 while the corresponding
GP_IO_SEL bit is set to 1. Setting the GP_IO_SEL bit to 0 after the GP_SER_BLINK bit
31:0 ensures PCH will not drive a 1 on the pin as an output. When this corresponding bit is
set to a 1 and the pin is configured to output mode, the serial blink capability is
enabled. The PCH will serialize messages through an open-drain buffer configuration.
The value of the corresponding GP_LVL bit remains unchanged and does not impact
the serial blink capability in any way.
Writes to this register have no effect when the corresponding pin is configured in
native mode and the read value returned is undefined.

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13.10.6 GP_SB_CMDSTS—GP Serial Blink Command

Status Register
Offset Address: GPIOBASE +20h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00080000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Data Length Select (DLS)—R/W. This field determines the number of bytes to
serialize on GPIO
00 = Serialize bits 7:0 of GP_SB_DATA (1 byte)
01 = Serialize bits 15:0 of GP_SB_DATA (2 bytes)
23:22 10 = Undefined - Software must not write this value
11 = Serialize bits 31:0 of GP_SB_DATA (4 bytes)
Software should not modify the value in this register unless the Busy bit is clear. Writes
to this register have no effect when the corresponding pin is configured in native mode
and the read value returned is undefined.
Data Rate Select (DRS)—R/W. This field selects the number of 120ns time intervals
to count between Manchester data transitions. The default of 8h results in a 960 ns
21:16 minimum time between transitions. A value of 0h in this register produces undefined
behavior.
Software should not modify the value in this register unless the Busy bit is clear.
15:9 Reserved
Busy—RO. This read-only status bit is the hardware indication that a serialization is in
8 progress. Hardware sets this bit to 1 based on the Go bit being set. Hardware clears
this bit when the Go bit is cleared by the hardware.
7:1 Reserved
Go—R/W. This bit is set to 1 by software to start the serialization process. Hardware
0 clears the bit after the serialized data is sent. Writes of 0 to this register have no effect.
Software should not write this bit to 1 unless the Busy status bit is cleared.

13.10.7 GP_SB_DATA—GP Serial Blink Data Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +24h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
GP_SB_DATA[31:0]—R/W. This register contains the data serialized out. The
31:0 number of bits shifted out are selected through the DLS field in the GP_SB_CMDSTS
register. This register should not be modified by software when the Busy bit is set.

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13.10.8 GPI_NMI_EN—GPI NMI Enable Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +28h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core for 0:7
Resume for 8:15

Bit Description
GPI_NMI_EN[15:0]. GPI NMI Enable: This bit only has effect if the
corresponding GPIO is used as an input and its GPI_ROUT register is being
15:0
programmed to NMI functionality. When set to 1, it used to allow active-low and
active-high inputs (depends on inversion bit) to cause NMI.

13.10.9 GPI_NMI_STS—GPI NMI Status Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +2Ah Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00000h Size: 16-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7
Resume for 8:15

Bit Description
GPI_NMI_STS[15:0]. GPI NMI Status: GPI_NMI_STS[15:0]. GPI NMI Status:
This bit is set if the corresponding GPIO is used as an input, and its GPI_ROUT
register is being programmed to NMI functionality and also GPI_NMI_EN bit is set
15:0 when it detects either:
1) active-high edge when its corresponding GPI_INV is configured with value 0.
2) active-low edge when its corresponding GPI_INV is configured with value 1.
NOTE: Writing value of 1 will clear the bit, while writing value of 0 have no effect.

13.10.10 GPI_INV—GPIO Signal Invert Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +2Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core for 17, 16, 7:0

Bit Description
31:16 Reserved
Input Inversion (GP_INV[n])—R/W. This bit only has effect if the corresponding
GPIO is used as an input and used by the GPE logic, where the polarity matters. When
set to ‘1’, then the GPI is inverted as it is sent to the GPE logic that is using it. This bit
has no effect on the value that is reported in the GP_LVL register.
These bits are used to allow both active-low and active-high inputs to cause SMI# or
SCI. Note that in the S0 or S1 state, the input signal must be active for at least two PCI
clocks to ensure detection by the PCH. In the S3, S4 or S5 states the input signal must
15:0 be active for at least 2 RTC clocks to ensure detection. The setting of these bits has no
effect if the corresponding GPIO is programmed as an output. These bits correspond to
GPI that are in the resume well, and will be reset to their default values by RSMRST# or
by a write to the CF9h register.
0 = The corresponding GPI_STS bit is set when the PCH detects the state of the input
pin to be high.
1 = The corresponding GPI_STS bit is set when the PCH detects the state of the input
pin to be low.

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13.10.11 GPIO_USE_SEL2—GPIO Use Select 2 Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +30h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 020300FFh (Desktop) Size: 32-bit
020300FEh (Mobile)
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GPIO_USE_SEL2[63:32]—R/W. Each bit in this register enables the corresponding
GPIO (if it exists) to be used as a GPIO, rather than for the native function.
0 = Signal used as native function.
1 = Signal used as a GPIO.

NOTES:
1. The following bit are always 1 because it is always unMultiplexed: 3, 25. The
following bits are unMultiplexed in desktop and are also 1: 0.
2. If GPIO[n] does not exist, then, the (n-32) bit in this register will always read as
31:0 0 and writes will have no effect. The following bits are always 0: 29, 30 and 31.
The following bit is also not used in mobile and is always 0: 0.
3. After a full reset RSMRST# all multiplexed signals in the resume and core wells
are configured as their default function. After only a PLTRST#, the GPIOs in the
core well are configured as their default function.
4. When configured to GPIO mode, the muxing logic will present the inactive state
to native logic that uses the pin as an input.
5. Bit 26 is ignored, functionality is configured by bits 9:8 of FLMAP0 register.
This register corresponds to GPIO[63:32]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO32 and bit 28
corresponds to GPIO60.

13.10.12 GP_IO_SEL2—GPIO Input/Output Select 2 Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +34h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 1F57FFF4h
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_IO_SEL2[63:32]—R/W.
0 = GPIO signal is programmed as an output.
31:0 1 = Corresponding GPIO signal (if enabled in the GPIO_USE_SEL2 register) is
programmed as an input.
This register corresponds to GPIO[63:32]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO32.

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13.10.13 GP_LVL2—GPIO Level for Input or Output 2 Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +38h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: A4AA0003h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_LVL[63:32]—R/W.
These registers are implemented as dual read/write with dedicated storage each. Write
value will be stored in the write register, while read is coming from the read register
which will always reflect the value of the pin. If GPIO[n] is programmed to be an output
(using the corresponding bit in the GP_IO_SEL register), then the corresponding
GP_LVL[n] write register value will drive a high or low value on the output pin.
31:0
1 = high, 0 = low.
When configured in native mode (GPIO_USE_SEL[n] is 0), writes to these bits are
stored but have no effect to the pin value. The value reported in this register is
undefined when programmed as native mode.

NOTE: This register corresponds to GPIO[63:32]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO32.

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13.10.14 GPIO_USE_SEL3—GPIO Use Select 3 Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +40h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000100h (Desktop) Size: 32-bit
00000000h (Mobile)
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
31:9 Always 0. No corresponding GPIO.
GPIO_USE_SEL3[75:72]—R/W. Each bit in this register enables the corresponding
GPIO (if it exists) to be used as a GPIO, rather than for the native function.
0 = Signal used as native function.
1 = Signal used as a GPIO.

NOTES:
1. The following bit is always 1 because it is always unMultiplexed: 8
2. If GPIO[n] does not exist, then, the (n-32) bit in this register will always read as
11:8
0 and writes will have no effect.
3. After a full reset RSMRST# all multiplexed signals in the resume and core wells
are configured as their default function. After only a PLTRST#, the GPIOs in the
core well are configured as their default function.
4. When configured to GPIO mode, the muxing logic will present the inactive state
to native logic that uses the pin as an input.
This register corresponds to GPIO[95:64]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO64 and bit 32
corresponds to GPIO95.
7:4 Always 0. No corresponding GPIO.
GPIO_USE_SEL3[67:64]—R/W. Each bit in this register enables the corresponding
GPIO (if it exists) to be used as a GPIO, rather than for the native function.
0 = Signal used as native function.
1 = Signal used as a GPIO.

NOTES:
1. If GPIO[n] does not exist, then, the (n-32) bit in this register will always read as
3:0 0 and writes will have no effect.
2. After a full reset RSMRST# all multiplexed signals in the resume and core wells
are configured as their default function. After only a PLTRST#, the GPIOs in the
core well are configured as their default function.
3. When configured to GPIO mode, the muxing logic will present the inactive state
to native logic that uses the pin as an input.
This register corresponds to GPIO[95:64]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO64 and bit 32
corresponds to GPIO95.

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13.10.15 GP_IO_SEL3—GPIO Input/Output Select 3 Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +44h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000F00 Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
31:12 Always 0. No corresponding GPIO.
GPIO_IO_SEL3[75:72]—R/W.
0 = GPIO signal is programmed as an output.
11:8 1 = Corresponding GPIO signal (if enabled in the GPIO_USE_SEL3 register) is
programmed as an input.
This register corresponds to GPIO[95:64]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO64.
7:4 Always 0. No corresponding GPIO.
GPIO_IO_SEL3[67:64]—R/W.
0 = GPIO signal is programmed as an output.
3:0 1 = Corresponding GPIO signal (if enabled in the GPIO_USE_SEL3 register) is
programmed as an input.
This register corresponds to GPIO[95:64]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO64.

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13.10.16 GP_LVL3—GPIO Level for Input or Output 3 Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +48h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
31:12 Always 0. No corresponding GPIO.
GP_LVL[75:72]—R/W.
These registers are implemented as dual read/write with dedicated storage each. Write
value will be stored in the write register, while read is coming from the read register
which will always reflect the value of the pin. If GPIO[n] is programmed to be an output
(using the corresponding bit in the GP_IO_SEL register), then the corresponding
11:8 GP_LVL[n] write register value will drive a high or low value on the output pin. 1 =
high, 0 = low.
When configured in native mode (GPIO_USE_SEL[n] is 0), writes to these bits are
stored but have no effect to the pin value. The value reported in this register is
undefined when programmed as native mode.
This register corresponds to GPIO[95:64]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO64.
7:4 Always 0. No corresponding GPIO.
GP_LVL[67:64]—R/W.
These registers are implemented as dual read/write with dedicated storage each. Write
value will be stored in the write register, while read is coming from the read register
which will always reflect the value of the pin. If GPIO[n] is programmed to be an output
(using the corresponding bit in the GP_IO_SEL register), then the corresponding
3:0 GP_LVL[n] write register value will drive a high or low value on the output pin.
1 = high, 0 = low.
When configured in native mode (GPIO_USE_SEL[n] is 0), writes to these bits are
stored but have no effect to the pin value. The value reported in this register is
undefined when programmed as native mode.
This register corresponds to GPIO[95:64]. Bit 0 corresponds to GPIO64.

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13.10.17 GP_RST_SEL1—GPIO Reset Select Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +60h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 01000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_RST_SEL[31:24]—R/W.
0 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by host partition reset, global resets,
and straight-to-S5 events such as THRMTRIP# or Power Button Override.
31:24 1 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by RSMRST# assertion only.

NOTE: GPIO[24] register bits are not cleared by CF9h reset by default.
NOTE: For a list of causes of host partition and global resets, see Table 5-35.
23:16 Reserved
GP_RST_SEL[15:8]—R/W.
0 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by host partition reset, global resets,
and straight-to-S5 events such as THRMTRIP# or Power Button Override.
15:8
1 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by RSMRST# assertion only.

NOTE: For a list of causes of host partition and global resets, see Table 5-35.
7:0 Reserved

13.10.18 GP_RST_SEL2—GPIO Reset Select Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +64h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
GP_RST_SEL[63:56]—R/W.
0 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by host partition reset, global resets,
and straight-to-S5 events such as THRMTRIP# or Power Button Override.
31:24
1 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by RSMRST# assertion only.

NOTE: For a list of causes of host partition and global resets, see Table 5-35.
23:16 Reserved
GP_RST_SEL[47:40]—R/W.
0 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by host partition reset, global resets,
and straight-to-S5 events such as THRMTRIP# or Power Button Override.
15:8
1 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by RSMRST# assertion only.

NOTE: For a list of causes of host partition and global resets, see Table 5-35.
7:0 Reserved

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13.10.19 GP_RST_SEL3—GPIO Reset Select Register

Offset Address: GPIOBASE +68h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32-bit
Lockable: Yes Power Well: Core for 0:7, 16:23,
Resume for 8:15, 24:31

Bit Description
31:12 Reserved
GP_RST_SEL[75:72]—R/W.
0 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by host partition reset, global resets,
and straight-to-S5 events such as THRMTRIP# or Power Button Override.
11:8
1 = Corresponding GPIO registers will be reset by RSMRST# assertion only.

NOTE: For a list of causes of host partition and global resets, see Table 5-35.
7:0 Reserved

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14 SATA Controller Registers

(D31:F2)
14.1 PCI Configuration Registers (SATA–D31:F2)
Note: Address locations that are not shown should be treated as Reserved.

All of the SATA registers are in the core well. None of the registers can be locked.

Table 14-1. SATA Controller PCI Register Address Map (SATA–D31:F2) (Sheet 1 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 02B0h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
See
See register
09h PI Programming Interface register
description
description
See
See register
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code register
description
description
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 01h RO
0Dh PMLT Primary Master Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HTYPE Header Type 00h RO
10h–13h PCMD_BAR Primary Command Block Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
14h–17h PCNL_BAR Primary Control Block Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
Secondary Command Block Base
18h–1Bh SCMD_BAR 00000001h R/W, RO
Address
1Ch–1Fh SCNL_BAR Secondary Control Block Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
20h–23h BAR Legacy Bus Master Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
See
ABAR / AHCI Base Address / SATA Index Data See register
24h–27h register
SIDPBA Pair Base Address description
description
2Ch–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor Identification 0000h R/WO
2Eh–2Fh SID Subsystem Identification 0000h R/WO
34h CAP Capabilities Pointer 80h RO
3Ch INT_LN Interrupt Line 00h R/W
See register
3Dh INT_PN Interrupt Pin RO
description
40h–41h IDE_TIM Primary IDE Timing Register 0000h R/W

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Table 14-1. SATA Controller PCI Register Address Map (SATA–D31:F2) (Sheet 2 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

42h–43h IDE_TIM Secondary IDE Timing Register 0000h R/W

44h SIDETIM Slave IDE Timing 00h R/W
48h SDMA_CNT Synchronous DMA Control 00h R/W
4Ah–4Bh SDMA_TIM Synchronous DMA Timing 0000h R/W
54h–57h IDE_CONFIG IDE I/O Configuration 00000000h R/W
See register
70h–71h PID PCI Power Management Capability ID RO
description
See register
72h–73h PC PCI Power Management Capabilities RO
description
PCI Power Management Control and See register R/W, RO,
74h–75h PMCS
Status description R/WC
Message Signaled Interrupt Capability
80h–81h MSICI 7005h RO
ID
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
82h–83h MSIMC 0000h RO, R/W
Control
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
84h–87h MSIMA 00000000h RO, R/W
Address
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
88h–89h MSIMD 0000h R/W
Data
90h MAP Address Map 0000h R/W
92h–93h PCS Port Control and Status 0000h R/W, RO
94h–97h SCGC SATA Clock Gating Control 00000000h R/W
9Ch–9Fh SCLKGC SATA Clock General Configuration 00000000h R/W, R/WO
A0h SIRI SATA Indexed Registers Index 00h R/W
A4h STRD SATA Indexed Register Data XXXXXXXXh R/W
A8h–ABh SATACR0 SATA Capability Register 0 0010B012h RO, R/WO
ACh–AFh SATACR1 SATA Capability Register 1 00000048h RO
B0h–B1h FLRCID FLR Capability ID 0009h RO
See register
B2h–B3h FLRCLV FLR Capability Length and Version R/WO, RO
description
B4h–B5h FLRCTRL FLR Control 0000h RO, R/W
C0h ATC APM Trapping Control 00h R/W
C4h ATS ATM Trapping Status 00h R/WC
D0h–D3h SP Scratch Pad 00000000h R/W
E0h–E3h BFCS BIST FIS Control/Status 00000000h R/W, R/WC
E4h–E7h BFTD1 BIST FIS Transmit Data, DW1 00000000h R/W
E8h–EBh BFTD2 BIST FIS Transmit Data, DW2 00000000h R/W

NOTE: The PCH SATA controller is not arbitrated as a PCI device, therefore it does not need a
master latency timer.

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14.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (SATA—D31:F2)

Offset Address: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. Intel VID = 8086h

14.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (SATA—D31:F2)

Offset Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description
Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH SATA controller.
15:0 NOTE: The value of this field will change dependent upon the value of the MAP
Register. See Section 14.1.34

14.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description
15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable—R/W. This disables pin-based INTx# interrupts. This bit has no
effect on MSI operation.
10 0 = Internal INTx# messages are generated if there is an interrupt and MSI is not
enabled.
1 = Internal INTx# messages will not be generated.
9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
8 SERR# Enable (SERR_EN)—RO. Reserved as 0.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Reserved as 0.
Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W.
6 0 = Disabled. SATA controller will not generate PERR# when a data parity error is
detected.
1 = Enabled. SATA controller will generate PERR# when a data parity error is detected.
5 VGA Palette Snoop (VPS)—RO. Reserved as 0.
4 Postable Memory Write Enable (PMWE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W. This bit controls the PCH’s ability to act as a PCI
2 master for IDE Bus Master transfers. This bit does not impact the generation of
completions for split transaction commands.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W / RO. Controls access to the SATA controller’s
1
target memory space (for AHCI). This bit is RO 0 when not in AHCI/RAID modes.
I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—R/W. This bit controls access to the I/O space registers.
0 = Disables access to the Legacy or Native IDE ports (both Primary and Secondary) as
0 well as the Bus Master I/O registers.
1 = Enable. Note that the Base Address register for the Bus Master registers should be
programmed before this bit is set.

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14.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 02B0h Size: 16 bits

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 to
the bit has no effect.

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

15 0 = No parity error detected by SATA controller.
1 = SATA controller detects a parity error on its interface.
14 Signaled System Error (SSE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.
13 0 = Master abort Not generated.
1 = SATA controller, as a master, generated a master abort.
12 Reserved as 0—RO.
11 Signaled Target Abort (STA)—RO. Reserved as 0.
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEV_STS)—RO.
10:9
01 = Hardwired; Controls the device select time for the SATA controller’s PCI interface.
Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—R/WC. For PCH, this bit can only be set on read
completions received from the bus when there is a parity error.
8 1 = SATA controller, as a master, either detects a parity error or sees the parity error
line asserted, and the parity error response bit (bit 6 of the command register) is
set.
7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FB2BC)—RO. Reserved as 1.
6 User Definable Features (UDF)—RO. Reserved as 0.
5 66MHz Capable (66MHZ_CAP)—RO. Reserved as 1.
Capabilities List (CAP_LIST)—RO. This bit indicates the presence of a capabilities
4 list. The minimum requirement for the capabilities list must be PCI power management
for the SATA controller.
Interrupt Status (INTS)—RO. Reflects the state of INTx# messages, IRQ14 or
IRQ15.
3 0 = Interrupt is cleared (independent of the state of Interrupt Disable bit in the
command register [offset 04h]).
1 = Interrupt is to be asserted
2:0 Reserved

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14.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (SATA—D31:F2)

Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

14.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (SATA–D31:F2)

14.1.6.1 When Sub Class Code Register (D31:F2:Offset 0Ah) = 01h
Address Offset: 09h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7 This read-only bit is a 1 to indicate that the PCH supports bus master operation
6:4 Reserved. Will always return 0.
Secondary Mode Native Capable (SNC)—RO.
0 = Secondary controller only supports legacy mode.
3 1 = Secondary controller supports both legacy and native modes.
When MAP.MV (D31:F2:Offset 90:bits 1:0) is any value other than 00b, this bit reports
as a 0. When MAP.MV is 00b, this bit reports as a 1.
Secondary Mode Native Enable (SNE)—R/W.
Determines the mode that the secondary channel is operating in.
0 = Secondary controller operating in legacy (compatibility) mode
1 = Secondary controller operating in native PCI mode.
2 When MAP.MV (D31:F2:Offset 90:bits 1:0) is any value other than 00b, this bit is read-
only (RO). When MAP.MV is 00b, this bit is read/write (R/W).
If this bit is set by software, then the PNE bit (bit 0 of this register) must also be set by
software. While in theory these bits can be programmed separately, such a
configuration is not supported by hardware.
Primary Mode Native Capable (PNC)—RO.
0 = Primary controller only supports legacy mode.
1 1 = Primary controller supports both legacy and native modes.
When MAP.MV (D31:F2:Offset 90:bits 1:0) is any value other than 00b, this bit reports
as a 0. When MAP.MV is 00b, this bit reports as a 1.
Primary Mode Native Enable (PNE)—R/W.
Determines the mode that the primary channel is operating in.
0 = Primary controller operating in legacy (compatibility) mode.
0
1 = Primary controller operating in native PCI mode.
If this bit is set by software, then the SNE bit (bit 2 of this register) must also be set by
software simultaneously.

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14.1.6.2 When Sub Class Code Register (D31:F2:Offset 0Ah) = 04h

Address Offset: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interface (IF)—RO.
7:0
When configured as RAID, this register becomes read only 0.

14.1.6.3 When Sub Class Code Register (D31:F2:Offset 0Ah) = 06h

Address Offset: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interface (IF)—RO.
7:0
Indicates the SATA Controller supports AHCI, rev 1.2.

14.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 0Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Sub Class Code (SCC)

This field specifies the sub-class code of the controller, per the table below:
PCH Only:
SCC Register Attribute SCC Register Value
RO 01h (IDE Controller)

PCH Mobile Only:

MAP.SMS (D31:F2:Offset
SCC Register Value
90h:bit 7:6)
7:0 00b 01h (IDE Controller)
01b 06h (AHCI Controller)

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enabled PCH components Only:

MAP.SMS (D31:F2:Offset SCC Default Register
90h:bit 7:6) Value
00b 01h (IDE Controller)
01b 06h (AHCI Controller)
10b 04h (RAID Controller)

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14.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register

(SATA–D31:F2SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO.

7:0
01h = Mass storage device

14.1.9 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Master Latency Timer Count (MLTC)—RO.

7:0 00h = Hardwired. The SATA controller is implemented internally, and is not arbitrated
as a PCI device, so it does not need a Master Latency Timer.

14.1.10 HTYPE—Header Type Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Multi-function Device (MFD)—RO.

7
Indicates this SATA controller is not part of a multifunction device.
Header Layout (HL)—RO.
6:0
Indicates that the SATA controller uses a target device layout.

14.1.11 PCMD_BAR—Primary Command Block Base Address

Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 10h–13h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits
.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (8
15:3
consecutive I/O locations).
2:1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 8-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Primary Controller’s Command Block.

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14.1.12 PCNL_BAR—Primary Control Block Base Address

Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 14h–17h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits
.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (4
15:2
consecutive I/O locations).
1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 4-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Primary Controller’s Command Block.

14.1.13 SCMD_BAR—Secondary Command Block Base Address

Register (IDE D31:F2)
Address Offset: 18h–1Bh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (8
15:3
consecutive I/O locations).
2:1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 4-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Secondary Controller’s Command
Block.

14.1.14 SCNL_BAR—Secondary Control Block Base Address

Register (IDE D31:F2)
Address Offset: 1Ch–1Fh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (4
15:2
consecutive I/O locations).
1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 4-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Secondary Controller Command Block.

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14.1.15 BAR—Legacy Bus Master Base Address Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 20h–23h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

The Bus Master IDE interface function uses Base Address register 5 to request a 16-
byte I/O space to provide a software interface to the Bus Master functions. Only 12
bytes are actually used (6 bytes for primary, 6 bytes for secondary). Only bits [15:4]
are used to decode the address.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (16
15:5
consecutive I/O locations).
Base—R/W / RO. When SCC is 01h, this bit will be R/W resulting in requesting 16B of I/
4 O space. When SCC is not 01h, this bit will be Read Only 0, resulting in requesting 32B
of I/O space.
3:1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

14.1.16 ABAR/SIDPBA1—AHCI Base Address Register/Serial ATA

Index Data Pair Base Address (SATA–D31:F2)
When the programming interface is not IDE (that is, SCC is not 01h), this register is
named ABAR. When the programming interface is IDE, this register becomes SIDPBA.

Note that hardware does not clear those BA bits when switching from IDE component
to non-IDE component or vice versa. BIOS is responsible for clearing those bits to 0
since the number of writable bits changes after component switching (as indicated by a
change in SCC). In the case, this register will then have to be re-programmed to a
proper value.

14.1.16.1 When SCC is not 01h

When the programming interface is not IDE, the register represents a memory BAR
allocating space for the AHCI memory registers defined in Section 14.4.
.
Address Offset: 24–27h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:11 Base Address (BA)—R/W. Base address of register memory space (aligned to 1 KB)
10:4 Reserved
3 Prefetchable (PF)—RO. Indicates that this range is not pre-fetchable
Type (TP)—RO. Indicates that this range can be mapped anywhere in 32-bit address
2:1
space.
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate a request for
0
register memory space.

NOTE:
1. The ABAR register must be set to a value of 0001_0000h or greater.

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14.1.16.2 When SCC is 01h

When the programming interface is IDE, the register becomes an I/O BAR allocating 16
bytes of I/O space for the I/O-mapped registers defined in Section 14.2. Note that
although 16 bytes of locations are allocated, only 8 bytes are used as SINDX and
SDATA registers; with the remaining 8 bytes preserved for future enhancement.
Address Offset: 24h–27h Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
15:4 Base Address (BA)—R/W. Base address of the I/O space.
3:1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Indicates a request for I/O space.

14.1.17 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Core
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SVID)—R/WO. Value is written by BIOS. No hardware action

15:0
taken on this value.

14.1.18 SID—Subsystem Identification Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Core
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SID)—R/WO. Value is written by BIOS. No hardware action taken on

15:0
this value.

14.1.19 CAP—Capabilities Pointer Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (CAP_PTR)—RO. Indicates that the first capability pointer offset
7:0 is 80h. This value changes to 70h if the Sub Class Code (SCC) (Dev 31:F2:0Ah) is
configure as IDE mode (value of 01).

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14.1.20 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 3Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Interrupt Line—R/W. This field is used to communicate to software the interrupt line
7:0 that the interrupt pin is connected to.
Interrupt Line register is not reset by FLR.

14.1.21 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 3Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See Register Description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin—RO. This reflects the value of D31IP.SIP (Chipset Config

7:0
Registers:Offset 3100h:bits 11:8).

14.1.22 IDE_TIM—IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: Primary: 40h–41h Attribute: R/W
Secondary: 42h–43h
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Note: Bits 14:12 and 9:0 of this register are R/W to maintain software compatibility. These
bits have no effect on hardware.

Bit Description

IDE Decode Enable (IDE)—R/W. Individually enable/disable the Primary or

Secondary decode.
0 = Disable.
15 1 = Enables the PCH to decode the associated Command Block (1F0–1F7h for primary,
170–177h for secondary, or their native mode BAR equivalents) and Control Block
(3F6h for primary, 376h for secondary, or their native mode BAR equivalents).
This bit effects the IDE decode ranges for both legacy and native-Mode decoding.
IDE_TIM Field 2—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This field
14:12
has no effect on hardware.
11:10 Reserved
IDE_TIM Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This field
9:0
has no effect on hardware.

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14.1.23 SIDETIM—Slave IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 44h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is R/W to maintain software compatibility. These bits have no effect on
hardware.

Bit Description

SIDETIM Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This field
7:0
has no effect on hardware.

14.1.24 SDMA_CNT—Synchronous DMA Control Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 48h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is R/W to maintain software compatibility. These bits have no effect on
hardware.

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
SDMA_CNT Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
3:0
field has no effect on hardware.

14.1.25 SDMA_TIM—Synchronous DMA Timing Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 4Ah–4Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Note: This register is R/W to maintain software compatibility. These bits have no effect on
hardware.

Bit Description

15:14 Reserved
SDMA_TIM Field 4—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
13:12
field has no effect on hardware.
11:10 Reserved
SDMA_TIM Field 3—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
9:8
field has no effect on hardware.
7:6 Reserved
SDMA_TIM Field 2—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
5:4
field has no effect on hardware.
3:2 Reserved
SDMA_TIM Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
1:0
field has no effect on hardware.

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14.1.26 IDE_CONFIG—IDE I/O Configuration Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 54h–57h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is R/W to maintain software compatibility. These bits have no effect on
hardware.

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 2—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
23:12
field has no effect on hardware.
11:8 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
7:0
field has no effect on hardware.

14.1.27 PID—PCI Power Management Capability Identification

Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 70h–71h Attribute: RO
Default Value: XX01h Size: 16 bits

Bits Description

Next Capability (NEXT)—RO.

15:8 B0h—if SCC = 01h (IDE mode) indicating next item is FLR capability pointer.
A8h—for all other values of SCC to point to the next capability structure.
7:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates that this pointer is a PCI power management.

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14.1.28 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register

(SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 72h–73h Attribute: RO
Default Value: x003h Size: 16 bits
f

Bits Description

PME Support (PME_SUP)—RO.

00000 = If SCC = 01h, indicates no PME support in IDE mode.
15:11
01000 = If SCC is not 01h, in a non-IDE mode, indicates PME# can be generated from
the D3HOT state in the SATA host controller.
10 D2 Support (D2_SUP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The D2 state is not supported
9 D1 Support (D1_SUP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The D1 state is not supported
Auxiliary Current (AUX_CUR)—RO. PME# from D3COLD state is not supported,
8:6
therefore this field is 000b.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate that no device-
5
specific initialization is required.
4 Reserved
PME Clock (PME_CLK)—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate that PCI clock is not required to
3
generate PME#.
Version (VER)—RO. Hardwired to 011 to indicates support for Revision 1.2 of the PCI
2:0
Power Management Specification.

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14.1.29 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status

Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 74h–75h Attribute: R/W, R/WC
Default Value: xx08h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 8 and 15)

Bits Description

PME Status (PMES)—R/WC. Bit is set when a PME event is to be requested, and if this
bit and PMEE is set, a PME# will be generated from the SATA controller

15 NOTE: Whenever SCC = 01h, hardware will automatically change the attribute of this
bit to RO 0. Software is advised to clear PMEE and PMES together prior to
changing SCC thru MAP.SMS.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
14:9 Reserved
PME Enable (PMEE)—R/W. When set, the SATA controller generates PME# form D3HOT
on a wake event.

8 NOTE: Whenever SCCSCC = 01h, hardware will automatically change the attribute of
this bit to RO 0. Software is advised to clear PMEE and PMES together prior to
changing SCC thru MAP.SMS.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
7:4 Reserved
No Soft Reset (NSFRST)—RO. These bits are used to indicate whether devices
transitioning from D3HOT state to D0 state will perform an internal reset.
0 = Device transitioning from D3HOT state to D0 state perform an internal reset.
1 = Device transitioning from D3HOT state to D0 state do not perform an internal reset.
3 Configuration content is preserved. Upon transition from the D3HOT state to D0 state
initialized state, no additional operating system intervention is required to preserve
configuration context beyond writing to the PowerState bits.
Regardless of this bit, the controller transition from D3HOT state to D0 state by a system
or bus segment reset will return to the state D0 uninitialized with only PME context
preserved if PME is supported and enabled.
2 Reserved
Power State (PS)—R/W. These bits are used both to determine the current power
state of the SATA controller and to set a new power state.
00 = D0 state
1:0
11 = D3HOT state
When in the D3HOT state, the controller’s configuration space is available, but the I/O
and memory spaces are not. Additionally, interrupts are blocked.

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14.1.30 MSICI—Message Signaled Interrupt Capability

Identification Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 80h–81h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 7005h Size: 16 bits

Note: There is no support for MSI when the software is operating in legacy (IDE) mode when
AHCI is not enabled. Prior to switching from AHCI to IDE mode, software must make
sure that MSI is disabled.

Bits Description

Next Pointer (NEXT)—RO. Indicates the next item in the list is the PCI power
15:8
management pointer.
7:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Capabilities ID indicates MSI.

14.1.31 MSIMC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message

Control Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 82h–83h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Note: There is no support for MSI when the software is operating in legacy (IDE) mode when
AHCI is not enabled. Prior to switching from AHCI to IDE mode, software must make
sure that MSI is disabled.

Bits Description

15:8 Reserved
7 64 Bit Address Capable (C64)—RO. Capable of generating a 32-bit message only.

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Bits Description

Multiple Message Enable (MME)—R/W.

= 000 (and MSIE is set), a single MSI message will be generated for all SATA ports, and
bits [15:0] of the message vector will be driven from MD[15:0].
For 6 port components:

Value Driven on
MME
MSI Memory Write
Bits[15:3] Bit[2] Bit[1] Bit[0]
000,
MD[15:3] MD[2] MD[1] MD[0]
001, 010
Port 0: 0 Port 0: 0 Port 0: 0
Port 1: 0 Port 1: 0 Port 1: 1
Port 2: 0 Port 2: 1 Port 2: 0
100 MD[15:3]
Port 3: 0 Port 3: 1 Port 3: 1
Port 4: 1 Port 4: 0 Port 4: 0
Port 5: 1 Port 5: 0 Port 5: 1

6:4 For 4 port components:

Value Driven on
MME
MSI Memory Write
Bits[15:3] Bit[2] Bit[1] Bit[0]
000,
MD[15:3] MD[2] MD[1] MD[0]
001, 010
Port 0: 0 Port 0: 0 Port 0: 0
Port 1: 0 Port 1: 0 Port 1: 1
100 MD[15:3]
Port 4: 1 Port 2: 0 Port 2: 0
Port 5: 1 Port 3: 0 Port 3: 1

Values ‘011b’ to ‘111b’ are reserved. If this field is set to one of these reserved values,
the results are undefined.
NOTE: The CCC interrupt is generated on unimplemented port (AHCI PI register bit
equal to 0). If CCC interrupt is disabled, no MSI shall be generated for the port
dedicated to the CCC interrupt. When CCC interrupt occurs, MD[2:0] is
dependant on CCC_CTL.INT (in addition to MME).
Multiple Message Capable (MMC)—RO. Indicates the number of interrupt messages
supported by the PCH SATA controller.
3:1
000 = 1 MSI Capable (When SCC bit is set to 01h. MSI is not supported in IDE mode)
100 = 8 MSI Capable
MSI Enable (MSIE)—R/W /RO. If set, MSI is enabled and traditional interrupt pins are
not used to generate interrupts. This bit is RW when SC.SCC is not 01h and is read-only
0 when SCC is 01h. Note that CMD.ID bit has no effect on MSI.
0
NOTE: Software must clear this bit to 0 to disable MSI first before changing the number
of messages allocated in the MMC field. Software must also make sure this bit is
cleared to ‘0’ when operating in legacy mode (when GHC.AE = 0).

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14.1.32 MSIMA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message

Address Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 84h–87h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: There is no support for MSI when the software is operating in legacy (IDE) mode when
AHCI is not enabled. Prior to switching from AHCI to IDE mode, software must make
sure that MSI is disabled.

Bits Description

Address (ADDR)—R/W. Lower 32 bits of the system specified message address,

31:2
always DWORD aligned.
1:0 Reserved

14.1.33 MSIMD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message

Data Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: 88h–89h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Note: There is no support for MSI when the software is operating in legacy (IDE) mode when
AHCI is not enabled. Prior to switching from AHCI to IDE mode, software must make
sure that MSI is disabled.

Bits Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This 16-bit field is programmed by system software if MSI is

enabled. Its content is driven onto the lower word of the data bus of the MSI memory
15:0 write transaction. Note that when the MME field is set to ‘001’ or ‘010’, bit [0] and bits
[1:0] respectively of the MSI memory write transaction will be driven based on the
source of the interrupt rather than from MD[2:0]. See the description of the MME field.

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14.1.34 MAP—Address Map Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 90h Attribute: R/W, R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 7:5 and 13:8 only)

Bits Description

15:8 Reserved
SATA Mode Select (SMS)—R/W. Software programs these bits to control the mode in
which the SATA Controller should operate:
00b = IDE mode
01b = AHCI mode
10b = RAID mode
11b = Reserved
NOTES:
1. The SATA Function Device ID will change based on the value of this register.
7:6 2. When switching from AHCI or RAID mode to IDE mode, a 2 port SATA controller
(Device 31, Function 5) will be enabled.
3. AHCI mode may only be selected when MV = 00
4. RAID mode may only be selected when MV = 00
5. Programming these bits with values that are invalid (such as, selecting RAID
when in combined mode) will result in indeterministic behavior by the HW
6. SW shall not manipulate SMS during runtime operation; that is, the OS will not
do this. The BIOS may choose to switch from one mode to another during POST.
These bits are not reset by Function Level Reset.
SATA Port-to-Controller Configuration (SC)—R/W. This bit changes the number of
SATA ports available within each SATA Controller.
0 = Up to 4 SATA ports are available for Controller 1 (Device 31 Function 2) with ports
[3:0] and up to 2 SATA ports are available for Controller 2 (Device 31 Function 5)
5 with ports [5:4].
1 = Up to 6 SATA ports are available for Controller 1 (Device 31 Function 2) with ports
[5:0] and no SATA ports are available for Controller 2 (Device 31 Function 5).

NOTE: This bit should be set to 1 in AHCI/RAID mode. This bit is not reset by Function
Level Reset.
4:2 Reserved
1:0 Map Value (MV)—RO. Reserved

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14.1.35 PCS—Port Control and Status Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: 92h–93h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

By default, the SATA ports are set to the disabled state (bits [5:0] = 0). When enabled
by software, the ports can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
can detect devices. When disabled, the port is in the “off” state and cannot detect any
devices.

If an AHCI-aware or RAID enabled operating system is being booted, then system BIOS
shall insure that all supported SATA ports are enabled prior to passing control to the
OS. Once the AHCI aware OS is booted it becomes the enabling/disabling policy owner
for the individual SATA ports. This is accomplished by manipulating a port’s PxSCTL and
PxCMD fields. Because an AHCI or RAID aware OS will typically not have knowledge of
the PxE bits and because the PxE bits act as master on/off switches for the ports, pre-
boot software must insure that these bits are set to 1 prior to booting the OS,
regardless as to whether or not a device is currently on the port.

Bits Description

OOB Retry Mode (ORM)—RW.

0 = The SATA controller will not retry after an OOB failure
15
1 = The SATA controller will continue to retry after an OOB failure until successful
(infinite retry)
14 Reserved
Port 5 Present (P5P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
cleared when the port is disabled using P5E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
13 removal of a device.
0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 5 has been detected.
Port 4 Present (P4P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
cleared when the port is disabled using P4E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
12 removal of a device.
0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 4 has been detected.
Port 3 Present (P3P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
11 cleared when the port is disabled using P3E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
(Desktop removal of a device.
Only) 0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 3 has been detected.
Port 2 Present (P2P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
10 cleared when the port is disabled using P2E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
(Desktop removal of a device.
Only) 0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 2 has been detected.
11:10
(Mobile Reserved
Only)
Port 1 Present (P1P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
cleared when the port is disabled using P1E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
9 removal of a device.
0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 1 has been detected.

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Bits Description

Port 0 Present (P0P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
cleared when the port is disabled using P0E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
8 removal of a device.
0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 0 has been detected.
7:6 Reserved
Port 5 Enabled (P5E)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
5
can detect devices.
NOTE: This bit takes precedence over P5CMD.SUD (offset ABAR+298h:bit 1)
If MAP.SC is 0, if SCC is 01h, this bit will be read only 0 or if MAP.SPD[5] is 1.
Port 4 Enabled (P4E)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
4
can detect devices.
NOTE: This bit takes precedence over P4CMD.SUD (offset ABAR+298h:bit 1)
If MAP.SC is 0, if SCC is 01h, this bit will be read only 0 or if MAP.SPD[4] is 1.
Port 3 Enabled (P3E)—R/W.

3 0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
(Desktop
can detect devices.
Only)
NOTE: This bit takes precedence over P3CMD.SUD (offset ABAR+298h:bit 1). When
MAP.SPD[3] is 1 this is reserved and is read-only 0.
Port 2 Enabled (P2E)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
2
1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
(Desktop
Only) can detect devices.
NOTE: This bit takes precedence over P2CMD.SUD (offset ABAR+218h:bit 1). When
MAP.SPD[2] is 1 this is reserved and is read-only 0.
3:2
(Mobile Reserved
Only)
Port 1 Enabled (P1E)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
1
can detect devices.
NOTE: This bit takes precedence over P1CMD.SUD (offset ABAR+198h:bit 1). When
MAP.SPD[1] is 1 this is reserved and is read-only 0.
Port 0 Enabled (P0E)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
0 1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
can detect devices.
NOTE: This bit takes precedence over P0CMD.SUD (offset ABAR+118h:bit 1). When
MAP.SPD[0] is 1 this is reserved and is read-only 0.

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14.1.36 SCLKCG—SATA Clock Gating Control Register

Address Offset: 94h–97h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
.

Bit Description

31:30 Reserved
Port Clock Disable (PCD)—R/W.
0 = All clocks to the associated port logic will operate normally.
1 = The backbone clock driven to the associated port logic is gated and will not
toggle.
Bit 29: Port 5
Bit 28: Port 4
Bit 27: Port 3
29:24
BIt 26: Port 2
Bit 25: Port 1
Bit 24: Port 0
If a port is not available, software shall set the corresponding bit to 1. Software can
also set the corresponding bits to 1 on ports that are disabled.
Software cannot set the PCD [port x]=1 if the corresponding PCS.PxE=1 in either
Dev31Func2 or Dev31Func5 (dual controller IDE mode) or AHCI GHC.PI[x] = “1”.
23:9 Reserved
8:0 SCLKCG Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program these bits to 183h.

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14.1.37 SCLKGC—SATA Clock General Configuration Register

Address Offset: 9Ch–9Fh Attribute: R/W, R/WO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

31:8 Reserved
7
(non-RAID
Reserved
Capable
SKUs Only)
Alternate ID Enable (AIE)—R/WO.
0 = When in RAID mode the SATA Controller located at Device 31: Function 2 will
report the Device ID 2822h for Desktop or 282Ah for Mobile and the Microsoft
Windows Vista* and Windows* 7 in-box version of the Intel® Rapid Storage
Manager will load on the platform.
1 = When in RAID mode the SATA Controller located at Device 31: Function 2 will
report the Device ID 3B25h for Desktop RAID 0/1/5/10, 3B2Ch for Mobile to
7 prevent the Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7 in-box version of the
(Raid Intel® Rapid Storage Manager from loading on the platform and will require
Capable the user to perform an ‘F6’ installation of the appropriate Intel® Rapid Storage
SKUs Only) Manager.

NOTE: This field is applicable when the AHCI is configured for RAID mode of
operation. It has no impact for AHCI and IDE modes of operation. BIOS is
recommended to program this bit prior to programming the MAP.SMS field
to reflect RAID. This field is reset by PLTRST#. BIOS is required to
reprogram the value of this bit after resuming from S3, S4 and S5.
6:2 Reserved
SATA2-port Configuration Indicator (SATA2PIND)—RO.
0 = Normal configuration.
1 = One IDE Controller is implemented supporting only two ports for a Primary
Master and a Secondary Master.
1
NOTE: When set, BIOS must ensure that bit 2 and bit 3 of the AHCI PI registers
are zeros. BIOS must also make sure that Port 2 and Port 3 are disabled
(using PCS configuration register) and the port clocks are gated (using
SCLKCG configuration register).
SATA4-port All Master Configuration Indicator (SATA4PMIND)—RO.
0 = Normal configuration.
1 = Two IDE Controllers are implemented, each supporting two ports for a Primary
Master and a Secondary Master.
0
NOTE: When set, BIOS must ensure that bit 2 and bit 3 of the AHCI PI registers
are zeros. BIOS must also make sure that Port 2 and Port 3 are disabled
(using PCS configuration register) and the port clocks are gated (using
SCLKCG configuration register).

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14.1.38 SIRI—SATA Indexed Registers Index Register

Address Offset: A0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
.

Bit Description

Index (IDX)—R/W. This field is a 5-bit index pointer into the SATA Indexed Register
7:2
space. Data is written into and read from the SIRD register (D31:F2:A4h).
1:0 Reserved

14.1.39 FLRCID—FLR Capability ID Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: B0–B1h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0009h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability Pointer—RO. 00h indicates the final item in the capability list.
Capability ID—RO. The value of this field depends on the FLRCSSEL bit.
7:0 13h = If PFLRCSSEL = 0
09h (Vendor Specific) = If PFLRCSSEL = 1

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14.1.40 FLRCLV—FLR Capability Length and Version

Register (SATA–D31:F2)
Address Offset: B2–B3h Attribute: RO, R/WO
Default Value: xx06h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bit 9:8 Only when FLRCSSEL = 0)

When FLRCSSEL = 0, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
FLR Capability—R/WO.
9 1 = Support for Function Level reset.
This bit is not reset by the Function Level Reset.
TXP Capability—R/WO.
8 1 = Support for Transactions Pending (TXP) bit. TXP must be supported if FLR is
supported.
Vendor-Specific Capability ID—RO. This field indicates the # of bytes of this Vendor
7:0 Specific capability as required by the PCI specification. It has the value of 06h for the
FLR capability.

When FLRCSSEL = 1, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

Vendor-Specific Capability ID—RO. A value of 2h identifies this capability as the

15:12
Function Level Reset (FLR).
11:8 Capability Version—RO. This field indicates the version of the FLR capability.
Vendor-Specific Capability ID—RO. This field indicates the # of bytes of this Vendor
7:0 Specific capability as required by the PCI specification. It has the value of 06h for the
FLR capability.

14.1.41 FLRC—FLR Control Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: B4–B5h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:9 Reserved
Transactions Pending (TXP)—RO.
8 0 = Controller has received all non-posted requests.
1 = Controller has issued non-posted requests which has not been completed.
7:1 Reserved
Initiate FLR—R/W. Used to initiate FLR transition. A write of 1 indicates FLR transition.
0 Since hardware must no t respond to any cycles till FLR completion the value read by
software from this bit is 0.

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14.1.42 ATC—APM Trapping Control Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: C0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset:No
.

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
Secondary Slave Trap (SST)—R/W. Enables trapping and SMI# assertion on legacy
3 I/O accesses to 170h–177h and 376h. The active device on the secondary interface
must be device 1 for the trap and/or SMI# to occur.
Secondary Master Trap (SPT)—R/W. Enables trapping and SMI# assertion on legacy
2 I/O accesses to 170h-177h and 376h. The active device on the secondary interface
must be device 0 for the trap and/or SMI# to occur.
Primary Slave Trap (PST)—R/W. Enables trapping and SMI# assertion on legacy I/O
1 accesses to 1F0h–1F7h and 3F6h. The active device on the primary interface must be
device 1 for the trap and/or SMI# to occur.
Primary Master Trap (PMT)—R/W. Enables trapping and SMI# assertion on legacy I/
0 O accesses to 1F0h–1F7h and 3F6h. The active device on the primary interface must be
device 0 for the trap and/or SMI# to occur.

14.1.43 ATS—APM Trapping Status Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: C4h Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No
.

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
Secondary Slave Trap (SST)—R/WC. Indicates that a trap occurred to the secondary
3
slave device.
Secondary Master Trap (SPT)—R/WC. Indicates that a trap occurred to the
2
secondary master device.
Primary Slave Trap (PST)—R/WC. Indicates that a trap occurred to the primary slave
1
device.
Primary Master Trap (PMT)—R/WC. Indicates that a trap occurred to the primary
0
master device.

14.1.44 SP Scratch Pad Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: D0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
.

Bit Description

Data (DT)—R/W. This is a read/write register that is available for software to use. No
31:0
hardware action is taken on this register.

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14.1.45 BFCS—BIST FIS Control/Status Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: E0h–E3h Attribute: R/W, R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bits Description

31:16 Reserved
Port 5 BIST FIS Initiate (P5BFI)—R/W. When a rising edge is detected on this bit
field, the PCH initiates a BIST FIS to the device on Port 5, using the parameters
specified in this register and the data specified in BFTD1 and BFTD2. The BIST FIS
will only be initiated if a device on Port 5 is present and ready (not partial/slumber
state). After a BIST FIS is successfully completed, software must disable and re-
15
enable the port using the PxE bits at offset 92h prior to attempting additional BIST
FISs or to return the PCH to a normal operational mode. If the BIST FIS fails to
complete, as indicated by the BFF bit in the register, then software can clear then set
the P5BFI bit to initiate another BIST FIS. This can be retried until the BIST FIS
eventually completes successfully
Port 4 BIST FIS Initiate (P4BFI)—R/W. When a rising edge is detected on this bit
field, the PCH initiates a BIST FIS to the device on Port 4, using the parameters
specified in this register and the data specified in BFTD1 and BFTD2. The BIST FIS
will only be initiated if a device on Port 4 is present and ready (not partial/slumber
state). After a BIST FIS is successfully completed, software must disable and re-
14
enable the port using the PxE bits at offset 92h prior to attempting additional BIST
FISs or to return the PCH to a normal operational mode. If the BIST FIS fails to
complete, as indicated by the BFF bit in the register, then software can clear then set
the P4BFI bit to initiate another BIST FIS. This can be retried until the BIST FIS
eventually completes successfully
Port 3 BIST FIS Initiate (P3BFI)—R/W. When a rising edge is detected on this bit
field, the PCH initiates a BIST FIS to the device on Port 3, using the parameters
specified in this register and the data specified in BFTD1 and BFTD2. The BIST FIS
will only be initiated if a device on Port 3 is present and ready (not partial/slumber
13
state). After a BIST FIS is successfully completed, software must disable and re-
(Desktop
enable the port using the PxE bits at offset 92h prior to attempting additional BIST
Only)
FISs or to return the PCH to a normal operational mode. If the BIST FIS fails to
complete, as indicated by the BFF bit in the register, then software can clear then set
the P3BFI bit to initiate another BIST FIS. This can be retried until the BIST FIS
eventually completes successfully
Port 2 BIST FIS Initiate (P2BFI)—R/W. When a rising edge is detected on this bit
field, the PCH initiates a BIST FIS to the device on Port 2, using the parameters
specified in this register and the data specified in BFTD1 and BFTD2. The BIST FIS
will only be initiated if a device on Port 2 is present and ready (not partial/slumber
12
state). After a BIST FIS is successfully completed, software must disable and re-
(Desktop
enable the port using the PxE bits at offset 92h prior to attempting additional BIST
Only)
FISes or to return the PCH to a normal operational mode. If the BIST FIS fails to
complete, as indicated by the BFF bit in the register, then software can clear then set
the P2BFI bit to initiate another BIST FIS. This can be retried until the BIST FIS
eventually completes successfully
13:12
(Mobile Reserved
Only)

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Bits Description

BIST FIS Successful (BFS)—R/WC.

0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = This bit is set any time a BIST FIS transmitted by PCH receives an R_OK
11
completion status from the device.

NOTE: This bit must be cleared by software prior to initiating a BIST FIS.
BIST FIS Failed (BFF)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
10 1 = This bit is set any time a BIST FIS transmitted by PCH receives an R_ERR
completion status from the device.

NOTE: This bit must be cleared by software prior to initiating a BIST FIS.
Port 1 BIST FIS Initiate (P1BFI)—R/W. When a rising edge is detected on this bit
field, the PCH initiates a BIST FIS to the device on Port 1, using the parameters
specified in this register and the data specified in BFTD1 and BFTD2. The BIST FIS
will only be initiated if a device on Port 1 is present and ready (not partial/slumber
state). After a BIST FIS is successfully completed, software must disable and re-
9
enable the port using the PxE bits at offset 92h prior to attempting additional BIST
FISes or to return the PCH to a normal operational mode. If the BIST FIS fails to
complete, as indicated by the BFF bit in the register, then software can clear then set
the P1BFI bit to initiate another BIST FIS. This can be retried until the BIST FIS
eventually completes successfully.
Port 0 BIST FIS Initiate (P0BFI)—R/W. When a rising edge is detected on this bit
field, the PCH initiates a BIST FIS to the device on Port 0, using the parameters
specified in this register and the data specified in BFTD1 and BFTD2. The BIST FIS
will only be initiated if a device on Port 0 is present and ready (not partial/slumber
state). After a BIST FIS is successfully completed, software must disable and re-
8
enable the port using the PxE bits at offset 92h prior to attempting additional BIST
FISes or to return the PCH to a normal operational mode. If the BIST FIS fails to
complete, as indicated by the BFF bit in the register, then software can clear then set
the P0BFI bit to initiate another BIST FIS. This can be retried until the BIST FIS
eventually completes successfully.
BIST FIS Parameters (BFP)—R/W. These 6 bits form the contents of the upper 6
bits of the BIST FIS Pattern Definition in any BIST FIS transmitted by the PCH. This
field is not port specific—its contents will be used for any BIST FIS initiated on port 0,
port 1, port 2 or port 3. The specific bit definitions are:
Bit 7: T – Far End Transmit mode
7:2 Bit 6: A – Align Bypass mode
Bit 5: S – Bypass Scrambling
Bit 4: L – Far End Retimed Loopback
Bit 3: F – Far End Analog Loopback
Bit 2: P – Primitive bit for use with Transmit mode
1:0 Reserved

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14.1.46 BFTD1—BIST FIS Transmit Data1 Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: E4h–E7h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bits Description

BIST FIS Transmit Data 1—R/W. The data programmed into this register will form the
contents of the second DWord of any BIST FIS initiated by the PCH. This register is not
port specific—its contents will be used for BIST FIS initiated on any port. Although the
31:0 2nd and 3rd DWs of the BIST FIS are only meaningful when the “T” bit of the BIST FIS
is set to indicate “Far-End Transmit mode”, this register’s contents will be transmitted as
the BIST FIS 2nd DW regardless of whether or not the “T” bit is indicated in the BFCS
register (D31:F2:E0h).

14.1.47 BFTD2—BIST FIS Transmit Data2 Register (SATA–D31:F2)

Address Offset: E8h–EBh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bits Description

BIST FIS Transmit Data 2—R/W. The data programmed into this register will form the
contents of the third DWord of any BIST FIS initiated by the PCH. This register is not
port specific—its contents will be used for BIST FIS initiated on any port. Although the
31:0 2nd and 3rd DWs of the BIST FIS are only meaningful when the “T” bit of the BIST FIS
is set to indicate “Far-End Transmit mode”, this register’s contents will be transmitted as
the BIST FIS 3rd DW regardless of whether or not the “T” bit is indicated in the BFCS
register (D31:F2:E0h).

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14.2 Bus Master IDE I/O Registers (D31:F2)

The bus master IDE function uses 16 bytes of I/O space, allocated using the BAR
register, located in Device 31:Function 2 Configuration space, offset 20h. All bus
master IDE I/O space registers can be accessed as byte, word, or DWord quantities.
Reading reserved bits returns an indeterminate, inconsistent value, and writes to
reserved bits have no affect (but should not be attempted). These registers are only
used for legacy operation. Software must not use these registers when running AHCI.
All I/O registers are reset by Function Level Reset. The register address I/O map is
shown in Table 14-2.

Table 14-2. Bus Master IDE I/O Register Address Map

BAR+
Mnemonic Register Default Type
Offset

00 BMICP Command Register Primary 00h R/W

01 — Reserved — RO
R/W, R/
02 BMISP Bus Master IDE Status Register Primary 00h
WC, RO
03 — Reserved — RO
Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer
04–07 BMIDP xxxxxxxxh R/W
Primary
08 BMICS Command Register Secondary 00h R/W
09 — Reserved — RO
R/W, R/
0Ah BMISS Bus Master IDE Status Register Secondary 00h
WC, RO
0Bh — Reserved — RO
0Ch–0F Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer
BMIDS xxxxxxxxh R/W
h Secondary
10h AIR AHCI Index Register 00000000h R/W, RO
14h AIDR AHCI Index Data Register xxxxxxxxh R/W

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14.2.1 BMIC[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Command Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 00h Attribute: R/W
Secondary: BAR + 08h
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved. Returns 0.

Read / Write Control (R/WC)—R/W. This bit sets the direction of the bus master
transfer. This bit must NOT be changed when the bus master function is active.
3
0 = Memory reads
1 = Memory writes
2:1 Reserved. Returns 0.
Start/Stop Bus Master (START)—R/W.
0 = All state information is lost when this bit is cleared. Master mode operation cannot
be stopped and then resumed. If this bit is reset while bus master operation is still
active (that is, the Bus Master IDE Active bit (D31:F2:BAR + 02h, bit 0) of the Bus
Master IDE Status register for that IDE channel is set) and the drive has not yet
finished its data transfer (the Interrupt bit in the Bus Master IDE Status register for
that IDE channel is not set), the bus master command is said to be aborted and
data transferred from the drive may be discarded instead of being written to
system memory.
1 = Enables bus master operation of the controller. Bus master operation does not
actually start unless the Bus Master Enable bit (D31:F2:04h, bit 2) in PCI
configuration space is also set. Bus master operation begins when this bit is
0
detected changing from 0 to 1. The controller will transfer data between the IDE
device and memory only when this bit is set. Master operation can be halted by
writing a 0 to this bit.

NOTE: This bit is intended to be cleared by software after the data transfer is
completed, as indicated by either the Bus Master IDE Active bit being cleared or
the Interrupt bit of the Bus Master IDE Status register for that IDE channel
being set, or both. Hardware does not clear this bit automatically. If this bit is
cleared to 0 prior to the DMA data transfer being initiated by the drive in a
device to memory data transfer, then the PCH will not send DMAT to terminate
the data transfer. SW intervention (such as, sending SRST) is required to reset
the interface in this condition.

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14.2.2 BMIS[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Status Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 02h Attribute: R/W, R/WC, RO
Secondary: BAR + 0Ah
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

PRD Interrupt Status (PRDIS)—R/WC.

0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
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1 = This bit is set when the host controller execution of a PRD that has its PRD_INT bit
set.
Drive 1 DMA Capable—R/W.
0 = Not Capable.
1 = Capable. Set by device dependent code (BIOS or device driver) to indicate that
6
drive 1 for this channel is capable of DMA transfers, and that the controller has
been initialized for optimum performance. The PCH does not use this bit. It is
intended for systems that do not attach BMIDE to the PCI bus.
Drive 0 DMA Capable—R/W.
0 = Not Capable
1 = Capable. Set by device dependent code (BIOS or device driver) to indicate that
5
drive 0 for this channel is capable of DMA transfers, and that the controller has
been initialized for optimum performance. The PCH does not use this bit. It is
intended for systems that do not attach BMIDE to the PCI bus.
4:3 Reserved. Returns 0.
Interrupt—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
2 1 = Set when a device FIS is received with the ‘I’ bit set, provided that software has not
disabled interrupts using the IEN bit of the Device Control Register (see chapter 5
of the Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a).
Error—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1
1 = This bit is set when the controller encounters a target abort or master abort when
transferring data on PCI.
Bus Master IDE Active (ACT)—RO.
0 = This bit is cleared by the PCH when the last transfer for a region is performed,
where EOT for that region is set in the region descriptor. It is also cleared by the
0 PCH when the Start Bus Master bit (D31:F2:BAR+ 00h, bit 0) is cleared in the
Command register. When this bit is read as a 0, all data transferred from the drive
during the previous bus master command is visible in system memory, unless the
bus master command was aborted.
1 = Set by the PCH when the Start bit is written to the Command register.

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14.2.3 BMID[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer

Register (D31:F2)
Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 04h–07h Attribute: R/W
Secondary: BAR + 0Ch–0Fh
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Address of Descriptor Table (ADDR)—R/W. The bits in this field correspond to bits
[31:2] of the memory location of the Physical Region Descriptor (PRD). The Descriptor
31:2
Table must be Dword-aligned. The Descriptor Table must not cross a 64-K boundary in
memory.
1:0 Reserved

14.2.4 AIR—AHCI Index Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 10h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register is available only when SCC is not 01h.

Bit Description

31:11 Reserved
Index (INDEX)—R/W. This Index register is used to select the Dword offset of the
10:2 Memory Mapped AHCI register to be accessed. A Dword, Word or Byte access is
specified by the active byte enables of the I/O access to the Data register.
1:0 Reserved

14.2.5 AIDR—AHCI Index Data Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 14h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 32 bits

This register is available only when SCC is not 01h.

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This Data register is a “window” through which data is read or
written to the AHCI memory mapped registers. A read or write to this Data register
triggers a corresponding read or write to the memory mapped register pointed to by
the Index register. The Index register must be setup prior to the read or write to this
31:0 Data register.
Note that a physical register is not actually implemented as the data is actually stored
in the memory mapped registers.
Since this is not a physical register, the “default” value is the same as the default value
of the register pointed to by Index.

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14.3 Serial ATA Index/Data Pair Superset Registers

All of these I/O registers are in the core well. They are exposed only when SCC is 01h
(that is, IDE programming interface).

These are Index/Data Pair registers that are used to access the SerialATA superset
registers (SerialATA Status, SerialATA Control, and SerialATA Error). The I/O space for
these registers is allocated through SIDPBA. Locations with offset from 08h to 0Fh are
reserved for future expansion. Software-write operations to the reserved locations will
have no effect while software-read operations to the reserved locations will return 0.

Offset Mnemonic Register

00h–03h SINDEX Serial ATA Index

04h–07h SDATA Serial ATA Data
08h–0Ch — Reserved
0Ch–0Fh — Reserved

14.3.1 SINDX—Serial ATA Index Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: SIDPBA + 00h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Port Index (PIDX)—R/W. This Index field is used to specify the port of the SATA
controller at which the port-specific SSTS, SCTL, and SERR registers are located.
00h = Primary Master (Port 0)
15.8 01h = Primary Slave (Port 2)
02h = Secondary Master (Port 1)
03h = Secondary Slave (Port 3)
All other values are Reserved.
Register Index (RIDX)—R/W. This index field is used to specify one out of three
registers currently being indexed into. These three registers are the Serial ATA superset
SStatus, SControl and SError memory registers and are port specific, hence for this
SATA controller, there are four sets of these registers. See Section 14.4.2.10,
Section 14.4.2.11, and Section 14.4.2.12 for definitions of the SStatus, SControl and
7:0 SError registers.
00h = SSTS
01h = SCTL
02h = SERR
All other values are Reserved.

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14.3.2 SDATA—Serial ATA Data Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: SIDPBA + 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This Data register is a “window” through which data is read or
written to from the register pointed to by the Serial ATA Index (SINDX) register above.
Note that a physical register is not actually implemented as the data is actually stored
31:0 in the memory mapped registers.
Since this is not a physical register, the “default” value is the same as the default value
of the register pointed to by SINDX.RIDX field.

14.3.2.1 PxSSTS—Serial ATA Status Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

SDATA when SINDX.RIDX is 00h. This is a 32-bit register that conveys the current state
of the interface and host. The PCH updates it continuously and asynchronously. When
the PCH transmits a COMRESET to the device, this register is updated to its reset
values.

Bit Description

31:12 Reserved
Interface Power Management (IPM)—RO. Indicates the current interface state:
Value Description
0h Device not present or communication not established
11:8 1h Interface in active state
2h Interface in PARTIAL power management state
6h Interface in SLUMBER power management state
All other values reserved.
Current Interface Speed (SPD)—RO. Indicates the negotiated interface
communication speed.
Value Description
0h Device not present or communication not established
7:4 1h Generation 1 communication rate negotiated
2h Generation 2 communication rate negotiated
All other values reserved.
The PCH Supports Generation 1 communication rates (1.5 Gb/s) and Gen 2 rates
(3.0 Gb/s).
Device Detection (DET)—RO. This field indicates the interface device detection and
Phy state:
Value Description
0h No device detected and Phy communication not established
3:0 1h Device presence detected but Phy communication not established
3h Device presence detected and Phy communication established
Phy in offline mode as a result of the interface being disabled or
4h
running in a BIST loopback mode
All other values reserved.

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14.3.2.2 PxSCTL—Serial ATA Control Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000004h Size: 32 bits

SDATA when SINDX.RIDX is 01h. This is a 32-bit read-write register by which software
controls SATA capabilities. Writes to the SControl register result in an action being
taken by the PCH or the interface. Reads from the register return the last value written
to it.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
15:12 Select Power Management (SPM)—RO. This field is not used by AHCI.
Interface Power Management Transitions Allowed (IPM)—R/W. This field
indicates which power states the PCH is allowed to transition to:
Value Description
0h No interface restrictions
11:8
1h Transitions to the PARTIAL state disabled
2h Transitions to the SLUMBER state disabled
3h Transitions to both PARTIAL and SLUMBER states disabled
All other values reserved
Speed Allowed (SPD)—R/W. Indicates the highest allowable speed of the interface.
This speed is limited by the CAP.ISS (ABAR+00h:bit 23:20) field.
Value Description
0h No speed negotiation restrictions

7:4 1h Limit speed negotiation to Generation 1 communication rate

2h Limit speed negotiation to Generation 2 communication rate

All other values reserved.

The PCH Supports Generation 1 communication rates (1.5 Gb/s) and Gen 2 rates
(3.0 Gb/s).
Device Detection Initialization (DET)—R/W. Controls the PCH’s device detection
and interface initialization.

Value Description
0h No device detection or initialization action requested
Perform interface communication initialization sequence to establish
1h communication. This is functionally equivalent to a hard reset and
3:0 results in the interface being reset and communications re-initialized
4h Disable the Serial ATA interface and put Phy in offline mode
All other values reserved.
When this field is written to a 1h, the PCH initiates COMRESET and starts the
initialization process. When the initialization is complete, this field shall remain 1h until
set to another value by software.
This field may only be changed to 1h or 4h when PxCMD.ST is 0. Changing this field
while the PCH is running results in undefined behavior.

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14.3.2.3 PxSERR—Serial ATA Error Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
SDATA when SINDx.RIDX is 02h. Bits 26:16 of this register contain diagnostic error
information for use by diagnostic software in validating correct operation or isolating
failure modes. Bits 11:0 contain error information used by host software in determining
the appropriate response to the error condition. If one or more of bits 11:8 of this
register are set, the controller will stop the current transfer.

Bit Description
31:27 Reserved
Exchanged (X): When set to one, this bit indicates that a change in device presence has
26 been detected since the last time this bit was cleared. This bit shall always be set to 1
anytime a COMINIT signal is received. This bit is reflected in the P0IS.PCS bit.
Unrecognized FIS Type (F): Indicates that one or more FISs were received by the
25
Transport layer with good CRC, but had a type field that was not recognized.
Transport state transition error (T): Indicates that an error has occurred in the
24 transition from one state to another within the Transport layer since the last time this bit
was cleared.
Link Sequence Error (S): Indicates that one or more Link state machine error
23 conditions was encountered. The Link Layer state machine defines the conditions under
which the link layer detects an erroneous transition.
Handshake (H). Indicates that one or more R_ERR handshake response was received in
response to frame transmission. Such errors may be the result of a CRC error detected by
22
the recipient, a disparity or 8b/10b decoding error, or other error condition leading to a
negative handshake on a transmitted frame.
21 CRC Error (C). Indicates that one or more CRC errors occurred with the Link Layer.
20 Disparity Error (D). This field is not used by AHCI.
10b to 8b Decode Error (B). Indicates that one or more 10b to 8b decoding errors
19
occurred.
18 Comm Wake (W). Indicates that a Comm Wake signal was detected by the Phy.
17 Phy Internal Error (I). Indicates that the Phy detected some internal error.
PhyRdy Change (N): When set to 1, this bit indicates that the internal PhyRdy signal
changed state since the last time this bit was cleared. In the PCH, this bit will be set when
16 PhyRdy changes from a 0 -> 1 or a 1 -> 0. The state of this bit is then reflected in the
PxIS.PRCS interrupt status bit and an interrupt will be generated if enabled. Software
clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
15:12 Reserved
Internal Error (E). The SATA controller failed due to a master or target abort when
11
attempting to access system memory.
Protocol Error (P). A violation of the Serial ATA protocol was detected.
10 NOTE: PCH does not set this bit for all protocol violations that may occur on the SATA
link.
Persistent Communication or Data Integrity Error (C). A communication error that
was not recovered occurred that is expected to be persistent. Persistent communications
9
errors may arise from faulty interconnect with the device, from a device that has been
removed or has failed, or a number of other causes.
Transient Data Integrity Error (T): A data integrity error occurred that was not
8
recovered by the interface.
7:2 Reserved
Recovered Communications Error (M). Communications between the device and host
was temporarily lost but was re-established. This can arise from a device temporarily
1
being removed, from a temporary loss of Phy synchronization, or from other causes and
may be derived from the PhyNRdy signal between the Phy and Link layers.
Recovered Data Integrity Error (I). A data integrity error occurred that was
0
recovered by the interface through a retry operation or other recovery action.

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14.4 AHCI Registers (D31:F2)

Note: These registers are AHCI-specific and available when the PCH is properly configured.
The Serial ATA Status, Control, and Error registers are special exceptions and may be
accessed on all PCH components if properly configured; see Section 14.3 for details.

The memory mapped registers within the SATA controller exist in non-cacheable
memory space. Additionally, locked accesses are not supported. If software attempts to
perform locked transactions to the registers, indeterminate results may occur. Register
accesses shall have a maximum size of 64-bits; 64-bit access must not cross an 8-byte
alignment boundary. All memory registers are reset by Function Level Reset unless
specified otherwise.

The registers are broken into two sections—generic host control and port control. The
port control registers are the same for all ports, and there are as many registers banks
as there are ports.

Table 14-3. AHCI Register Address Map

ABAR + Offset Mnemonic Register

00–1Fh GHC Generic Host Control

20h–FFh — Reserved
100h–17Fh P0PCR Port 0 port control registers
180h–1FFh P1PCR Port 1 port control registers
Port 2 port control registers (Desktop Only)
200h–27Fh P2PCR Registers are not available and software must not read or write
registers. (Mobile Only)
Port 3 port control registers (Desktop Only)
280h–2FFh P3PCR Registers are not available and software must not read or write
registers. (Mobile Only)
300h–37Fh P4PCR Port 4 port control registers
380h–3FFh P5PCR Port 5 port control registers
400h–47Fh P6PCR Port 6 port control registers
480h–4FFh P7PCR Port 7 port control registers

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14.4.1 AHCI Generic Host Control Registers (D31:F2)

Table 14-4. Generic Host Controller Register Address Map

ABAR +
Mnemonic Register Default Type
Offset

FF22FFC2h
(desktop)
00h–03h CAP Host Capabilities R/WO, RO
DE127F03h
(mobile)
04h–07h GHC Global PCH Control 00000000h R/W, RO
08h–0Bh IS Interrupt Status 00000000h R/WC
0Ch–0Fh PI Ports Implemented 00000000h R/WO, RO
10h–13h VS AHCI Version 00010200h RO
Command Completion Coalescing
14h–17h CCC_CTL 00010121h R/W, RO
Control
Command Completion Coalescing
18h–1Bh CCC_PORTS 00000000h R/W
Ports
1Ch–1Fh EM_LOC Enclosure Management Location 01600002h RO
R/W, R/WO,
20h–23h EM_CTRL Enclosure Management Control 07010000h
RO
70h–73h VS AHCI Version 00010000h RO
A0h–A3h VSP Vendor Specific 00000001h RO, R/WO
®
C8h–C9h RSTF Intel RST Feature Capabilities 003Fh RWO

14.4.1.1 CAP—Host Capabilities Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 00h–03h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: FF22FFC2h (Desktop) Size: 32 bits
DE127F03h (Mobile)
Function Level Reset: No

All bits in this register that are R/WO are reset only by PLTRST#.

Bit Description

Supports 64-bit Addressing (S64A)—RO. Indicates that the SATA controller can
31 access 64-bit data structures. The 32-bit upper bits of the port DMA Descriptor, the
PRD Base, and each PRD entry are read/write.
Supports Command Queue Acceleration (SCQA)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to
indicate that the SATA controller supports SATA command queuing using the DMA
30
Setup FIS. The PCH handles DMA Setup FISes natively, and can handle auto-
activate optimization through that FIS.
Supports SNotification Register (SSNTF)—RO. The PCH SATA Controller does not
29
support the SNotification register.
Supports Interlock Switch (SIS)—R/WO. Indicates whether the SATA controller
supports interlock switches on its ports for use in Hot Plug operations. This value is
28 loaded by platform BIOS prior to OS initialization.
If this bit is set, BIOS must also map the SATAGP pins to the SATA controller
through GPIO space.

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Bit Description

Supports Staggered Spin-up (SSS)—R/WO. Indicates whether the SATA

controller supports staggered spin-up on its ports, for use in balancing power
27 spikes. This value is loaded by platform BIOS prior to OS initialization.
0 = Staggered spin-up not supported.
1 = Staggered spin-up supported.
Supports Aggressive Link Power Management (SALP)—R/WO.
0 = Software shall treat the PxCMD.ALPE and PxCMD.ASP bits as reserved.
26
1 = The SATA controller supports auto-generating link requests to the partial or
slumber states when there are no commands to process.
Supports Activity LED (SAL)—RO. Indicates that the SATA controller supports a
25
single output pin (SATALED#) which indicates activity.
Supports Command List Override (SCLO)—R/WO. When set to 1, indicates that
the Controller supports the PxCMD.CLO bit and its associated function. When
24 cleared to 0, the Controller is not capable of clearing the BSY and DRQ bits in the
Status register to issue a software reset if these bits are still set from a previous
operation.
Interface Speed Support (ISS)—R/WO. Indicates the maximum speed the SATA
23:20 controller can support on its ports.
2h =3.0 Gb/s.
Supports Non-Zero DMA Offsets (SNZO)—RO. Reserved, as per the AHCI Revision
19
1.2 specification
Supports AHCI Mode Only (SAM)—RO. The SATA controller may optionally
support AHCI access mechanism only.
18
0 = SATA controller supports both IDE and AHCI Modes
1 = SATA controller supports AHCI Mode Only
17:16 BIOS must set these bits to 00.
PIO Multiple DRQ Block (PMD)—RO. The SATA controller supports PIO Multiple
15
DRQ Command Block
Slumber State Capable (SSC)—R/WO. The SATA controller supports the slumber
14
state.
Partial State Capable (PSC)—R/WO. The SATA controller supports the partial
13
state.
Number of Command Slots (NCS)—RO. Hardwired to 1Fh to indicate support for
12:8
32 slots.
Command Completion Coalescing Supported (CCCS)—R/WO.
7 0 = Command Completion Coalescing Not Supported
1 = Command Completion Coalescing Supported
Enclosure Management Supported (EMS)—R/WO.
6 0 = Enclosure Management Not Supported
1 = Enclosure Management Supported
Supports External SATA (SXS)—R/WO.
0 = External SATA is not supported on any ports
5 1 = External SATA is supported on one or more ports
When set, SW can examine each SATA port’s Command Register (PxCMD) to
determine which port is routed externally.
Number of Ports (NPS)—RO. Indicates number of supported ports. Note that the
4:0 number of ports indicated in this field may be more than the number of ports
indicated in the PI (ABAR + 0Ch) register.

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14.4.1.2 GHC—Global PCH Control Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 04h–07h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

AHCI Enable (AE)—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that an AHCI driver is loaded and
the controller will be talked to using AHCI mechanisms. This can be used by an PCH
that supports both legacy mechanisms (such as SFF-8038i) and AHCI to know when the
controller will not be talked to as legacy.
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0 = Software will communicate with the PCH using legacy mechanisms.
1 = Software will communicate with the PCH using AHCI. The PCH will not have to allow
command processing using both AHCI and legacy mechanisms.
Software shall set this bit to 1 before accessing other AHCI registers.
30:3 Reserved
MSI Revert to Single Message (MRSM)—RO: When set to 1 by hardware, this bit
indicates that the host controller requested more than one MSI vector but has reverted
to using the first vector only. When this bit is cleared to 0, the Controller has not
reverted to single MSI mode (that is, hardware is already in single MSI mode, software
has allocated the number of messages requested, or hardware is sharing interrupt
vectors if MC.MME < MC.MMC).
"MC.MSIE = 1 (MSI is enabled)
"MC.MMC > 0 (multiple messages requested)
"MC.MME > 0 (more than one message allocated)
2 "MC.MME!= MC.MMC (messages allocated not equal to number requested)
When this bit is set to 1, single MSI mode operation is in use and software is
responsible for clearing bits in the IS register to clear interrupts.
This bit shall be cleared to 0 by hardware when any of the four conditions stated is
false. This bit is also cleared to 0 when MC.MSIE = 1 and MC.MME = 0h. In this case,
the hardware has been programmed to use single MSI mode, and is not "reverting" to
that mode.
For PCH, the Controller shall always revert to single MSI mode when the number of
vectors allocated by the host is less than the number requested. This bit is ignored
when GHC.HR = 1.
Interrupt Enable (IE)—R/W. This global bit enables interrupts from the PCH.
1 0 = All interrupt sources from all ports are disabled.
1 = Interrupts are allowed from the AHCI controller.
Controller Reset (HR)—R/W. Resets the PCH AHCI controller.
0 = No effect
1 = When set by software, this bit causes an internal reset of the PCH AHCI controller.
0 All state machines that relate to data transfers and queuing return to an idle
condition, and all ports are re-initialized using COMRESET.
NOTE: For further details, see Section 12.3.3 of the Serial ATA Advanced Host
Controller Interface specification.

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14.4.1.3 IS—Interrupt Status Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 08h–0Bh Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register indicates which of the ports within the controller have an interrupt pending
and require service.

Bit Description

31:9 Reserved. Returns 0.

8 Coalescing Interrupt Pending Status (CIPS)—R/WC.
(Desktop 0 = No interrupt pending.
Only) 1 = A command completion coalescing interrupt has been generated.
Interrupt Pending Status Port[7] (IPS[6])—R/WC.
0 = No interrupt pending.
7
1 = Port 7 has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
which ports require service after an interrupt.
Interrupt Pending Status Port[6] (IPS[6])—R/WC.
6 0 = No interrupt pending.
1 = Port 6 has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
which ports require service after an interrupt.
Interrupt Pending Status Port[5] (IPS[5])—R/WC.
0 = No interrupt pending.
5
1 = Port 5 has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
which ports require service after an interrupt.
Interrupt Pending Status Port[4] (IPS[4])—R/WC.
4 0 = No interrupt pending.
1 = Port 4 has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
which ports require service after an interrupt.
Interrupt Pending Status Port[3] (IPS[3])—R/WC.
3
0 = No interrupt pending.
(Desktop
Only) 1 = Port 3 has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
which ports require service after an interrupt.
Interrupt Pending Status Port[2] (IPS[2])—R/WC.
2
0 = No interrupt pending.
(Desktop
1 = Port 2 has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
Only)
which ports require service after an interrupt.
3:2
(Mobile Reserved. Returns 0.
Only)
Interrupt Pending Status Port[1] (IPS[1])—R/WC.
0 = No interrupt pending.
1
1 = Port 1has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
which ports require service after an interrupt.
Interrupt Pending Status Port[0] (IPS[0])—R/WC.
0 = No interrupt pending.
0
1 = Port 0 has an interrupt pending. Software can use this information to determine
which ports require service after an interrupt.

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14.4.1.4 PI—Ports Implemented Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 0Ch–0Fh Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
Function Level Reset: No

This register indicates which ports are exposed to the PCH. It is loaded by platform
BIOS. It indicates which ports that the device supports are available for software to
use. For ports that are not available, software must not read or write to registers within
that port.

Bit Description

31:6 Reserved. Returns 0.

Ports Implemented Port 5 (PI5)—R/WO.
0 = The port is not implemented.
5
1 = The port is implemented.
This bit is read-only 0 if MAP.SC = 0 or SCC = 01h.
Ports Implemented Port 4 (PI4)—R/WO.
0 = The port is not implemented.
4
1 = The port is implemented.
This bit is read-only 0 if MAP.SC = 0 or SCC = 01h.
3
Ports Implemented Port 3 (PI3)—RO.
(Mobile
0 = The port is not implemented.
Only)
Ports Implemented Port 3 (PI3)—R/WO.
3 0 = The port is not implemented.
1 = The port is implemented.
2
Ports Implemented Port 2 (PI2)—RO.
(Mobile
0 = The port is not implemented.
Only)
Ports Implemented Port 2 (PI2)—R/WO.
2 0 = The port is not implemented.
1 = The port is implemented.
Ports Implemented Port 1 (PI1)—R/WO.
1 0 = The port is not implemented.
1 = The port is implemented.
Ports Implemented Port 0 (PI0)—R/WO.
0 0 = The port is not implemented.
1 = The port is implemented.

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14.4.1.5 VS—AHCI Version Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 10h–13h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00010200h Size: 32 bits

This register indicates the major and minor version of the AHCI specification. It is BCD
encoded. The upper two bytes represent the major version number, and the lower two
bytes represent the minor version number. Example: Version 3.12 would be
represented as 00030102h. The current version of the specification is 1.20
(00010200h).

Bit Description

31:16 Major Version Number (MJR)—RO. Indicates the major version is 1

15:0 Minor Version Number (MNR)—RO. Indicates the minor version is 20.

14.4.1.6 CCC_CTL—Command Completion Coalescing Control

Register (D31:F2)
Address Offset: ABAR + 14h–17h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00010131h Size: 32 bits

This register is used to configure the command coalescing feature. This register is
reserved if command coalescing is not supported (CAP_CCCS = 0).

Bit Description

Timeout Value (TV)—R/W. The timeout value is specified in 10 microsecond

intervals. hbaCCC_Timer is loaded with this timeout value. hbaCCC_Timer is only
decremented when commands are outstanding on the selected ports. The Controller
31:16
will signal a CCC interrupt when hbaCCC_Timer has decremented to 0. The
hbaCCC_Timer is reset to the timeout value on the assertion of each CCC interrupt. A
timeout value of 0 is invalid.
Command Completions (CC)—R/W. Specifies the number of command completions
that are necessary to cause a CCC interrupt. The Controller has an internal command
completion counter, hbaCCC_CommandsComplete.
15:8 hbaCCC_CommandsComplete is incremented by one each time a selected port has a
command completion. When hbaCCC_CommandsComplete is equal to the command
completions value, a CCC interrupt is signaled. The internal command completion
counter is reset to ‘0’ on the assertion of each CCC interrupt.
Interrupt (INT)—RO. Specifies the interrupt used by the CCC feature. This interrupt
must be marked as unused in the AHCI Ports Implemented memory register by the
corresponding bit being set to 0. Thus, the CCC_interrupt corresponds to the interrupt
for an unimplemented port on the controller. When a CCC interrupt occurs, the
7:3
IS[INT] bit shall be asserted to 1 regardless of whether PIRQ interrupt or MSI is used.
Note that in MSI, CC interrupt may share an interrupt vector with other ports. For
example, if the number of message allocated is 4, then CCC interrupt share interrupt
vector 3 along with port 3, 4, and 5 but IS[6] shall get set.
2:1 Reserved
Enable (EN)—R/W.
0 = The command completion coalescing feature is disabled and no CCC interrupts are
generated
1 = The command completion coalescing feature is enabled and CCC interrupts may
0
be generated based on timeout or command completion conditions.
Software shall only change the contents of the TV and CC fields when EN is cleared to
0. On transition of this bit from 0 to 1, any updated values for the TV and CC fields
shall take effect.

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14.4.1.7 CCC_Ports—Command Completion Coalescing Ports

Register (D31:F2)
Address Offset: ABAR + 18h–1Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register is used to specify the ports that are coalesced as part of the CCC feature
when CCC_CTL.EN = 1. This register is reserved if command coalescing is not
supported (CAP_CCCS = 0).

Bit Description

Ports (PRT)—R/W.
0 = The port is not part of the command completion coalescing feature.
1 = The corresponding port is part of the command completion coalescing feature.
Bits set to 1 in this register must also have the corresponding bit set to 1 in the
31:0
Ports Implemented register.
Bits set to 1 in this register must also have the corresponding bit set to 1 in the Ports
Implemented register. An updated value for this field shall take effect within one timer
increment (1 millisecond).

14.4.1.8 EM_LOC—Enclosure Management Location Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 1Ch–1Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01600002h Size: 32 bits

This register identifies the location and size of the enclosure management message
buffer. This register is reserved if enclosure management is not supported (that is,
CAP.EMS = 0).

Bit Description

Offset (OFST)—RO. The offset of the message buffer in Dwords from the beginning
31:16
of the ABAR.
Buffer Size (SZ)—RO. Specifies the size of the transmit message buffer area in
15:0 Dwords. The PCH SATA controller only supports transmit buffer.
A value of 0 is invalid.

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14.4.1.9 EM_CTRL—Enclosure Management Control Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 20h–23h Attribute: R/W, R/WO, RO
Default Value: 07010000h Size: 32 bits

This register is used to control and obtain status for the enclosure management
interface. This register includes information on the attributes of the implementation,
enclosure management messages supported, the status of the interface, whether any
message are pending, and is used to initiate sending messages. This register is
reserved if enclosure management is not supported (CAP_EMS = 0).

Bit Description

31:27 Reserved
Activity LED Hardware Driven (ATTR.ALHD)—R/WO.
1 = The SATA controller drives the activity LED for the LED message type in hardware
26 and does not use software for this LED.
The host controller does not begin transmitting the hardware based activity signal
until after software has written CTL.TM=1 after a reset condition.
Transmit Only (ATTR.XMT)—RO.

25 0 = The SATA controller supports transmitting and receiving messages.

1 = The SATA controller only supports transmitting messages and does not support
receiving messages.
Single Message Buffer (ATTR.SMB)—RO.
0 = There are separate receive and transmit buffers such that unsolicited messages
could be supported.
24
1 = The SATA controller has one message buffer that is shared for messages to
transmit and messages received. Unsolicited receive messages are not supported
and it is software’s responsibility to manage access to this buffer.
23:20 Reserved
SGPIO Enclosure Management Messages (SUPP.SGPIO)—RO.
19
1 = The SATA controller supports the SGPIO register interface message type.
SES-2 Enclosure Management Messages (SUPP.SES2)—RO.
18
1 = The SATA controller supports the SES-2 message type.
SAF-TE Enclosure Management Messages (SUPP.SAFTE)—RO.
17
1 = The SATA controller supports the SAF-TE message type.
LED Message Types (SUPP.LED)—RO.
16
1 = The SATA controller supports the LED message type.
15:10 Reserved
Reset (RST):—R/W.
0 = A write of 0 to this bit by software will have no effect.
1 = When set by software, The SATA controller shall reset all enclosure management
9
message logic and take all appropriate reset actions to ensure messages can be
transmitted / received after the reset. After the SATA controller completes the
reset operation, the SATA controller shall set the value to 0.
Transmit Message (CTL.TM)—R/W.
0 = A write of 0 to this bit by software will have no effect.
1 = When set by software, The SATA controller shall transmit the message contained
8
in the message buffer. When the message is completely sent, the SATA controller
shall set the value to 0.
Software shall not change the contents of the message buffer while CTL.TM is set to 1.
7:1 Reserved
0 Message Received (STS.MR):—RO. Message Received is not supported in the PCH.

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14.4.1.10 VS—AHCI Version Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + 70h–73h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00010000h Size: 32 bits

This register indicates the major and minor version of the NVMHCI specification. It is
BCD encoded. The upper two bytes represent the major version number, and the lower
two bytes represent the minor version number. Example: Version 3.12 would be
represented as 00030102h. The current version of the specification is 1.0
(00010000h).

Bit Description

31:16 Major Version Number (MJR)—RO. Indicates the major version is 1

15:0 Minor Version Number (MNR)—RO. Indicates the minor version is 0.

14.4.1.11 VSP—Vendor Specific Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: ABAR + A0h–A3h Attribute: RO, RWO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:1 Reserved
Supports Low Power Device Detection (SLPD)—RWO
Indicates whether SATA power management and device hot (un)pulg is supported.
0
0 = Not supported.
1 = Supported.

14.4.1.12 RSTF—Intel® RST Feature Capabilities Register

Address Offset: ABAR + C8h–C9h Attribute: RWO
Default Value: 003Fh Size: 16 bits

No hardware action is taken on this register. This register is needed for the Intel®
Rapid Storage Technology software. These bits are set by BIOS to request the feature
from the appropriate Intel Rapid Storage Technology software.

Bit Description

15:12 Reserved
OROM UI Normal Delay (OUD)—R/WO. The values of these bits specify the delay of
the OROM UI Splash Screen in a normal status.
00 = 2 Seconds (Default)
01 = 4 Seconds
11:10
10 = 6 Seconds
11 = 8 Seconds

If bit 5 = 0b, these values will be disregarded.

9 Reserved

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Bit Description

Intel® RRT Only on eSATA (ROES)—R/WO

Indicates the request that only Intel® Rapid Recovery Technology (RRT) volumes can
can span internal and external SATA (eSATA). If not set, any RAID volume can span
8
internal and external SATA.
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
7 Reserved
HDD Unlock (HDDLK)—RWO
Indicates the requested status of HDD password unlock in the OS.
6
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
Intel RST OROM UI (RSTOROMUI)—R/WO. Indicates the requested status of the
Intel® RST OROM UI display.
5 0 = The Intel RST OROM UI and banner are not displayed if all disks and RAID volumes
have a normal status.
1 = The Intel RST OROM UI is displayed during each boot.
Intel® RRT Enable (RSTE)—RWO
Indicates the requested status of the Intel® Rapid Recovery Technology Support
4
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
RAID 5 Enable (R5E)—RWO
Indicates the requested status of RAID 5 Support
3
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
RAID 10 Enable (R10E)—RWO
Indicates the requested status of RAID 10 Support
2
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
RAID 1 Enable (R1E)—RWO
Indicates the requested status of RAID 1 Support
1
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
RAID 0 Enable (R0E)—RWO
Indicates the requested status of RAID 0 Support
0
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled

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14.4.2 Port Registers (D31:F2)

Ports not available will result in the corresponding Port DMA register space being
reserved. The controller shall ignore writes to the reserved space on write cycles and
shall return 0 on read cycle accesses to the reserved location.

Table 14-5. Port [5:0] DMA Register Address Map (Sheet 1 of 4)

ABAR +
Mnemonic Register
Offset

100h–103h P0CLB Port 0 Command List Base Address

104h–107h P0CLBU Port 0 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
108h–10Bh P0FB Port 0 FIS Base Address
10Ch–10Fh P0FBU Port 0 FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits
110h–113h P0IS Port 0 Interrupt Status
114h–117h P0IE Port 0 Interrupt Enable
118h–11Bh P0CMD Port 0 Command
11Ch–11Fh — Reserved
120h–123h P0TFD Port 0 Task File Data
124h–127h P0SIG Port 0 Signature
128h–12Bh P0SSTS Port 0 Serial ATA Status
12Ch–12Fh P0SCTL Port 0 Serial ATA Control
130h–133h P0SERR Port 0 Serial ATA Error
134h–137h P0SACT Port 0 Serial ATA Active
138h–13Bh P0CI Port 0 Command Issue
13Ch–17Fh — Reserved
180h–183h P1CLB Port 1 Command List Base Address
184h–187h P1CLBU Port 1 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
188h–18Bh P1FB Port 1 FIS Base Address
18Ch–18Fh P1FBU Port 1 FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits
190h–193h P1IS Port 1 Interrupt Status
194h–197h P1IE Port 1 Interrupt Enable
198h–19Bh P1CMD Port 1 Command
19Ch–19Fh — Reserved
1A0h–1A3h P1TFD Port 1 Task File Data
1A4h–1A7h P1SIG Port 1 Signature
1A8h–1ABh P1SSTS Port 1 Serial ATA Status
1ACh–1AFh P1SCTL Port 1 Serial ATA Control
1B0h–1B3h P1SERR Port 1 Serial ATA Error
1B4h–1B7h P1SACT Port 1 Serial ATA Active
1B8h–1BBh P1CI Port 1 Command Issue
1BCh–1FFh — Reserved

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Table 14-5. Port [5:0] DMA Register Address Map (Sheet 2 of 4)

ABAR +
Mnemonic Register
Offset

Reserved
200h–27Fh
— Registers are not available and software must not read from or
(Mobile Only)
write to registers.
200h–203h P2CLB Port 2 Command List Base Address
204h–207h P2CLBU Port 2 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
208h–20Bh P2FB Port 2 FIS Base Address
20Ch–20Fh P2FBU Port 2 FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits
210h–213h P2IS Port 2 Interrupt Status
214h–217h P2IE Port 2 Interrupt Enable
218h–21Bh P2CMD Port 2 Command
21Ch–21Fh — Reserved
220h–223h P2TFD Port 2 Task File Data
224h–227h P2SIG Port 2 Signature
228h–22Bh P2SSTS Port 2 Serial ATA Status
22Ch–22Fh P2SCTL Port 2 Serial ATA Control
230h–233h P2SERR Port 2 Serial ATA Error
234h–237h P2SACT Port 2 Serial ATA Active
238h–23Bh P2CI Port 2 Command Issue
23Ch–27Fh — Reserved
Reserved
280h–2FFh
— Registers are not available and software must not read from or
(Mobile Only)
write to registers.
280h–283h P3CLB Port 3 Command List Base Address
284h–287h P3CLBU Port 3 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
288h–28Bh P3FB Port 3 FIS Base Address
28Ch–28Fh P3FBU Port 3 FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits
290h–293h P3IS Port 3 Interrupt Status
294h–297h P3IE Port 3 Interrupt Enable
298h–29Bh P3CMD Port 3 Command
29Ch–29Fh — Reserved
2A0h–2A3h P3TFD Port 3 Task File Data
2A4h–2A7h P3SIG Port 3 Signature
2A8h–2ABh P3SSTS Port 3 Serial ATA Status
2ACh–2AFh P3SCTL Port 3 Serial ATA Control
2B0h–2B3h P3SERR Port 3 Serial ATA Error
2B4h–2B7h P3SACT Port 3 Serial ATA Active
2B8h–2BBh P3CI Port 3 Command Issue
2BCh–2FFh — Reserved

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Table 14-5. Port [5:0] DMA Register Address Map (Sheet 3 of 4)

ABAR +
Mnemonic Register
Offset

300h–303h P4CLB Port 4 Command List Base Address

304h–307h P4CLBU Port 4 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
308h–30Bh P4FB Port 4 FIS Base Address
30Ch–30Fh P4FBU Port 4 FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits
310h–313h P4IS Port 4 Interrupt Status
314h–317h P4IE Port 4 Interrupt Enable
318h–31Bh P4CMD Port 4 Command
31Ch–31Fh — Reserved
320h–323h P4TFD Port 4 Task File Data
324h–327h P4SIG Port 4 Signature
328h–32Bh P4SSTS Port 4 Serial ATA Status
32Ch–32Fh P4SCTL Port 4 Serial ATA Control
330h–333h P4SERR Port 4 Serial ATA Error
334h–337h P4SACT Port 4 Serial ATA Active
338h–33Bh P4CI Port 4 Command Issue
340h–341h P4FBSI Port 4 FIS-Based Switching Control
342h–37Fh — Reserved
380h–383h P5CLB Port 5 Command List Base Address
384h–387h P5CLBU Port 5 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
388h–38Bh P5FB Port 5 FIS Base Address
38Ch–38Fh P5FBU Port 5 FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits
390h–393h P5IS Port 5 Interrupt Status
394h–397h P5IE Port 5 Interrupt Enable
398h–39Bh P5CMD Port 5 Command
39Ch–39Fh — Reserved
3A0h–3A3h P5TFD Port 5 Task File Data
3A4h–3A7h P5SIG Port 5 Signature
3A8h–3ABh P5SSTS Port 5 Serial ATA Status
3ACh–3AFh P5SCTL Port 5 Serial ATA Control
3B0h–3B3h P5SERR Port 5 Serial ATA Error
3B4h–3B7h P5SACT Port 5 Serial ATA Active
3B8h–3BBh P5CI Port 5 Command Issue
3C0h–3C3h P5FBSI Port 5 FIS-Based Switching Control
3C4h–3FFh — Reserved
400h–403h P6CLB Port 6 Command List Base Address
404h–407h P6CLBU Port 6 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
408h–40Bh P6FB Port 6 FIS Base Address

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Table 14-5. Port [5:0] DMA Register Address Map (Sheet 4 of 4)

ABAR +
Mnemonic Register
Offset

40Ch–40Fh P6FBU Port 6 FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits

410h–413h P6IS Port 6 Interrupt Status
414h–417h P6IE Port 6 Interrupt Enable
418h–41Bh P6CMD Port 6 Command
41Ch–41Fh — Reserved
420h–423h P6TFD Port 6 Task File Data
424h–427h P6SIG Port 6 Signature
428h–42Bh P6SSTS Port 6 Serial ATA Status
42Ch–42Fh P6SCTL Port 6 Serial ATA Control
430h–433h P6SERR Port 6 Serial ATA Error
434h–437h — Reserved
438h–43Bh P6CI Port 6Command Issue
43Ch–47Fh — Reserved
480h–483h P7CLB Port 7 Command List Base Address
484h–487h P7CLBU Port 7 Command List Base Address Upper 32-Bits
488h–48Fh — Reserved
490h–493h P7IS Port 7 Interrupt Status
494h–497h P7IE Port 7 Interrupt Enable
498h–49Bh P7CMD Port 7 Command
49Ch–4A3h — Reserved
4A4h–4A7h P7SIG Port 7 Signature
4A8h–4B7h P7SSTS Reserved
4B8h–4BBh P7CI Port 7 Command Issue
4BCh–FFFh — Reserved

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14.4.2.1 PxCLB—Port [5:0] Command List Base Address Register

(D31:F2)
Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 100h Attribute: R/W
Port 1: ABAR + 180h
Port 2: ABAR + 200h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 280h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 300h
Port 5: ABAR + 380h
Port 6: ABAR + 400h
Default Value: Undefined Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Command List Base Address (CLB)—R/W. Indicates the 32-bit base for the
command list for this port. This base is used when fetching commands to execute. The
31:10 structure pointed to by this address range is 1 KB in length. This address must be 1-KB
aligned as indicated by bits 31:10 being read/write.
Note that these bits are not reset on a Controller reset.
9:0 Reserved

14.4.2.2 PxCLBU—Port [5:0] Command List Base Address Upper

32-Bits Register (D31:F2)
Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 104h Attribute: R/W
Port 1: ABAR + 184h
Port 2: ABAR + 204h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 284h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 304h
Port 5: ABAR + 384h
Port 6: ABAR + 404h
Default Value: Undefined Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Command List Base Address Upper (CLBU)—R/W. Indicates the upper 32-bits for
the command list base address for this port. This base is used when fetching
31:0
commands to execute.
Note that these bits are not reset on a Controller reset.

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14.4.2.3 PxFB—Port [5:0] FIS Base Address Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 108h Attribute: R/W
Port 1: ABAR + 188h
Port 2: ABAR + 208h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 288h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 308h
Port 5: ABAR + 388h
Port 6: ABAR + 408h
Default Value: Undefined Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

FIS Base Address (FB)—R/W. Indicates the 32-bit base for received FISes. The
structure pointed to by this address range is 256 bytes in length. This address must be
31:8
256-byte aligned, as indicated by bits 31:3 being read/write.
Note that these bits are not reset on a Controller reset.
7:0 Reserved

14.4.2.4 PxFBU—Port [5:0] FIS Base Address Upper 32-Bits

Register (D31:F2)
Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 10Ch Attribute: R/W
Port 1: ABAR + 18Ch
Port 2: ABAR + 20Ch (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 28Ch (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 30Ch
Port 5: ABAR + 38Ch
Port 6: ABAR + 40Ch
Default Value: Undefined Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

FIS Base Address Upper (FBU)—R/W. Indicates the upper 32-bits for the received
31:0 FIS base for this port.
Note that these bits are not reset on a Controller reset.

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14.4.2.5 PxIS—Port [5:0] Interrupt Status Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 110h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Port 1: ABAR + 190h
Port 2: ABAR + 210h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 290h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 310h
Port 5: ABAR + 390h
Port 6: ABAR + 410h
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31 Cold Port Detect Status (CPDS)—RO. Cold presence detect is not supported.
Task File Error Status (TFES)—R/WC. This bit is set whenever the status register is
30
updated by the device and the error bit (PxTFD.bit 0) is set.
Host Bus Fatal Error Status (HBFS)—R/WC. Indicates that the PCH encountered an
29 error that it cannot recover from due to a bad software pointer. In PCI, such an
indication would be a target or master abort.
Host Bus Data Error Status (HBDS)—R/WC. Indicates that the PCH encountered a
28 data error (uncorrectable ECC / parity) when reading from or writing to system
memory.
Interface Fatal Error Status (IFS)—R/WC. Indicates that the PCH encountered an
27
error on the SATA interface which caused the transfer to stop.
Interface Non-fatal Error Status (INFS)—R/WC. Indicates that the PCH
26
encountered an error on the SATA interface but was able to continue operation.
25 Reserved
Overflow Status (OFS)—R/WC. Indicates that the PCH received more bytes from a
24
device than was specified in the PRD table for the command.
Incorrect Port Multiplier Status (IPMS)—R/WC. The PCH SATA controller does not
23
support Port Multipliers.
PhyRdy Change Status (PRCS)—RO. When set to one, this bit indicates the internal
PhyRdy signal changed state. This bit reflects the state of PxSERR.DIAG.N. Unlike most
of the other bits in the register, this bit is RO and is only cleared when PxSERR.DIAG.N
is cleared.
22
Note that the internal PhyRdy signal also transitions when the port interface enters
partial or slumber power management states. Partial and slumber must be disabled
when Surprise Removal Notification is desired, otherwise the power management state
transitions will appear as false insertion and removal events.
21:8 Reserved
Device Interlock Status (DIS)—R/WC. When set, this bit indicates that a platform
interlock switch has been opened or closed, which may lead to a change in the
7 connection state of the device. This bit is only valid in systems that support an interlock
switch (CAP.SIS [ABAR+00:bit 28] set).
For systems that do not support an interlock switch, this bit will always be 0.
Port Connect Change Status (PCS)—RO. This bit reflects the state of
PxSERR.DIAG.X. (ABAR+130h/1D0h/230h/2D0h, bit 26) Unlike other bits in this
6 register, this bit is only cleared when PxSERR.DIAG.X is cleared.
0 = No change in Current Connect Status.
1 = Change in Current Connect Status.
Descriptor Processed (DPS)—R/WC. A PRD with the I bit set has transferred all its
5
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Bit Description

Unknown FIS Interrupt (UFS)—RO. When set to 1, this bit indicates that an
unknown FIS was received and has been copied into system memory. This bit is cleared
to 0 by software clearing the PxSERR.DIAG.F bit to 0. Note that this bit does not
4 directly reflect the PxSERR.DIAG.F bit. PxSERR.DIAG.F is set immediately when an
unknown FIS is detected, whereas this bit is set when the FIS is posted to memory.
Software should wait to act on an unknown FIS until this bit is set to 1 or the two bits
may become out of sync.
Set Device Bits Interrupt (SDBS)—R/WC. A Set Device Bits FIS has been received
3
with the I bit set and has been copied into system memory.
DMA Setup FIS Interrupt (DSS)—R/WC. A DMA Setup FIS has been received with
2
the I bit set and has been copied into system memory.
PIO Setup FIS Interrupt (PSS)—R/WC. A PIO Setup FIS has been received with the
1 I bit set, it has been copied into system memory, and the data related to that FIS has
been transferred.
Device to Host Register FIS Interrupt (DHRS)—R/WC. A D2H Register FIS has
0
been received with the I bit set, and has been copied into system memory.

14.4.2.6 PxIE—Port [5:0] Interrupt Enable Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 114h Attribute: R/W, RO
Port 1: ABAR + 194h
Port 2: ABAR + 214h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 294h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 314h
Port 5: ABAR + 394h
Port 6: ABAR + 414h
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register enables and disables the reporting of the corresponding interrupt to
system software. When a bit is set (1) and the corresponding interrupt condition is
active, then an interrupt is generated. Interrupt sources that are disabled (0) are still
reflected in the status registers.

Bit Description

31 Cold Presence Detect Enable (CPDE)—RO. Cold Presence Detect is not supported.
Task File Error Enable (TFEE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and PxTFD.STS.ERR
30 (due to a reception of the error register from a received FIS) are set, the PCH will
generate an interrupt.
Host Bus Fatal Error Enable (HBFE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and PxS.HBFS are
29
set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
Host Bus Data Error Enable (HBDE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and PxS.HBDS
28
are set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
Host Bus Data Error Enable (HBDE)—R/W. When set, GHC.IE is set, and PxIS.HBDS
27
is set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
Interface Non-fatal Error Enable (INFE)—R/W. When set, GHC.IE is set, and
26
PxIS.INFS is set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
25 Reserved
Overflow Error Enable (OFE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and PxS.OFS are set, the
24
PCH will generate an interrupt.

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Bit Description

Incorrect Port Multiplier Enable (IPME)—R/W. The PCH SATA controller does not
23
support Port Multipliers. BIOS and storage software should keep this bit cleared to 0.
PhyRdy Change Interrupt Enable (PRCE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE is set, and
22
PxIS.PRCS is set, the PCH shall generate an interrupt.
21:8 Reserved
Device Interlock Enable (DIE)—R/W. When set, and PxIS.DIS is set, the PCH will
7 generate an interrupt.
For systems that do not support an interlock switch, this bit shall be a read-only 0.
Port Change Interrupt Enable (PCE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and PxS.PCS are
6
set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
Descriptor Processed Interrupt Enable (DPE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and
5
PxS.DPS are set, the PCH will generate an interrupt
Unknown FIS Interrupt Enable (UFIE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE is set and an
4
unknown FIS is received, the PCH will generate this interrupt.
Set Device Bits FIS Interrupt Enable (SDBE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and
3
PxS.SDBS are set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
DMA Setup FIS Interrupt Enable (DSE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and PxS.DSS
2
are set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
PIO Setup FIS Interrupt Enable (PSE)—R/W. When set, and GHC.IE and PxS.PSS
1
are set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.
Device to Host Register FIS Interrupt Enable (DHRE)—R/W. When set, and
0
GHC.IE and PxS.DHRS are set, the PCH will generate an interrupt.

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14.4.2.7 PxCMD—Port [5:0] Command Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 118h Attribute: R/W, RO, R/WO
Port 1: ABAR + 198h
Port 2: ABAR + 218h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 298h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 318h
Port 5: ABAR + 398h
Port 6: ABAR + 418h
Default Value: 0000w00wh Size: 32 bits
where w = 00?0b (for?, see bit description)
Function Level Reset:No (Bit 21, 19 and 18 only)

Bit Description

Interface Communication Control (ICC)—R/W.This is a four bit field that can be

used to control reset and power states of the interface. Writes to this field will cause
actions on the interface, either as primitives or an OOB sequence, and the resulting
status of the interface will be reported in the PxSSTS register (Address offset Port
0:ABAR+124h, Port 1: ABAR+1A4h, Port 2: ABAR+224h, Port 3: ABAR+2A4h, Port 4:
ABAR+224h, Port 5: ABAR+2A4h).

Value Definition
Fh–7h Reserved
Slumber: This will cause the PCH to request a transition of the
6h interface to the slumber state. The SATA device may reject the
request and the interface will remain in its current state
5h–3h Reserved
Partial: This will cause the PCH to request a transition of the
31:28 2h interface to the partial state. The SATA device may reject the
request and the interface will remain in its current state.
Active: This will cause the PCH to request a transition of the
1h
interface into the active
No-Op / Idle: When software reads this value, it indicates the PCH is
0h not in the process of changing the interface state or sending a
device reset, and a new link command may be issued.

When system software writes a non-reserved value other than No-Op (0h), the PCH
will perform the action and update this field back to Idle (0h).
If software writes to this field to change the state to a state the link is already in (such
as, interface is in the active state and a request is made to go to the active state), the
PCH will take no action and return this field to Idle.
NOTE: When the ALPE bit (bit 26) is set, then this register should not be set to 02h or
06h.
Aggressive Slumber / Partial (ASP)—R/W. When set, and the ALPE bit (bit 26) is
set, the PCH shall aggressively enter the slumber state when it clears the PxCI register
27 and the PxSACT register is cleared. When cleared, and the ALPE bit is set, the PCH will
aggressively enter the partial state when it clears the PxCI register and the PxSACT
register is cleared. If CAP.SALP is cleared to 0, software shall treat this bit as reserved.
Aggressive Link Power Management Enable (ALPE)—R/W. When set, the PCH
26 will aggressively enter a lower link power state (partial or slumber) based upon the
setting of the ASP bit (bit 27).

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Bit Description

Drive LED on ATAPI Enable (DLAE)—R/W. When set, the PCH will drive the LED pin
active for ATAPI commands (PxCLB[CHz.A] set) in addition to ATA commands. When
25
cleared, the PCH will only drive the LED pin active for ATA commands. See
Section 5.16.9 for details on the activity LED.
Device is ATAPI (ATAPI)—R/W. When set, the connected device is an ATAPI device.
24 This bit is used by the PCH to control whether or not to generate the desktop LED
when commands are active. See Section 5.16.9 for details on the activity LED.
23 Reserved
22 BIOS must set this bit to 0.
External SATA Port (ESP)—R/WO.
0 = This port supports internal SATA devices only.
21 1 = This port will be used with an external SATA device and hot plug is supported.
When set, CAP.SXS must also be set.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
20 Reserved
Mechanical Switch Attached to Port (MPSP)—R/WO. When interlock switches are
supported in the platform (CAP.SIS [ABAR+00h:bit 28] set), this indicates whether
this particular port has an interlock switch attached. This bit can be used by system
software to enable such features as aggressive power management, as disconnects
can always be detected regardless of PHY state with an interlock switch. When this bit
19 is set, it is expected that HPCP (bit 18) in this register is also set.
The PCH takes no action on the state of this bit – it is for system software only. For
example, if this bit is cleared, and an interlock switch toggles, the PCH still treats it as
a proper interlock switch event.

NOTE: This bit is not reset on a Controller reset or by a Function Level Reset.
Hot Plug Capable Port (HPCP)—R/WO.
0 = Port is not capable of Hot-Plug.
1 = Port is Hot-Plug capable.
This indicates whether the platform exposes this port to a device which can be Hot-
Plugged. SATA by definition is hot-pluggable, but not all platforms are constructed to
18 allow the device to be removed (it may be screwed into the chassis, for example). This
bit can be used by system software to indicate a feature such as “eject device” to the
end-user. The PCH takes no action on the state of this bit—it is for system software
only. For example, if this bit is cleared, and a Hot-Plug event occurs, the PCH still
treats it as a proper Hot-Plug event.

NOTE: This bit is not reset on a Controller reset or by a Function Level Reset.
17 BIOS must set this bit to 0.
16 Reserved
Controller Running (CR)—RO. When this bit is set, the DMA engines for a port are
15 running. See section 5.2.2 of the Serial ATA AHCI Specification for details on when this
bit is set and cleared by the PCH.
FIS Receive Running (FR)—RO. When set, the FIS Receive DMA engine for the port
14 is running. See section 12.2.2 of the Serial ATA AHCI Specification for details on when
this bit is set and cleared by the PCH.

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Bit Description

Interlock Switch State (ISS)—RO. For systems that support interlock switches
(using CAP.SIS [ABAR+00h:bit 28]), if an interlock switch exists on this port (using
ISP in this register), this bit indicates the current state of the interlock switch. A 0
13
indicates the switch is closed, and a 1 indicates the switch is opened.
For systems that do not support interlock switches, or if an interlock switch is not
attached to this port, this bit reports 0.
Current Command Slot (CCS)—RO. Indicates the current command slot the PCH is
processing. This field is valid when the ST bit is set in this register, and is constantly
updated by the PCH. This field can be updated as soon as the PCH recognizes an active
command slot, or at some point soon after when it begins processing the command.
12:8
This field is used by software to determine the current command issue location of the
PCH. In queued mode, software shall not use this field, as its value does not represent
the current command being executed. Software shall only use PxCI and PxSACT when
running queued commands.
7:5 Reserved
FIS Receive Enable (FRE)—R/W. When set, the PCH may post received FISes into
the FIS receive area pointed to by PxFB (ABAR+108h/188h/208h/288h) and PxFBU
(ABAR+10Ch/18Ch/20Ch/28Ch). When cleared, received FISes are not accepted by
the PCH, except for the first D2H (device-to-host) register FIS after the initialization
4 sequence.
System software must not set this bit until PxFB (PxFBU) have been programmed with
a valid pointer to the FIS receive area, and if software wishes to move the base, this
bit must first be cleared, and software must wait for the FR bit (bit 14) in this register
to be cleared.
Command List Override (CLO)—R/W. Setting this bit to 1 causes PxTFD.STS.BSY
and PxTFD.STS.DRQ to be cleared to 0. This allows a software reset to be transmitted
to the device regardless of whether the BSY and DRQ bits are still set in the
PxTFD.STS register. The Controller sets this bit to 0 when PxTFD.STS.BSY and
PxTFD.STS.DRQ have been cleared to 0. A write to this register with a value of 0 shall
3 have no effect.
This bit shall only be set to 1 immediately prior to setting the PxCMD.ST bit to 1 from
a previous value of 0. Setting this bit to 1 at any other time is not supported and will
result in indeterminate behavior. Software must wait for CLO to be cleared to 0 before
setting PxCMD.ST to 1.
2 Power On Device (POD)—RO. Cold presence detect not supported. Defaults to 1.
Spin-Up Device (SUD)—R/W / RO. This bit is R/W and defaults to 0 for systems that
support staggered spin-up (R/W when CAP.SSS (ABAR+00h:bit 27) is 1). Bit is RO 1
for systems that do not support staggered spin-up (when CAP.SSS is 0).
0 = No action.
1
1 = On an edge detect from 0 to 1, the PCH starts a COMRESET initialization sequence
to the device.
Clearing this bit to 0 does not cause any OOB signal to be sent on the interface. When
this bit is cleared to 0 and PxSCTL.DET=0h, the Controller will enter listen mode.
Start (ST)—R/W. When set, the PCH may process the command list. When cleared,
the PCH may not process the command list. Whenever this bit is changed from a 0 to
a 1, the PCH starts processing the command list at entry 0. Whenever this bit is
0 changed from a 1 to a 0, the PxCI register is cleared by the PCH upon the PCH putting
the controller into an idle state.
See Section 12.2.1 of the Serial ATA AHCI Specification for important restrictions on
when ST can be set to 1.

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14.4.2.8 PxTFD—Port [5:0] Task File Data Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 120h Attribute: RO
Port 1: ABAR + 1A0h
Port 2: ABAR + 220h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 2A0h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 320h
Port 5: ABAR + 3A0h
Port 6: ABAR + 420h
Default Value: 0000007Fh Size: 32 bits

This is a 32-bit register that copies specific fields of the task file when FISes are
received. The FISes that contain this information are: D2H Register FIS,PIO Setup FIS
and Set Device Bits FIS

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
15:8 Error (ERR)—RO. Contains the latest copy of the task file error register.
Status (STS)—RO. Contains the latest copy of the task file status register. Fields of
note in this register that affect AHCI.
Bit Field Definition
7 BSY Indicates the interface is busy
7:0 6:4 N/A Not applicable
3 DRQ Indicates a data transfer is requested
2:1 N/A Not applicable
0 ERR Indicates an error during the transfer

14.4.2.9 PxSIG—Port [5:0] Signature Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 124h Attribute: RO
Port 1: ABAR + 1A4h
Port 2: ABAR + 224h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 2A4h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 324h
Port 5: ABAR + 3A4h
Port 6: ABAR + 424h
Default Value: FFFFFFFFh Size: 32 bits

This is a 32-bit register which contains the initial signature of an attached device when
the first D2H Register FIS is received from that device. It is updated once after a reset
sequence.

Bit Description

Signature (SIG)—RO. Contains the signature received from a device on the first D2H
register FIS. The bit order is as follows:
Bit Field

31:0 31:24 LBA High Register

23:16 LBA Mid Register
15:8 LBA Low Register
7:0 Sector Count Register

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14.4.2.10 PxSSTS—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Status Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 128h Attribute: RO
Port 1: ABAR + 1A8h
Port 2: ABAR + 228h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 2A8h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 328h
Port 5: ABAR + 3A8h
Port 6: ABAR + 428h
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This is a 32-bit register that conveys the current state of the interface and host. The
PCH updates it continuously and asynchronously. When the PCH transmits a COMRESET
to the device, this register is updated to its reset values.

Bit Description

31:12 Reserved
Interface Power Management (IPM)—RO. Indicates the current interface state:
Value Description
0h Device not present or communication not established
11:8 1h Interface in active state
2h Interface in PARTIAL power management state
6h Interface in SLUMBER power management state
All other values reserved.
Current Interface Speed (SPD)—RO. Indicates the negotiated interface
communication speed.
Value Description
0h Device not present or communication not established
7:4
1h Generation 1 communication rate negotiated
2h Generation 2 communication rate negotiated
All other values reserved.
The PCH supports Gen 1 communication rates (1.5 Gb/s) and Gen 2 rates (3.0 Gb/s).
Device Detection (DET)—RO. Indicates the interface device detection and Phy state:
Value Description
0h No device detected and Phy communication not established
1h Device presence detected but Phy communication not established
3:0
3h Device presence detected and Phy communication established
Phy in offline mode as a result of the interface being disabled or
4h
running in a BIST loopback mode

All other values reserved.

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14.4.2.11 PxSCTL—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Control Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 12Ch Attribute: R/W, RO
Port 1: ABAR + 1ACh
Port 2: ABAR + 22Ch (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 2ACh (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 32Ch
Port 5: ABAR + 3ACh
Port 6: ABAR + 42Ch
Default Value: 00000004h Size: 32 bits
This is a 32-bit read-write register by which software controls SATA capabilities. Writes
to the SControl register result in an action being taken by the PCH or the interface.
Reads from the register return the last value written to it.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
15:12 Select Power Management (SPM)—R/W. This field is not used by AHCI
Interface Power Management Transitions Allowed (IPM)—R/W. Indicates which
power states the PCH is allowed to transition to:
Value Description
0h No interface restrictions
11:8 1h Transitions to the PARTIAL state disabled
2h Transitions to the SLUMBER state disabled
3h Transitions to both PARTIAL and SLUMBER states disabled

All other values reserved

Speed Allowed (SPD)—R/W. Indicates the highest allowable speed of the interface.
This speed is limited by the CAP.ISS (ABAR+00h:bit 23:20) field.
Value Description
0h No speed negotiation restrictions
7:4 1h Limit speed negotiation to Generation 1 communication rate
2h Limit speed negotiation to Generation 2 communication rate

The PCH Supports Gen 1 communication rates (1.5 Gb/s) and Gen 2 rates
(3.0 Gb/s).
Device Detection Initialization (DET)—R/W. Controls the PCH’s device detection
and interface initialization.
Value Description
0h No device detection or initialization action requested
Perform interface communication initialization sequence to
establish communication. This is functionally equivalent to a hard
1h
reset and results in the interface being reset and communications
re-initialized
3:0 4h Disable the Serial ATA interface and put Phy in offline mode
All other values reserved.
When this field is written to a 1h, the PCH initiates COMRESET and starts the
initialization process. When the initialization is complete, this field shall remain 1h until
set to another value by software.
This field may only be changed to 1h or 4h when PxCMD.ST is 0. Changing this field
while the PCH is running results in undefined behavior.
NOTE: It is permissible to implement any of the Serial ATA defined behaviors for
transmission of COMRESET when DET=1h.

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14.4.2.12 PxSERR—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Error Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 130h Attribute: R/WC
Port 1: ABAR + 1B0h
Port 2: ABAR + 230h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 2B0h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 330h
Port 5: ABAR + 3B0h
Port 6: ABAR + 430h
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bits 26:16 of this register contain diagnostic error information for use by diagnostic
software in validating correct operation or isolating failure modes. Bits 11:0 contain
error information used by host software in determining the appropriate response to the
error condition. If one or more of bits 11:8 of this register are set, the controller will
stop the current transfer.

Bit Description

31:27 Reserved
Exchanged (X)—R/WC. When set to 1, this bit indicates that a change in device
presence has been detected since the last time this bit was cleared. This bit shall
26
always be set to 1 anytime a COMINIT signal is received. This bit is reflected in the
P0IS.PCS bit.
Unrecognized FIS Type (F)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more FISs were received
25
by the Transport layer with good CRC, but had a type field that was not recognized.
Transport state transition error (T)—R/WC. Indicates that an error has occurred in
24 the transition from one state to another within the Transport layer since the last time
this bit was cleared.
Link Sequence Error (S)—R/WC: Indicates that one or more Link state machine error
23 conditions was encountered. The Link Layer state machine defines the conditions under
which the link layer detects an erroneous transition.
Handshake (H)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more R_ERR handshake response was
received in response to frame transmission. Such errors may be the result of a CRC
22
error detected by the recipient, a disparity or 8b/10b decoding error, or other error
condition leading to a negative handshake on a transmitted frame.
CRC Error (C)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more CRC errors occurred with the Link
21
Layer.
20 Disparity Error (D)—R/WC. This field is not used by AHCI.
10b to 8b Decode Error (B)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more 10b to 8b decoding
19
errors occurred.
Comm Wake (W)—R/WC. Indicates that a Comm Wake signal was detected by the
18
Phy.
17 Phy Internal Error (I)—R/WC. Indicates that the Phy detected some internal error.
PhyRdy Change (N)—R/WC. When set to 1, this bit indicates that the internal PhyRdy
signal changed state since the last time this bit was cleared. In the PCH, this bit will be
16 set when PhyRdy changes from a 0 -> 1 or a 1 -> 0. The state of this bit is then
reflected in the PxIS.PRCS interrupt status bit and an interrupt will be generated if
enabled. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
15:12 Reserved
Internal Error (E)—R/WC. The SATA controller failed due to a master or target abort
11
when attempting to access system memory.

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Bit Description

Protocol Error (P)—R/WC. A violation of the Serial ATA protocol was detected.
10
NOTE: The PCH does not set this bit for all protocol violations that may occur on the
SATA link.
Persistent Communication or Data Integrity Error (C)—R/WC. A communication
error that was not recovered occurred that is expected to be persistent. Persistent
9
communications errors may arise from faulty interconnect with the device, from a
device that has been removed or has failed, or a number of other causes.
Transient Data Integrity Error (T)—R/WC. A data integrity error occurred that was
8
not recovered by the interface.
7:2 Reserved
Recovered Communications Error (M)—R/WC. Communications between the device
and host was temporarily lost but was re-established. This can arise from a device
1 temporarily being removed, from a temporary loss of Phy synchronization, or from
other causes and may be derived from the PhyNRdy signal between the Phy and Link
layers.
Recovered Data Integrity Error (I)—R/WC. A data integrity error occurred that was
0
recovered by the interface through a retry operation or other recovery action.

14.4.2.13 PxSACT—Port [5:0] Serial ATA Active Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 134h Attribute: R/W
Port 1: ABAR + 1B4h
Port 2: ABAR + 234h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 2B4h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 334h
Port 5: ABAR + 3B4h
Port 6: ABAR + 434h
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Device Status (DS)—R/W. System software sets this bit for SATA queuing operations
prior to setting the PxCI.CI bit in the same command slot entry. This field is cleared
31:0 using the Set Device Bits FIS.
This field is also cleared when PxCMD.ST (ABAR+118h/198h/218h/298h:bit 0) is
cleared by software, and as a result of a COMRESET or SRST.

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14.4.2.14 PxCI—Port [5:0] Command Issue Register (D31:F2)

Address Offset: Port 0: ABAR + 138h Attribute: R/W
Port 1: ABAR + 1B8h
Port 2: ABAR + 238h (Desktop Only)
Port 3: ABAR + 2B8h (Desktop Only)
Port 4: ABAR + 338h
Port 5: ABAR + 3B8h
Port 6: ABAR + 438h
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Commands Issued (CI)—R/W. This field is set by software to indicate to the PCH that
a command has been built-in system memory for a command slot and may be sent to
the device. When the PCH receives a FIS which clears the BSY and DRQ bits for the
31:0 command, it clears the corresponding bit in this register for that command slot. Bits in
this field shall only be set to 1 by software when PxCMD.ST is set to 1.
This field is also cleared when PxCMD.ST (ABAR+118h/198h/218h/298h:bit 0) is
cleared by software.

§§

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(D31:F5)
15.1 PCI Configuration Registers (SATA–D31:F5)
Note: Address locations that are not shown should be treated as Reserved.

All of the SATA registers are in the core well. None of the registers can be locked.

Table 15-1. SATA Controller PCI Register Address Map (SATA–D31:F5) (Sheet 1 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 02B0h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
See
See register
09h PI Programming Interface register
description
description
See
See register
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code register
description
description
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 01h RO
0Dh PMLT Primary Master Latency Timer 00h RO
10h–13h PCMD_BAR Primary Command Block Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
14h–17h PCNL_BAR Primary Control Block Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
Secondary Command Block Base
18h–1Bh SCMD_BAR 00000001h R/W, RO
Address
1Ch–1Fh SCNL_BAR Secondary Control Block Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
20h–23h BAR Legacy Bus Master Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
See
Serial ATA Index / Data Pair Base
24h–27h SIDPBA 00000000h register
Address
description
2Ch–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor Identification 0000h R/WO
2Eh–2Fh SID Subsystem Identification 0000h R/WO
34h CAP Capabilities Pointer 80h RO
3Ch INT_LN Interrupt Line 00h R/W
See register
3Dh INT_PN Interrupt Pin RO
description
40h–41h IDE_TIM Primary IDE Timing Register 0000h R/W
42h–43h IDE_TIM Secondary IDE Timing Registers 0000h R/W

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Table 15-1. SATA Controller PCI Register Address Map (SATA–D31:F5) (Sheet 2 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

48h SDMA_CNT Synchronous DMA Control 00h R/W

4Ah–4Bh SDMA_TIM Synchronous DMA Timing 0000h R/W
54h–57h IDE_CONFIG DE I/O Configuration 00000000h R/W
See register
70h–71h PID PCI Power Management Capability ID RO
description
72h–73h PC PCI Power Management Capabilities 4003h RO
PCI Power Management Control and R/W, RO,
74h–75h PMCS 0008h
Status R/WC
90h MAP Address Map 00h R/W
R/W, RO,
92h–93h PCS Port Control and Status 0000h
R/WC
A8h–ABh SCAP0 SATA Capability Register 0 0010B012h RO
ACh–AFh SCAP1 SATA Capability Register 1 00000048h RO
B0h–B1h FLRCID FLR Capability ID 0009h RO
B2h–B3h FLRCLV FLR Capability Length and Value 2006h RO
B4h–B5h FLRCTRL FLR Control 0000h R/W, RO
C0h ATC APM Trapping Control 00h R/W
C4h ATS ATM Trapping Status 00h R/WC

NOTE: The PCH SATA controller is not arbitrated as a PCI device; therefore, it does not need a
master latency timer.

15.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (SATA—D31:F5)

Offset Address: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. Intel VID = 8086h

15.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (SATA—D31:F5)

Offset Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description

Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH SATA controller.
15:0 NOTE: The value of this field will change dependent upon the value of the MAP
Register. See Section § § and Section 15.1.28

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15.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable—R/W. This disables pin-based INTx# interrupts. This bit has no
effect on MSI operation.
10 0 = Internal INTx# messages are generated if there is an interrupt and MSI is not
enabled.
1 = Internal INTx# messages will not be generated.
9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
8 SERR# Enable (SERR_EN)—RO. Reserved as 0.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Reserved as 0.
Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. SATA controller will not generate PERR# when a data parity error is
6
detected.
1 = Enabled. SATA controller will generate PERR# when a data parity error is detected.
5 VGA Palette Snoop (VPS)—RO. Reserved as 0.
4 Postable Memory Write Enable (PMWE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W. This bit controls the PCH ability to act as a PCI
2 master for IDE Bus Master transfers. This bit does not impact the generation of
completions for split transaction commands.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—RO. This controller does not support AHCI; therefore,
1
no memory space is required.
I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—R/W. This bit controls access to the I/O space registers.
0 = Disables access to the Legacy or Native IDE ports (both Primary and Secondary) as
0 well as the Bus Master I/O registers.
1 = Enable. Note that the Base Address register for the Bus Master registers should be
programmed before this bit is set.

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15.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 02B0h Size: 16 bits

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 to
the bit has no effect.

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

15 0 = No parity error detected by SATA controller.
1 = SATA controller detects a parity error on its interface.
14 Signaled System Error (SSE)—RO. Reserved as 0.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.
13 0 = Master abort Not generated.
1 = SATA controller, as a master, generated a master abort.
12 Reserved
11 Signaled Target Abort (STA)—RO. Reserved as 0.
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEV_STS)—RO.
10:9
01 = Hardwired; Controls the device select time for the SATA controller’s PCI interface.
Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—R/WC. For PCH, this bit can only be set on
read completions received from SiBUS where there is a parity error.
8 1 = SATA controller, as a master, either detects a parity error or sees the parity error
line asserted, and the parity error response bit (bit 6 of the command register) is
set.
7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FB2BC)—RO. Reserved as 1.
6 User Definable Features (UDF)—RO. Reserved as 0.
5 66MHz Capable (66MHZ_CAP)—RO. Reserved as 1.
Capabilities List (CAP_LIST)—RO. This bit indicates the presence of a capabilities
4 list. The minimum requirement for the capabilities list must be PCI power management
for the SATA controller.
Interrupt Status (INTS)—RO. Reflects the state of INTx# messages, IRQ14 or
IRQ15.
3 0 = Interrupt is cleared (independent of the state of Interrupt Disable bit in the
command register [offset 04h]).
1 = Interrupt is to be asserted
2:0 Reserved

15.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (SATA—D31:F5)

Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel®5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

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15.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 85h Size: 8 bits

When SCC = 01h

Bit Description

7 This read-only bit is a 1 to indicate that the PCH supports bus master operation
6:4 Reserved
Secondary Mode Native Capable (SNC)—RO. Indicates whether or not the
secondary channel has a fixed mode of operation.
3
0 = Indicates the mode is fixed and is determined by the (read-only) value of bit 2.
This bit will always return 0.
Secondary Mode Native Enable (SNE)—RO.
Determines the mode that the secondary channel is operating in.
2
1 = Secondary controller operating in native PCI mode.
This bit will always return 1.
Primary Mode Native Capable (PNC)—RO. Indicates whether or not the primary
channel has a fixed mode of operation.
1
0 = Indicates the mode is fixed and is determined by the (read-only) value of bit 0.
This bit will always return 0.
Primary Mode Native Enable (PNE)—RO.
Determines the mode that the primary channel is operating in.
0
1 = Primary controller operating in native PCI mode.
This bit will always return 1.

15.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 0Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO.

7:0
The value of this field determines whether the controller supports legacy IDE mode.

15.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register

(SATA–D31:F5SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO.

7:0
01h = Mass storage device

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15.1.9 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Master Latency Timer Count (MLTC)—RO.

7:0 00h = Hardwired. The SATA controller is implemented internally, and is not arbitrated
as a PCI device, so it does not need a Master Latency Timer.

15.1.10 PCMD_BAR—Primary Command Block Base Address

Register (SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 10h–13h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits
.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (8
15:3
consecutive I/O locations).
2:1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 8-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Primary Controller’s Command Block.

15.1.11 PCNL_BAR—Primary Control Block Base Address Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 14h–17h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits
.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (4
15:2
consecutive I/O locations).
1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 4-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Primary Controller’s Command Block.

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15.1.12 SCMD_BAR—Secondary Command Block Base Address

Register (IDE D31:F5)
Address Offset: 18h–1Bh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (8
15:3
consecutive I/O locations).
2:1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 8-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Secondary Controller’s Command
Block.

15.1.13 SCNL_BAR—Secondary Control Block Base Address

Register (IDE D31:F5)
Address Offset: 1Ch–1Fh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (4
15:2
consecutive I/O locations).
1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

NOTE: This 4-byte I/O space is used in native mode for the Secondary Controller’s Command
Block.

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15.1.14 BAR—Legacy Bus Master Base Address Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 20h–23h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

The Bus Master IDE interface function uses Base Address register 5 to request a 16-
byte IO space to provide a software interface to the Bus Master functions. Only 12
bytes are actually used (6 bytes for primary, 6 bytes for secondary). Only bits [15:4]
are used to decode the address.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (16
15:5
consecutive I/O locations).
Base Address 4 (BA4)—R/W.
4
When SCC is 01h, this bit will be R/W resulting in requesting 16B of I/O space.
3:1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

15.1.15 SIDPBA—SATA Index/Data Pair Base Address Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 24h–27h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

When SCC is 01h

When the programming interface is IDE, the register represents an I/O BAR allocating
16B of I/O space for the I/O mapped registers defined in Section 15.3. Note that
although 16B of locations are allocated, some maybe reserved.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
15:4 Base Address (BA)—R/W. Base address of register I/O space
3:1 Reserved
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate a request for I/O
0
space.

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15.1.16 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Core
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SVID)—R/WO. Value is written by BIOS. No hardware action

15:0
taken on this value.

15.1.17 SID—Subsystem Identification Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SID)—R/WO. Value is written by BIOS. No hardware action taken on

15:0
this value.

15.1.18 CAP—Capabilities Pointer Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 70h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (CAP_PTR)—RO. Indicates that the first capability pointer offset
7:0 is 70h if the Sub Class Code (SCC) (Dev 31:F2:0Ah) is configure as IDE mode (value of
01).

15.1.19 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 3Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Interrupt Line—R/W. This field is used to communicate to software the interrupt line
7:0
that the interrupt pin is connected to. These bits are not reset by FLR.

15.1.20 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 3Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See Register Description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin—RO. This reflects the value of D31IP.SIP1 (Chipset Config

7:0
Registers:Offset 3100h:bits 11:8).

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15.1.21 IDE_TIM—IDE Timing Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: Primary: 40h–41h Attribute: R/W
Secondary: 42h–43h
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Note: Bits 14:12 and 9:0 of this register are R/W to maintain software compatibility. These
bits have no effect on hardware.

Bit Description

IDE Decode Enable (IDE)—R/W. Individually enable/disable the Primary or

Secondary decode.
15
0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the PCH to decode the associated Command Block and Control Block.
IDE_TIM Field 2—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This field
14:12
has no effect on hardware.
11:10 Reserved
IDE_TIM Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This field
9:0
has no effect on hardware.

15.1.22 SDMA_CNT—Synchronous DMA Control Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 48h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is R/W to maintain software compatibility. These bits have no effect on
hardware.

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
SDMA_CNT Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
3:0
field has no effect on hardware.

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15.1.23 SDMA_TIM—Synchronous DMA Timing Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 4Ah–4Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Note: This register is R/W to maintain software compatibility. These bits have no effect on
hardware.

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
SDMA_TIM Field 2—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
9:8
field has no effect on hardware.
7:2 Reserved
SDMA_TIM Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
1:0
field has no effect on hardware.

15.1.24 IDE_CONFIG—IDE I/O Configuration Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 54h–57h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is R/W to maintain software compatibility. These bits have no effect on
hardware.

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 6—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
23:16
field has no effect on hardware.
15 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 5—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
14
field has no effect on hardware.
13 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 4—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
12
field has no effect on hardware.
11:8 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 3—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
7:4
field has no effect on hardware.
3 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 2—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
2
field has no effect on hardware.
1 Reserved
IDE_CONFIG Field 1—R/W. This field is R/W to maintain software compatibility. This
0
field has no effect on hardware.

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15.1.25 PID—PCI Power Management Capability Identification

Register (SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 70h–71h Attribute: RO
Default Value: B001h Size: 16 bits

Bits Description

Next Capability (NEXT)—RO.

15:8 When SCC is 01h, this field will be B0h indicating the next item is FLR Capability Pointer
in the list.
7:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates that this pointer is a PCI power management.

15.1.26 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register

(SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 72h–73h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 4003h Size: 16 bits
f

Bits Description

PME Support (PME_SUP)—RO. By default with SCC = 01h, the default value of 00000
15:11
indicates no PME support in IDE mode.
10 D2 Support (D2_SUP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The D2 state is not supported
9 D1 Support (D1_SUP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The D1 state is not supported
Auxiliary Current (AUX_CUR)—RO. PME# from D3COLD state is not supported, therefore
8:6
this field is 000b.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate that no device-
5
specific initialization is required.
4 Reserved
PME Clock (PME_CLK)—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate that PCI clock is not required to
3
generate PME#.
Version (VER)—RO. Hardwired to 011 to indicates support for Revision 1.2 of the PCI
2:0
Power Management Specification.

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15.1.27 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status

Register (SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: 74h–75h Attribute: RO, R/W, R/WC
Default Value: 0008h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset:No (Bits 8 and 15 only)

Bits Description

PME Status (PMES)—R/WC. Bit is set when a PME event is to be requested, and if this
bit and PMEE is set, a PME# will be generated from the SATA controller.
15 NOTE: When SCC=01h this bit will be RO 0. Software is advised to clear PMEE together
with PMES prior to changing SCC through MAP.SMS.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
14:9 Reserved
PME Enable (PMEE)—R/W. When SCC is not 01h, this bit R/W. When set, the SATA
controller generates PME# form D3HOT on a wake event.
8 NOTE: When SCC=01h this bit will be RO 0. Software is advised to clear PMEE together
with PMES prior to changing SCC through MAP.SMS.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
7:4 Reserved
No Soft Reset (NSFRST)—RO. These bits are used to indicate whether devices
transitioning from D3HOT state to D0 state will perform an internal reset.
0 = Device transitioning from D3HOT state to D0 state perform an internal reset.
1 = Device transitioning from D3HOT state to D0 state do not perform an internal reset.
3 Configuration content is preserved. Upon transition from the D3HOT state to D0 state
initialized state, no additional operating system intervention is required to preserve
configuration context beyond writing to the PowerState bits.
Regardless of this bit, the controller transition from D3HOT state to D0 state by a system
or bus segment reset will return to the state D0 uninitialized with only PME context
preserved if PME is supported and enabled.
2 Reserved
Power State (PS)—R/W. These bits are used both to determine the current power
state of the
SATA controller and to set a new power state.
1:0 00 = D0 state
11 = D3HOT state
When in the D3HOT state, the controller’s configuration space is available, but the I/O
and memory spaces are not. Additionally, interrupts are blocked.

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15.1.28 MAP—Address Map Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 90h Attribute: R/W, R/WO, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 9:8 only)

Bits Description

15:8 Reserved
SATA Mode Select (SMS)—R/W. Software programs these bits to control the mode in
which the SATA Controller should operate.
7:6
00b = IDE Mode
All other combinations are reserved.
5:2 Reserved
1:0 Map Value (MV)—Reserved.

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15.1.29 PCS—Port Control and Status Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: 92h–93h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

By default, the SATA ports are set to the disabled state (bits [5:0] = 0). When enabled
by software, the ports can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
can detect devices. When disabled, the port is in the “off” state and cannot detect any
devices.

If an AHCI-aware or RAID enabled operating system is being booted then system BIOS
shall insure that all supported SATA ports are enabled prior to passing control to the
OS. Once the AHCI aware OS is booted it becomes the enabling/disabling policy owner
for the individual SATA ports. This is accomplished by manipulating a port’s PxSCTL and
PxCMD fields. Because an AHCI or RAID aware OS will typically not have knowledge of
the PxE bits and because the PxE bits act as master on/off switches for the ports, pre-
boot software must insure that these bits are set to 1 prior to booting the OS,
regardless as to whether or not a device is currently on the port.

Bits Description

15:10 Reserved
Port 5 Present (P5P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
cleared when the port is disabled using P1E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
9 removal of a device.
0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 1 has been detected.
Port 4 Present (P4P)—RO. The status of this bit may change at any time. This bit is
cleared when the port is disabled using P0E. This bit is not cleared upon surprise
8 removal of a device.
0 = No device detected.
1 = The presence of a device on Port 0 has been detected.
7:2 Reserved
Port 5 Enabled (P5E)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
1 1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
can detect devices.
This bit is read-only 0 when MAP.SPD[1]= 1.
Port 4 Enabled (P4E)—R/W.
0 = Disabled. The port is in the ‘off’ state and cannot detect any devices.
0 1 = Enabled. The port can transition between the on, partial, and slumber states and
can detect devices.
This bit is read-only 0 when MAP.SPD[0]= 1.

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15.1.30 SATACR0—SATA Capability Register 0 (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: A8h–ABh Attribute: RO, RWO
Default Value: 0010B012h Size: 32 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 15:8 only)

Note: When SCC is 01h this register is read-only 0.

.

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
Major Revision (MAJREV)—RO. Major revision number of the SATA Capability Pointer
23:20
implemented.
Minor Revision (MINREV)—RO. Minor revision number of the SATA Capability Pointer
19:16
implemented.
15:8 Next Capability Pointer (NEXT)—RWO. Points to the next capability structure.
Capability ID (CAP)—RO. The value of 12h has been assigned by the PCI SIG to
7:0
designate the SATA capability pointer.

15.1.31 SATACR1—SATA Capability Register 1 (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: ACh–AFh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000048h Size: 32 bits

When SCC is 01h this register is read-only 0.

.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
BAR Offset (BAROFST)—RO. Indicates the offset into the BAR where the index/Data
pair are located (in DWord granularity). The index and Data I/O registers are located at
15:4
offset 10h within the I/O space defined by LBAR (BAR4). A value of 004h indicates
offset 10h.
BAR Location (BARLOC)—RO. Indicates the absolute PCI Configuration Register
address of the BAR containing the Index/Data pair (in DWord granularity). The Index
3:0
and Data I/O registers reside within the space defined by LBAR (BAR4) in the SATA
controller. a value of 8h indicates and offset of 20h, which is LBAR (BAR4).

15.1.32 FLRCID—FLR Capability ID Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: B0h–B1h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0009h Size: 16 bits
.

Bit Description

Next Capability Pointer—RO. A value of 00h indicates the final item in the Capability
15:8
List.
Capability ID—RO. The value of this field depends on the FLRCSSECL bit.
7:0 If FLRCSSEL = 0, this field is 13h
If FLRCSSEL = 1, this field is 09h, indicating vendor specific capability.

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15.1.33 FLRCLV—FLR Capability Length and Value

Register (SATA–D31:F5)
Address Offset: B2h–B3h Attribute: RO, RWO
Default Value: 2006h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 9:8 only)

When FLRCSSEL = 0, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
9 FLR Capability—RWO. This field indicates support for Function Level Reset.
TXP Capability—RWO. This field indicates support for the Transactions Pending (TXP)
8
bit. TXP must be supported if FLR is supported.
Capability Length—RO. This field indicates the number of bytes of the Vendor Specific
7:0
capability as required by the PCI spec. It has the value of 06h for FLR Capability.

When FLRCSSEL = 1, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

Vendor Specific Capability ID—RO. A value of 02h identifies this capability as a

15:12
Function Level Reset.
11:8 Capability Version—RO. This field indicates the version of the FLR capability.
Capability Length—RO. This field indicates the number of bytes of the Vendor Specific
7:0
capability as required by the PCI spec. It has the value of 06h for FLR Capability.

15.1.34 FLRCTRL—FLR Control Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: B4h–B5h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:9 Reserved
Transactions Pending (TXP)—RO.
8 0 = Completions for all Non-Posted requests have been received by the controller.
1 = Controller has issued Non-Posted request which has not been completed.
7:1 Reserved
0 Initiate FLR—R/W. Used to initiate FLR transition. A write of 1 indicates FLR transition.

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15.1.35 ATC—APM Trapping Control Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: C0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This SATA controller does not support legacy I/O access. Therefore, this register is
reserved. Software shall not change the default values of the register; otherwise, the
result will be undefined.
.

Bit Description

7:0 Reserved

15.1.36 ATC—APM Trapping Control Register (SATA–D31:F5)

Address Offset: C4h Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This SATA controller does not support legacy I/O access. Therefore, this register is
reserved. Software shall not change the default values of the register; otherwise, the
result will be undefined.
.

Bit Description

7:0 Reserved

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15.2 Bus Master IDE I/O Registers (D31:F5)

The bus master IDE function uses 16 bytes of I/O space, allocated using the BAR
register, located in Device 31:Function 2 Configuration space, offset 20h. All bus
master IDE I/O space registers can be accessed as byte, word, or DWord quantities.
Reading reserved bits returns an indeterminate, inconsistent value, and writes to
reserved bits have no affect (but should not be attempted). These registers are only
used for legacy operation. Software must not use these registers when running AHCI.
The description of the I/O registers is shown in Table 15-2.

Table 15-2. Bus Master IDE I/O Register Address Map

BAR+
Mnemonic Register Default Type
Offset

00 BMICP Command Register Primary 00h R/W

01 — Reserved — RO
R/W, R/WC,
02 BMISP Bus Master IDE Status Register Primary 00h
RO
03 — Reserved — RO
Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer xxxxxxxx
04–07 BMIDP R/W
Primary h
08 BMICS Command Register Secondary 00h R/W
09 — Reserved — RO
R/W, R/WC,
0Ah BMISS Bus Master IDE Status Register Secondary 00h
RO
0Bh — Reserved — RO
Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer xxxxxxxx
0Ch–0Fh BMIDS R/W
Secondary h

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15.2.1 BMIC[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Command Register (D31:F5)

Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 00h Attribute: R/W
Secondary: BAR + 08h
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
Read / Write Control (R/WC)—R/W. This bit sets the direction of the bus master
transfer: This bit must NOT be changed when the bus master function is active.
3
0 = Memory reads
1 = Memory writes
2:1 Reserved
Start/Stop Bus Master (START)—R/W.
0 = All state information is lost when this bit is cleared. Master mode operation cannot
be stopped and then resumed. If this bit is reset while bus master operation is still
active (that is, the Bus Master IDE Active bit (D31:F5:BAR + 02h, bit 0) of the Bus
Master IDE Status register for that IDE channel is set) and the drive has not yet
finished its data transfer (the Interrupt bit in the Bus Master IDE Status register for
that IDE channel is not set), the bus master command is said to be aborted and
data transferred from the drive may be discarded instead of being written to
system memory.
1 = Enables bus master operation of the controller. Bus master operation does not
actually start unless the Bus Master Enable bit (D31:F5:04h, bit 2) in PCI
configuration space is also set. Bus master operation begins when this bit is
0
detected changing from 0 to 1. The controller will transfer data between the IDE
device and memory only when this bit is set. Master operation can be halted by
writing a 0 to this bit.

NOTE: This bit is intended to be cleared by software after the data transfer is
completed, as indicated by either the Bus Master IDE Active bit being cleared or
the Interrupt bit of the Bus Master IDE Status register for that IDE channel
being set, or both. Hardware does not clear this bit automatically. If this bit is
cleared to 0 prior to the DMA data transfer being initiated by the drive in a
device to memory data transfer, then the PCH will not send DMAT to terminate
the data transfer. Software intervention (such as, sending SRST) is required to
reset the interface in this condition.

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15.2.2 BMIS[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Status Register (D31:F5)

Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 02h Attribute: R/W, R/WC, RO
Secondary: BAR + 0Ah
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

PRD Interrupt Status (PRDIS)—R/WC.

0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
7
1 = This bit is set when the host controller execution of a PRD that has its PRD_INT bit
set.
6 Reserved
Drive 0 DMA Capable—R/W.
0 = Not Capable
1 = Capable. Set by device dependent code (BIOS or device driver) to indicate that
5
drive 0 for this channel is capable of DMA transfers, and that the controller has
been initialized for optimum performance. The PCH does not use this bit. It is
intended for systems that do not attach BMIDE to the PCI bus.
4:3 Reserved
Interrupt—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
2 1 = Set when a device FIS is received with the ‘I’ bit set, provided that software has not
disabled interrupts using the IEN bit of the Device Control Register (see chapter 5
of the Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a).
Error—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1
1 = This bit is set when the controller encounters a target abort or master abort when
transferring data on PCI.
Bus Master IDE Active (ACT)—RO.
0 = This bit is cleared by the PCH when the last transfer for a region is performed,
where EOT for that region is set in the region descriptor. It is also cleared by the
PCH when the Start Bus Master bit (D31:F5:BAR+ 00h, bit 0) is cleared in the
0
Command register. When this bit is read as a 0, all data transferred from the drive
during the previous bus master command is visible in system memory, unless the
bus master command was aborted.
1 = Set by the PCH when the Start bit is written to the Command register.

15.2.3 BMID[P,S]—Bus Master IDE Descriptor Table Pointer

Register (D31:F5)
Address Offset: Primary: BAR + 04h–07h Attribute: R/W
Secondary: BAR + 0Ch–0Fh
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Address of Descriptor Table (ADDR)—R/W. The bits in this field correspond to bits
[31:2] of the memory location of the Physical Region Descriptor (PRD). The Descriptor
31:2
Table must be DWord-aligned. The Descriptor Table must not cross a 64-K boundary in
memory.
1:0 Reserved

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15.3 Serial ATA Index/Data Pair Superset Registers

All of these I/O registers are in the core well. They are exposed only when SCC is 01h
(that is, IDE programming interface) and the controller is not in combined mode. These
are Index/Data Pair registers that are used to access the SerialATA superset registers
(SerialATA Status, SerialATA Control and SerialATA Error). The I/O space for these
registers is allocated through SIDPBA. Locations with offset from 08h to 0Fh are
reserved for future expansion. Software-write operations to the reserved locations shall
have no effect while software-read operations to the reserved locations shall return 0.

15.3.1 SINDX—SATA Index Register (D31:F5)

Address Offset: SIDPBA + 00h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: These are Index/Data Pair Registers that are used to access the SSTS, SCTL, and
SERR. The I/O space for these registers is allocated through SIDPBA.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Port Index (PIDX)—R/W. This Index field is used to specify the port of the SATA
controller at which the port-specific SSTS, SCTL, and SERR registers are located.
15:8 00h = Primary Master (Port 4)
02h = Secondary Master (Port 5)
All other values are Reserved.
Register Index (RIDX)—R/W. This Index field is used to specify one out of three
registers currently being indexed into.
00h = SSTS
7:0
01h = SCTL
02h = SERR
All other values are Reserved

15.3.2 SDATA—SATA Index Data Register (D31:F5)

Address Offset: SIDPBA + 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: All bits undefined Size: 32 bits

Note: These are Index/Data Pair Registers that are used to access the SSTS, SCTL, and
SERR. The I/O space for these registers is allocated through SIDPBA.

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This Data register is a “window” through which data is read or
written to the memory mapped registers. A read or write to this Data register triggers a
corresponding read or write to the memory mapped register pointed to by the Index
register. The Index register must be setup prior to the read or write to this Data
31:0 register.
Note that a physical register is not actually implemented as the data is actually stored
in the memory mapped registers.
Since this is not a physical register, the “default” value is the same as the default value
of the register pointed to by Index.

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15.3.2.1 PxSSTS—Serial ATA Status Register (D31:F5)

Address Offset: Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

SDATA when SINDX.RIDX is 00h. This is a 32-bit register that conveys the current state
of the interface and host. The PCH updates it continuously and asynchronously. When
the PCH transmits a COMRESET to the device, this register is updated to its reset
values.

Bit Description

31:12 Reserved
Interface Power Management (IPM)—RO. Indicates the current interface state:
Value Description
0h Device not present or communication not established

11:8 1h Interface in active state

2h Interface in PARTIAL power management state
6h Interface in SLUMBER power management state

All other values reserved.

Current Interface Speed (SPD)—RO. Indicates the negotiated interface
communication speed.
Value Description
0h Device not present or communication not established
7:4 1h Generation 1 communication rate negotiated
2h Generation 2 communication rate negotiated

All other values reserved.

The PCH Supports Gen 1 communication rates (1.5 Gb/s) and Gen 2 rates
(3.0 Gb/s).
Device Detection (DET)—RO. Indicates the interface device detection and Phy state:
Value Description
0h No device detected and Phy communication not established
1h Device presence detected but Phy communication not established
3:0
3h Device presence detected and Phy communication established
Phy in offline mode as a result of the interface being disabled or
4h
running in a BIST loopback mode

All other values reserved.

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15.3.2.2 PxSCTL—Serial ATA Control Register (D31:F5)

Address Offset: Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000004h Size: 32 bits

SDATA when SINDX.RIDX is 01h. This is a 32-bit read-write register by which software
controls SATA capabilities. Writes to the SControl register result in an action being
taken by the PCH or the interface. Reads from the register return the last value written
to it.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
15:12 Select Power Management (SPM)—RO. This field is not used by AHCI.
Interface Power Management Transitions Allowed (IPM)—R/W. Indicates which
power states the PCH is allowed to transition to:
Value Description
0h No interface restrictions
11:8
1h Transitions to the PARTIAL state disabled
2h Transitions to the SLUMBER state disabled
3h Transitions to both PARTIAL and SLUMBER states disabled

All other values reserved

Speed Allowed (SPD)—R/W. Indicates the highest allowable speed of the interface.
This speed is limited by the CAP.ISS (ABAR+00h:bit 23:20) field.
Value Description
0h No speed negotiation restrictions

7:4 1h Limit speed negotiation to Generation 1 communication rate

2h Limit speed negotiation to Generation 2 communication rate

All other values reserved.

The PCH Supports Gen 1 communication rates (1.5 Gb/s) and Gen 2 rates
(3.0 Gb/s).
Device Detection Initialization (DET)—R/W. Controls the PCH’s device detection
and interface initialization.

Value Description
0h No device detection or initialization action requested

3:0 Perform interface communication initialization sequence to

establish communication. This is functionally equivalent to a hard
1h
reset and results in the interface being reset and communications
re-initialized
4h Disable the Serial ATA interface and put Phy in offline mode

All other values reserved.

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15.3.2.3 PxSERR—Serial ATA Error Register (D31:F5)

Address Offset: Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

SDATA when SINDx.RIDX is 02h. Bits 26:16 of this register contain diagnostic error
information for use by diagnostic software in validating correct operation or isolating
failure modes. Bits 11:0 contain error information used by host software in determining
the appropriate response to the error condition. If one or more of bits 11:8 of this
register are set, the controller will stop the current transfer.

Bit Description

31:27 Reserved
Exchanged (X)—R/WC. When set to 1, this bit indicates that a change in device
presence has been detected since the last time this bit was cleared. This bit shall always
26
be set to 1 anytime a COMINIT signal is received. This bit is reflected in the P0IS.PCS
bit.
Unrecognized FIS Type (F)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more FISs were received by
25
the Transport layer with good CRC, but had a type field that was not recognized.
Transport state transition error (T)—R/WC. Indicates that an error has occurred in
24 the transition from one state to another within the Transport layer since the last time
this bit was cleared.
Link Sequence Error (S)—R/WC: Indicates that one or more Link state machine error
23 conditions was encountered. The Link Layer state machine defines the conditions under
which the link layer detects an erroneous transition.
Handshake (H)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more R_ERR handshake response was
received in response to frame transmission. Such errors may be the result of a CRC
22
error detected by the recipient, a disparity or 8b/10b decoding error, or other error
condition leading to a negative handshake on a transmitted frame.
CRC Error (C)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more CRC errors occurred with the Link
21
Layer.
20 Disparity Error (D)—R/WC. This field is not used by AHCI.
10b to 8b Decode Error (B)—R/WC. Indicates that one or more 10b to 8b decoding
19
errors occurred.
Comm Wake (W)—R/WC. Indicates that a Comm Wake signal was detected by the
18
Phy.
17 Phy Internal Error (I)—R/WC. Indicates that the Phy detected some internal error.
PhyRdy Change (N)—R/WC. When set to 1, this bit indicates that the internal PhyRdy
signal changed state since the last time this bit was cleared. In the PCH, this bit will be
16 set when PhyRdy changes from a 0 -> 1 or a 1 -> 0. The state of this bit is then
reflected in the PxIS.PRCS interrupt status bit and an interrupt will be generated if
enabled. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
15:12 Reserved
Internal Error (E)—R/WC. The SATA controller failed due to a master or target abort
11
when attempting to access system memory.
Protocol Error (P)—R/WC. A violation of the Serial ATA protocol was detected.
10 NOTE: The PCH does not set this bit for all protocol violations that may occur on the
SATA link.

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Bit Description

Persistent Communication or Data Integrity Error (C)—R/WC. A communication

error that was not recovered occurred that is expected to be persistent. Persistent
9
communications errors may arise from faulty interconnect with the device, from a
device that has been removed or has failed, or a number of other causes.
Transient Data Integrity Error (T)—R/WC. A data integrity error occurred that was
8
not recovered by the interface.
7:2 Reserved
Recovered Communications Error (M)—R/WC. Communications between the device
and host was temporarily lost but was re-established. This can arise from a device
1
temporarily being removed, from a temporary loss of Phy synchronization, or from other
causes and may be derived from the PhyNRdy signal between the Phy and Link layers.
Recovered Data Integrity Error (I)—R/WC. A data integrity error occurred that was
0
recovered by the interface through a retry operation or other recovery action.

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16 EHCI Controller Registers

(D29:F0, D26:F0)
16.1 USB EHCI Configuration Registers
(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Note: Prior to BIOS initialization of the PCH USB subsystem, the EHCI controllers will appear
as Function 7. After BIOS initialization, the EHCI controllers will be Function 0.

Note: Register address locations that are not shown in Table 16-1 should be treated as
Reserved (see Section 9.2 for details).

Table 16-1. USB EHCI PCI Register Address Map (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) (Sheet 1 of
2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Value Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0290h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h PI Programming Interface 20h RO
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code 03h RO
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 0Ch RO
0Dh PMLT Primary Master Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HEADTYP Header Type 80h RO
10h–13h MEM_BASE Memory Base Address 00000000h R/W, RO
USB EHCI Subsystem Vendor
2Ch–2Dh SVID XXXXh R/W
Identification
USB EHCI Subsystem
2Eh–2Fh SID XXXXh R/W
Identification
34h CAP_PTR Capabilities Pointer 50h RO
3Ch INT_LN Interrupt Line 00h R/W
See register
3Dh INT_PN Interrupt Pin RO
description
PCI Power Management
50h PWR_CAPID 01h RO
Capability ID
51h NXT_PTR1 Next Item Pointer 58h R/W
52h–53h PWR_CAP Power Management Capabilities C9C2h R/W
Power Management Control/ R/W, R/WC,
54h–55h PWR_CNTL_STS 0000h
Status RO
58h DEBUG_CAPID Debug Port Capability ID 0Ah RO

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Table 16-1. USB EHCI PCI Register Address Map (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0) (Sheet 2 of
2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Value Type

59h NXT_PTR2 Next Item Pointer #2 98h RO

5Ah–5Bh DEBUG_BASE Debug Port Base Offset 20A0h RO
60h USB_RELNUM USB Release Number 20h RO
61h FL_ADJ Frame Length Adjustment 20h R/W
62h–63h PWAKE_CAP Port Wake Capabilities 01FFh R/W
64h–67h — Reserved — —
USB EHCI Legacy Support
68h–6Bh LEG_EXT_CAP 00000001h R/W, RO
Extended Capability
USB EHCI Legacy Extended R/W, R/WC,
6Ch–6Fh LEG_EXT_CS 00000000h
Support Control/Status RO
70h–73h SPECIAL_SMI Intel Specific USB 2.0 SMI 00000000h R/W, R/WC
74h–7Fh — Reserved — —
80h ACCESS_CNTL Access Control 00h R/W
84h EHCIIR1 EHCI Initialization Register 1 03081F01h R/W, RWL
88h–8Bh EHCIIR2 EHCI Initialization Register 2 04000010h R/W
98h FLR_CID FLR Capability ID 09h RO
99h FLR_NEXT FLR Next Capability Pointer 00h RO
FLR Capability Length and
9Ah–9Bh FLR_CLV 2006h RO, R/WO
Version
9Ch FLR_CTRL FLR Control 00h R/W
9Dh FLR_STAT FLR Status 00h RO
F4h–F7h EHCIIR3 EHCI Initialization Register 3 00408588h R/W
FCh–FFh EHCIIR4 EHCI Initialization Register 4 20591708h R/W

Note: All configuration registers in this section are in the core well and reset by a core well
reset and the D3-to-D0 warm reset, except as noted.

16.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Offset Address: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel.

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16.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Offset Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH USB EHCI controller. See
15:0 the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Specification Update for the
value of the Device ID Register.

16.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable—R/W.
0 = The function is capable of generating interrupts.
10 1 = The function can not generate its interrupt to the interrupt controller.
Note that the corresponding Interrupt Status bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:06h, bit 3) is not
affected by the interrupt enable.
9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
SERR# Enable (SERR_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disables EHC’s capability to generate an SERR#.
1 = The Enhanced Host controller (EHC) is capable of generating (internally) SERR# in
the following cases:
• When it receive a completion status other than “successful” for one of its DMA
8
initiated memory reads on DMI (and subsequently on its internal interface).
• When it detects an address or command parity error and the Parity Error
Response bit is set.
• When it detects a data parity error (when the data is going into the EHC) and
the Parity Error Response bit is set.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W.
0 = The EHC is not checking for correct parity (on its internal interface).
1 = The EHC is checking for correct parity (on its internal interface) and halt operation
when bad parity is detected during the data phase.

6 NOTE: If the EHC detects bad parity on the address or command phases when the bit is
set to 1, the host controller does not take the cycle. It halts the host controller
(if currently not halted) and sets the Host System Error bit in the USBSTS
register. This applies to both requests and completions from the system
interface.
This bit must be set for the parity errors to generate SERR#.
5 VGA Palette Snoop (VPS)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
4 Postable Memory Write Enable (PMWE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.

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Bit Description

Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W.

2 0 = Disables this functionality.
1 = Enables the PCH to act as a master on the PCI bus for USB transfers.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W. This bit controls access to the USB 2.0 Memory
Space registers.
1 0 = Disables this functionality.
1 = Enables accesses to the USB 2.0 registers. The Base Address register (D29:F0,
D26:F0:10h) for USB 2.0 should be programmed before this bit is set.
0 I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.

16.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0290h Size: 16 bits

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 to
the bit has no effect.

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

0 = No parity error detected.
15 1 = This bit is set by the PCH when a parity error is seen by the EHCI controller,
regardless of the setting of bit 6 or bit 8 in the Command register or any other
conditions.
Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC.
0 = No SERR# signaled by the PCH.
14
1 = This bit is set by the PCH when it signals SERR# (internally). The SER_EN bit (bit 8
of the Command Register) must be 1 for this bit to be set.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.
0 = No master abort received by EHC on a memory access.
13 1 = This bit is set when EHC, as a master, receives a master abort status on a memory
access. This is treated as a Host Error and halts the DMA engines. This event can
optionally generate an SERR# by setting the SERR# Enable bit.
Received Target Abort (RTA)—R/WC.
0 = No target abort received by EHC on memory access.
1 = This bit is set when EHC, as a master, receives a target abort status on a memory
12
access. This is treated as a Host Error and halts the DMA engines. This event can
optionally generate an SERR# by setting the SERR# Enable bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:04h, bit 8).
Signaled Target Abort (STA)—RO. This bit is used to indicate when the EHCI function
11 responds to a cycle with a target abort. There is no reason for this to happen, so this bit
is hardwired to 0.
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEVT_STS)—RO. This 2-bit field defines the timing for
10:9
DEVSEL# assertion.
Master Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—R/WC.
0 = No data parity error detected on USB2.0 read completion packet.
8 1 = This bit is set by the PCH when a data parity error is detected on a USB 2.0 read
completion packet on the internal interface to the EHCI host controller and bit 6 of
the Command register is set to 1.

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Bit Description

7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FB2BC)—RO. Hardwired to 1.

6 User Definable Features (UDF)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
5 66 MHz Capable (66 MHz _CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Capabilities List (CAP_LIST)—RO. Hardwired to 1 indicating that offset 34h contains a
4
valid capabilities pointer.
Interrupt Status—RO. This bit reflects the state of this function’s interrupt at the
input of the enable/disable logic.
3 0 = This bit will be 0 when the interrupt is de-asserted.
1 = This bit is a 1 when the interrupt is asserted.
The value reported in this bit is independent of the value in the Interrupt Enable bit.
2:0 Reserved

16.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

16.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 20h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Programming Interface—RO. A value of 20h indicates that this USB 2.0 host
7:0
controller conforms to the EHCI Specification.

16.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 0Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: 03h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO.

7:0
03h = Universal serial bus host controller.

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16.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0Ch Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO.

7:0
0Ch = Serial bus controller.

16.1.9 PMLT—Primary Master Latency Timer Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Master Latency Timer Count (MLTC)—RO. Hardwired to 00h. Because the EHCI
7:0 controller is internally implemented with arbitration on an interface (and not PCI), it
does not need a master latency timer.

16.1.10 HEADTYP—Header Type Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Multi-Function Device—RO. When set to ‘1’ indicates this is a multifunction device:

0 = Single-function device
7 1 = Multi-function device.
When RMH is enabled, this bit defaults to 1. When RMH is disabled, this bit defaults to
0.
Configuration Layout. Hardwired to 00h, which indicates the standard PCI configuration
6:0
layout.

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16.1.11 MEM_BASE—Memory Base Address Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 10h–13h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Base Address—R/W. Bits [31:10] correspond to memory address signals [31:10],

31:10
respectively. This gives 1-KB of locatable memory space aligned to 1-KB boundaries.
9:4 Reserved
3 Prefetchable—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating that this range should not be prefetched.
Type—RO. Hardwired to 00b indicating that this range can be mapped anywhere within
2:1
32-bit address space.
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating that the base
0
address field in this register maps to memory space.

16.1.12 SVID—USB EHCI Subsystem Vendor ID Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: XXXXh Size: 16 bits
Reset: None

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SVID)—R/W. This register, in combination with the USB 2.0
Subsystem ID register, enables the operating system to distinguish each subsystem
from the others.
15:0
NOTE: Writes to this register are enabled when the WRT_RDONLY bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:80h, bit 0) is set to 1.

16.1.13 SID—USB EHCI Subsystem ID Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: XXXXh Size: 16 bits
Reset: None

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SID)—R/W. BIOS sets the value in this register to identify the
Subsystem ID. This register, in combination with the Subsystem Vendor ID register,
enables the operating system to distinguish each subsystem from other(s).
15:0
NOTE: Writes to this register are enabled when the WRT_RDONLY bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:80h, bit 0) is set to 1.

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16.1.14 CAP_PTR—Capabilities Pointer Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 50h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (CAP_PTR)—RO. This register points to the starting offset of the
7:0
USB 2.0 capabilities ranges.

16.1.15 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 3Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Interrupt Line (INT_LN)—R/W. This data is not used by the PCH. It is used as a
7:0 scratchpad register to communicate to software the interrupt line that the interrupt pin
is connected to.

16.1.16 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 3Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See Description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin—RO. This reflects the value of D29IP.E1IP (Chipset Config

Registers:Offset 3108:bits 3:0) or D26IP.E2IP (Chipset Config Registers:Offset
7:0
3114:bits 3:0).
NOTE: Bits 7:4 are always 0h.

16.1.17 PWR_CAPID—PCI Power Management Capability ID

Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 50h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Power Management Capability ID—RO. A value of 01h indicates that this is a PCI
7:0
Power Management capabilities field.

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16.1.18 NXT_PTR1—Next Item Pointer #1 Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 51h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 58h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Next Item Pointer 1 Value—R/W (special). This register defaults to 58h, which
indicates that the next capability registers begin at configuration offset 58h. This
register is writable when the WRT_RDONLY bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:80h, bit 0) is set. This
allows BIOS to effectively hide the Debug Port capability registers, if necessary. This
7:0 register should only be written during system initialization before the plug-and-play
software has enabled any master-initiated traffic. Only values of 58h (Debug Port and
FLR capabilities visible) and 98h (Debug Port invisible, next capability is FLR) are
expected to be programmed in this register.
NOTE: Register not reset by D3-to-D0 warm reset.

16.1.19 PWR_CAP—Power Management Capabilities Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 52h–53h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: C9C2h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME Support (PME_SUP)—R/W. This 5-bit field indicates the power states in which
the function may assert PME#. The PCH EHC does not support the D1 or D2 states. For
15:11
all other states, the PCH EHC is capable of generating PME#. Software should never
need to modify this field.
D2 Support (D2_SUP)—RO.
10
0 = D2 State is not supported
D1 Support (D1_SUP)—RO.
9
0 = D1 State is not supported
Auxiliary Current (AUX_CUR)—R/W. The PCH EHC reports 375 mA maximum
8:6
suspend well current required when in the D3COLD state.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. The PCH reports 0, indicating that no
5
device-specific initialization is required.
4 Reserved
PME Clock (PME_CLK)—RO. The PCH reports 0, indicating that no PCI clock is
3
required to generate PME#.
Version (VER)—RO. The PCH reports 010b, indicating that it complies with Revision
2:0
1.1 of the PCI Power Management Specification.

NOTES:
1. Normally, this register is read-only to report capabilities to the power management
software. To report different power management capabilities, depending on the system in
which the PCH is used, bits 15:11 and 8:6 in this register are writable when the
WRT_RDONLY bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:80h, bit 0) is set. The value written to this register
does not affect the hardware other than changing the value returned during a read.
2. Reset: core well, but not D3-to-D0 warm reset.

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16.1.20 PWR_CNTL_STS—Power Management Control/

Status Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 54h–55h Attribute: R/W, R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 8 and 15 only)

Bit Description

PME Status—R/WC.
0 = Writing a 1 to this bit will clear it and cause the internal PME to de-assert (if
enabled).
1 = This bit is set when the PCH EHC would normally assert the PME# signal
15 independent of the state of the PME_En bit.

NOTE: This bit must be explicitly cleared by the operating system each time the
operating system is loaded.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
Data Scale—RO. Hardwired to 00b indicating it does not support the associated Data
14:13
register.
Data Select—RO. Hardwired to 0000b indicating it does not support the associated Data
12:9
register.
PME Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the PCH EHC to generate an internal PME signal when PME_Status is 1.
8
NOTE: This bit must be explicitly cleared by the operating system each time it is
initially loaded.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
7:2 Reserved
Power State—R/W. This 2-bit field is used both to determine the current power state
of EHC function and to set a new power state. The definition of the field values are:
00 = D0 state
11 = D3HOT state
If software attempts to write a value of 10b or 01b in to this field, the write operation
1:0 completes normally; however, the data is discarded and no state change occurs.
When in the D3HOT state, the PCH does not accept accesses to the EHC memory range;
but the configuration space is still be accessible. When not in the D0 state, the
generation of the interrupt output is blocked. Specifically, the EHC Interrupt is not
asserted by the PCH when not in the D0 state.
When software changes this value from the D3HOT state to the D0 state, an internal
warm (soft) controlled reset is generated, and software must re-initialize the function.

NOTE: Reset (bits 15, 8): suspend well, and not D3-to-D0 warm reset nor core well reset.

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16.1.21 DEBUG_CAPID—Debug Port Capability ID Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 58h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0Ah Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Debug Port Capability ID—RO. Hardwired to 0Ah indicating that this is the start of a
7:0
Debug Port Capability structure.

16.1.22 NXT_PTR2—Next Item Pointer #2 Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 59h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 98h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Next Item Pointer 2 Capability—RO. This register points to the next capability in the
7:0
Function Level Reset capability structure.

16.1.23 DEBUG_BASE—Debug Port Base Offset Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 5Ah–5Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 20A0h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

BAR Number—RO. Hardwired to 001b to indicate the memory BAR begins at offset
15:13
10h in the EHCI configuration space.
Debug Port Offset—RO. Hardwired to 0A0h to indicate that the Debug Port registers
12:0
begin at offset A0h in the EHCI memory range.

16.1.24 USB_RELNUM—USB Release Number Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 60h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 20h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

USB Release Number—RO. A value of 20h indicates that this controller follows
7:0
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specification, Revision 2.0.

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16.1.25 FL_ADJ—Frame Length Adjustment Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 61h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 20h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

This feature is used to adjust any offset from the clock source that generates the clock
that drives the SOF counter. When a new value is written into these six bits, the length
of the frame is adjusted. Its initial programmed value is system dependent based on
the accuracy of hardware USB clock and is initialized by system BIOS. This register
should only be modified when the HChalted bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h,
bit 12) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 1. Changing value of this register while the host
controller is operating yields undefined results. It should not be reprogrammed by USB
system software unless the default or BIOS programmed values are incorrect, or the
system is restoring the register while returning from a suspended state.

These bits in suspend well and not reset by a D3-to-D0 warm rest or a core well reset.

Bit Description

7:6 Reserved—RO. These bits are reserved for future use and should read as 00b.
Frame Length Timing Value—R/W. Each decimal value change to this register
corresponds to 16 high-speed bit times. The SOF cycle time (number of SOF counter
clock periods to generate a SOF micro-frame length) is equal to 59488 + value in this
field. The default value is decimal 32 (20h), which gives a SOF cycle time of 60000.

Frame Length (# 480 MHz Frame Length Timing Value (this

Clocks) (decimal) register) (decimal)
59488 0
5:0 59504 1
59520 2
— —
59984 31
60000 32
— —
60480 62

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16.1.26 PWAKE_CAP—Port Wake Capability Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 62–63h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 01FFh Size: 16 bits
Default Value: 07FFh
Function Level Reset: No

This register is in the suspend power well. The intended use of this register is to
establish a policy about which ports are to be used for wake events. Bit positions
1–8(D29) or 1–6(D26) in the mask correspond to a physical port implemented on the
current EHCI controller. A 1 in a bit position indicates that a device connected below the
port can be enabled as a wake-up device and the port may be enabled for disconnect/
connect or overcurrent events as wake-up events. This is an information-only mask
register. The bits in this register do not affect the actual operation of the EHCI host
controller. The system-specific policy can be established by BIOS initializing this
register to a system-specific value. System software uses the information in this
register when enabling devices and ports for remote wake-up.

These bits are not reset by a D3-to-D0 warm rest or a core well reset.

Bit Description

15:9 (D29)
Reserved
15:7 (D26)
Port Wake Up Capability Mask—R/W. Bit positions 1 through 8 (Device 29) or 1
8:1 (D29) through 6(Device 26) correspond to a physical port implemented on this host
6:1 (D26) controller. For example, bit position 1 corresponds to port 1, bit position 2
corresponds to port 2, etc.
Port Wake Implemented—R/W. A 1 in this bit indicates that this register is
0
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16.1.27 LEG_EXT_CAP—USB EHCI Legacy Support Extended

Capability Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 68–6Bh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits
Power Well: Suspend
Function Level Reset: No

Note: These bits are not reset by a D3-to-D0 warm rest or a core well reset.

Bit Description

31:25 Reserved—RO. Hardwired to 00h

HC OS Owned Semaphore—R/W. System software sets this bit to request ownership
24 of the EHCI controller. Ownership is obtained when this bit reads as 1 and the HC BIOS
Owned Semaphore bit reads as clear.
23:17 Reserved—RO. Hardwired to 00h
HC BIOS Owned Semaphore—R/W. The BIOS sets this bit to establish ownership of
16 the EHCI controller. System BIOS will clear this bit in response to a request for
ownership of the EHCI controller by system software.
Next EHCI Capability Pointer—RO. Hardwired to 00h to indicate that there are no
15:8
EHCI Extended Capability structures in this device.
Capability ID—RO. Hardwired to 01h to indicate that this EHCI Extended Capability is
7:0
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16.1.28 LEG_EXT_CS—USB EHCI Legacy Support Extended

Control / Status Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 6C–6Fh Attribute: R/W, R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
Power Well: Suspend
Function Level Reset: No

Note: These bits are not reset by a D3-to-D0 warm rest or a core well reset.

Bit Description

SMI on BAR—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.

31 0 = Base Address Register (BAR) not written.
1 = This bit is set to 1 when the Base Address Register (BAR) is written.
SMI on PCI Command—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
30 0 = PCI Command (PCICMD) Register Not written.
1 = This bit is set to 1 when the PCI Command (PCICMD) Register is written.
SMI on OS Ownership Change—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
0 = No HC OS Owned Semaphore bit change.
29
1 = This bit is set to 1 when the HC OS Owned Semaphore bit in the LEG_EXT_CAP
register (D29:F0, D26:F0:68h, bit 24) transitions from 1 to 0 or 0 to 1.
28:22 Reserved
SMI on Async Advance—RO. This bit is a shadow bit of the Interrupt on Async
Advance bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 5) in the USB2.0_STS register.
21
NOTE: To clear this bit system software must write a 1 to the Interrupt on Async
Advance bit in the USB2.0_STS register.
SMI on Host System Error—RO. This bit is a shadow bit of Host System Error bit in
the USB2.0_STS register (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 4).
20
NOTE: To clear this bit system software must write a 1 to the Host System Error bit in
the USB2.0_STS register.
SMI on Frame List Rollover—RO. This bit is a shadow bit of Frame List Rollover bit
(D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 3) in the USB2.0_STS register.
19
NOTE: To clear this bit system software must write a 1 to the Frame List Rollover bit in
the USB2.0_STS register.
SMI on Port Change Detect—RO. This bit is a shadow bit of Port Change Detect bit
(D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 2) in the USB2.0_STS register.
18
NOTE: To clear this bit system software must write a 1 to the Port Change Detect bit in
the USB2.0_STS register.
SMI on USB Error—RO. This bit is a shadow bit of USB Error Interrupt (USBERRINT)
bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 1) in the USB2.0_STS register.
17
NOTE: To clear this bit system software must write a 1 to the USB Error Interrupt bit in
the USB2.0_STS register.
SMI on USB Complete—RO. This bit is a shadow bit of USB Interrupt (USBINT) bit
(D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 0) in the USB2.0_STS register.
16
NOTE: To clear this bit system software must write a 1 to the USB Interrupt bit in the
USB2.0_STS register.

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Bit Description

SMI on BAR Enable—R/W.

0 = Disable.
15
1 = Enable. When this bit is 1 and SMI on BAR (D29:F0, D26:F0:6Ch, bit 31) is 1, then
the host controller will issue an SMI.
SMI on PCI Command Enable—R/W.

14 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When this bit is 1 and SMI on PCI Command (D29:F0, D26:F0:6Ch, bit 30)
is 1, then the host controller will issue an SMI.
SMI on OS Ownership Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
13
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1 AND the OS Ownership Change bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:6Ch, bit 29) is 1, the host controller will issue an SMI.
12:6 Reserved
SMI on Async Advance Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
5
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the SMI on Async Advance bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:6Ch, bit 21) is a 1, the host controller will issue an SMI immediately.
SMI on Host System Error Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
4
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the SMI on Host System Error (D29:F0,
D26:F0:6Ch, bit 20) is a 1, the host controller will issue an SMI.
SMI on Frame List Rollover Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
3
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the SMI on Frame List Rollover bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:6Ch, bit 19) is a 1, the host controller will issue an SMI.
SMI on Port Change Enable—R/W.
2 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the SMI on Port Change Detect bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:6Ch, bit 18) is a 1, the host controller will issue an SMI.
SMI on USB Error Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the SMI on USB Error bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:6Ch,
bit 17) is a 1, the host controller will issue an SMI immediately.
SMI on USB Complete Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
0
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the SMI on USB Complete bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:6Ch, bit 16) is a 1, the host controller will issue an SMI immediately.

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16.1.29 SPECIAL_SMI—Intel Specific USB 2.0 SMI Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 70h–73h Attribute: R/W, R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
Power Well: Suspend
Function Level Reset: No

Note: These bits are not reset by a D3-to-D0 warm rest or a core well reset.

Bit Description

31:30 (D29)
Reserved
31:28 (D26)
SMI on PortOwner—R/WC. Software clears these bits by writing a 1 to it.
29:22 (D29) 0 = No Port Owner bit change.
1 = Bits 29:22, 27:22 correspond to the Port Owner bits for ports 0 (22) through
27:22 (D26)
5 (27) or 7 (29). These bits are set to 1 when the associated Port Owner bits
transition from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0.
SMI on PMCSR—R/WC. Software clears these bits by writing a 1 to it.

21 0 = Power State bits Not modified.

1 = Software modified the Power State bits in the Power Management Control/
Status (PMCSR) register (D29:F0, D26:F0:54h).
SMI on Async—R/WC. Software clears these bits by writing a 1 to it.
20 0 = No Async Schedule Enable bit change
1 = Async Schedule Enable bit transitioned from 1 to 0 or 0 to 1.
SMI on Periodic—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 it.
19 0 = No Periodic Schedule Enable bit change.
1 = Periodic Schedule Enable bit transitions from 1 to 0 or 0 to 1.
SMI on CF—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 it.
18 0 = No Configure Flag (CF) change.
1 = Configure Flag (CF) transitions from 1 to 0 or 0 to 1.
SMI on HCHalted—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 it.
0 = HCHalted did Not transition to 1 (as a result of the Run/Stop bit being
17
cleared).
1 = HCHalted transitions to 1 (as a result of the Run/Stop bit being cleared).
SMI on HCReset—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 it.
16 0 = HCRESET did Not transitioned to 1.
1 = HCRESET transitioned to 1.
15:14 Reserved
SMI on PortOwner Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
13:6 1 = Enable. When any of these bits are 1 and the corresponding SMI on
PortOwner bits are 1, then the host controller will issue an SMI. Unused
ports should have their corresponding bits cleared.
SMI on PMSCR Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
5
1 = Enable. When this bit is 1 and SMI on PMSCR is 1, then the host controller
will issue an SMI.

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Bit Description

SMI on Async Enable—R/W.

0 = Disable.
4
1 = Enable. When this bit is 1 and SMI on Async is 1, then the host controller will
issue an SMI
SMI on Periodic Enable—R/W.

3 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When this bit is 1 and SMI on Periodic is 1, then the host controller
will issue an SMI.
SMI on CF Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
2
1 = Enable. When this bit is 1 and SMI on CF is 1, then the host controller will
issue an SMI.
SMI on HCHalted Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1 and SMI on HCHalted is 1, then the host
controller will issue an SMI.
SMI on HCReset Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
0
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1 and SMI on HCReset is 1, then host controller
will issue an SMI.

16.1.30 ACCESS_CNTL—Access Control Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 80h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
WRT_RDONLY—R/W. When set to 1, this bit enables a select group of normally
read-only registers in the EHC function to be written by software. Registers that
may only be written when this mode is entered are noted in the summary tables
0 and detailed description as “Read/Write-Special”. The registers fall into two
categories:
1. System-configured parameters
2. Status bits

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16.1.31 EHCIIR1—EHCI Initialization Register 1

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 84h–87h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 83088E01h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description
31:29 Reserved
EHCI Prefetch Entry Clear—R/W.
28 0 = EHC will clear prefetched entries in DMA.
1 = EHC will not clear prefetched entries in DMA
27:19 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 1 Field 2—R/W.
18
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
17:11 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 1 Field 1—R/W.
10:8
BIOS must set this field to 11.
7:5 Reserved
Pre-fetch Based Pause Enable—R/W.
4 0 = Pre-fetch Based Pause is disabled.
1 = Pre-fetch Based Pause is enabled.
3:0 Reserved

16.1.32 EHCIIR2—EHCI Initialization Register 2 (USB

EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Offset Address: 88h–8Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 04000010h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description
31:30 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 2 Field 6—R/W.
29
BIOS must set this bit to 0.
28:20 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 2 Field 5—R/W.
19
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
18:12 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 2 Field 4—R/W.
11
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
EHCI Initialization Register 2 Field 3—R/W.
10
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
9 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 2 Field 2—R/W.
8
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
7:6 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 2 Field 1—R/W.
5
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
4:0 Reserved

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16.1.33 FLR_CID—Function Level Reset Capability ID

Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 98h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 09h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Capability ID—R0.
7:0 13h = If FLRCSSEL = 0
09h (Vendor Specific Capability) = If FLRCSSEL = 1

16.1.34 FLR_NEXT—Function Level Reset Next Capability Pointer

Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 99h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

7:0 A value of 00h in this register indicates this is the last capability field.

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16.1.35 FLR_CLV—Function Level Reset Capability Length and

Version Register (USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 9Ah–9Bh Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 2006h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

When FLRCSSEL = 0, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
FLR Capability—R/WO.
9
1 = Support for Function Level Reset (FLR).
TXP Capability—R/WO.
8 1 = Support for Transactions Pending (TXP) bit. TXP must be supported if FLR is
supported.
Capability Length—RO. This field indicates the # of bytes of this vendor specific
7:0 capability as required by the PCI specification. It has the value of 06h for the FLR
capability.

When FLRCSSEL = 1, this register is defined as follows:

Bit Description

Vendor Specific Capability ID—RO. A value of 2h in this field identifies this capability
15:12
as Function Level Reset.
11:8 Capability Version—RO. This field indicates the version of the FLR capability.
Capability Length—RO. This field indicates the # of bytes of this vendor specific
7:0 capability as required by the PCI specification. It has the value of 06h for the FLR
capability.

16.1.36 FLR_CTRL—Function Level Reset Control Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 9Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Initiate FLR—R/W. This bit is used to initiate FLR transition. A write of 1 initiates FLR
0 transition. Since hardware must not respond to any cycles until FLR completion, the
value read by software from this bit is always 0.

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16.1.37 FLR_STS—Function Level Reset Status Register

(USB EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Address Offset: 9Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Transactions Pending (TXP)—RO.
0 0 = Completions for all non-posted requests have been received.
1 = Controller has issued non-posted requests which have no bee completed.

16.1.38 EHCIIR3—EHCI Initialization Register 3 (USB

EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Offset Address: F4h–F7h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00408588h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

EHCIIR3 Write Enable—R/W.

31 0 = Writes to the EHCIIR3 register are disabled
1 = If set, the values of the EHCIIR3 register may be modified
30:24 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 3 Field 1—R/W.
23:22
BIOS must program this field to 10b.
21:0 Reserved

16.1.39 EHCIIR4—EHCI Initialization Register 4 (USB

EHCI—D29:F0, D26:F0)
Offset Address: FCh–FFh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 20591708h Size: 32-bit

Bit Description

31:18 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 4 Field 2—R/W.
17
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
16 Reserved
EHCI Initialization Register 4 Field 1—R/W.
15
BIOS must set this bit to 1.
14:0 Reserved

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16.2 Memory-Mapped I/O Registers

The EHCI memory-mapped I/O space is composed of two sets of registers: Capability
Registers and Operational Registers.

Note: The PCH EHCI controller will not accept memory transactions (neither reads nor writes)
as a target that are locked transactions. The locked transactions should not be
forwarded to PCI as the address space is known to be allocated to USB.

Note: When the EHCI function is in the D3 PCI power state, accesses to the USB 2.0 memory
range are ignored and result a master abort. Similarly, if the Memory Space Enable
(MSE) bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:04h, bit 1) is not set in the Command register in
configuration space, the memory range will not be decoded by the PCH enhanced host
controller (EHC). If the MSE bit is not set, the PCH must default to allowing any
memory accesses for the range specified in the BAR to go to PCI. This is because the
range may not be valid and, therefore, the cycle must be made available to any other
targets that may be currently using that range.

16.2.1 Host Controller Capability Registers

These registers specify the limits, restrictions and capabilities of the host controller
implementation. Within the host controller capability registers, only the structural
parameters register is writable. These registers are implemented in the suspend well
and is only reset by the standard suspend-well hardware reset, not by HCRESET or the
D3-to-D0 reset.

Note: Note that the EHCI controller does not support as a target memory transactions that
are locked transactions. Attempting to access the EHCI controller Memory-Mapped I/O
space using locked memory transactions will result in undefined behavior.

Note: Note that when the USB2 function is in the D3 PCI power state, accesses to the USB2
memory range are ignored and will result in a master abort. Similarly, if the Memory
Space Enable (MSE) bit is not set in the Command register in configuration space, the
memory range will not be decoded by the Enhanced Host Controller (EHC). If the MSE
bit is not set, the EHC will not claim any memory accesses for the range specified in the
BAR.
Table 16-2. Enhanced Host Controller Capability Registers

MEM_BASE
Mnemonic Register Default Type
+ Offset

00h CAPLENGTH Capabilities Registers Length 20h RO

Host Controller Interface Version
02h–03h HCIVERSION 0100h RO
Number
00204208h
Host Controller Structural (D29:F0) R/W
04h–07h HCSPARAMS
Parameters 00203206 (special), RO
(D26:F0)
Host Controller Capability
08h–0Bh HCCPARAMS 00006881h RO
Parameters

NOTE: “Read/Write Special” means that the register is normally read-only, but may be written
when the WRT_RDONLY bit is set. Because these registers are expected to be programmed
by BIOS during initialization, their contents must not get modified by HCRESET or D3-to-
D0 internal reset.

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16.2.1.1 CAPLENGTH—Capability Registers Length Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 20h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capability Register Length Value—RO. This register is used as an offset to add to

the Memory Base Register (D29:F0, D26:F0:10h) to find the beginning of the
7:0
Operational Register Space. This field is hardwired to 20h indicating that the Operation
Registers begin at offset 20h.

16.2.1.2 HCIVERSION—Host Controller Interface Version Number

Register
Offset: MEM_BASE + 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0100h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Host Controller Interface Version Number—RO. This is a two-byte register

15:0 containing a BCD encoding of the version number of interface that this host controller
interface conforms.

16.2.1.3 HCSPARAMS—Host Controller Structural Parameters Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + 04h–07h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00204208h (D29:F0) Size: 32 bits
00203206h (D26:F0)
Function Level Reset: No
Note: This register is reset by a suspend well reset and not a D3-to-D0 reset or HCRESET.

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Debug Port Number (DP_N)—RO. Hardwired to 2h indicating that the Debug Port is
on the second lowest numbered port on the EHCI.
23:20
EHCI#1: Port 1
EHCI#2: Port 9
19:16 Reserved
Number of Companion Controllers (N_CC)—R/W. This field indicates the number of
companion controllers associated with this USB EHCI host controller.
15:12 BIOS must program this field to 0b to indicate companion host controllers are not
supported. Port-ownership hand-off is not supported. Only high-speed devices are
supported on the host controller root ports.
Number of Ports per Companion Controller (N_PCC)—RO. This field indicates the
11:8 number of ports supported per companion host controller. This field is 0h indication no
other companion controller support.
7:4 Reserved. These bits are reserved and default to 0.
N_PORTS—R/W. This field specifies the number of physical downstream ports
implemented on this host controller. The value of this field determines how many port
registers are addressable in the Operational Register Space. Valid values are in the
range of 1h to Fh. A 0 in this field is undefined.
3:0
For Integrated USB 2.0 Rate Matching Hub Enabled: Each EHCI reports 2 ports by
default. Port 0 assigned to the RMH and port 1 assigned as the debug port. When the
KVM/USB-R feature is enabled it will show up as Port2 on the EHCI, and BIOS would
need to update this field to 3h.
NOTE: This register is writable when the WRT_RDONLY bit is set.

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16.2.1.4 HCCPARAMS—Host Controller Capability Parameters

Register
Offset: MEM_BASE + 08h–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00006881h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:18 Reserved
Asynchronous Schedule Update Capability (ASUC)—R/W. There is no functionality
17
associated with this bit.
Periodic Schedule Update Capability (PSUC)—RO. This field is hardwired to 0b to
16 indicate that the EHC hardware supports the Periodic Schedule Update Event Flag in the
USB2.0_CMD register.
EHCI Extended Capabilities Pointer (EECP)—RO. This field is hardwired to 68h,
15:8 indicating that the EHCI capabilities list exists and begins at offset 68h in the PCI
configuration space.
Isochronous Scheduling Threshold—RO. This field indicates, relative to the current
position of the executing host controller, where software can reliably update the
isochronous schedule. When bit 7 is 0, the value of the least significant 3 bits indicates
the number of micro-frames a host controller hold a set of isochronous data structures
7:4 (one or more) before flushing the state. When bit 7 is a 1, then host software assumes
the host controller may cache an isochronous data structure for an entire frame. See
the EHCI specification for details on how software uses this information for scheduling
isochronous transfers.
This field is hardwired to 8h.
3 Reserved
Asynchronous Schedule Park Capability—RO. This bit is hardwired to 0 indicating
2
that the host controller does not support this optional feature
Programmable Frame List Flag—RO.
0 = System software must use a frame list length of 1024 elements with this host
controller. The USB2.0_CMD register (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 20h, bits
3:2) Frame List Size field is a read-only register and must be set to 0.
1
1 = System software can specify and use a smaller frame list and configure the host
controller using the USB2.0_CMD register Frame List Size field. The frame list must
always be aligned on a 4K page boundary. This requirement ensures that the frame
list is always physically contiguous.
64-bit Addressing Capability—RO. This field documents the addressing range
capability of this implementation. The value of this field determines whether software
should use the 32-bit or 64-bit data structures.
0
This bit is hardwired to 1.

NOTE: The PCH supports 64 bit addressing only.

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16.2.2 Host Controller Operational Registers

This section defines the enhanced host controller operational registers. These registers
are located after the capabilities registers. The operational register base must be
DWord-aligned and is calculated by adding the value in the first capabilities register
(CAPLENGTH) to the base address of the enhanced host controller register address
space (MEM_BASE). Since CAPLENGTH is always 20h, Table 16-3 already accounts for
this offset. All registers are 32 bits in length.
Table 16-3. Enhanced Host Controller Operational Register Address Map
MEM_BASE Special
Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
+ Offset Notes
20h–23h USB2.0_CMD USB 2.0 Command 00080000h R/W, RO
24h–27h USB2.0_STS USB 2.0 Status 00001000h R/WC, RO
USB 2.0 Interrupt
28h–2Bh USB2.0_INTR 00000000h R/W
Enable
2Ch–2Fh FRINDEX USB 2.0 Frame Index 00000000h R/W,
Control Data Structure
30h–33h CTRLDSSEGMENT 00000000h R/W, RO
Segment
Period Frame List Base
34h–37h PERODICLISTBASE 00000000h R/W
Address
Current Asynchronous
38h–3Bh ASYNCLISTADDR 00000000h R/W
List Address
3Ch–5Fh — Reserved 0h RO
60h–63h CONFIGFLAG Configure Flag 00000000h Suspend R/W
Port 0 Status and R/W,
64h–67h PORT0SC 00003000h Suspend
Control R/WC, RO
Port 1 Status and R/W,
68h–6Bh PORT1SC 00003000h Suspend
Control R/WC, RO
Port 2 Status and R/W,
6Ch–6Fh PORT2SC 00003000h Suspend
Control R/WC, RO
Port 3 Status and R/W,
70h–73h PORT3SC 00003000h Suspend
Control R/WC, RO
Port 4 Status and R/W,
74h–77h PORT4SC 00003000h Suspend
Control R/WC, RO
Port 5 Status and R/W,
78h–7Bh PORT5SC 00003000h Suspend
Control R/WC, RO
74h–77h Port 6 Status and R/W,
PORT6SC 00003000h Suspend
(D29 Only) Control R/WC, RO
78h–7Bh Port 7 Status and R/W,
PORT7SC 00003000h Suspend
(D29 Only) Control R/WC, RO
7Ch–9Fh — Reserved Undefined RO
See register
A0h–B3h — Debug Port Registers Undefined
description
B4h–3FFh — Reserved Undefined RO

Note: Software must read and write these registers using only DWord accesses.These
registers are divided into two sets. The first set at offsets MEM_BASE + 00:3Bh are
implemented in the core power well. Unless otherwise noted, the core well registers are
reset by the assertion of any of the following:
• Core well hardware reset
• HCRESET
• D3-to-D0 reset

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The second set at offsets MEM_BASE + 60h to the end of the implemented register
space are implemented in the Suspend power well. Unless otherwise noted, the
suspend well registers are reset by the assertion of either of the following:
• Suspend well hardware reset
• HCRESET

16.2.2.1 USB2.0_CMD—USB 2.0 Command Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + 20–23h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00080000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
Interrupt Threshold Control—R/W. System software uses this field to select the
maximum rate at which the host controller will issue interrupts. The only valid values
are defined below. If software writes an invalid value to this register, the results are
undefined.

Value Maximum Interrupt Interval

00h Reserved
01h 1 micro-frame
23:16
02h 2 micro-frames
04h 4 micro-frames
08h 8 micro-frames (default, equates to 1 ms)
10h 16 micro-frames (2 ms)
20h 32 micro-frames (4 ms)
40h 64 micro-frames (8 ms)

15:14 Reserved
Asynch Schedule Update (ASC)—R/W. There is no functionality associated with this
13
bit.
Periodic Schedule Prefetch Enable—R/W. This bit is used by software to enable the
host controller to prefetch the periodic schedule even in C0.
0 = Prefetch based pause enabled only when not in C0.
1 = Prefetch based pause enable in C0.
12 Once software has written a 1b to this bit to enable periodic schedule prefetching, it
must disable prefecthing by writing a 0b to this bit whenever periodic schedule updates
are about to begin. Software should continue to dynamically disable and re-enable the
prefetcher surrounding any updates to the periodic scheduler (that is, until the host
controller has been reset using a HCRESET).
Unimplemented Asynchronous Park Mode Bits—RO. Hardwired to 000b indicating the
11:8
host controller does not support this optional feature.
Light Host Controller Reset—RO. Hardwired to 0. The PCH does not implement this
7
optional reset.

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Bit Description

Interrupt on Async Advance Doorbell—R/W. This bit is used as a doorbell by

software to tell the host controller to issue an interrupt the next time it advances
asynchronous schedule.
0 = The host controller sets this bit to a 0 after it has set the Interrupt on Async
Advance status bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 5) in the USB2.0_STS
register to a 1.
1 = Software must write a 1 to this bit to ring the doorbell. When the host controller
6 has evicted all appropriate cached schedule state, it sets the Interrupt on Async
Advance status bit in the USB2.0_STS register. If the Interrupt on Async Advance
Enable bit in the USB2.0_INTR register (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 28h, bit 5)
is a 1 then the host controller will assert an interrupt at the next interrupt
threshold. See the EHCI specification for operational details.

NOTE: Software should not write a 1 to this bit when the asynchronous schedule is
inactive. Doing so will yield undefined results.
Asynchronous Schedule Enable—R/W. This bit controls whether the host controller
skips processing the Asynchronous Schedule.
5
0 = Do not process the Asynchronous Schedule
1 = Use the ASYNCLISTADDR register to access the Asynchronous Schedule.
Periodic Schedule Enable—R/W. This bit controls whether the host controller skips
processing the Periodic Schedule.
4
0 = Do not process the Periodic Schedule
1 = Use the PERIODICLISTBASE register to access the Periodic Schedule.
Frame List Size—RO. The PCH hardwires this field to 00b because it only supports the
3:2
1024-element frame list size.
Host Controller Reset (HCRESET)—R/W. This control bit used by software to reset
the host controller. The effects of this on root hub registers are similar to a Chip
Hardware Reset (that is, RSMRST# assertion and PWROK de-assertion on the PCH).
When software writes a 1 to this bit, the host controller resets its internal pipelines,
timers, counters, state machines, etc. to their initial value. Any transaction currently in
progress on USB is immediately terminated. A USB reset is not driven on downstream
ports.

NOTE: PCI configuration registers and Host controller capability registers are not
effected by this reset.
1
All operational registers, including port registers and port state machines are set to
their initial values. Port ownership reverts to the companion host controller(s), with the
side effects described in the EHCI spec. Software must re-initialize the host controller
to return the host controller to an operational state.
This bit is set to 0 by the host controller when the reset process is complete. Software
cannot terminate the reset process early by writing a 0 to this register.
Software should not set this bit to a 1 when the HCHalted bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 12) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 0. Attempting to
reset an actively running host controller will result in undefined behavior. This reset me
be used to leave EHCI port test modes.

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Bit Description

Run/Stop (RS)—R/W.
0 = Stop (default)
1 = Run. When set to a 1, the Host controller proceeds with execution of the schedule.
The Host controller continues execution as long as this bit is set. When this bit is
set to 0, the Host controller completes the current transaction on the USB and then
halts. The HCHalted bit in the USB2.0_STS register indicates when the Host
controller has finished the transaction and has entered the stopped state.
Software should not write a 1 to this field unless the host controller is in the Halted
state (that is, HCHalted in the USBSTS register is a 1). The Halted bit is cleared
immediately when the Run bit is set.
The following table explains how the different combinations of Run and Halted should
0 be interpreted:

Run/Stop Halted Interpretation

0b 0b In the process of halting
0b 1b Halted
1b 0b Running
1b 1b Invalid - the HCHalted bit clears immediately

Memory read cycles initiated by the EHC that receive any status other than Successful
will result in this bit being cleared.

NOTE: The Command Register indicates the command to be executed by the serial bus host
controller. Writing to the register causes a command to be executed.

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16.2.2.2 USB2.0_STS—USB 2.0 Status Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + 24h–27h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00001000h Size: 32 bits

This register indicates pending interrupts and various states of the Host controller. The
status resulting from a transaction on the serial bus is not indicated in this register. See
the Interrupts description in section 4 of the EHCI specification for additional
information concerning USB 2.0 interrupt conditions.

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 has
no effect.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Asynchronous Schedule Status ⎯ RO. This bit reports the current real status of the
Asynchronous Schedule.
0 = Disabled. (Default)
1 = Enabled.
15
NOTE: The Host controller is not required to immediately disable or enable the
Asynchronous Schedule when software transitions the Asynchronous Schedule
Enable bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 20h, bit 5) in the USB2.0_CMD
register. When this bit and the Asynchronous Schedule Enable bit are the same
value, the Asynchronous Schedule is either enabled (1) or disabled (0).
Periodic Schedule Status ⎯ RO. This bit reports the current real status of the Periodic
Schedule.
0 = Disabled. (Default)
1 = Enabled.
14
NOTE: The Host controller is not required to immediately disable or enable the Periodic
Schedule when software transitions the Periodic Schedule Enable bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 20h, bit 4) in the USB2.0_CMD register. When this bit and
the Periodic Schedule Enable bit are the same value, the Periodic Schedule is
either enabled (1) or disabled (0).
Reclamation ⎯ RO. This read-only status bit is used to detect an empty asynchronous
13 schedule. The operational model and valid transitions for this bit are described in
Section 4 of the EHCI Specification.
HCHalted ⎯ RO.
0 = This bit is a 0 when the Run/Stop bit is a 1.
12 1 = The Host controller sets this bit to 1 after it has stopped executing as a result of the
Run/Stop bit being set to 0, either by software or by the Host controller hardware
(such as, internal error). (Default)
11:6 Reserved
Interrupt on Async Advance—R/WC. System software can force the host controller to
issue an interrupt the next time the host controller advances the asynchronous schedule
5 by writing a 1 to the Interrupt on Async Advance Doorbell bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 20h, bit 6) in the USB2.0_CMD register. This bit indicates the
assertion of that interrupt source.

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Bit Description

Host System Error—R/WC.

0 = No serious error occurred during a host system access involving the Host controller
module
1 = The Host controller sets this bit to 1 when a serious error occurs during a host
system access involving the Host controller module. A hardware interrupt is
generated to the system. Memory read cycles initiated by the EHC that receive any
4
status other than Successful will result in this bit being set.

When this error occurs, the Host controller clears the Run/Stop bit in the
USB2.0_CMDregister (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 20h, bit 0) to prevent further
execution of the scheduled TDs. A hardware interrupt is generated to the system (if
enabled in the Interrupt Enable Register).
Frame List Rollover—R/WC.
0 = No Frame List Index rollover from its maximum value to 0.
3 1 = The Host controller sets this bit to a 1 when the Frame List Index rolls over from its
maximum value to 0. Since the PCH only supports the 1024-entry Frame List Size,
the Frame List Index rolls over every time FRNUM13 toggles.
Port Change Detect—R/WC. This bit is allowed to be maintained in the Auxiliary power
well. Alternatively, it is also acceptable that on a D3 to D0 transition of the EHCI HC
device, this bit is loaded with the OR of all of the PORTSC change bits (including: Force
port resume, overcurrent change, enable/disable change and connect status change).
Regardless of the implementation, when this bit is readable (that is, in the D0 state), it
2 must provide a valid view of the Port Status registers.
0 = No change bit transition from a 0 to 1 or No Force Port Resume bit transition from 0
to 1 as a result of a J-K transition detected on a suspended port.
1 = The Host controller sets this bit to 1 when any port for which the Port Owner bit is
set to 0 has a change bit transition from a 0 to 1 or a Force Port Resume bit
transition from 0 to 1 as a result of a J-K transition detected on a suspended port.
USB Error Interrupt (USBERRINT)—R/WC.
0 = No error condition.
1 = The Host controller sets this bit to 1 when completion of a USB transaction results in
1 an error condition (such as, error counter underflow). If the TD on which the error
interrupt occurred also had its IOC bit set, both this bit and Bit 0 are set. See the
EHCI specification for a list of the USB errors that will result in this interrupt being
asserted.
USB Interrupt (USBINT)—R/WC.
0 = No completion of a USB transaction whose Transfer Descriptor had its IOC bit set.
No short packet is detected.
0 1 = The Host controller sets this bit to 1 when the cause of an interrupt is a completion
of a USB transaction whose Transfer Descriptor had its IOC bit set.
The Host controller also sets this bit to 1 when a short packet is detected (actual
number of bytes received was less than the expected number of bytes).

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16.2.2.3 USB2.0_INTR—USB 2.0 Interrupt Enable Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + 28h–2Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register enables and disables reporting of the corresponding interrupt to the
software. When a bit is set and the corresponding interrupt is active, an interrupt is
generated to the host. Interrupt sources that are disabled in this register still appear in
the USB2.0_STS Register to allow the software to poll for events. Each interrupt enable
bit description indicates whether it is dependent on the interrupt threshold mechanism
(see Section 4 of the EHCI specification), or not.

Bit Description

31:6 Reserved
Interrupt on Async Advance Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the Interrupt on Async Advance bit (D29:F0,
5
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 5) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 1, the host
controller will issue an interrupt at the next interrupt threshold. The interrupt is
acknowledged by software clearing the Interrupt on Async Advance bit.
Host System Error Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the Host System Error Status bit (D29:F0,
4
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 4) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 1, the host
controller will issue an interrupt. The interrupt is acknowledged by software
clearing the Host System Error bit.
Frame List Rollover Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
3 1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the Frame List Rollover bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 3) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 1, the host
controller will issue an interrupt. The interrupt is acknowledged by software
clearing the Frame List Rollover bit.
Port Change Interrupt Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the Port Change Detect bit (D29:F0,
2
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 2) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 1, the host
controller will issue an interrupt. The interrupt is acknowledged by software
clearing the Port Change Detect bit.
USB Error Interrupt Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the USBERRINT bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH
1
+ 24h, bit 1) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 1, the host controller will issue an
interrupt at the next interrupt threshold. The interrupt is acknowledged by software
by clearing the USBERRINT bit in the USB2.0_STS register.
USB Interrupt Enable—R/W.
0 = Disable.
0 1 = Enable. When this bit is a 1, and the USBINT bit (D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH +
24h, bit 0) in the USB2.0_STS register is a 1, the host controller will issue an
interrupt at the next interrupt threshold. The interrupt is acknowledged by software
by clearing the USBINT bit in the USB2.0_STS register.

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16.2.2.4 FRINDEX—Frame Index Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + 2Ch–2Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
The SOF frame number value for the bus SOF token is derived or alternatively managed
from this register. See Section 4 of the EHCI specification for a detailed explanation of
the SOF value management requirements on the host controller. The value of FRINDEX
must be within 125 µs (1 micro-frame) ahead of the SOF token value. The SOF value
may be implemented as an 11-bit shadow register. For this discussion, this shadow
register is 11 bits and is named SOFV. SOFV updates every 8 micro-frames
(1 millisecond). An example implementation to achieve this behavior is to increment
SOFV each time the FRINDEX[2:0] increments from 0 to 1.
Software must use the value of FRINDEX to derive the current micro-frame number,
both for high-speed isochronous scheduling purposes and to provide the get micro-
frame number function required to client drivers. Therefore, the value of FRINDEX and
the value of SOFV must be kept consistent if chip is reset or software writes to
FRINDEX. Writes to FRINDEX must also write-through FRINDEX[13:3] to
SOFV[10:0]. To keep the update as simple as possible, software should never write a
FRINDEX value where the three least significant bits are 111b or 000b.
Note: This register is used by the host controller to index into the periodic frame list. The
register updates every 125 microseconds (once each micro-frame). Bits [12:3] are
used to select a particular entry in the Periodic Frame List during periodic schedule
execution. The number of bits used for the index is fixed at 10 for the PCH since it only
supports 1024-entry frame lists. This register must be written as a DWord. Word and
byte writes produce undefined results. This register cannot be written unless the Host
controller is in the Halted state as indicated by the HCHalted bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 12). A write to this register while the Run/Stop bit
(D29:F0, D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 20h, bit 0) is set to a 1 (USB2.0_CMD register)
produces undefined results. Writes to this register also effect the SOF value. See
Section 4 of the EHCI specification for details.

Bit Description
31:14 Reserved
Frame List Current Index/Frame Number—R/W. The value in this register increments
at the end of each time frame (such as, micro-frame).
13:0
Bits [12:3] are used for the Frame List current index. This means that each location of the
frame list is accessed 8 times (frames or micro-frames) before moving to the next index.

16.2.2.5 CTRLDSSEGMENT—Control Data Structure Segment

Register
Offset: MEM_BASE + 30h–33h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This 32-bit register corresponds to the most significant address bits [63:32] for all
EHCI data structures. Since the PCH hardwires the 64-bit Addressing Capability field in
HCCPARAMS to 1, this register is used with the link pointers to construct 64-bit
addresses to EHCI control data structures. This register is concatenated with the link
pointer from either the PERIODICLISTBASE, ASYNCLISTADDR, or any control data
structure link field to construct a 64-bit address. This register allows the host software
to locate all control data structures within the same 4 GB memory segment.

Bit Description
Upper Address[63:44]—RO. Hardwired to 0s. The PCH EHC is only capable of
31:12
generating addresses up to 16 terabytes (44 bits of address).
Upper Address[43:32]—R/W. This 12-bit field corresponds to address bits 43:32
11:0
when forming a control data structure address.

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16.2.2.6 PERIODICLISTBASE—Periodic Frame List Base Address

Register
Offset: MEM_BASE + 34h–37h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This 32-bit register contains the beginning address of the Periodic Frame List in the
system memory. Since the PCH host controller operates in 64-bit mode (as indicated by
the 1 in the 64-bit Addressing Capability field in the HCCSPARAMS register) (offset 08h,
bit 0), then the most significant 32 bits of every control data structure address comes
from the CTRLDSSEGMENT register. HCD loads this register prior to starting the
schedule execution by the host controller. The memory structure referenced by this
physical memory pointer is assumed to be 4-Kbyte aligned. The contents of this
register are combined with the Frame Index Register (FRINDEX) to enable the Host
controller to step through the Periodic Frame List in sequence.

Bit Description

Base Address (Low)—R/W. These bits correspond to memory address signals

31:12
[31:12], respectively.
11:0 Reserved

16.2.2.7 ASYNCLISTADDR—Current Asynchronous List Address

Register
Offset: MEM_BASE + 38h–3Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This 32-bit register contains the address of the next asynchronous queue head to be
executed. Since the PCH host controller operates in 64-bit mode (as indicated by a 1 in
64-bit Addressing Capability field in the HCCPARAMS register) (offset 08h, bit 0), then
the most significant 32 bits of every control data structure address comes from the
CTRLDSSEGMENT register (offset 08h). Bits [4:0] of this register cannot be modified by
system software and will always return 0s when read. The memory structure
referenced by this physical memory pointer is assumed to be 32-byte aligned.

Bit Description

Link Pointer Low (LPL)—R/W. These bits correspond to memory address signals
31:5
[31:5], respectively. This field may only reference a Queue Head (QH).
4:0 Reserved

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16.2.2.8 CONFIGFLAG—Configure Flag Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + 60h–63h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register is in the suspend power well. It is only reset by hardware when the
suspend power is initially applied or in response to a host controller reset.

Bit Description

31:1 Reserved
Configure Flag (CF)—R/W. Host software sets this bit as the last action in its process
of configuring the Host controller. This bit controls the default port-routing control logic.
Bit values and side-effects are listed below. See section 4 of the EHCI spec for
0
operation details.
0 = Compatibility debug only (default).
1 = Port routing control logic default-routes all ports to this host controller.

16.2.2.9 PORTSC—Port N Status and Control Register

When RMH is disabled:
Offset: Port 0, Port 8: MEM_BASE + 64h–67h
Port 1, Port 9: MEM_BASE + 68–6Bh
Port 2, Port 10: MEM_BASE + 6C–6Fh
Port 3, Port 11: MEM_BASE + 70–73h
Port 4: Port 12: MEM_BASE + 74–77h
Port 5: Port 13: MEM_BASE + 78–7Bh
Port 6: MEM_BASE + 7Ch–7Bh
Port 7: MEM_BASE + 80h–83h

When RMH is enabled:

Offset: Port 0 RMH: MEM_BASE + 64h–67h
Port 1 Debug Port: MEM_BASE + 68–6Bh
Port 2 USB redirect (if enabled): MEM_BASE + 6C–6Fh

Attribute: R/W, R/WC, RO

Default Value: 00003000h Size: 32 bits

Note: When RMH is enabled this register is associated with the upstream ports of the EHCI
controller and does not represent downstream hub ports. USB Hub class commands
must be used to determine RMH port status and enable test modes. See Chapter 11 of
the USB Specification, Revision 2.0 for more details. Rate Matching Hub wake
capabilities can be configured by the RMHWKCTL Register (RCBA+35B0h) located in
the Chipset Configuration chapter.

A host controller must implement one or more port registers. Software uses the N_Port
information from the Structural Parameters Register to determine how many ports
need to be serviced. All ports have the structure defined below. Software must not
write to unreported Port Status and Control Registers.

This register is in the suspend power well. It is only reset by hardware when the
suspend power is initially applied or in response to a host controller reset. The initial
conditions of a port are:
• No device connected
• Port disabled.

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When a device is attached, the port state transitions to the attached state and system
software will process this as with any status change notification. See Section 4 of the
EHCI specification for operational requirements for how change events interact with
port suspend mode.

Bit Description
31:23 Reserved
Wake on Overcurrent Enable (WKOC_E)—R/W.
0 = Disable. (Default)
22 1 = Enable. Writing this bit to a 1 enables the setting of the PME Status bit in the Power
Management Control/Status Register (offset 54, bit 15) when the overcurrent
Active bit (bit 4 of this register) is set.
Wake on Disconnect Enable (WKDSCNNT_E)—R/W.
0 = Disable. (Default)
1 = Enable. Writing this bit to a 1 enables the setting of the PME Status bit in the Power
21
Management Control/Status Register (offset 54, bit 15) when the Current Connect
Status changes from connected to disconnected (that is, bit 0 of this register
changes from 1 to 0).
Wake on Connect Enable (WKCNNT_E)—R/W.
0 = Disable. (Default)
20 1 = Enable. Writing this bit to a 1 enables the setting of the PME Status bit in the Power
Management Control/Status Register (offset 54, bit 15) when the Current Connect
Status changes from disconnected to connected (that is, bit 0 of this register
changes from 0 to 1).
Port Test Control—R/W. When this field is 0s, the port is NOT operating in a test
mode. A non-zero value indicates that it is operating in test mode and the specific test
mode is indicated by the specific value. The encoding of the test mode bits are (0110b
– 1111b are reserved):

Value Maximum Interrupt Interval

0000b Test mode not enabled (default)
19:16 0001b Test J_STATE
0010b Test K_STATE
0011b Test SE0_NAK
0100b Test Packet
0101b FORCE_ENABLE

See the USB Specification Revision 2.0, Chapter 7 for details on each test mode.
15:14 Reserved
Port Owner—R/W. This bit unconditionally goes to a 0 when the Configured Flag bit in
the USB2.0_CMD register makes a 0 to 1 transition.
System software uses this field to release ownership of the port to a selected host
13 controller (in the event that the attached device is not a high-speed device). Software
writes a 1 to this bit when the attached device is not a high-speed device. A 1 in this bit
means that a companion host controller owns and controls the port. See Section 4 of
the EHCI Specification for operational details.
Port Power (PP)—RO. Read-only with a value of 1. This indicates that the port does
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Bit Description
Line Status—RO.These bits reflect the current logical levels of the D+ (bit 11) and D–
(bit 10) signal lines. These bits are used for detection of low-speed USB devices prior to
the port reset and enable sequence. This field is valid only when the port enable bit is 0
and the current connect status bit is set to a 1.
11:10
00 = SE0
10 = J-state
01 = K-state
11 = Undefined
9 Reserved
Port Reset—R/W. When software writes a 1 to this bit (from a 0), the bus reset
sequence as defined in the USB Specification, Revision 2.0 is started. Software writes a
0 to this bit to terminate the bus reset sequence. Software must keep this bit at a 1
long enough to ensure the reset sequence completes as specified in the USB
Specification, Revision 2.0.
1 = Port is in Reset.
0 = Port is not in Reset.

NOTE: When software writes a 0 to this bit, there may be a delay before the bit status
changes to a 0. The bit status will not read as a 0 until after the reset has
completed. If the port is in high-speed mode after reset is complete, the host
8 controller will automatically enable this port (such as, set the Port Enable bit to
a 1). A host controller must terminate the reset and stabilize the state of the
port within 2 milliseconds of software transitioning this bit from 0 to 1.

For example: if the port detects that the attached device is high-speed during
reset, then the host controller must have the port in the enabled state within
2 ms of software writing this bit to a 0. The HCHalted bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 12) in the USB2.0_STS register should be a 0
before software attempts to use this bit. The host controller may hold Port Reset
asserted to a 1 when the HCHalted bit is a 1. This bit is 0 if Port Power is 0

NOTE: System software should not attempt to reset a port if the HCHalted bit in the
USB2.0_STS register is a 1. Doing so will result in undefined behavior.
Suspend—R/W.
0 = Port not in suspend state.(Default)
1 = Port in suspend state.
Port Enabled Bit and Suspend bit of this register define the port states as follows:

Port Enabled Suspend Port State

0 X Disabled
1 0 Enabled
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1 1 Suspend

When in suspend state, downstream propagation of data is blocked on this port, except
for port reset. Note that the bit status does not change until the port is suspended and
that there may be a delay in suspending a port depending on the activity on the port.
The host controller will unconditionally set this bit to a 0 when software sets the Force
Port Resume bit to a 0 (from a 1). A write of 0 to this bit is ignored by the host
controller.
If host software sets this bit to a 1 when the port is not enabled (that is, Port enabled
bit is a 0) the results are undefined.

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Bit Description
Force Port Resume—R/W.
0 = No resume (K-state) detected/driven on port. (Default)
1 = Resume detected/driven on port. Software sets this bit to a 1 to drive resume
signaling. The Host controller sets this bit to a 1 if a J-to-K transition is detected
while the port is in the Suspend state. When this bit transitions to a 1 because a J-
to-K transition is detected, the Port Change Detect bit (D29:F0,
D26:F0:CAPLENGTH + 24h, bit 2) in the USB2.0_STS register is also set to a 1. If
software sets this bit to a 1, the host controller must not set the Port Change
Detect bit.
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NOTE: When the EHCI controller owns the port, the resume sequence follows the
defined sequence documented in the USB Specification, Revision 2.0. The
resume signaling (Full-speed 'K') is driven on the port as long as this bit
remains a 1. Software must appropriately time the Resume and set this bit to a
0 when the appropriate amount of time has elapsed. Writing a 0 (from 1)
causes the port to return to high-speed mode (forcing the bus below the port
into a high-speed idle). This bit will remain a 1 until the port has switched to the
high-speed idle.
Overcurrent Change—R/WC. The functionality of this bit is not dependent upon the
port owner. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
5
0 = No change. (Default)
1 = There is a change to Overcurrent Active.
Overcurrent Active—RO.
0 = This port does not have an overcurrent condition. (Default)
4 1 = This port currently has an overcurrent condition. This bit will automatically
transition from 1 to 0 when the over current condition is removed. The PCH
automatically disables the port when the overcurrent active bit is 1.
Port Enable/Disable Change—R/WC. For the root hub, this bit gets set to a 1 only
when a port is disabled due to the appropriate conditions existing at the EOF2 point
(See Chapter 11 of the USB Specification for the definition of a port error). This bit is
3 not set due to the Disabled-to-Enabled transition, nor due to a disconnect. Software
clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
0 = No change in status. (Default).
1 = Port enabled/disabled status has changed.
Port Enabled/Disabled—R/W. Ports can only be enabled by the host controller as a
part of the reset and enable. Software cannot enable a port by writing a 1 to this bit.
Ports can be disabled by either a fault condition (disconnect event or other fault
condition) or by host software. Note that the bit status does not change until the port
2 state actually changes. There may be a delay in disabling or enabling a port due to
other host controller and bus events.
0 = Disable
1 = Enable (Default)
Connect Status Change—R/WC. This bit indicates a change has occurred in the port’s
Current Connect Status. Software sets this bit to 0 by writing a 1 to it.
0 = No change (Default).
1 1 = Change in Current Connect Status. The host controller sets this bit for all changes
to the port device connect status, even if system software has not cleared an
existing connect status change. For example, the insertion status changes twice
before system software has cleared the changed condition, hub hardware will be
“setting” an already-set bit (that is, the bit will remain set).
Current Connect Status—RO. This value reflects the current state of the port, and
may not correspond directly to the event that caused the Connect Status Change bit
0 (Bit 1) to be set.
0 = No device is present. (Default)
1 = Device is present on port.

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16.2.3 USB 2.0-Based Debug Port Registers

The Debug port’s registers are located in the same memory area, defined by the Base
Address Register (MEM_BASE), as the standard EHCI registers. The base offset for the
debug port registers (A0h) is declared in the Debug Port Base Offset Capability Register
at Configuration offset 5Ah (D29:F0, D26:F0:offset 5Ah). The specific EHCI port that
supports this debug capability (Port 1 for D29:F0 and Port 9 for D26:F0) is indicated by
a 4-bit field (bits 20–23) in the HCSPARAMS register of the EHCI controller. The address
map of the Debug Port registers is shown in Table 16-4.
Table 16-4. Debug Port Register Address Map

MEM_BASE +
Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
Offset

R/W, R/WC,
A0–A3h CNTL_STS Control/Status 00000000h
RO
A4–A7h USBPID USB PIDs 00000000h R/W, RO
00000000
A8–AFh DATABUF[7:0] Data Buffer (Bytes 7:0) R/W
00000000h
B0–B3h CONFIG Configuration 00007F01h R/W

NOTES:
1. All of these registers are implemented in the core well and reset by PLTRST#, EHC
HCRESET, and a EHC D3-to-D0 transition.
2. The hardware associated with this register provides no checks to ensure that software
programs the interface correctly. How the hardware behaves when programmed
improperly is undefined.

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16.2.3.1 CNTL_STS—Control/Status Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + A0h Attribute: R/W, R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31 Reserved

OWNER_CNT—R/W.
0 = Ownership of the debug port is NOT forced to the EHCI controller (Default)
1 = Ownership of the debug port is forced to the EHCI controller (that is,
30 immediately taken away from the companion Classic USB Host controller) If the
port was already owned by the EHCI controller, then setting this bit has no
effect. This bit overrides all of the ownership-related bits in the standard EHCI
registers.

29 Reserved

ENABLED_CNT—R/W.
0 = Software can clear this by writing a 0 to it. The hardware clears this bit for the
same conditions where the Port Enable/Disable Change bit (in the PORTSC
28 register) is set. (Default)
1 = Debug port is enabled for operation. Software can directly set this bit if the port
is already enabled in the associated PORTSC register (this is enforced by the
hardware).

27:17 Reserved

DONE_STS—R/WC. Software can clear this by writing a 1 to it.

16 0 = Request Not complete
1 = Set by hardware to indicate that the request is complete.

LINK_ID_STS—RO. This field identifies the link interface.

15:12
0h = Hardwired. Indicates that it is a USB Debug Port.

11 Reserved

IN_USE_CNT—R/W. Set by software to indicate that the port is in use. Cleared by

10 software to indicate that the port is free and may be used by other software. This bit
is cleared after reset. (This bit has no affect on hardware.)

EXCEPTION_STS—RO. This field indicates the exception when the

ERROR_GOOD#_STS bit is set. This field should be ignored if the
ERROR_GOOD#_STS bit is 0.
000 =No Error. (Default)
NOTE: This should not be seen since this field should only be checked if there
9:7 is an error.
001 =Transaction error: Indicates the USB 2.0 transaction had an error (CRC, bad
PID, timeout, etc.)
010 =Hardware error. Request was attempted (or in progress) when port was
suspended or reset.
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Bit Description

ERROR_GOOD#_STS—RO.
0 = Hardware clears this bit to 0 after the proper completion of a read or write.
6 (Default)
1 = Error has occurred. Details on the nature of the error are provided in the
Exception field.

GO_CNT—R/W.
0 = Hardware clears this bit when hardware sets the DONE_STS bit. (Default)
5 1 = Causes hardware to perform a read or write request.

NOTE: Writing a 1 to this bit when it is already set may result in undefined behavior.

WRITE_READ#_CNT—R/W. Software clears this bit to indicate that the current

request is a read. Software sets this bit to indicate that the current request is a write.
4
0 = Read (Default)
1 = Write

DATA_LEN_CNT—R/W. This field is used to indicate the size of the data to be

transferred.
default = 0h.
For write operations, this field is set by software to indicate to the hardware how
many bytes of data in Data Buffer are to be transferred to the console. A value of 0h
indicates that a zero-length packet should be sent. A value of 1–8 indicates 1–8
bytes are to be transferred. Values 9–Fh are invalid and how hardware behaves if
3:0 used is undefined.
For read operations, this field is set by hardware to indicate to software how many
bytes in Data Buffer are valid in response to a read operation. A value of 0h indicates
that a zero length packet was returned and the state of Data Buffer is not defined. A
value of 1–8 indicates 1–8 bytes were received. Hardware is not allowed to return
values 9–Fh.
The transferring of data always starts with byte 0 in the data area and moves toward
byte 7 until the transfer size is reached.
NOTES:
1. Software should do Read-Modify-Write operations to this register to preserve the contents
of bits not being modified. This include Reserved bits.
2. To preserve the usage of RESERVED bits in the future, software should always write the
same value read from the bit until it is defined. Reserved bits will always return 0 when
read.

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16.2.3.2 USBPID—USB PIDs Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + A4h–A7h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This Dword register is used to communicate PID information between the USB debug
driver and the USB debug port. The debug port uses some of these fields to generate
USB packets, and uses other fields to return PID information to the USB debug driver.

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
RECEIVED_PID_STS[23:16]—RO. Hardware updates this field with the received PID
for transactions in either direction. When the controller is writing data, this field is
updated with the handshake PID that is received from the device. When the host
23:16
controller is reading data, this field is updated with the data packet PID (if the device
sent data), or the handshake PID (if the device NAKs the request). This field is valid
when the hardware clears the GO_DONE#_CNT bit.
SEND_PID_CNT[15:8]—R/W. Hardware sends this PID to begin the data packet
15:8 when sending data to USB (that is, WRITE_READ#_CNT is asserted). Software
typically sets this field to either DATA0 or DATA1 PID values.
TOKEN_PID_CNT[7:0]—R/W. Hardware sends this PID as the Token PID for each
7:0 USB transaction. Software typically sets this field to either IN, OUT, or SETUP PID
values.

16.2.3.3 DATABUF[7:0]—Data Buffer Bytes[7:0] Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + A8h–AFh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64 bits

This register can be accessed as 8 separate 8-bit registers or 2 separate 32-bit register.

Bit Description
DATABUFFER[63:0]—R/W. This field is the 8 bytes of the data buffer. Bits 7:0
correspond to least significant byte (byte 0). Bits 63:56 correspond to the most
significant byte (byte 7).

63:0 The bytes in the Data Buffer must be written with data before software initiates a write
request. For a read request, the Data Buffer contains valid data when DONE_STS bit
(offset A0, bit 16) is cleared by the hardware, ERROR_GOOD#_STS (offset A0, bit 6) is
cleared by the hardware, and the DATA_LENGTH_CNT field (offset A0, bits 3:0)
indicates the number of bytes that are valid.

16.2.3.4 CONFIG—Configuration Register

Offset: MEM_BASE + B0–B3h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00007F01h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:15 Reserved
USB_ADDRESS_CNF—R/W. This 7-bit field identifies the USB device address used
14:8
by the controller for all Token PID generation. (Default = 7Fh)
7:4 Reserved
USB_ENDPOINT_CNF—R/W. This 4-bit field identifies the endpoint used by the
3:0
controller for all Token PID generation. (Default = 1h)

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17 Intel® High Definition Audio

Controller Registers (D27:F0)
The Intel® High Definition Audio controller resides in PCI Device 27, Function 0 on bus
0. This function contains a set of DMA engines that are used to move samples of
digitally encoded data between system memory and external codecs.

Note: All registers in this function (including memory-mapped registers) must be addressable
in byte, word, and DWord quantities. The software must always make register accesses
on natural boundaries (that is, DWord accesses must be on DWord boundaries; word
accesses on word boundaries, etc.). Register access crossing the DWord boundary are
ignored. In addition, the memory-mapped register space must not be accessed with
the LOCK semantic exclusive-access mechanism. If software attempts exclusive-access
mechanisms to the Intel® High Definition Audio memory-mapped space, the results are
undefined.

Note: Users interested in providing feedback on the Intel® High Definition Audio specification
or planning to implement the Intel® High Definition Audio specification into a future
product will need to execute the Intel® High Definition Audio Specification Developer’s
Agreement. For more information, contact [email protected].

17.1 Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Configuration

Space (Intel® High Definition Audio—D27:F0)
Note: Address locations that are not shown should be treated as Reserved.

Table 17-1. Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) (Sheet 1 of 2)
Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO
See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0010h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h PI Programming Interface 00h RO
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code 03h RO
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 04h RO
0Ch CLS Cache Line Size 00h R/W
0Dh LT Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HEADTYP Header Type 00h RO
Intel® High Definition Audio Lower Base
10h–13h HDBARL 00000004h R/W, RO
Address (Memory)
Intel High Definition Audio Upper Base
14h–17h HDBARU 00000000h R/W
Address (Memory)
2Ch–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor Identification 0000h R/WO
2Eh–2Fh SID Subsystem Identification 0000h R/WO

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Table 17-1. Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) (Sheet 2 of 2)
Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
34h CAPPTR Capability List Pointer 50h RO
3Ch INTLN Interrupt Line 00h R/W
See Register
3Dh INTPN Interrupt Pin RO
Description
40h HDCTL Intel® High Definition Audio Control 01h R/W, RO
Intel High Definition Audio Initialization
43h HDINIT1 07h RO
Register 1
44h TCSEL Traffic Class Select 00h R/W
4Ch DCKCTL Docking Control (Mobile Only) 00h R/W, RO
4Dh DCKSTS Docking Status (Mobile Only) 80h R/WO, RO
50h–51h PID PCI Power Management Capability ID 6001h R/WO, RO
52h–53h PC Power Management Capabilities C842h RO
R/W, RO,
54h–57h PCS Power Management Control and Status 00000000h
R/WC
60h–61h MID MSI Capability ID 7005h RO
62h–63h MMC MSI Message Control 0080h R/W, RO
64h–67h MMLA MSI Message Lower Address 00000000h R/W, RO
68h–6Bh MMUA MSI Message Upper Address 00000000h R/W
6Ch–6Dh MMD MSI Message Data 0000h R/W
70h–71h PXID PCI Express* Capability Identifiers 0010h RO
72h–73h PXC PCI Express Capabilities 0091h RO
74h–77h DEVCAP Device Capabilities 10000000h RO, R/WO
78h–79h DEVC Device Control 0800h R/W, RO
7Ah–7Bh DEVS Device Status 0010h RO
Virtual Channel Enhanced Capability
100h–103h VCCAP 13010002h R/WO
Header
104h–107h PVCCAP1 Port VC Capability Register 1 00000001h RO
108h–10Bh PVCCAP2 Port VC Capability Register 2 00000000h RO
10Ch–10D PVCCTL Port VC Control 0000h RO
10Eh–10Fh PVCSTS Port VC Status 0000h RO
110h–113h VC0CAP VC0 Resource Capability 00000000h RO
114h–117h VC0CTL VC0 Resource Control 800000FFh R/W, RO
11Ah–11Bh VC0STS VC0 Resource Status 0000h RO
11Ch–11Fh VCiCAP VCi Resource Capability 00000000h RO
120h–123h VCiCTL VCi Resource Control 00000000h R/W, RO
126h–127h VCiSTS VCi Resource Status 0000h RO
Root Complex Link Declaration Enhanced
130h–133h RCCAP 00010005h RO
Capability Header
134h–137h ESD Element Self Description 0F000100h RO
140h–143h L1DESC Link 1 Description 00000001h RO
See Register
148h–14Bh L1ADDL Link 1 Lower Address RO
Description
14Ch–14Fh L1ADDU Link 1 Upper Address 00000000h RO

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17.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Offset: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. Intel VID = 8086h

17.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Offset Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH’s Intel® High Definition
15:0 Audio controller. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
Specification Update for the value of the Device ID Register.

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17.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Offset Address: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable (ID)—R/W.
0= The INTx# signals may be asserted.
10 1= The Intel® High Definition Audio controller’s INTx# signal will be de-asserted.

NOTE: This bit does not affect the generation of MSIs.

9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
SERR# Enable (SERR_EN)—R/W. SERR# is not generated by the PCH Intel® High
8
Definition Audio Controller.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
6 Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W. PER functionality not implemented.
5 VGA Palette Snoop (VPS). Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
4 Memory Write and Invalidate Enable (MWIE)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE). Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W. Controls standard PCI Express* bus mastering
capabilities for Memory and I/O, reads and writes. Note that this bit also controls MSI
2 generation since MSI’s are essentially Memory writes.
0 = Disable
1 = Enable
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W. Enables memory space addresses to the Intel®
High Definition Audio controller.
1
0 = Disable
1 = Enable
I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—RO. Hardwired to 0 since the Intel® High Definition Audio
0
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17.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Offset Address: 06h–07h Attribute: RO, R/WC
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15 Detected Parity Error (DPE)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.

14 SERR# Status (SERRS)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
0 = No master abort received.
13 1 = The Intel® High Definition Audio controller sets this bit when, as a bus master, it
receives a master abort. When set, the Intel® High Definition Audio controller
clears the run bit for the channel that received the abort.
12 Received Target Abort (RTA)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
11 Signaled Target Abort (STA)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
10:9 DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEV_STS)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
8 Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FB2BC)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
6 Reserved
5 66 MHz Capable (66MHZ_CAP)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
Capabilities List (CAP_LIST)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Indicates that the controller
4 contains a capabilities pointer list. The first item is pointed to by looking at
configuration offset 34h.
Interrupt Status (IS)—RO.
0 = This bit is 0 after the interrupt is cleared.
3
1 = This bit is 1 when the INTx# is asserted.
Note that this bit is not set by an MSI.
2:0 Reserved

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17.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Offset: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 Bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

17.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Offset: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Programming Interface—RO.

17.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 0Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: 03h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO.

7:0
03h = Audio Device

17.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 04h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO.

7:0
04h = Multimedia device

17.1.9 CLS—Cache Line Size Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 0Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Cache Line Size—R/W. Implemented as R/W register, but has no functional impact to
7:0
the PCH

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17.1.10 LT—Latency Timer Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Latency Timer—RO. Hardwired to 00

17.1.11 HEADTYP—Header Type Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Header Type—RO. Hardwired to 00.

17.1.12 HDBARL—Intel® High Definition Audio Lower Base Address

Register (Intel® High Definition Audio—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 10h–13h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000004h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Lower Base Address (LBA)—R/W. Base address for the Intel® High Definition Audio
31:14 controller’s memory mapped configuration registers. 16 Kbytes are requested by
hardwiring bits 13:4 to 0s.
13:4 Reserved
3 Prefetchable (PREF)—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate that this BAR is NOT prefetchable
Address Range (ADDRNG)—RO. Hardwired to 10b, indicating that this BAR can be
2:1
located anywhere in 64-bit address space.
Space Type (SPTYP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates this BAR is located in memory
0
space.

17.1.13 HDBARU—Intel® High Definition Audio Upper Base

Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 14h–17h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Upper Base Address (UBA)—R/W. Upper 32 bits of the Base address for the Intel®
31:0
High Definition Audio controller’s memory mapped configuration registers.

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17.1.14 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

The SVID register, in combination with the Subsystem ID register (D27:F0:2Eh),

enable the operating environment to distinguish one audio subsystem from the
other(s).

This register is implemented as write-once register. Once a value is written to it, the
value can be read back. Any subsequent writes will have no effect.

This register is not affected by the D3HOT to D0 transition.

Bit Description

15:0 Subsystem Vendor ID—R/WO.

17.1.15 SID—Subsystem Identification Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

The SID register, in combination with the Subsystem Vendor ID register (D27:F0:2Ch)
make it possible for the operating environment to distinguish one audio subsystem
from the other(s).

This register is implemented as write-once register. Once a value is written to it, the
value can be read back. Any subsequent writes will have no effect.

This register is not affected by the D3HOT to D0 transition.

T

Bit Description

15:0 Subsystem ID—R/WO.

17.1.16 CAPPTR—Capabilities Pointer Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 50h Size: 8 bits

This register indicates the offset for the capability pointer.

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (CAP_PTR)—RO. This field indicates that the first capability
7:0
pointer offset is offset 50h (Power Management Capability)

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17.1.17 INTLN—Interrupt Line Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 3Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Line (INT_LN)—R/W. This data is not used by the PCH. It is used to
7:0 communicate to software the interrupt line that the interrupt pin is connected to.
Note: This register is not reset by a Function Level Reset.

17.1.18 INTPN—Interrupt Pin Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 3Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See Description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
Interrupt Pin—RO. This reflects the value of D27IP.ZIP (Chipset Config
3:0
Registers:Offset 3110h:bits 3:0).

17.1.19 HDCTL—Intel® High Definition Audio Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 40h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Intel® High Definition Signal Mode—RO.
0
This bit is hardwired to 1 (High Definition Audio mode).

17.1.20 HDINIT1—Intel® High Definition Audio Initialization

Register 1 (Intel® High Definition
Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 43h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 07h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7 Reserved
6 HDINIT1 Field 2—R/W. BIOS must set this bit to 1.
5:3 Reserved
2:0 HDINIT1 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 111b.

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17.1.21 TCSEL—Traffic Class Select Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 44h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

This register assigned the value to be placed in the TC field. CORB and RIRB data will
always be assigned TC0.

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved
Intel® HIgh Definition Audio Traffic Class Assignment (TCSEL)—R/W.
This register assigns the value to be placed in the Traffic Class field for input data,
output data, and buffer descriptor transactions.
000 = TC0
001 = TC1
010 = TC2
2:0 011 = TC3
100 = TC4
101 = TC5
110 = TC6
111 = TC7

NOTE: These bits are not reset on D3HOT to D0 transition; however, they are reset by
PLTRST#.

17.1.22 DCKCTL—Docking Control Register (Mobile Only)

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 4Ch Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Dock Attach (DA)—R/W / RO. Software writes a 1 to this bit to initiate the docking
sequence on the HDA_DOCK_EN# and HDA_DOCK_RST# signals. When the docking
sequence is complete, hardware will set the Dock Mated (GSTS.DM) status bit to 1.
Software writes a 0 to this bit to initiate the undocking sequence on the
HDA_DOCK_EN# and HDA_DOCK_RST# signals. When the undocking sequence is
0 complete, hardware will set the Dock Mated (GSTS.DM) status bit to 0.
Note that software must check the state of the Dock Mated (GSTS.DM) bit prior to
writing to the Dock Attach bit. Software shall only change the DA bit from 0 to 1 when
DM=0. Likewise, software shall only change the DA bit from 1 to 0 when DM=1. If
these rules are violated, the results are undefined.
Note that this bit is Read Only when the DCKSTS.DS bit = 0.

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17.1.23 DCKSTS—Docking Status Register (Mobile Only)

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 4Dh Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

Docking Supported (DS)—R/WO: A 1 indicates that PCH supports HD Audio Docking.

The DCKCTL.DA bit is only writable when this DS bit is 1. ACPI BIOS software should
only branch to the docking routine when this DS bit is 1. BIOS may clear this bit to 0 to
7
prohibit the ACPI BIOS software from attempting to run the docking routines.
Note that this bit is reset to its default value only on a PLTRST#, but not on a CRST# or
D3hot-to-D0 transition.
6:1 Reserved
Dock Mated (DM)—RO: This bit effectively communicates to software that an Intel®
HD Audio docked codec is physically and electrically attached.
Controller hardware sets this bit to 1 after the docking sequence triggered by writing a
1 to the Dock Attach (GCTL.DA) bit is completed (HDA_DOCK_RST# de-assertion). This
0 bit indicates to software that the docked codec(s) may be discovered using the
STATESTS register and then enumerated.
Controller hardware sets this bit to 0 after the undocking sequence triggered by writing
a 0 to the Dock Attach (GCTL.DA) bit is completed (HDA_DOCK_EN# de-asserted). This
bit indicates to software that the docked codec(s) may be physically undocked.

17.1.24 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 50h–51h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 6001h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 7:0 only)

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (Next)—R/WO. Points to the next capability structure (MSI).
Cap ID (CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 01h. Indicates that this pointer is a PCI power
7:0
management capability. These bits are not reset by Function Level Reset.

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17.1.25 PC—Power Management Capabilities Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 52h–53h Attribute: RO
Default Value: C842h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME Support—RO. Hardwired to 11001b. Indicates PME# can be generated from D3

15:11
and D0 states.
10 D2 Support—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates that D2 state is not supported.
9 D1 Support—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates that D1 state is not supported.
Aux Current—RO. Hardwired to 001b. Reports 55 mA maximum suspend well current
8:6
required when in the D3COLD state.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates that no device
5
specific initialization is required.
4 Reserved
3 PME Clock (PMEC)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
Version—RO. Hardwired to 010b. Indicates support for version 1.1 of the PCI Power
2:0
Management Specification.

17.1.26 PCS—Power Management Control and Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 54h–57h Attribute: RO, R/W, R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

31:24 Data—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.

23 Bus Power/Clock Control Enable—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
22 B2/B3 Support—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
21:16 Reserved
PME Status (PMES)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears the bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = This bit is set when the Intel® High Definition Audio controller would normally
15 assert the PME# signal independent of the state of the PME_EN bit (bit 8 in this
register).
This bit is in the resume well and is cleared by a power-on reset. Software must not
make assumptions about the reset state of this bit and must set it appropriately.
14:9 Reserved
PME Enable (PMEE)—R/W.
0 = Disable
1 = When set and if corresponding PMES also set, the Intel® High Definition Audio
8
controller sets the PME_B0_STS bit in the GPE0_STS register (PMBASE +28h).
This bit is in the resume well and is cleared on a power-on reset. Software must not
make assumptions about the reset state of this bit and must set it appropriately.
7:2 Reserved

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Bit Description

Power State (PS)—R/W. This field is used both to determine the current power state
of the Intel® High Definition Audio controller and to set a new power state.
00 = D0 state
11 = D3HOT state
Others = reserved

NOTES:
1:0 1. If software attempts to write a value of 01b or 10b in to this field, the write
operation must complete normally; however, the data is discarded and no state
change occurs.
2. When in the D3HOT states, the Intel® High Definition Audio controller’s configuration
space is available, but the IO and memory space are not. Additionally, interrupts are
blocked.
3. When software changes this value from D3HOT state to the D0 state, an internal
warm (soft) reset is generated, and software must re-initialize the function.

17.1.27 MID—MSI Capability ID Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 60h–61h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 7005h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Next Capability (Next)—RO. Hardwired to 70h. Points to the PCI Express* capability
15:8
structure.
7:0 Cap ID (CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 05h. Indicates that this pointer is a MSI capability

17.1.28 MMC—MSI Message Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 62h–63h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0080h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
64b Address Capability (64ADD)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Indicates the ability to
7
generate a 64-bit message address
Multiple Message Enable (MME)—RO. Normally this is a R/W register. However since
6:4
only 1 message is supported, these bits are hardwired to 000 = 1 message.
Multiple Message Capable (MMC)—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating request for 1
3:1
message.
MSI Enable (ME)—R/W.
0 0 = an MSI may not be generated
1 = an MSI will be generated instead of an INTx signal.

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17.1.29 MMLA—MSI Message Lower Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 64h–67h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:2 Message Lower Address (MLA)—R/W. Lower address used for MSI message.
1:0 Reserved

17.1.30 MMUA—MSI Message Upper Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 68h–6Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Message Upper Address (MUA)—R/W. Upper 32-bits of address used for MSI
31:0
message.

17.1.31 MMD—MSI Message Data Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 6Ch–6Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Message Data (MD)—R/W. Data used for MSI message.

17.1.32 PXID—PCI Express* Capability ID Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 70h–71h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Next Capability (Next)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates that this is the last capability
15:8
structure in the list.
Cap ID (CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 10h. Indicates that this pointer is a PCI Express*
7:0
capability structure.

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17.1.33 PXC—PCI Express* Capabilities Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 72h–73h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0091h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:14 Reserved
13:9 Interrupt Message Number (IMN)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
8 Slot Implemented (SI)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Device/Port Type (DPT)—RO. Hardwired to 1001b. Indicates that this is a Root
7:4
Complex Integrated endpoint device.
Capability Version (CV)—RO. Hardwired to 0001b. Indicates version #1 PCI Express
3:0
capability

17.1.34 DEVCAP—Device Capabilities Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 74h–77h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 10000000h Size: 32 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Function Level Reset (FLR)—R/WO. A 1 indicates that the PCH HD Audio Controller
28
supports the Function Level Reset Capability.
27:26 Captured Slot Power Limit Scale (SPLS)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
25:18 Captured Slot Power Limit Value (SPLV)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
17:15 Reserved
14 Power Indicator Present—RO. Hardwired to 0.
13 Attention Indicator Present—RO. Hardwired to 0.
12 Attention Button Present—RO. Hardwired to 0.
11:9 Endpoint L1 Acceptable Latency—R/WO.
8:6 Endpoint L0s Acceptable Latency—R/WO.
5 Extended Tag Field Support—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates 5-bit tag field support
Phantom Functions Supported—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates that phantom functions
4:3
not supported
Max Payload Size Supported—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates 128-B maximum
2:0
payload size capability

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17.1.35 DEVC—Device Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 78h–79h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0800h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bit 11 Only)

Bit Description

Initiate FLR (IF)—R/W. This bit is used to initiate FLR transition.

15 1 = A write of 1 initiates FLR transition. Since hardware does not respond to any cycles
until FLR completion, the read value by software from this bit is 0.
Max Read Request Size—RO. Hardwired to 0 enabling 128B maximum read request
14:12
size.
No Snoop Enable (NSNPEN)—R/W.
0 = The Intel® High Definition Audio controller will not set the No Snoop bit. In this
case, isochronous transfers will not use VC1 (VCi) even if it is enabled since VC1 is
never snooped. Isochronous transfers will use VC0.
1 = The Intel® High Definition Audio controller is permitted to set the No Snoop bit in
11
the Requester Attributes of a bus master transaction. In this case, VC0 or VC1 may
be used for isochronous transfers.

NOTE: This bit is not reset on D3HOT to D0 transition; however, it is reset by PLTRST#.
This bit is not reset by Function Level Reset.
Auxiliary Power Enable—RO. Hardwired to 0, indicating that Intel® High Definition
10
Audio device does not draw AUX power
9 Phantom Function Enable—RO. Hardwired to 0 disabling phantom functions.
8 Extended Tag Field Enable—RO. Hardwired to 0 enabling 5-bit tag.
7:5 Max Payload Size—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating 128B.
4 Enable Relaxed Ordering—RO. Hardwired to 0 disabling relaxed ordering.
3 Unsupported Request Reporting Enable—R/W. Not implemented.
2 Fatal Error Reporting Enable—R/W. Not implemented.
1 Non-Fatal Error Reporting Enable—R/W. Not implemented.
0 Correctable Error Reporting Enable—R/W. Not implemented.

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17.1.36 DEVS—Device Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 7Ah–7Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:6 Reserved
Transactions Pending—RO.
0 = Indicates that completions for all non-posted requests have been received
5
1 = Indicates that Intel® High Definition Audio controller has issued non-posted
requests which have not been completed.
AUX Power Detected—RO. Hardwired to 1 indicating the device is connected to
4
resume power
3 Unsupported Request Detected—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
2 Fatal Error Detected—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
1 Non-Fatal Error Detected—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
0 Correctable Error Detected—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.

17.1.37 VCCAP—Virtual Channel Enhanced Capability Header

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 100h–103h Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 13010002h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Next Capability Offset—R/WO. Points to the next capability header.

31:20 130h = Root Complex Link Declaration Enhanced Capability Header
000h = Root Complex Link Declaration Enhanced Capability Header is not supported.
Capability Version—R/WO.
0h =PCI Express Virtual channel capability and the Root Complex Topology Capability
19:16 structure are not supported.
1h =PCI Express Virtual channel capability and the Root Complex Topology Capability
structure are supported.
PCI Express* Extended Capability—R/WO.
0000h =PCI Express Virtual channel capability and the Root Complex Topology
15:0 Capability structure are not supported.
0002h =PCI Express Virtual channel capability and the Root Complex Topology
Capability structure are supported.

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17.1.38 PVCCAP1—Port VC Capability Register 1

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 104h–107h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:12 Reserved
11:10 Port Arbitration Table Entry Size—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this is an endpoint device.
9:8 Reference Clock—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this is an endpoint device.
7 Reserved
Low Priority Extended VC Count—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates that only VC0 belongs
6:4
to the low priority VC group
3 Reserved
Extended VC Count—RO. Hardwired to 001b. Indicates that 1 extended VC (in
2:0
addition to VC0) is supported by the Intel® High Definition Audio controller.

17.1.39 PVCCAP2—Port VC Capability Register 2

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 108h–10Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

VC Arbitration Table Offset—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating that a VC arbitration table is

31:24
not present.
23:8 Reserved
VC Arbitration Capability—RO. Hardwired to 0. These bits are not applicable since the
7:0 Intel® High Definition Audio controller reports a 0 in the Low Priority Extended VC
Count bits in the PVCCAP1 register.

17.1.40 PVCCTL—Port VC Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 10Ch–10Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:4 Reserved
VC Arbitration Select—RO. Hardwired to 0. Normally these bits are R/W. However, these
3:1 bits are not applicable since the Intel® High Definition Audio controller reports a 0 in
the Low Priority Extended VC Count bits in the PVCCAP1 register
0 Load VC Arbitration Table—RO. Hardwired to 0 since an arbitration table is not present.

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17.1.41 PVCSTS—Port VC Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 10Eh–10Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:1 Reserved
VC Arbitration Table Status—RO. Hardwired to 0 since an arbitration table is not
0
present.

17.1.42 VC0CAP—VC0 Resource Capability Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 110h–113h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Port Arbitration Table Offset—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
31:24
devices
23 Reserved
Maximum Time Slots—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
22:16
devices
Reject Snoop Transactions—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
15
devices.
Advanced Packet Switching—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
14
devices
13:8 Reserved
Port Arbitration Capability—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
7:0
devices

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17.1.43 VC0CTL—VC0 Resource Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 114h–117h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 800000FFh Size: 32 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

31 VC0 Enable—RO. Hardwired to 1 for VC0.

30:27 Reserved
26:24 VC0 ID—RO. Hardwired to 0 since the first VC is always assigned as VC0
23:20 Reserved
Port Arbitration Select—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
19:17
devices
Load Port Arbitration Table—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
16
devices
15:8 Reserved
TC/VC0 Map—R/W, RO. Bit 0 is hardwired to 1 since TC0 is always mapped VC0. Bits
7:0
[7:1] are implemented as R/W bits.

17.1.44 VC0STS—VC0 Resource Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 11Ah–11Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:2 Reserved
VC0 Negotiation Pending—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this bit does not apply to the
1
integrated Intel® High Definition Audio device
Port Arbitration Table Status—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for
0
endpoint devices

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17.1.45 VCiCAP—VCi Resource Capability Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 11Ch–11Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Port Arbitration Table Offset—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
31:24
devices.
23 Reserved
Maximum Time Slots—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
22:16
devices
Reject Snoop Transactions—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
15
devices
Advanced Packet Switching—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
14
devices
13:8 Reserved
Port Arbitration Capability—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
7:0
devices

17.1.46 VCiCTL—VCi Resource Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 120h–123h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

VCi Enable—R/W.
0 = VCi is disabled
31 1 = VCi is enabled

NOTE: This bit is not reset on D3HOT to D0 transition; however, it is reset by PLTRST#.
30:27 Reserved
VCi ID—R/W. This field assigns a VC ID to the VCi resource. This field is not used by
26:24
the PCH hardware, but it is R/W to avoid confusing software.
23:20 Reserved
Port Arbitration Select—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
19:17
devices
Load Port Arbitration Table—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for endpoint
16
devices
15:8 Reserved
TC/VCi Map—R/W, RO. This field indicates the TCs that are mapped to the VCi
resource. Bit 0 is hardwired to 0 indicating that it cannot be mapped to VCi. Bits [7:1]
7:0
are implemented as R/W bits. This field is not used by the PCH hardware, but it is R/W
to avoid confusing software.

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17.1.47 VCiSTS—VCi Resource Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 126h–127h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:2 Reserved
1 VCi Negotiation Pending—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
Port Arbitration Table Status—RO. Hardwired to 0 since this field is not valid for
0
endpoint devices.

17.1.48 RCCAP—Root Complex Link Declaration Enhanced

Capability Header Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 130h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00010005h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:20 Next Capability Offset—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating this is the last capability.
19:16 Capability Version—RO. Hardwired to 1h.
15:0 PCI Express* Extended Capability ID—RO. Hardwired to 0005h.

17.1.49 ESD—Element Self Description Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 134h–137h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0F000100h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Port Number—RO. Hardwired to 0Fh indicating that the Intel® High Definition Audio
31:24
controller is assigned as Port #15d.
Component ID—RO. This field returns the value of the ESD.CID field of the chip
23:16
configuration section. ESD.CID is programmed by BIOS.
Number of Link Entries—RO. The Intel® High Definition Audio only connects to one
15:8
device, the PCH egress port. Therefore, this field reports a value of 1h.
7:4 Reserved
Element Type (ELTYP)—RO. The Intel® High Definition Audio controller is an
3:0
integrated Root Complex Device. Therefore, the field reports a value of 0h.

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17.1.50 L1DESC—Link 1 Description Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 140h–143h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Target Port Number—RO. The Intel® High Definition Audio controller targets the
31:24
PCH’s Port 0.
Target Component ID—RO. This field returns the value of the ESD.CID field of the
23:16
chip configuration section. ESD.CID is programmed by BIOS.
15:2 Reserved
1 Link Type—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating Type 0.
0 Link Valid—RO. Hardwired to 1.

17.1.51 L1ADDL—Link 1 Lower Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 148h–14Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See Register Description Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Link 1 Lower Address—RO. Hardwired to match the RCBA register value in the PCI-
31:14
LPC bridge (D31:F0:F0h).
13:0 Reserved

17.1.52 L1ADDU—Link 1 Upper Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Address Offset: 14Ch–14Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:0 Link 1 Upper Address—RO. Hardwired to 00000000h.

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17.2 Intel® High Definition Audio Memory Mapped

Configuration Registers
(Intel® High Definition Audio—D27:F0)
The base memory location for these memory mapped configuration registers is
specified in the HDBAR register (D27:F0:offset 10h and D27:F0:offset 14h). The
individual registers are then accessible at HDBAR + Offset as indicated in Table 17-2.

These memory mapped registers must be accessed in byte, word, or DWord quantities.

Note: Address locations that are not shown in Table 17-2 should be treated as Reserved.

Table 17-2. Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) (Sheet 1 of 4)

HDBAR +
Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
Offset

00h–01h GCAP Global Capabilities 4401h RO

02h VMIN Minor Version 00h RO
03h VMAJ Major Version 01h RO
04h–05h OUTPAY Output Payload Capability 003Ch RO
06h–07h INPAY Input Payload Capability 001Dh RO
08h–0Bh GCTL Global Control 00000000h R/W
0Ch–0Dh WAKEEN Wake Enable 0000h R/W
0Eh–0Fh STATESTS State Change Status 0000h R/WC
10h–11h GSTS Global Status 0000h R/WC
12h–13h Rsv Reserved 0000h RO
14h–17h Rsv Reserved 00000000h RO
18h–19h OUTSTRMPAY Output Stream Payload Capability 0030h RO
1Ah–1Bh INSTRMPAY Input Stream Payload Capability 0018h RO
1Ch–1Fh Rsv Reserved 00000000h RO
20h–23h INTCTL Interrupt Control 00000000h R/W
24h–27h INTSTS Interrupt Status 00000000h RO
30h–33h WALCLK Wall Clock Counter 00000000h RO
34–37h Rsv Reserved 00000000h RO
38h–3Bh SSYNC Stream Synchronization 00000000h R/W
40h–43h CORBLBASE CORB Lower Base Address 00000000h R/W, RO
44h–47h CORBUBASE CORB Upper Base Address 00000000h R/W
48h–49h CORBWP CORB Write Pointer 0000h R/W
4Ah–4Bh CORBRP CORB Read Pointer 0000h R/W, RO
4Ch CORBCTL CORB Control 00h R/W
4Dh CORBST CORB Status 00h R/WC
4Eh CORBSIZE CORB Size 42h RO
50h–53h RIRBLBASE RIRB Lower Base Address 00000000h R/W, RO

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Table 17-2. Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) (Sheet 2 of 4)

HDBAR +
Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
Offset

54h–57h RIRBUBASE RIRB Upper Base Address 00000000h R/W

58h–59h RIRBWP RIRB Write Pointer 0000h R/W, RO
5Ah–5Bh RINTCNT Response Interrupt Count 0000h R/W
5Ch RIRBCTL RIRB Control 00h R/W
5Dh RIRBSTS RIRB Status 00h R/WC
5Eh RIRBSIZE RIRB Size 42h RO
60h–63h IC Immediate Command 00000000h R/W
64h–67h IR Immediate Response 00000000h RO
R/W, R/
68h–69h ICS Immediate Command Status 0000h
WC
70h–73h DPLBASE DMA Position Lower Base Address 00000000h R/W, RO
74h–77h DPUBASE DMA Position Upper Base Address 00000000h R/W
Input Stream Descriptor 0 (ISD0)
80–82h ISD0CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
83h ISD0STS ISD0 Status 00h R/WC, RO
84h–87h ISD0LPIB ISD0 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
88h–8Bh ISD0CBL ISD0 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
8Ch–8Dh ISD0LVI ISD0 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
8Eh–8F ISD0FIFOW ISD0 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
90h–91h ISD0FIFOS ISD0 FIFO Size 0077h RO
92h–93h ISD0FMT ISD0 Format 0000h R/W
ISD0 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
98h–9Bh ISD0BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
ISD0 Buffer Description List Pointer-
9Ch–9Fh ISD0BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address
Input Stream Descriptor 1(ISD01)
A0h–A2h ISD1CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
A3h ISD1STS ISD1 Status 00h R/WC, RO
A4h–A7h ISD1LPIB ISD1 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
A8h–ABh ISD1CBL ISD1 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
ACh–ADh ISD1LVI ISD1 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
AEh–AFh ISD1FIFOW ISD1 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
B0h–B1h ISD1FIFOS ISD1 FIFO Size 0077h RO
B2h–B3h ISD1FMT ISD1 Format 0000h R/W
ISD1 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
B8h–BBh ISD1BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
ISD1 Buffer Description List Pointer-
BCh–BFh ISD1BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address

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Table 17-2. Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) (Sheet 3 of 4)

HDBAR +
Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
Offset

Input Stream Descriptor 2 (ISD2)

C0h–C2h ISD2CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
C3h ISD2STS ISD2 Status 00h R/WC, RO
C4h–C7h ISD2LPIB ISD2 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
C8h–CBh ISD2CBL ISD2 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
CCh–CDh ISD2LVI ISD2 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
CEh–CFh ISD1FIFOW ISD1 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
D0h–D1h ISD2FIFOS ISD2 FIFO Size 0077h RO
D2h–D3h ISD2FMT ISD2 Format 0000h R/W
ISD2 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
D8h–DBh ISD2BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
ISD2 Buffer Description List Pointer-
DCh–DFh ISD2BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address
Input Stream Descriptor 3 (ISD3)
E0h–E2h ISD3CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
E3h ISD3STS ISD3 Status 00h R/WC, RO
E4h–E7h ISD3LPIB ISD3 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
E8h–EBh ISD3CBL ISD3 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
ECh–EDh ISD3LVI ISD3 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
EEh–EFh ISD3FIFOW ISD3 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
F0h–F1h ISD3FIFOS ISD3 FIFO Size 0077h RO
F2h–F3h ISD3FMT ISD3 Format 0000h R/W
ISD3 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
F8h–FBh ISD3BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
ISD3 Buffer Description List Pointer-
FCh–FFh ISD3BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address
Output Stream Descriptor 0 (OSD0)
100h–102h OSD0CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
103h OSD0STS OSD0 Status 00h R/WC, RO
104h–107h OSD0LPIB OSD0 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
108h–10Bh OSD0CBL OSD0 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
10Ch–10Dh OSD0LVI OSD0 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
10Eh–10Fh OSD0FIFOW OSD0 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
110h–111h OSD0FIFOS OSD0 FIFO Size 00BFh R/W
112–113h OSD0FMT OSD0 Format 0000h R/W
OSD0 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
118h–11Bh OSD0BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
OSD0 Buffer Description List Pointer-
11Ch–11Fh OSD0BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address

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Table 17-2. Intel® High Definition Audio PCI Register Address Map
(Intel® High Definition Audio D27:F0) (Sheet 4 of 4)

HDBAR +
Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
Offset

Output Stream Descriptor 1 (OSD1)

120h–122h OSD1CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
123h OSD1STS OSD1 Status 00h R/WC, RO
124h–127h OSD1LPIB OSD1 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
128h–12Bh OSD1CBL OSD1 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
12Ch–12Dh OSD1LVI OSD1 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
12Eh–12Fh OSD1FIFOW OSD1 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
130h–131h OSD1FIFOS OSD1 FIFO Size 00BFh R/W
132h–133h OSD1FMT OSD1 Format 0000h R/W
OSD1 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
138h–13Bh OSD1BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
OSD1 Buffer Description List Pointer-
13Ch–13Fh OSD1BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address
Output Stream Descriptor 2 (OSD2)
140h–142h OSD2CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
143h OSD2STS OSD2 Status 00h R/WC, RO
144h–147h OSD2LPIB OSD2 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
148h–14Bh OSD2CBL OSD2 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
14Ch–14Dh OSD2LVI OSD2 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
14Eh–14Fh OSD2FIFOW OSD2 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
150h–151h OSD2FIFOS OSD2 FIFO Size 00BFh R/W
152h–153h OSD2FMT OSD2 Format 0000h R/W
OSD2 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
158h–15Bh OSD2BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
OSD2 Buffer Description List Pointer-
15Ch–15Fh OSD2BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address
Output Stream Descriptor 3 (OSD3)
160h–162h OSD3CTL 040000h R/W, RO
Control
163h OSD3STS OSD3 Status 00h R/WC, RO
164h–167h OSD3LPIB OSD3 Link Position in Buffer 00000000h RO
168h–16Bh OSD3CBL OSD3 Cyclic Buffer Length 00000000h R/W
16Ch–16Dh OSD3LVI OSD3 Last Valid Index 0000h R/W
16Eh–16Fh OSD3FIFOW OSD3 FIFO Watermark 0004h R/W
170h–171h OSD3FIFOS OSD3 FIFO Size 00BFh R/W
172h–173h OSD3FMT OSD3 Format 0000h R/W
OSD3 Buffer Descriptor List Pointer-
178h–17Bh OSD3BDPL 00000000h R/W, RO
Lower Base Address
OSD3 Buffer Description List Pointer-
17Ch–17Fh OSD3BDPU 00000000h R/W
Upper Base Address

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17.2.1 GCAP—Global Capabilities Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 4401h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Number of Output Stream Supported—RO. Hardwired to 0100b indicating that the

15:12
PCH’s Intel® High Definition Audio controller supports 4 output streams.
Number of Input Stream Supported—RO. Hardwired to 0100b indicating that the
11:8
PCH’s Intel® High Definition Audio controller supports 4 input streams.
Number of Bidirectional Stream Supported—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating that the
7:3
PCH’s Intel® High Definition Audio controller supports 0 bidirectional stream.
2 Reserved
Number of Serial Data Out Signals—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating that the PCH’s
1
Intel® High Definition Audio controller supports 1 serial data output signal.
64-bit Address Supported—RO. Hardwired to 1b indicating that the PCH’s Intel®
0 High Definition Audio controller supports 64-bit addressing for BDL addresses, data
buffer addressees, and command buffer addresses.

17.2.2 VMIN—Minor Version Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 02h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Minor Version—RO. Hardwired to 0 indicating that the PCH supports minor revision
7:0
number 00h of the Intel® High Definition Audio specification.

17.2.3 VMAJ—Major Version Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 01h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Major Version—RO. Hardwired to 01h indicating that the PCH supports major revision
7:0
number 1 of the Intel® High Definition Audio specification.

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17.2.4 OUTPAY—Output Payload Capability Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 04h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 003Ch Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:7 Reserved
Output Payload Capability—RO. Hardwired to 3Ch indicating 60 word payload.
This field indicates the total output payload available on the link. This does not include
bandwidth used for command and control. This measurement is in 16-bit word
quantities per 48 MHz frame. The default link clock of 24.000 MHz (the data is double
pumped) provides 1000 bits per frame, or 62.5 words in total. 40 bits are used for
6:0 command and control, leaving 60 words available for data payload.
00h = 0 word
01h = 1 word payload.
.....
FFh = 256 word payload.

17.2.5 INPAY—Input Payload Capability Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 06h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 001Dh Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:7 Reserved
Input Payload Capability—RO. Hardwired to 1Dh indicating 29 word payload.
This field indicates the total output payload available on the link. This does not include
bandwidth used for response. This measurement is in 16-bit word quantities per
48 MHz frame. The default link clock of 24.000 MHz provides 500 bits per frame, or
31.25 words in total. 36 bits are used for response, leaving 29 words available for data
6:0 payload.
00h = 0 word
01h = 1 word payload.
.....
FFh = 256 word payload.

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17.2.6 GCTL—Global Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 08h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:9 Reserved
Accept Unsolicited Response Enable—R/W.
0 = Unsolicited responses from the codecs are not accepted.
8
1 = Unsolicited response from the codecs are accepted by the controller and placed
into the Response Input Ring Buffer.
7:2 Reserved
Flush Control—R/W. Writing a 1 to this bit initiates a flush. When the flush
completion is received by the controller, hardware sets the Flush Status bit and clears
this Flush Control bit. Before a flush cycle is initiated, the DMA Position Buffer must be
programmed with a valid memory address by software, but the DMA Position Buffer bit
1 0 needs not be set to enable the position reporting mechanism. Also, all streams must
be stopped (the associated RUN bit must be 0).
When the flush is initiated, the controller will flush the pipelines to memory to ensure
that the hardware is ready to transition to a D3 state. Setting this bit is not a critical
step in the power state transition if the content of the FIFOs is not critical.
Controller Reset #—R/W.
0 = Writing a 0 causes the Intel® High Definition Audio controller to be reset. All state
machines, FIFOs, and non-resume well memory mapped configuration registers
(not PCI configuration registers) in the controller will be reset. The Intel® High
Definition Audio link RESET# signal will be asserted, and all other link signals will
be driven to their default values. After the hardware has completed sequencing
into the reset state, it will report a 0 in this bit. Software must read a 0 from this
bit to verify the controller is in reset.
1 = Writing a 1 causes the controller to exit its reset state and de-assert the Intel®
High Definition Audio link RESET# signal. Software is responsible for setting/
clearing this bit such that the minimum Intel® High Definition Audio link RESET#
signal assertion pulse width specification is met. When the controller hardware is
ready to begin operation, it will report a 1 in this bit. Software must read a 1 from
this bit before accessing any controller registers. This bit defaults to a 0 after
Hardware reset, therefore, software needs to write a 1 to this bit to begin
0
operation.
NOTES:
1. The CORB/RIRB RUN bits and all stream RUN bits must be verified cleared to 0
before writing a 0 to this bit to assure a clean re-start.
2. When setting or clearing this bit, software must ensure that minimum link timing
requirements (minimum RESET# assertion time, etc.) are met.
3. When this bit is 0 indicating that the controller is in reset, writes to all Intel High
Definition Audio memory mapped registers are ignored as if the device is not
present. The only exception is this register itself. The Global Control register is
write-able as a DWord, Word, or Byte even when CRST# (this bit) is 0 if the byte
enable for the byte containing the CRST# bit (Byte Enable 0) is active. If Byte
Enable 0 is not active, writes to the Global Control register will be ignored when
CRST# is 0. When CRST# is 0, reads to Intel High Definition Audio memory
mapped registers will return their default value except for registers that are not
reset with PLTRST# or on a D3HOT to D0 transition.

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17.2.7 WAKEEN—Wake Enable Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address: HDBAR + 0Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

15:4 Reserved
SDIN Wake Enable Flags—R/W. These bits control which SDI signal(s) may generate
a wake event. A 1b in the bit mask indicates that the associated SDIN signal is enabled
to generate a wake.
Bit 0 is used for SDI[0]
Bit 1 is used for SDI[1]
3:0 Bit 2 is used for SDI[2]
Bit 3 is used for SDI[3]

NOTE: These bits are in the resume well and only cleared on a power on reset.
Software must not make assumptions about the reset state of these bits and
must set them appropriately.

17.2.8 STATESTS—State Change Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address: HDBAR + 0Eh Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No

Bit Description

15:4 Reserved
SDIN State Change Status Flags—R/WC. Flag bits that indicate which SDI signal(s)
received a state change event. The bits are cleared by writing 1s to them.
Bit 0 = SDI[0]
Bit 1 = SDI[1]
3:0 Bit 2 = SDI[2]
Bit 3 = SDI[3]
These bits are in the resume well and only cleared on a power on reset. Software must
not make assumptions about the reset state of these bits and must set them
appropriately.

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17.2.9 GSTS—Global Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 10h Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:2 Reserved
Flush Status—R/WC. This bit is set to 1 by hardware to indicate that the flush cycle
initiated when the Flush Control bit (HDBAR + 08h, bit 1) was set has completed.
1
Software must write a 1 to clear this bit before the next time the Flush Control bit is
set to clear the bit.
0 Reserved

17.2.10 OUTSTRMPAY—Output Stream Payload Capability

Register (Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 18h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0030h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
Output Stream Payload Capability (OUTSTRMPAY)—RO: Indicates maximum
number of words per frame for any single output stream. This measurement is in 16 bit
word quantities per 48 kHz frame. 48 Words (96B) is the maximum supported,
therefore a value of 30h is reported in this register. Software must ensure that a format
which would cause more words per frame than indicated is not programmed into the
7:0 Output Stream Descriptor register.
00h = 0 words
01h = 1 word payload
…
FFh = 255h word payload

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17.2.11 INSTRMPAY—Input Stream Payload Capability

Register (Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 1Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0018h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
Input Stream Payload Capability (INSTRMPAY)—RO. Indicates maximum number
of words per frame for any single input stream. This measurement is in 16 bit word
quantities per 48 kHz frame. 24 Words (48B) is the maximum supported, therefore a
value of 18h is reported in this register. Software must ensure that a format which
would cause more words per frame than indicated is not programmed into the Input
7:0 Stream Descriptor register.
00h = 0 words
01h = 1 word payload
…
FFh = 255h word payload

17.2.12 INTCTL—Interrupt Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 20h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Global Interrupt Enable (GIE)—R/W. Global bit to enable device interrupt

generation.
1 = When set to 1, the Intel High Definition Audio function is enabled to generate an
31
interrupt. This control is in addition to any bits in the bus specific address space,
such as the Interrupt Enable bit in the PCI configuration space.
NOTE: This bit is not affected by the D3HOT to D0 transition.
Controller Interrupt Enable (CIE)—R/W. Enables the general interrupt for controller
functions.
1 = When set to 1, the controller generates an interrupt when the corresponding status
30
bit gets set due to a Response Interrupt, a Response Buffer Overrun, and State
Change events.
NOTE: This bit is not affected by the D3HOT to D0 transition.
29:8 Reserved

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Bit Description

Stream Interrupt Enable (SIE)—R/W. When set to 1, the individual streams are
enabled to generate an interrupt when the corresponding status bits get set.
A stream interrupt will be caused as a result of a buffer with IOC = 1in the BDL entry
being completed, or as a result of a FIFO error (underrun or overrun) occurring. Control
over the generation of each of these sources is in the associated Stream Descriptor.
The streams are numbered and the SIE bits assigned sequentially, based on their order
in the register set.
7:0 Bit 0 = input stream 1
Bit 1 = input stream 2
Bit 2 = input stream 3
Bit 3 = input stream 4
Bit 4 = output stream 1
Bit 5 = output stream 2
Bit 6 = output stream 3
Bit 7 = output stream 4

17.2.13 INTSTS—Interrupt Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 24h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Global Interrupt Status (GIS)—RO. This bit is an OR of all the interrupt status bits in
31 this register.
NOTE: This bit is not affected by the D3HOT to D0 transition.
Controller Interrupt Status (CIS)—RO. Status of general controller interrupt.
1 = Interrupt condition occurred due to a Response Interrupt, a Response Buffer
Overrun Interrupt, or a SDIN State Change event. The exact cause can be
determined by interrogating other registers. This bit is an OR of all of the stated
interrupt status bits for this register.
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NOTES:
1. This bit is set regardless of the state of the corresponding interrupt enable bit,
but a hardware interrupt will not be generated unless the corresponding enable
bit is set.
2. This bit is not affected by the D3HOT to D0 transition.
29:8 Reserved
Stream Interrupt Status (SIS)—RO.
1 = Interrupt condition occurred on the corresponding stream. This bit is an OR of all of
the stream’s interrupt status bits.

NOTE: These bits are set regardless of the state of the corresponding interrupt enable
bits.
The streams are numbered and the SIE bits assigned sequentially, based on their order
in the register set.
7:0
Bit 0 = input stream 1
Bit 1 = input stream 2
Bit 2 = input stream 3
Bit 3 = input stream 4
Bit 4 = output stream 1
Bit 5 = output stream 2
Bit 6 = output stream 3
Bit 7 = output stream 4

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17.2.14 WALCLK—Wall Clock Counter Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 30h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Wall Clock Counter—RO. A 32-bit counter that is incremented on each link Bit Clock
period and rolls over from FFFF FFFFh to 0000 0000h. This counter will roll over to 0
31:0 with a period of approximately 179 seconds.
This counter is enabled while the Bit Clock bit is set to 1. Software uses this counter to
synchronize between multiple controllers. Will be reset on controller reset.

17.2.15 SSYNC—Stream Synchronization Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 38h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:8 Reserved
Stream Synchronization (SSYNC)—R/W. When set to 1, these bits block data from
being sent on or received from the link. Each bit controls the associated stream
descriptor (that is, bit 0 corresponds to the first stream descriptor, etc.)
To synchronously start a set of DMA engines, these bits are first set to 1. The RUN bits
for the associated stream descriptors are then set to 1 to start the DMA engines. When
all streams are ready (FIFORDY =1), the associated SSYNC bits can all be set to 0 at
the same time, and transmission or reception of bits to or from the link will begin
together at the start of the next full link frame.
To synchronously stop the streams, fist these bits are set, and then the individual RUN
bits in the stream descriptor are cleared by software.
If synchronization is not desired, these bits may be left as 0, and the stream will simply
7:0 begin running normally when the stream’s RUN bit is set.
The streams are numbered and the SIE bits assigned sequentially, based on their order
in the register set.
Bit 0 = input stream 1
Bit 1 = input stream 2
Bit 2 = input stream 3
Bit 3 = input stream 4
Bit 4 = output stream 1
Bit 5 = output stream 2
Bit 6 = output stream 3
Bit 7 = output stream 4

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17.2.16 CORBLBASE—CORB Lower Base Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 40h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

CORB Lower Base Address—R/W. Lower address of the Command Output Ring
Buffer, allowing the CORB base address to be assigned on any 128-B boundary. This
31:7
register field must not be written when the DMA engine is running or the DMA transfer
may be corrupted.
CORB Lower Base Unimplemented Bits—RO. Hardwired to 0. This required the
6:0
CORB to be allocated with 128B granularity to allow for cache line fetch optimizations.

17.2.17 CORBUBASE—CORB Upper Base Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 44h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

CORB Upper Base Address—R/W. Upper 32 bits of the address of the Command
31:0 Output Ring buffer. This register field must not be written when the DMA engine is
running or the DMA transfer may be corrupted.

17.2.18 CORBWP—CORB Write Pointer Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 48h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
CORB Write Pointer—R/W. Software writes the last valid CORB entry offset into this
field in DWord granularity. The DMA engine fetches commands from the CORB until the
7:0
Read pointer matches the Write pointer. Supports 256 CORB entries (256x4B = 1KB).
This register field may be written when the DMA engine is running.

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17.2.19 CORBRP—CORB Read Pointer Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 4Ah Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

CORB Read Pointer Reset—R/W. Software writes a 1 to this bit to reset the CORB
Read Pointer to 0 and clear any residual prefetched commands in the CORB hardware
buffer within the Intel High Definition Audio controller. The hardware will physically
update this bit to 1 when the CORB Pointer reset is complete. Software must read a 1
15
to verify that the reset completed correctly. Software must clear this bit back to 0 and
read back the 0 to verify that the clear completed correctly. The CORB DMA engine
must be stopped prior to resetting the Read Pointer or else DMA transfer may be
corrupted.
14:8 Reserved
CORB Read Pointer (CORBRP)—RO. Software reads this field to determine how
many commands it can write to the CORB without over-running. The value read
indicates the CORB Read Pointer offset in DWord granularity. The offset entry read from
7:0
this field has been successfully fetched by the DMA controller and may be over-written
by software. Supports 256 CORB entries (256 x 4B=1KB). This field may be read while
the DMA engine is running.

17.2.20 CORBCTL—CORB Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 4Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:2 Reserved
Enable CORB DMA Engine—R/W.
0 = DMA stop
1 1 = DMA run
After software writes a 0 to this bit, the hardware may not stop immediately. The
hardware will physically update the bit to 0 when the DMA engine is truly stopped.
Software must read a 0 from this bit to verify that the DMA engine is truly stopped.
CORB Memory Error Interrupt Enable—R/W.
0 If this bit is set, the controller will generate an interrupt if the CMEI status bit (HDBAR
+ 4Dh: bit 0) is set.

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17.2.21 CORBST—CORB Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 4Dh Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
CORB Memory Error Indication (CMEI)—R/WC.
1 = Controller detected an error in the path way between the controller and memory.
This may be an ECC bit error or any other type of detectable data error which
0 renders the command data fetched invalid.
Software can clear this bit by writing a 1 to it. However, this type of error leaves the
audio subsystem in an un-viable state and typically requires a controller reset by
writing a 0 to the Controller Reset # bit (HDBAR + 08h: bit 0).

17.2.22 CORBSIZE—CORB Size Register

Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 4Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 42h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

CORB Size Capability—RO. Hardwired to 0100b indicating that the PCH only supports
7:4
a CORB size of 256 CORB entries (1024B)
3:2 Reserved
1:0 CORB Size—RO. Hardwired to 10b which sets the CORB size to 256 entries (1024B)

17.2.23 RIRBLBASE—RIRB Lower Base Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 50h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

RIRB Lower Base Address—R/W. Lower address of the Response Input Ring Buffer,
allowing the RIRB base address to be assigned on any 128-B boundary. This register
31:7
field must not be written when the DMA engine is running or the DMA transfer may be
corrupted.
RIRB Lower Base Unimplemented Bits—RO. Hardwired to 0. This required the RIRB to
6:0
be allocated with 128-B granularity to allow for cache line fetch optimizations.

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17.2.24 RIRBUBASE—RIRB Upper Base Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 54h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

RIRB Upper Base Address—R/W. Upper 32 bits of the address of the Response Input
31:0 Ring Buffer. This register field must not be written when the DMA engine is running or
the DMA transfer may be corrupted.

17.2.25 RIRBWP—RIRB Write Pointer Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 58h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

RIRB Write Pointer Reset—R/W. Software writes a 1 to this bit to reset the RIRB
Write Pointer to 0. The RIRB DMA engine must be stopped prior to resetting the Write
15 Pointer or else DMA transfer may be corrupted.
This bit is always read as 0.
14:8 Reserved
RIRB Write Pointer (RIRBWP)—RO. Indicates the last valid RIRB entry written by
the DMA controller. Software reads this field to determine how many responses it can
read from the RIRB. The value read indicates the RIRB Write Pointer offset in 2 DWord
7:0
RIRB entry units (since each RIRB entry is 2 DWords long). Supports up to 256 RIRB
entries (256 x 8 B = 2 KB). This register field may be written when the DMA engine is
running.

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17.2.26 RINTCNT—Response Interrupt Count Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 5Ah Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
N Response Interrupt Count—R/W.
0000 0001b = 1 response sent to RIRB
...........
1111 1111b = 255 responses sent to RIRB
0000 0000b = 256 responses sent to RIRB
7:0 The DMA engine should be stopped when changing this field or else an interrupt may be
lost.
Note that each response occupies 2 DWords in the RIRB.
This is compared to the total number of responses that have been returned, as opposed
to the number of frames in which there were responses. If more than one codecs
responds in one frame, then the count is increased by the number of responses
received in the frame.

17.2.27 RIRBCTL—RIRB Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 5Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved
Response Overrun Interrupt Control—R/W. If this bit is set, the hardware will
2 generate an interrupt when the Response Overrun Interrupt Status bit (HDBAR + 5Dh:
bit 2) is set.
Enable RIRB DMA Engine—R/W.
0 = DMA stop
1 = DMA run
1
After software writes a 0 to this bit, the hardware may not stop immediately. The
hardware will physically update the bit to 0 when the DMA engine is truly stopped.
Software must read a 0 from this bit to verify that the DMA engine is truly stopped.
Response Interrupt Control—R/W.
0 = Disable Interrupt
0 1 = Generate an interrupt after N number of responses are sent to the RIRB buffer OR
when an empty Response slot is encountered on all SDI[x] inputs (whichever
occurs first). The N counter is reset when the interrupt is generated.

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17.2.28 RIRBSTS—RIRB Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 5Dh Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved
Response Overrun Interrupt Status—R/WC.
1 = Software sets this bit to 1 when the RIRB DMA engine is not able to write the
incoming responses to memory before additional incoming responses overrun the
internal FIFO. When the overrun occurs, the hardware will drop the responses
2
which overrun the buffer. An interrupt may be generated if the Response Overrun
Interrupt Control bit is set. Note that this status bit is set even if an interrupt is not
enabled for this event.
Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 Reserved
Response Interrupt—R/WC.
1 = Hardware sets this bit to 1 when an interrupt has been generated after N number
of Responses are sent to the RIRB buffer OR when an empty Response slot is
0 encountered on all SDI[x] inputs (whichever occurs first). Note that this status bit
is set even if an interrupt is not enabled for this event.
Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.

17.2.29 RIRBSIZE—RIRB Size Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 5Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 42h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

RIRB Size Capability—RO. Hardwired to 0100b indicating that the PCH only supports
7:4
a RIRB size of 256 RIRB entries (2048B)
3:2 Reserved
1:0 RIRB Size—RO. Hardwired to 10b which sets the CORB size to 256 entries (2048B)

17.2.30 IC—Immediate Command Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 60h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Immediate Command Write—R/W. The command to be sent to the codec using the
Immediate Command mechanism is written to this register. The command stored in this
31:0
register is sent out over the link during the next available frame after a 1 is written to
the ICB bit (HDBAR + 68h: bit 0)

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17.2.31 IR—Immediate Response Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 64h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Immediate Response Read (IRR)—RO. This register contains the response received
from a codec resulting from a command sent using the Immediate Command
mechanism.
31:0
If multiple codecs responded in the same time, there is no assurance as to which
response will be latched. Therefore, broadcast-type commands must not be issued
using the Immediate Command mechanism.

17.2.32 ICS—Immediate Command Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 68h Attribute: R/W, R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:2 Reserved
Immediate Result Valid (IRV)—R/WC.
1 = Set to 1 by hardware when a new response is latched into the Immediate Response
register (HDBAR + 64). This is a status flag indicating that software may read the
1 response from the Immediate Response register.
Software must clear this bit by writing a 1 to it before issuing a new command so that
the software may determine when a new response has arrived.
Immediate Command Busy (ICB)—R/W. When this bit is read as 0, it indicates that
a new command may be issued using the Immediate Command mechanism. When this
bit transitions from a 0 to a 1 (using software writing a 1), the controller issues the
command currently stored in the Immediate Command register to the codec over the
link. When the corresponding response is latched into the Immediate Response register,
0 the controller hardware sets the IRV flag and clears the ICB bit back to 0.

NOTE: An Immediate Command must not be issued while the CORB/RIRB mechanism
is operating, otherwise the responses conflict. This must be enforced by
software.

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17.2.33 DPLBASE—DMA Position Lower Base Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 70h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

DMA Position Lower Base Address—R/W. Lower 32 bits of the DMA Position Buffer
Base Address. This register field must not be written when any DMA engine is running
31:7 or the DMA transfer may be corrupted. This same address is used by the Flush Control
and must be programmed with a valid value before the Flush Control bit
(HDBAR+08h:bit 1) is set.
DMA Position Lower Base Unimplemented bits—RO. Hardwired to 0 to force the 128-
6:1
byte buffer alignment for cache line write optimizations.
DMA Position Buffer Enable—R/W.
1 = Controller will write the DMA positions of each of the DMA engines to the buffer in
0
the main memory periodically (typically once per frame). Software can use this
value to know what data in memory is valid data.

17.2.34 DPUBASE—DMA Position Upper Base Address Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:HDBAR + 74h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

DMA Position Upper Base Address—R/W. Upper 32 bits of the DMA Position Buffer
31:0 Base Address. This register field must not be written when any DMA engine is running
or the DMA transfer may be corrupted.

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17.2.35 SDCTL—Stream Descriptor Control Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 80h Attribute: R/W, RO
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + A0h
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + C0h
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + E0h
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 100h
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 120h
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 140h
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 160h
Default Value: 040000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

Stream Number—R/W. This value reflect the Tag associated with the data being
transferred on the link.
When data controlled by this descriptor is sent out over the link, it will have its stream
number encoded on the SYNC signal.
When an input stream is detected on any of the SDI signals that match this value, the
data samples are loaded into FIFO associated with this descriptor.
23:20 Note that while a single SDI input may contain data from more than one stream
number, two different SDI inputs may not be configured with the same stream number.
0000 = Reserved
0001 = Stream 1
........
1110 = Stream 14
1111 = Stream 15
Bidirectional Direction Control—RO. This bit is only meaningful for bidirectional
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streams; therefore, this bit is hardwired to 0.
Traffic Priority—RO. Hardwired to 1 indicating that all streams will use VC1 if it is
18
enabled through the PCI Express* registers.
Stripe Control—RO. This bit is only meaningful for input streams; therefore, this bit is
17:16
hardwired to 0.
15:5 Reserved
Descriptor Error Interrupt Enable—R/W.
4 0 = Disable
1 = An interrupt is generated when the Descriptor Error Status bit is set.
FIFO Error Interrupt Enable—R/W.

3 This bit controls whether the occurrence of a FIFO error (overrun for input or underrun
for output) will cause an interrupt or not. If this bit is not set, bit 3in the Status register
will be set, but the interrupt will not occur. Either way, the samples will be dropped.
Interrupt on Completion Enable—R/W.
This bit controls whether or not an interrupt occurs when a buffer completes with the
2
IOC bit set in its descriptor. If this bit is not set, bit 2 in the Status register will be set,
but the interrupt will not occur.

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Bit Description

Stream Run (RUN)—R/W.

0 = DMA engine associated with this input stream will be disabled. The hardware will
report a 0 in this bit when the DMA engine is actually stopped. Software must read
a 0 from this bit before modifying related control registers or restarting the DMA
1 engine.
1 = DMA engine associated with this input stream will be enabled to transfer data from
the FIFO to the main memory. The SSYNC bit must also be cleared for the DMA
engine to run. For output streams, the cadence generator is reset whenever the
RUN bit is set.
Stream Reset (SRST)—R/W.
0 = Writing a 0 causes the corresponding stream to exit reset. When the stream
hardware is ready to begin operation, it will report a 0 in this bit. Software must
read a 0 from this bit before accessing any of the stream registers.
0 1 = Writing a 1 causes the corresponding stream to be reset. The Stream Descriptor
registers (except the SRST bit itself) and FIFOs for the corresponding stream are
reset. After the stream hardware has completed sequencing into the reset state, it
will report a 1 in this bit. Software must read a 1 from this bit to verify that the
stream is in reset. The RUN bit must be cleared before SRST is asserted.

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17.2.36 SDSTS—Stream Descriptor Status Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 83h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + A3h
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + C3h
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + E3h
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 103h
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 123h
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 143h
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 163h
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:6 Reserved
FIFO Ready (FIFORDY)—RO. For output streams, the controller hardware will set this
bit to 1 while the output DMA FIFO contains enough data to maintain the stream on the
5 link. This bit defaults to 0 on reset because the FIFO is cleared on a reset.
For input streams, the controller hardware will set this bit to 1 when a valid descriptor
is loaded and the engine is ready for the RUN bit to be set.
Descriptor Error—R/WC.
1 = A serious error occurred during the fetch of a descriptor. This could be a result of a
Master Abort, a parity or ECC error on the bus, or any other error which renders
the current Buffer Descriptor or Buffer Descriptor list useless. This error is treated
4
as a fatal stream error, as the stream cannot continue running. The RUN bit will be
cleared and the stream will stopped.
Software may attempt to restart the stream engine after addressing the cause of the
error and writing a 1 to this bit to clear it.
FIFO Error—R/WC.
1 = FIFO error occurred. This bit is set even if an interrupt is not enabled. The bit is
cleared by writing a 1 to it.
For an input stream, this indicates a FIFO overrun occurring while the RUN bit is set.
3 When this happens, the FIFO pointers do not increment and the incoming data is not
written into the FIFO, thereby being lost.
For an output stream, this indicates a FIFO underrun when there are still buffers to
send. The hardware should not transmit anything on the link for the associated stream
if there is not valid data to send.
Buffer Completion Interrupt Status—R/WC.
This bit is set to 1 by the hardware after the last sample of a buffer has been
2
processed, AND if the Interrupt on Completion bit is set in the command byte of the
buffer descriptor. It remains active until software clears it by writing a 1 to it.
1:0 Reserved

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17.2.37 SDLPIB—Stream Descriptor Link Position in Buffer

Register (Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 84h Attribute: RO
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + A4h
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + C4h
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + E4h
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 104h
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 124h
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 144h
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 164h

Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Link Position in Buffer—RO. Indicates the number of bytes that have been received
31:0 off the link. This register will count from 0 to the value in the Cyclic Buffer Length
register and then wrap to 0.

17.2.38 SDCBL—Stream Descriptor Cyclic Buffer Length Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 88h Attribute: R/W
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + A8h
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + C8h
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + E8h
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 108h
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 128h
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 148h
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 168h

Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Cyclic Buffer Length—R/W. Indicates the number of bytes in the complete cyclic
buffer. This register represents an integer number of samples. Link Position in Buffer
will be reset when it reaches this value.
31:0 Software may only write to this register after Global Reset, Controller Reset, or Stream
Reset has occurred. This value should be only modified when the RUN bit is 0. Once the
RUN bit has been set to enable the engine, software must not write to this register until
after the next reset is asserted, or transfer may be corrupted.

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17.2.39 SDLVI—Stream Descriptor Last Valid Index Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 8Ch Attribute: R/W
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + ACh
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + CCh
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + ECh
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 10Ch
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 12Ch
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 14Ch
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 16Ch

Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
Last Valid Index—R/W. The value written to this register indicates the index for the
last valid Buffer Descriptor in BDL. After the controller has processed this descriptor, it
will wrap back to the first descriptor in the list and continue processing.
7:0
This field must be at least 1; that is, there must be at least 2 valid entries in the buffer
descriptor list before DMA operations can begin.
This value should only modified when the RUN bit is 0.

17.2.40 SDFIFOW—Stream Descriptor FIFO Watermark Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 8Eh Attribute: R/W
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + AEh
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + CEh
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + EEh
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 10Eh
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 12Eh
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 14Eh
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 16Eh

Default Value: 0004h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:3 Reserved
FIFO Watermark (FIFOW)—R/W. Indicates the minimum number of bytes
accumulated/free in the FIFO before the controller will start a fetch/eviction of data.
010 = 8B
011 = 16B
100 = 32B (Default)
2:0 101 = 64B
Others = Unsupported

NOTE: When the bit field is programmed to an unsupported size, the hardware sets
itself to the default value.
Software must read the bit field to test if the value is supported after setting the bit
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17.2.41 SDFIFOS—Stream Descriptor FIFO Size Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 90h Attribute: Input: RO
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + B0h Output: R/W
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + D0h
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + F0h
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 110h
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 130h
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 150h
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 170h

Default Value: Input Stream: 0077h Size: 16 bits

Output Stream: See Description.

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
FIFO Size—RO (Input stream), R/W (Output stream). Indicates the maximum number
of bytes that could be fetched by the controller at one time. This is the maximum
number of bytes that may have been DMA’d into memory but not yet transmitted on
the link, and is also the maximum possible value that the PICB count will increase by at
one time.
The value in this field is different for input and output streams. It is also dependent on
the Bits per Samples setting for the corresponding stream. Following are the values
read/written from/to this register for input and output streams, and for non-padded
and padded bit formats:

Output Stream R/W value:

Value Output Streams
0Fh = 16B 8, 16, 20, 24, or 32 bit Output Streams
1Fh = 32B 8, 16, 20, 24, or 32 bit Output Streams
3Fh = 64B 8, 16, 20, 24, or 32 bit Output Streams
7Fh = 128B 8, 16, 20, 24, or 32 bit Output Streams
BFh = 192B 8, 16, or 32 bit Output Streams (Default)
9:0 FFh = 256B 20 or 24 bit Output Streams (Default)
17Fh = 384B 8, 16, or 32 bit Output Streams
1FFh = 512B 20 or 24 bit Output Streams

NOTES:
1. All other values not listed are not supported.
2. When the output stream is programmed to an unsupported size, the hardware
sets itself to the default value (BFh).
3. Software must read the bit field to test if the value is supported after setting the
bit field.

Input Stream RO value:

Value Input Streams
77h = 120B 8, 16, 32 bit Input Streams
9Fh = 160B 20, 24 bit Input Streams

NOTE: The default value is different for input and output streams, and reflects the
default state of the BITS fields (in Stream Descriptor Format registers) for the
corresponding stream.

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17.2.42 SDFMT—Stream Descriptor Format Register

(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 92h Attribute: R/W
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + B2h
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + D2h
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + F2h
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 112h
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 132h
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 152h
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 172h

Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15 Reserved
Sample Base Rate—R/W
14 0 = 48 kHz
1 = 44.1 kHz
Sample Base Rate Multiple—R/W
000 = 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz or less
13:11 001 = x2 (96 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 32 kHz)
010 = x3 (144 kHz)
011 = x4 (192 kHz, 176.4 kHz)
Others = Reserved.
Sample Base Rate Devisor—R/W.
000 = Divide by 1(48 kHz, 44.1 kHz)
001 = Divide by 2 (24 kHz, 22.05 kHz)
010 = Divide by 3 (16 kHz, 32 kHz)
10:8 011 = Divide by 4 (11.025 kHz)
100 = Divide by 5 (9.6 kHz)
101 = Divide by 6 (8 kHz)
110 = Divide by 7
111 = Divide by 8 (6 kHz)
7 Reserved
Bits per Sample (BITS)—R/W.
000 = 8 bits. The data will be packed in memory in 8-bit containers on 16-bit
boundaries
001 = 16 bits. The data will be packed in memory in 16-bit containers on 16-bit
boundaries
010 = 20 bits. The data will be packed in memory in 32-bit containers on 32-bit
6:4
boundaries
011 = 24 bits. The data will be packed in memory in 32-bit containers on 32-bit
boundaries
100 = 32 bits. The data will be packed in memory in 32-bit containers on 32-bit
boundaries
Others = Reserved.
Number of Channels (CHAN)—R/W. Indicates number of channels in each frame of the
stream.
3:0 0000 =1
0001 =2
........
1111 =16

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17.2.43 SDBDPL—Stream Descriptor Buffer Descriptor List

Pointer Lower Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 98h Attribute: R/W,RO
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + B8h
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + D8h
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + F8h
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 118h
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 138h
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 158h
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 178h

Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Buffer Descriptor List Pointer Lower Base Address—R/W. Lower address of the
31:7 Buffer Descriptor List. This value should only be modified when the RUN bit is 0, or DMA
transfer may be corrupted.
6:0 Hardwired to 0 forcing alignment on 128-B boundaries.

17.2.44 SDBDPU—Stream Descriptor Buffer Descriptor List

Pointer Upper Base Address Register
(Intel® High Definition Audio Controller—D27:F0)
Memory Address:Input Stream[0]: HDBAR + 9Ch Attribute: R/W
Input Stream[1]: HDBAR + BCh
Input Stream[2]: HDBAR + DCh
Input Stream[3]: HDBAR + FCh
Output Stream[0]: HDBAR + 11Ch
Output Stream[1]: HDBAR + 13Ch
Output Stream[2]: HDBAR + 15Ch
Output Stream[3]: HDBAR + 17Ch

Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Buffer Descriptor List Pointer Upper Base Address—R/W. Upper 32-bit address of
31:0 the Buffer Descriptor List. This value should only be modified when the RUN bit is 0, or
DMA transfer may be corrupted.

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18 SMBus Controller Registers

(D31:F3)
18.1 PCI Configuration Registers (SMBus—D31:F3)

Table 18-1. SMBus Controller PCI Register Address Map (SMBus—D31:F3)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086 RO

See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0280h RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h PI Programming Interface 00h RO
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code 05h RO
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 0Ch RO
Memory Base Address Register 0
10h SMBMBAR0 00000004h R/W
(Bit 31:0)
Memory Based Address Register 1
14h SMBMBAR1 00000000h R/W
(Bit 63:32)
20h–23h SMB_BASE SMBus Base Address 00000001h R/W, RO
2Ch–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor Identification 0000h RO
2Eh–2Fh SID Subsystem Identification 0000h R/WO
3Ch INT_LN Interrupt Line 00h R/W
See register
3Dh INT_PN Interrupt Pin RO
description
40h HOSTC Host Configuration 00h R/W

NOTE: Registers that are not shown should be treated as Reserved (See Section 9.2 for details).

18.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel

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18.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH SMBus controller. See the
15:0 Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Specification Update for the
value of the Device ID Register.

18.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address: 04h–05h Attributes: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable—R/W.
10 0 = Enable
1 = Disables SMBus to assert its PIRQB# signal.
9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
SERR# Enable (SERR_EN)—R/W.
8 0 = Enables SERR# generation.
1 = Disables SERR# generation.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W.
6 0 = Disable
1 = Sets Detected Parity Error bit (D31:F3:06, bit 15) when a parity error is detected.
5 VGA Palette Snoop (VPS)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
4 Postable Memory Write Enable (PMWE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
2 Bus Master Enable (BME)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W.
1 0 = Disables memory mapped config space.
1 = Enables memory mapped config space.
I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—R/W.
0 = Disable
0
1 = Enables access to the SMBus I/O space registers as defined by the Base Address
Register.

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18.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address: 06h–07h Attributes: RO
Default Value: 0280h Size: 16 bits

Note: For the writable bits, software must write a 1 to clear bits that are set. Writing a 0 to
the bit has no effect.

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

15 0 = No parity error detected.
1 = Parity error detected.
Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC.
14 0 = No system error detected.
1 = System error detected.
13 Received Master Abort (RMA)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
12 Received Target Abort (RTA)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
11 Signaled Target Abort (STA)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEVT)—RO. This 2-bit field defines the timing for DEVSEL#
10:9 assertion for positive decode.
01 = Medium timing.
8 Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FB2BC)—RO. Hardwired to 1.
6 User Definable Features (UDF)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
5 66 MHz Capable (66MHZ_CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Capabilities List (CAP_LIST)—RO. Hardwired to 0 because there are no capability list
4
structures in this function
Interrupt Status (INTS)—RO. This bit indicates that an interrupt is pending. It is
3
independent from the state of the Interrupt Enable bit in the PCI Command register.
2:0 Reserved

18.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel®5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register.

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18.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Offset Address: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Reserved

18.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address Offset: 0Ah Attributes: RO
Default Value: 05h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO.

7:0
05h = SMBus serial controller

18.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address Offset: 0Bh Attributes: RO
Default Value: 0Ch Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO.

7:0
0Ch = Serial controller.

18.1.9 SMBMBAR0—D31_F3_SMBus Memory Base Address 0

Register (SMBus—D31:F3)
Address Offset: 10–13h Attributes: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000004h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Base Address—R/W. Provides the 32 byte system memory base address for the PCH
31:8
SMB logic.
7:4 Reserved
3 Prefetchable (PREF)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Indicates that SMBMBAR is not pre-fetchable.
Address Range (ADDRNG)—RO. Indicates that this SMBMBAR can be located
2:1
anywhere in 64 bit address space. Hardwired to 10b.
Memory Space Indicator—RO. This read-only bit always is 0, indicating that the SMB
0
logic is Memory mapped.

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18.1.10 SMBMBAR1—D31_F3_SMBus Memory Base Address 1

Register (SMBus—D31:F3)
Address Offset: 14h–17h Attributes: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Base Address—R/W. Provides bits 63–32 system memory base address for the PCH
31:0
SMB logic.

18.1.11 SMB_BASE—SMBus Base Address Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Address Offset: 20–23h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32-bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved—RO
Base Address—R/W. This field provides the 32-byte system I/O base address for the
15:5
PCH’s SMB logic.
4:1 Reserved—RO
0 IO Space Indicator—RO. Hardwired to 1 indicating that the SMB logic is I/O mapped.

18.1.12 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register

(SMBus—D31:F2/F4)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SVID)—RO. The SVID register, in combination with the

Subsystem ID (SID) register, enables the operating system (OS) to distinguish
subsystems from each other. The value returned by reads to this register is the same as
15:0
that which was written by BIOS into the IDE SVID register.
NOTE: Software can write to this register only once per core well reset. Writes should
be done as a single 16-bit cycle.

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18.1.13 SID—Subsystem Identification Register

(SMBus—D31:F2/F4)
Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SID)—R/WO. The SID register, in combination with the SVID register,
enables the operating system (OS) to distinguish subsystems from each other. The
value returned by reads to this register is the same as that which was written by BIOS
15:0
into the IDE SID register.
NOTE: Software can write to this register only once per core well reset. Writes should
be done as a single 16-bit cycle.

18.1.14 INT_LN—Interrupt Line Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address Offset: 3Ch Attributes: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Line (INT_LN)—R/W. This data is not used by the PCH. It is to

7:0 communicate to software the interrupt line that the interrupt pin is connected to
PIRQB#.

18.1.15 INT_PN—Interrupt Pin Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address Offset: 3Dh Attributes: RO
Default Value: See description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt PIN (INT_PN)—RO. This reflects the value of D31IP.SMIP in chipset

7:0
configuration space.

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18.1.16 HOSTC—Host Configuration Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Address Offset: 40h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
SSRESET - Soft SMBus Reset—R/W.
3 0 = The HW will reset this bit to 0 when SMBus reset operation is completed.
1 = The SMBus state machine and logic in the PCH is reset.
I2C_EN—R/W.
0 = SMBus behavior.
2
1 = The PCH is enabled to communicate with I2C devices. This will change the
formatting of some commands.
SMB_SMI_EN—R/W.
0 = SMBus interrupts will not generate an SMI#.
1 1 = Any source of an SMB interrupt will instead be routed to generate an SMI#. See
Section 5.20.4 (Interrupts / SMI#).
This bit needs to be set for SMBALERT# to be enabled.
SMBus Host Enable (HST_EN)—R/W.
0 = Disable the SMBus Host controller.
1 = Enable. The SMB Host controller interface is enabled to execute commands. The
0
INTREN bit (offset SM_BASE + 02h, bit 0) needs to be enabled for the SMB Host
controller to interrupt or SMI#. Note that the SMB Host controller will not respond
to any new requests until all interrupt requests have been cleared.

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18.2 SMBus I/O and Memory Mapped I/O Registers

The SMBus registers (see Table 18-2) can be accessed through I/O BAR or Memory BAR
registers in PCI configuration space. The offsets are the same for both I/O and Memory
Mapped I/O registers.

Table 18-2. SMBus I/O and Memory Mapped I/O Register Address Map

SMB_BASE
Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
+ Offset

00h HST_STS Host Status 00h R/WC, RO

02h HST_CNT Host Control 00h R/W, WO
03h HST_CMD Host Command 00h R/W
04h XMIT_SLVA Transmit Slave Address 00h R/W
05h HST_D0 Host Data 0 00h R/W
06h HST_D1 Host Data 1 00h R/W
07h HOST_BLOCK_DB Host Block Data Byte 00h R/W
08h PEC Packet Error Check 00h R/W
09h RCV_SLVA Receive Slave Address 44h R/W
0Ah–0Bh SLV_DATA Receive Slave Data 0000h RO
0Ch AUX_STS Auxiliary Status 00h R/WC, RO
0Dh AUX_CTL Auxiliary Control 00h R/W
SMLink Pin Control (TCO See register
0Eh SMLINK_PIN_CTL R/W, RO
Compatible Mode) description
See register
0Fh SMBus_PIN_CTL SMBus Pin Control R/W, RO
description
10h SLV_STS Slave Status 00h R/WC
11h SLV_CMD Slave Command 00h R/W
14h NOTIFY_DADDR Notify Device Address 00h RO
16h NOTIFY_DLOW Notify Data Low Byte 00h RO
17h NOTIFY_DHIGH Notify Data High Byte 00h RO

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18.2.1 HST_STS—Host Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 00h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bits

All status bits are set by hardware and cleared by the software writing a one to the
particular bit position. Writing a 0 to any bit position has no effect.

Bit Description

Byte Done Status (DS)—R/WC.

0 = Software can clear this by writing a 1 to it.
1 = Host controller received a byte (for Block Read commands) or if it has completed
transmission of a byte (for Block Write commands) when the 32-byte buffer is not
being used. Note that this bit will be set, even on the last byte of the transfer. This
bit is not set when transmission is due to the LAN interface heartbeat.
This bit has no meaning for block transfers when the 32-byte buffer is enabled.

7 NOTE: When the last byte of a block message is received, the host controller will set
this bit. However, it will not immediately set the INTR bit (bit 1 in this register).
When the interrupt handler clears the DS bit, the message is considered
complete, and the host controller will then set the INTR bit (and generate
another interrupt). Thus, for a block message of n bytes, the PCH will generate
n+1 interrupts. The interrupt handler needs to be implemented to handle these
cases. When not using the 32 Byte Buffer, hardware will drive the SMBCLK
signal low when the DS bit is set until SW clears the bit. This includes the last
byte of a transfer. Software must clear the DS bit before it can clear the BUSY
bit.
INUSE_STS—R/W. This bit is used as semaphore among various independent software
threads that may need to use the PCH’s SMBus logic, and has no other effect on
hardware.
6 0 = After a full PCI reset, a read to this bit returns a 0.
1 = After the first read, subsequent reads will return a 1. A write of a 1 to this bit will
reset the next read value to 0. Writing a 0 to this bit has no effect. Software can
poll this bit until it reads a 0, and will then own the usage of the host controller.
SMBALERT_STS—R/WC.
0 = Interrupt or SMI# was not generated by SMBALERT#. Software clears this bit by
writing a 1 to it.
5
1 = The source of the interrupt or SMI# was the SMBALERT# signal. This bit is only
cleared by software writing a 1 to the bit position or by RSMRST# going low.
If the signal is programmed as a GPIO, then this bit will never be set.
FAILED—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
4
1 = The source of the interrupt or SMI# was a failed bus transaction. This bit is set in
response to the KILL bit being set to terminate the host transaction.
BUS_ERR—R/WC.
3 0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = The source of the interrupt of SMI# was a transaction collision.
DEV_ERR—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it. The PCH will then de-assert the
interrupt or SMI#.
2 1 = The source of the interrupt or SMI# was due to one of the following:
• Invalid Command Field,
• Unclaimed Cycle (host initiated),
• Host Device Time-out Error.

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Bit Description

INTR—R/WC. This bit can only be set by termination of a command. INTR is not
dependent on the INTREN bit (offset SM_BASE + 02h, bit 0) of the Host controller
register (offset 02h). It is only dependent on the termination of the command. If the
INTREN bit is not set, then the INTR bit will be set, although the interrupt will not be
1 generated. Software can poll the INTR bit in this non-interrupt case.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it. The PCH then de-asserts the interrupt
or SMI#.
1 = The source of the interrupt or SMI# was the successful completion of its last
command.
HOST_BUSY—R/WC.
0 = Cleared by the PCH when the current transaction is completed.
1 = Indicates that the PCH is running a command from the host interface. No SMB
0 registers should be accessed while this bit is set, except the BLOCK DATA BYTE
Register. The BLOCK DATA BYTE Register can be accessed when this bit is set only
when the SMB_CMD bits in the Host Control Register are programmed for Block
command or I2C Read command. This is necessary to check the DONE_STS bit.

18.2.2 HST_CNT—Host Control Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 02h Attribute: R/W, WO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bits

Note: A read to this register will clear the byte pointer of the 32-byte buffer.

Bit Description

PEC_EN—R/W.
0 = SMBus host controller does not perform the transaction with the PEC phase
appended.
7 1 = Causes the host controller to perform the SMBus transaction with the Packet Error
Checking phase appended. For writes, the value of the PEC byte is transferred from
the PEC Register. For reads, the PEC byte is loaded in to the PEC Register. This bit
must be written prior to the write in which the START bit is set.
START—WO.
0 = This bit will always return 0 on reads. The HOST_BUSY bit in the Host Status
register (offset 00h) can be used to identify when the PCH has finished the
6
command.
1 = Writing a 1 to this bit initiates the command described in the SMB_CMD field. All
registers should be setup prior to writing a 1 to this bit position.
LAST_BYTE—WO. This bit is used for Block Read commands.

1 = Software sets this bit to indicate that the next byte will be the last byte to be
received for the block. This causes the PCH to send a NACK (instead of an ACK)
after receiving the last byte.
5
NOTE: Once the SECOND_TO_STS bit in TCO2_STS register (D31:F0, TCOBASE+6h,
bit 1) is set, the LAST_BYTE bit also gets set. While the SECOND_TO_STS bit is
set, the LAST_BYTE bit cannot be cleared. This prevents the PCH from running
some of the SMBus commands (Block Read/Write, I2C Read, Block I2C Write).

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Bit Description

SMB_CMD—R/W. The bit encoding below indicates which command the PCH is to
perform. If enabled, the PCH will generate an interrupt or SMI# when the command
has completed If the value is for a non-supported or reserved command, the PCH will
set the device error (DEV_ERR) status bit (offset SM_BASE + 00h, bit 2) and generate
an interrupt when the START bit is set. The PCH will perform no command, and will not
operate until DEV_ERR is cleared.
000 = Quick: The slave address and read/write value (bit 0) are stored in the
transmit slave address register.
001 = Byte: This command uses the transmit slave address and command registers.
Bit 0 of the slave address register determines if this is a read or write
command.
010 = Byte Data: This command uses the transmit slave address, command, and
DATA0 registers. Bit 0 of the slave address register determines if this is a read
or write command. If it is a read, the DATA0 register will contain the read data.
011 = Word Data: This command uses the transmit slave address, command, DATA0
and DATA1 registers. Bit 0 of the slave address register determines if this is a
read or write command. If it is a read, after the command completes, the
DATA0 and DATA1 registers will contain the read data.
100 = Process Call: This command uses the transmit slave address, command,
DATA0 and DATA1 registers. Bit 0 of the slave address register determines if
4:2 this is a read or write command. After the command completes, the DATA0 and
DATA1 registers will contain the read data.
101 = Block: This command uses the transmit slave address, command, DATA0
registers, and the Block Data Byte register. For block write, the count is stored
in the DATA0 register and indicates how many bytes of data will be transferred.
For block reads, the count is received and stored in the DATA0 register. Bit 0 of
the slave address register selects if this is a read or write command. For writes,
data is retrieved from the first n (where n is equal to the specified count)
addresses of the SRAM array. For reads, the data is stored in the Block Data
Byte register.
110 = I2C Read: This command uses the transmit slave address, command, DATA0,
DATA1 registers, and the Block Data Byte register. The read data is stored in
the Block Data Byte register. The PCH continues reading data until the NAK is
received.
111 = Block Process: This command uses the transmit slave address, command,
DATA0 and the Block Data Byte register. For block write, the count is stored in
the DATA0 register and indicates how many bytes of data will be transferred.
For block read, the count is received and stored in the DATA0 register. Bit 0 of
the slave address register always indicate a write command. For writes, data is
retrieved from the first m (where m is equal to the specified count) addresses
of the SRAM array. For reads, the data is stored in the Block Data Byte register.
NOTE: E32B bit in the Auxiliary Control register must be set for this command to work.
KILL—R/W.
0 = Normal SMBus host controller functionality.
1 1 = Kills the current host transaction taking place, sets the FAILED status bit, and
asserts the interrupt (or SMI#). This bit, once set, must be cleared by software to
allow the SMBus host controller to function normally.
INTREN—R/W.
0 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable the generation of an interrupt or SMI# upon the completion of the
command.

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18.2.3 HST_CMD—Host Command Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 03h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

This 8-bit field is transmitted by the host controller in the command field of the SMBus
7:0
protocol during the execution of any command.

18.2.4 XMIT_SLVA—Transmit Slave Address Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is transmitted by the host controller in the slave address field of the
SMBus protocol.

Bit Description

7:1 Address—R/W. This field provides a 7-bit address of the targeted slave.
RW—R/W. Direction of the host transfer.
0 0 = Write
1 = Read

18.2.5 HST_D0—Host Data 0 Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 05h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Data0/Count—R/W. This field contains the 8-bit data sent in the DATA0 field of the
SMBus protocol. For block write commands, this register reflects the number of bytes to
7:0 transfer. This register should be programmed to a value between 1 and 32 for block
counts. A count of 0 or a count above 32 will result in unpredictable behavior. The host
controller does not check or log invalid block counts.

18.2.6 HST_D1—Host Data 1 Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 06h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Data1—R/W. This 8-bit register is transmitted in the DATA1 field of the SMBus protocol
7:0
during the execution of any command.

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18.2.7 Host_BLOCK_DB—Host Block Data Byte Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 07h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Block Data (BDTA)—R/W. This is either a register, or a pointer into a 32-byte block
array, depending upon whether the E32B bit is set in the Auxiliary Control register.
When the E32B bit (offset SM_BASE + 0Dh, bit 1) is cleared, this is a register
containing a byte of data to be sent on a block write or read from on a block read.
When the E32B bit is set, reads and writes to this register are used to access the 32-
byte block data storage array. An internal index pointer is used to address the array,
which is reset to 0 by reading the HCTL register (offset 02h). The index pointer then
increments automatically upon each access to this register. The transfer of block data
into (read) or out of (write) this storage array during an SMBus transaction always
starts at index address 0.
When the E2B bit is set, for writes, software will write up to 32-bytes to this register as
part of the setup for the command. After the Host controller has sent the Address,
Command, and Byte Count fields, it will send the bytes in the SRAM pointed to by this
register.
7:0
When the E2B bit is cleared for writes, software will place a single byte in this register.
After the host controller has sent the address, command, and byte count fields, it will
send the byte in this register. If there is more data to send, software will write the next
series of bytes to the SRAM pointed to by this register and clear the DONE_STS bit. The
controller will then send the next byte. During the time between the last byte being
transmitted to the next byte being transmitted, the controller will insert wait-states on
the interface.
When the E2B bit is set for reads, after receiving the byte count into the Data0 register,
the first series of data bytes go into the SRAM pointed to by this register. If the byte
count has been exhausted or the 32-byte SRAM has been filled, the controller will
generate an SMI# or interrupt (depending on configuration) and set the DONE_STS bit.
Software will then read the data. During the time between when the last byte is read
from the SRAM to when the DONE_STS bit is cleared, the controller will insert wait-
states on the interface.

18.2.8 PEC—Packet Error Check (PEC) Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 08h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

PEC_DATA—R/W. This 8-bit register is written with the 8-bit CRC value that is used as
the SMBus PEC data prior to a write transaction. For read transactions, the PEC data is
7:0 loaded from the SMBus into this register and is then read by software. Software must
ensure that the INUSE_STS bit is properly maintained to avoid having this field over-
written by a write transaction following a read transaction.

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18.2.9 RCV_SLVA—Receive Slave Address Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 09h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 44h Size: 8 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume

Bit Description

7 Reserved
SLAVE_ADDR—R/W. This field is the slave address that the PCH decodes for read and
write cycles. the default is not 0, so the SMBus Slave Interface can respond even before
6:0
the processor comes up (or if the processor is dead). This register is cleared by
RSMRST#, but not by PLTRST#.

18.2.10 SLV_DATA—Receive Slave Data Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 0Ah–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume

This register contains the 16-bit data value written by the external SMBus master. The
processor can then read the value from this register. This register is reset by RSMRST#,
but not PLTRST#
.

Bit Description

Data Message Byte 1 (DATA_MSG1)—RO. See Section 5.20.7 for a discussion of this
15:8
field.
Data Message Byte 0 (DATA_MSG0)—RO. See Section 5.20.7 for a discussion of
7:0
this field.

18.2.11 AUX_STS—Auxiliary Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 0Ch Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume
.

Bit Description

7:2 Reserved
SMBus TCO Mode (STCO)—RO. This bit reflects the strap setting of TCO compatible
mode versus Advanced TCO mode.
1
0 = The PCH is in the compatible TCO mode.
1 = The PCH is in the advanced TCO mode.
CRC Error (CRCE)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = This bit is set if a received message contained a CRC error. When this bit is set, the
0 DERR bit of the host status register will also be set. This bit will be set by the
controller if a software abort occurs in the middle of the CRC portion of the cycle or
an abort happens after the PCH has received the final data bit transmitted by an
external slave.

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18.2.12 AUX_CTL—Auxiliary Control Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 0Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits
Lockable: No Power Well: Resume
.

Bit Description

7:2 Reserved
Enable 32-Byte Buffer (E32B)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
1 1 = Enable. When set, the Host Block Data register is a pointer into a 32-byte buffer, as
opposed to a single register. This enables the block commands to transfer or receive
up to 32-bytes before the PCH generates an interrupt.
Automatically Append CRC (AAC)—R/W.
0 = The PCH will Not automatically append the CRC.
0 1 = The PCH will automatically append the CRC. This bit must not be changed during
SMBus transactions or undetermined behavior will result. It should be programmed
only once during the lifetime of the function.

18.2.13 SMLINK_PIN_CTL—SMLink Pin Control Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 0Eh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: See below Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is in the resume well and is reset by RSMRST#.

This register is only applicable in the TCO compatible mode.

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved
SMLINK_CLK_CTL—R/W.
0 = The PCH will drive the SMLink0 pin low, independent of what the other SMLink logic
2 would otherwise indicate for the SMLink0 pin.
1 = The SMLink0 pin is not overdriven low. The other SMLink logic controls the state of
the pin. (Default)
SMLINK1_CUR_STS—RO. This read-only bit has a default value that is dependent on
an external signal level. This pin returns the value on the SMLink1 pin. This allows
1 software to read the current state of the pin.
0 = Low
1 = High
SMLINK0_CUR_STS—RO. This read-only bit has a default value that is dependent on
an external signal level. This pin returns the value on the SMLink0 pin. This allows
0 software to read the current state of the pin.
0 = Low
1 = High

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18.2.14 SMBus_PIN_CTL—SMBus Pin Control Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 0Fh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: See below Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is in the resume well and is reset by RSMRST#.

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved
SMBCLK_CTL—R/W.
1 = The SMBCLK pin is not overdriven low. The other SMBus logic controls the state of
2 the pin.
0 = The PCH drives the SMBCLK pin low, independent of what the other SMB logic
would otherwise indicate for the SMBCLK pin. (Default)
SMBDATA_CUR_STS—RO. This read-only bit has a default value that is dependent on
an external signal level. This pin returns the value on the SMBDATA pin. This allows
1 software to read the current state of the pin.
0 = Low
1 = High
SMBCLK_CUR_STS—RO. This read-only bit has a default value that is dependent on
an external signal level. This pin returns the value on the SMBCLK pin. This allows
0 software to read the current state of the pin.
0 = Low
1 = High

18.2.15 SLV_STS—Slave Status Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 10h Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is in the resume well and is reset by RSMRST#.

All bits in this register are implemented in the 64 kHz clock domain. Therefore,
software must poll this register until a write takes effect before assuming that a write
has completed internally.

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
HOST_NOTIFY_STS—R/WC. The PCH sets this bit to a 1 when it has completely
received a successful Host Notify Command on the SMBus pins. Software reads this bit
to determine that the source of the interrupt or SMI# was the reception of the Host
Notify Command. Software clears this bit after reading any information needed from
0
the Notify address and data registers by writing a 1 to this bit. Note that the PCH will
allow the Notify Address and Data registers to be over-written once this bit has been
cleared. When this bit is 1, the PCH will NACK the first byte (host address) of any new
“Host Notify” commands on the SMBus pins. Writing a 0 to this bit has no effect.

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18.2.16 SLV_CMD—Slave Command Register (SMBus—D31:F3)

Register Offset: SM_BASE + 11h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is in the resume well and is reset by RSMRST#.

Bit Description

7:2 Reserved
SMBALERT_DIS—R/W.
0 = Allows the generation of the interrupt or SMI#.
1 = Software sets this bit to block the generation of the interrupt or SMI# due to the
2 SMBALERT# source. This bit is logically inverted and ANDed with the
SMBALERT_STS bit (offset SM_BASE + 00h, bit 5). The resulting signal is
distributed to the SMI# and/or interrupt generation logic. This bit does not effect
the wake logic.
HOST_NOTIFY_WKEN—R/W. Software sets this bit to 1 to enable the reception of a
Host Notify command as a wake event. When enabled this event is “OR’d" in with the
other SMBus wake events and is reflected in the SMB_WAK_STS bit of the General
1
Purpose Event 0 Status register.
0 = Disable
1 = Enable
HOST_NOTIFY_INTREN—R/W. Software sets this bit to 1 to enable the generation of
interrupt or SMI# when HOST_NOTIFY_STS (offset SM_BASE + 10h, bit 0) is 1. This
enable does not affect the setting of the HOST_NOTIFY_STS bit. When the interrupt is
generated, either PIRQB# or SMI# is generated, depending on the value of the
0 SMB_SMI_EN bit (D31:F3:40h, bit 1). If the HOST_NOTIFY_STS bit is set when this bit
is written to a 1, then the interrupt (or SMI#) will be generated. The interrupt (or
SMI#) is logically generated by AND’ing the STS and INTREN bits.
0 = Disable
1 = Enable

18.2.17 NOTIFY_DADDR—Notify Device Address Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 14h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is in the resume well and is reset by RSMRST#.

Bit Description

DEVICE_ADDRESS—RO. This field contains the 7-bit device address received during
the Host Notify protocol of the SMBus 2.0 Specification. Software should only consider
7:1
this field valid when the HOST_NOTIFY_STS bit (D31:F3:SM_BASE +10, bit 0) is set to
1.
0 Reserved

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18.2.18 NOTIFY_DLOW—Notify Data Low Byte Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 16h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is in the resume well and is reset by RSMRST#.

Bit Description

DATA_LOW_BYTE—RO. This field contains the first (low) byte of data received during
the Host Notify protocol of the SMBus 2.0 specification. Software should only consider
7:0
this field valid when the HOST_NOTIFY_STS bit (D31:F3:SM_BASE +10, bit 0) is set to
1.

18.2.19 NOTIFY_DHIGH—Notify Data High Byte Register

(SMBus—D31:F3)
Register Offset: SM_BASE + 17h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: This register is in the resume well and is reset by RSMRST#.

Bit Description

DATA_HIGH_BYTE—RO. This field contains the second (high) byte of data received
during the Host Notify protocol of the SMBus 2.0 specification. Software should only
7:0
consider this field valid when the HOST_NOTIFY_STS bit (D31:F3:SM_BASE +10, bit 0)
is set to 1.

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19 PCI Express* Configuration

Registers
19.1 PCI Express* Configuration Registers
(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Note: Register address locations that are not shown in Table 19-1, should be treated as
Reserved.

Note: This section assumes the default PCI Express Function Number-to-Root Port mapping is
used. Function numbers for a given root port are assignable through the “Root Port
Function Number and Hide for PCI Express Root Ports” registers (RCBA+0404h).
/

Table 19-1. PCI Express* Configuration Registers Address Map

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/) (Sheet 1 of 3)
Function 0–5
Offset Mnemonic Register Name Type
Default
00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO
See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0010h R/WC, RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h PI Programming Interface 00h RO
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code 04h RO
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 06h RO
0Ch CLS Cache Line Size 00h R/W
0Dh PLT Primary Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HEADTYP Header Type 81h RO
18h–1Ah BNUM Bus Number 000000h R/W
1Bh SLT Secondary Latency Timer 00h RO
1Ch–1Dh IOBL I/O Base and Limit 0000h R/W, RO
1Eh–1Fh SSTS Secondary Status Register 0000h R/WC
20h–23h MBL Memory Base and Limit 00000000h R/W
24h–27h PMBL Prefetchable Memory Base and Limit 00010001h R/W, RO
Prefetchable Memory Base Upper 32
28h–2Bh PMBU32 00000000h R/W
Bits
Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper 32
2Ch–2Fh PMLU32 00000000h R/W
Bits
34h CAPP Capabilities List Pointer 40h RO
See bit
3Ch–3Dh INTR Interrupt Information R/W, RO
description
3Eh–3Fh BCTRL Bridge Control Register 0000h R/W

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Table 19-1. PCI Express* Configuration Registers Address Map

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/) (Sheet 2 of 3)
Function 0–5
Offset Mnemonic Register Name Type
Default

40h–41h CLIST Capabilities List 8010 RO

42h–43h XCAP PCI Express* Capabilities 0041 R/WO, RO
44h–47h DCAP Device Capabilities 00000FE0h RO
48h–49h DCTL Device Control 0000h R/W, RO
4Ah–4Bh DSTS Device Status 0010h R/WC, RO
See bit R/W, RO,
4Ch–4Fh LCAP Link Capabilities
description R/WO
R/W, WO,
50h–51h LCTL Link Control 0000h
RO
See bit
52h–53h LSTS Link Status RO
description
54h–57h SLCAP Slot Capabilities Register 00000060h R/WO, RO
58h–59h SLCTL Slot Control 0000h R/W, RO
5Ah–5Bh SLSTS Slot Status 0000h R/WC, RO
5Ch–5Dh RCTL Root Control 0000h R/W
60h–63h RSTS Root Status 00000000h R/WC, RO
64h–67h DCAP2 Device Capabilities 2 Register 00000016h RO
68h–69h DCTL2 Device Control 2 Register 0000h R/W, RO
70h–71h LCTL2 Link Control 2 Register 0001h RO
80h–81h MID Message Signaled Interrupt Identifiers 9005h RO
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
82h–83h MC 0000h R/W, RO
Control
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
84h–87h MA 00000000h R/W
Address
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
88h–89h MD 0000h R/W
Data
90h–91h SVCAP Subsystem Vendor Capability A00Dh RO
94h–97h SVID Subsystem Vendor Identification 00000000h R/WO
A0h–A1h PMCAP Power Management Capability 0001h RO
A2h–A3h PMC PCI Power Management Capability C802h RO
PCI Power Management Control and
A4–A7h PMCS 00000000h R/W, RO
Status
D4–D7h MPC2 Miscellaneous Port Configuration 2 00000000h R/W, RO
D8–DBh MPC Miscellaneous Port Configuration 08110000h R/W
DC–DFh SMSCS SMI/SCI Status Register 00000000h R/WC
E1h RPDCGEN Rort Port Dynamic Clock Gating Enable 00h R/W
E8–EBh PECR1 PCI Express Configuration Register 1 00000020h R/W
11Ch–143h — Reserved — —
See bit
104h–107h UES Uncorrectable Error Status R/WC, RO
description
108h–10Bh UEM Uncorrectable Error Mask 00000000h R/WO, RO

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Table 19-1. PCI Express* Configuration Registers Address Map

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/) (Sheet 3 of 3)
Function 0–5
Offset Mnemonic Register Name Type
Default

10Ch–10Fh UEV Uncorrectable Error Severity 00060011h RO

110h–113h CES Correctable Error Status 00000000h R/WC
114h–117h CEM Correctable Error Mask 00000000h R/WO
Advanced Error Capabilities and
118h–11Bh AECC 00000000h RO
Control
130h–133h RES Root Error Status 00000000h R/WC, RO
180h–183h RCTCL Root Complex Topology Capability List 00010005h RO
See bit
184h–187h ESD Element Self Description RO
description
190h–193h ULD Upstream Link Description 00000001h RO
See bit
198h–19Fh ULBA Upstream Link Base Address RO
description
300–303h PECR2 PCI Express Configuration Register 2 60005007h R/W
PCI Express Extended Test Mode See bit
318h PEETM RO
Register description
324h–327h PEC1 PCI Express Configuration Register 1 00000000h RO, R/W

19.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. Intel VID = 8086h

19.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: Port 1= Bit Description Size: 16 bits
Port 2= Bit Description
Port 3= Bit Description
Port 4= Bit Description
Port 5= Bit Description
Port 6= Bit Description
Port 7= Bit Description
Port 8= Bit Description

Bit Description

Device ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH’s PCI Express controller. See
15:0 the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Specification Update for the
value of the Device ID Register

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19.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable—R/W. This disables pin-based INTx# interrupts on enabled Hot-
Plug and power management events. This bit has no effect on MSI operation.
0 = Internal INTx# messages are generated if there is an interrupt for Hot-Plug or
power management and MSI is not enabled.
10 1 = Internal INTx# messages will not be generated.

This bit does not affect interrupt forwarding from devices connected to the root port.
Assert_INTx and Deassert_INTx messages will still be forwarded to the internal
interrupt controllers if this bit is set.
9 Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE)—Reserved per the PCI Express* Base Specification.
SERR# Enable (SEE)—R/W.
8 0 = Disable.
1 = Enables the root port to generate an SERR# message when PSTS.SSE is set.
7 Wait Cycle Control (WCC)—Reserved per the PCI Express Base Specification.
Parity Error Response (PER)—R/W.
0 = Disable.
6
1 = Indicates that the device is capable of reporting parity errors as a master on the
backbone.
5 VGA Palette Snoop (VPS)—Reserved per the PCI Express* Base Specification.
Postable Memory Write Enable (PMWE)—Reserved per the PCI Express* Base
4
Specification.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—Reserved per the PCI Express* Base Specification.
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W.
0 = Disable. All cycles from the device are master aborted
2
1 = Enable. Allows the root port to forward cycles onto the backbone from a PCI
Express* device.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W.
0 = Disable. Memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and limit
1 registers are master aborted on the backbone.
1 = Enable. Allows memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and
limit registers can be forwarded to the PCI Express device.
I/O Space Enable (IOSE)—R/W. This bit controls access to the I/O space registers.
0 = Disable. I/O cycles within the range specified by the I/O base and limit registers
0 are master aborted on the backbone.
1 = Enable. Allows I/O cycles within the range specified by the I/O base and limit
registers can be forwarded to the PCI Express device.

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19.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

0 = No parity error detected.
15
1 = Set when the root port receives a command or data from the backbone with a
parity error. This is set even if PCIMD.PER (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3:04, bit 6) is not set.
Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC.
14 0 = No system error signaled.
1 = Set when the root port signals a system error to the internal SERR# logic.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.
0 = Root port has not received a completion with unsupported request status from the
13 backbone.
1 = Set when the root port receives a completion with unsupported request status from
the backbone.
Received Target Abort (RTA)—R/WC.
0 = Root port has not received a completion with completer abort from the backbone.
12
1 = Set when the root port receives a completion with completer abort from the
backbone.
Signaled Target Abort (STA)—R/WC.
11 0 = No target abort received.
1 = Set whenever the root port forwards a target abort received from the downstream
device onto the backbone.
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEV_STS)—Reserved per the PCI Express* Base
10:9
Specification.
Master Data Parity Error Detected (DPED)—R/WC.
8 0 = No data parity error received.
1 = Set when the root port receives a completion with a data parity error on the
backbone and PCIMD.PER (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3:04, bit 6) is set.
7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FB2BC)—Reserved per the PCI Express* Base Specification.
6 Reserved
5 66 MHz Capable—Reserved per the PCI Express* Base Specification.
4 Capabilities List—RO. Hardwired to 1. Indicates the presence of a capabilities list.
Interrupt Status—RO. Indicates status of Hot-Plug and power management interrupts
on the root port that result in INTx# message generation.
0 = Interrupt is de-asserted.
3 1 = Interrupt is asserted.
This bit is not set if MSI is enabled. If MSI is not enabled, this bit is set regardless of the
state of PCICMD.Interrupt Disable bit (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7:04h:bit
10).
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19.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

19.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Programming Interface—RO.
7:0
00h = No specific register level programming interface defined.

19.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 0Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: 04h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO. This field is determined by bit 2 of the MPC register
(D28:F0-5:Offset D8h, bit 2).
7:0
04h = PCI-to-PCI bridge.
00h = Host Bridge.

19.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 06h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO.

7:0
06h = Indicates the device is a bridge device.

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19.1.9 CLS—Cache Line Size Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 0Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Cache Line Size (CLS)—R/W. This is read/write but contains no functionality, per the
7:0
PCI Express* Base Specification.

19.1.10 PLT—Primary Latency Timer Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:3 Latency Count. Reserved per the PCI Express* Base Specification.
2:0 Reserved

19.1.11 HEADTYP—Header Type Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 81h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Multi-Function Device—RO.
7 0 = Single-function device.
1 = Multi-function device.
Configuration Layout—RO. This field is determined by bit 2 of the MPC register
(D28:F0-5:Offset D8h, bit 2).
6:0
00h = Indicates a Host Bridge.
01h = Indicates a PCI-to-PCI bridge.

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19.1.12 BNUM—Bus Number Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 18–1Ah Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 000000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

Subordinate Bus Number (SBBN)—R/W. Indicates the highest PCI bus number
23:16
below the bridge.
15:8 Secondary Bus Number (SCBN)—R/W. Indicates the bus number the port.
7:0 Primary Bus Number (PBN)—R/W. Indicates the bus number of the backbone.

19.1.13 SLT—Secondary Latency Timer

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 1Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Secondary Latency Timer—Reserved for a Root Port per the PCI Express* Base
7:0
Specification.

19.1.14 IOBL—I/O Base and Limit Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 1Ch–1Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

I/O Limit Address (IOLA)—R/W. I/O Base bits corresponding to address lines 15:12
15:12
for 4-KB alignment. Bits 11:0 are assumed to be padded to FFFh.
I/O Limit Address Capability (IOLC)—R/O. Indicates that the bridge does not
11:8
support 32-bit I/O addressing.
I/O Base Address (IOBA)—R/W. I/O Base bits corresponding to address lines 15:12
7:4
for 4-KB alignment. Bits 11:0 are assumed to be padded to 000h.
I/O Base Address Capability (IOBC)—R/O. Indicates that the bridge does not
3:0
support 32-bit I/O addressing.

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19.1.15 SSTS—Secondary Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 1Eh–1Fh Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.

15 0 = No error.
1 = The port received a poisoned TLP.
Received System Error (RSE)—R/WC.
14 0 = No error.
1 = The port received an ERR_FATAL or ERR_NONFATAL message from the device.
Received Master Abort (RMA)—R/WC.
13 0 = Unsupported Request not received.
1 = The port received a completion with “Unsupported Request” status from the device.
Received Target Abort (RTA)—R/WC.
12 0 = Completion Abort not received.
1 = The port received a completion with “Completion Abort” status from the device.
Signaled Target Abort (STA)—R/WC.
11 0 = Completion Abort not sent.
1 = The port generated a completion with “Completion Abort” status to the device.
Secondary DEVSEL# Timing Status (SDTS): Reserved per PCI Express* Base
10:9
Specification.
Data Parity Error Detected (DPD)—R/WC.
0 = Conditions below did not occur.
1 = Set when the BCTRL.PERE (D28:FO/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5:3E: bit 0) is set, and either of
8
the following two conditions occurs:
• Port receives completion marked poisoned.
• Port poisons a write request to the secondary side.
Secondary Fast Back to Back Capable (SFBC): Reserved per PCI Express* Base
7
Specification.
6 Reserved
5 Secondary 66 MHz Capable (SC66): Reserved per PCI Express* Base Specification.
4:0 Reserved

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19.1.16 MBL—Memory Base and Limit Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 20h–23h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Accesses that are within the ranges specified in this register will be sent to the attached
device if CMD.MSE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7:04:bit 1) is set. Accesses
from the attached device that are outside the ranges specified will be forwarded to the
backbone if CMD.BME (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7:04:bit 2) is set. The
comparison performed is MB ≥ AD[31:20] ≤ ML.

Bit Description

Memory Limit (ML)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of the incoming
31:20
address to determine the upper 1-MB aligned value of the range.
19:16 Reserved
Memory Base (MB)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of the incoming
15:4
address to determine the lower 1-MB aligned value of the range.
3:0 Reserved

19.1.17 PMBL—Prefetchable Memory Base and Limit Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 24h–27h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00010001h Size: 32 bits

Accesses that are within the ranges specified in this register will be sent to the device if
CMD.MSE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7;04, bit 1) is set. Accesses from the
device that are outside the ranges specified will be forwarded to the backbone if
CMD.BME (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7;04, bit 2) is set. The comparison
performed is
PMBU32:PMB ≥ AD[63:32]:AD[31:20] ≤ PMLU32:PML.

Bit Description

Prefetchable Memory Limit (PML)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of
31:20
the incoming address to determine the upper 1-MB aligned value of the range.
19:16 64-bit Indicator (I64L)—RO. Indicates support for 64-bit addressing
Prefetchable Memory Base (PMB)—R/W. These bits are compared with bits 31:20 of
15:4
the incoming address to determine the lower 1-MB aligned value of the range.
3:0 64-bit Indicator (I64B)—RO. Indicates support for 64-bit addressing

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19.1.18 PMBU32—Prefetchable Memory Base Upper 32 Bits

Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/
F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 28h–2Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Prefetchable Memory Base Upper Portion (PMBU)—R/W. Upper 32-bits of the

31:0
prefetchable address base.

19.1.19 PMLU32—Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper 32 Bits

Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/
F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Prefetchable Memory Limit Upper Portion (PMLU)—R/W. Upper 32-bits of the

31:0
prefetchable address limit.

19.1.20 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 34h Attribute: R0
Default Value: 40h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (PTR)—RO. Indicates that the pointer for the first entry in the
7:0
capabilities list is at 40h in configuration space.

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19.1.21 INTR—Interrupt Information Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 3Ch–3Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits
Function Level Reset: No (Bits 7:0 only)

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin (IPIN)—RO. Indicates the interrupt pin driven by the root port. At
reset, this register takes on the following values, which reflect the reset state of the
D28IP register in chipset config space:

Port Reset Value

1 D28IP.P1IP
2 D28IP.P2IP
15:8 3 D28IP.P3IP
4 D28IP.P4IP
5 D28IP.P5IP
6 D28IP.P6IP
7 D28IP.P7IP
8 D28IP.P8IP
NOTE: The value that is programmed into D28IP is always reflected in this register.
Interrupt Line (ILINE)—R/W. Default = 00h. Software written value to indicate which
7:0 interrupt line (vector) the interrupt is connected to. No hardware action is taken on this
register. These bits are not reset by FLR.

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19.1.22 BCTRL—Bridge Control Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 3Eh–3Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:12 Reserved
Discard Timer SERR# Enable (DTSE): Reserved per PCI Express* Base Specification,
11
Revision 1.0a
Discard Timer Status (DTS): Reserved per PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision
10
1.0a.
Secondary Discard Timer (SDT): Reserved per PCI Express* Base Specification,
9
Revision 1.0a.
Primary Discard Timer (PDT): Reserved per PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision
8
1.0a.
Fast Back to Back Enable (FBE): Reserved per PCI Express* Base Specification,
7
Revision 1.0a.
6 Secondary Bus Reset (SBR)—R/W. Triggers a hot reset on the PCI Express* port.
5 Master Abort Mode (MAM): Reserved per Express specification.
VGA 16-Bit Decode (V16)—R/W.

4 0 = VGA range is enabled.

1 = The I/O aliases of the VGA range (see BCTRL:VE definition below), are not enabled,
and only the base I/O ranges can be decoded.
VGA Enable (VE)—R/W.
0 = The ranges below will not be claimed off the backbone by the root port.
1 = The following ranges will be claimed off the backbone by the root port:
3
• Memory ranges A0000h–BFFFFh
• I/O ranges 3B0h – 3BBh and 3C0h – 3DFh, and all aliases of bits 15:10 in any
combination of 1s
ISA Enable (IE)—R/W. This bit only applies to I/O addresses that are enabled by the
I/O Base and I/O Limit registers and are in the first 64 KB of PCI I/O space.
0 = The root port will not block any forwarding from the backbone as described below.
2
1 = The root port will block any forwarding from the backbone to the device of I/O
transactions addressing the last 768 bytes in each 1-KB block (offsets 100h to
3FFh).
SERR# Enable (SE)—R/W.
0 = The messages described below are not forwarded to the backbone.
1
1 = ERR_COR, ERR_NONFATAL, and ERR_FATAL messages received are forwarded to
the backbone.
Parity Error Response Enable (PERE)—R/W. When set,
0 = Poisoned write TLPs and completions indicating poisoned TLPs will not set the
0 SSTS.DPD (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:1E, bit 8).
1 = Poisoned write TLPs and completions indicating poisoned TLPs will set the
SSTS.DPD (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:1E, bit 8).

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19.1.23 CLIST—Capabilities List Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 40–41h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Value of 80h indicates the location of the next pointer.
7:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates this is a PCI Express* capability.

19.1.24 XCAP—PCI Express* Capabilities Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 42h–43h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 0042h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:14 Reserved
Interrupt Message Number (IMN)—RO. The PCH does not have multiple MSI
13:9
interrupt numbers.
Slot Implemented (SI)—R/WO. Indicates whether the root port is connected to a
8 slot. Slot support is platform specific. BIOS programs this field, and it is maintained
until a platform reset.
7:4 Device / Port Type (DT)—RO. Indicates this is a PCI Express* root port.
3:0 Capability Version (CV)—RO. Indicates PCI Express 2.0.

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19.1.25 DCAP—Device Capabilities Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 44h–47h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00008000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:28 Reserved
27:26 Captured Slot Power Limit Scale (CSPS)—RO. Not supported.
25:18 Captured Slot Power Limit Value (CSPV)—RO. Not supported.
17:16 Reserved
Role Based Error Reporting (RBER)—RO. Indicates that this device implements the
15 functionality defined in the Error Reporting ECN as required by the PCI Express 2.0
specification.
14:12 Reserved
Endpoint L1 Acceptable Latency (E1AL)—RO. This field is reserved with a setting of
11:9
000b for devices other than Endpoints, per the PCI Express 2.0 specification.
Endpoint L0s Acceptable Latency (E0AL)—RO. This field is reserved with a setting of
8:6
000b for devices other than Endpoints, per the PCI Express 2.0 specification.
Extended Tag Field Supported (ETFS)—RO. Indicates that 8-bit tag fields are
5
supported.
4:3 Phantom Functions Supported (PFS)—RO. No phantom functions supported.
Max Payload Size Supported (MPS)—RO. Indicates the maximum payload size
2:0
supported is 128B.

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19.1.26 DCTL—Device Control Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 48h–49h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15 Reserved
14:12 Max Read Request Size (MRRS)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
Enable No Snoop (ENS)—RO. Not supported. The root port will never issue non-snoop
11
requests.
Aux Power PM Enable (APME)—R/W. The OS will set this bit to 1 if the device
10
connected has detected aux power. It has no effect on the root port otherwise.
9 Phantom Functions Enable (PFE)—RO. Not supported.
8 Extended Tag Field Enable (ETFE)—RO. Not supported.
Max Payload Size (MPS)—R/W. The root port only supports 128-B payloads,
7:5
regardless of the programming of this field.
4 Enable Relaxed Ordering (ERO)—RO. Not supported.
Unsupported Request Reporting Enable (URE)—R/W.
0 = The root port will ignore unsupported request errors.
1 = Allows signaling ERR_NONFATAL, ERR_FATAL, or ERR_COR to the Root Control
3 register when detecting an unmasked Unsupported Request (UR). An ERR_COR is
signaled when a unmasked Advisory Non-Fatal UR is received. An ERR_FATAL,
ERR_or NONFATAL, is sent to the Root Control Register when an uncorrectable non-
Advisory UR is received with the severity set by the Uncorrectable Error Severity
register.
Fatal Error Reporting Enable (FEE)—R/W.
0 = The root port will ignore fatal errors.
2 1 = Enables signaling of ERR_FATAL to the Root Control register due to internally
detected errors or error messages received across the link. Other bits also control
the full scope of related error reporting.
Non-Fatal Error Reporting Enable (NFE)—R/W.
0 = The root port will ignore non-fatal errors.
1 1 = Enables signaling of ERR_NONFATAL to the Root Control register due to internally
detected errors or error messages received across the link. Other bits also control
the full scope of related error reporting.
Correctable Error Reporting Enable (CEE)—R/W.
0 = The root port will ignore correctable errors.
0 1 = Enables signaling of ERR_CORR to the Root Control register due to internally
detected errors or error messages received across the link. Other bits also control
the full scope of related error reporting.

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19.1.27 DSTS—Device Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 4Ah–4Bh Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:6 Reserved
Transactions Pending (TDP)—RO. This bit has no meaning for the root port since
5 only one transaction may be pending to the PCH, so a read of this bit cannot occur until
it has already returned to 0.
4 AUX Power Detected (APD)—RO. The root port contains AUX power for wakeup.
Unsupported Request Detected (URD)—R/WC. Indicates an unsupported request
3
was detected.
Fatal Error Detected (FED)—R/WC. Indicates a fatal error was detected.
0 = Fatal has not occurred.
2
1 = A fatal error occurred from a data link protocol error, link training error, buffer
overflow, or malformed TLP.
Non-Fatal Error Detected (NFED)—R/WC. Indicates a non-fatal error was detected.

1 0 = Non-fatal has not occurred.

1 = A non-fatal error occurred from a poisoned TLP, unexpected completions,
unsupported requests, completer abort, or completer timeout.
Correctable Error Detected (CED)—R/WC. Indicates a correctable error was
detected.
0 0 = Correctable has not occurred.
1 = The port received an internal correctable error from receiver errors / framing
errors, TLP CRC error, DLLP CRC error, replay num rollover, replay timeout.

19.1.28 LCAP—Link Capabilities Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 4Ch–4Fh Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Port Number (PN)—RO. Indicates the port number for the root port. This value is
different for each implemented port:

Function Port # Value of PN Field

D28:F0 1 01h
D28:F1 2 02h

31:24 D28:F2 3 03h

D28:F3 4 04h
D28:F4 5 05h
D28:F5 6 06h
D28:F6 7 07h
D28:F7 8 08h

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Bit Description

23:21 Reserved
Link Active Reporting Capable (LARC)—RO. Hardwired to 1 to indicate that this
20 port supports the optional capability of reporting the DL_Active state of the Data Link
Control and Management State Machine.
19:18 Reserved
17:15 L1 Exit Latency (EL1)—RO. Set to 010b to indicate an exit latency of 2 µs to 4 µs.
L0s Exit Latency (EL0)—RO. Indicates as exit latency based upon common-clock
configuration.
LCLT.CCC Value of EL0 (these bits)
14:12
0 MPC.UCEL (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3:D8h:bits20:18)
1 MPC.CCEL (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3:D8h:bits17:15)
NOTE: LCLT.CCC is at D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:50h:bit 6
Active State Link PM Support (APMS)—R/WO. Indicates what level of active state
link power management is supported on the root port.

Bits Definition
00b Neither L0s nor L1 are supported
11:10
01b L0s Entry Supported
10b L1 Entry Supported
11b Both L0s and L1 Entry Supported

Maximum Link Width (MLW)—RO. For the root ports, several values can be taken,
based upon the value of the chipset config register field RPC.PC1 (Chipset Config
Registers:Offset 0224h:bits1:0) for Ports 1-4 and RPC.PC2 (Chipset Config
Registers:Offset 0224h:bits1:0) for Ports 5 and 6

Value of MLW Field

Port # RPC.PC1=00b RPC.PC1=11b
1 01h 04h
2 01h 01h
9:4
3 01h 01h
4 01h 01h
Port # RPC.PC2=00b RPC.PC2=11b
5 01h 04h
6 01h 01h
7 01h 01h
8 01h 01h

3:0 Maximum Link Speed (MLS)—RO. Set to 1h to indicate the link speed is 2.5 Gb/s.

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19.1.29 LCTL—Link Control Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 50h-51h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
Hardware Autonomous Width Disable – RO. Hardware never attempts to change
9
the link width except when attempting to correct unreliable Link operation.
8 Reserved
Extended Synch (ES)—R/W.

7 0 = Extended synch disabled.

1 = Forces extended transmission of FTS ordered sets in FTS and extra TS2 at exit from
L1 prior to entering L0.
Common Clock Configuration (CCC)—R/W.
6 0 = The PCH and device are not using a common reference clock.
1 = The PCH and device are operating with a distributed common reference clock.
Retrain Link (RL)—R/W.
0 = This bit always returns 0 when read.
1 = The root port will train its downstream link.
NOTE: Software uses LSTS.LT (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:52, bit 11) to check the
status of training.
5
NOTE: It is permitted to write 1b to this bit while simultaneously writing modified
values to other fields in this register. If the LTSSM is not already in Recovery or
Configuration, the resulting Link training must use the modified values. If the
LTSSM is already in Recovery or Configuration, the modified values are not
required to affect the Link training that is already in progress.
Link Disable (LD)—R/W.
4 0 = Link enabled.
1 = The root port will disable the link.
Read Completion Boundary Control (RCBC)—RO. Indicates the read completion
3
boundary is 64 bytes.
2 Reserved
Active State Link PM Control (APMC)—R/W. Indicates whether the root port should
enter L0s or L1 or both.
Bits Definition
1:0 00 Disabled
01 L0s Entry Enabled
10 L1 Entry Enabled
11 L0s and L1 Entry Enabled

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19.1.30 LSTS—Link Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 52h–53h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:14 Reserved
Data Link Layer Active (DLLA)—RO. Default value is 0b.
13 0 = Data Link Control and Management State Machine is not in the DL_Active state
1 = Data Link Control and Management State Machine is in the DL_Active state
Slot Clock Configuration (SCC)—RO. Set to 1b to indicate that the PCH uses the
12
same reference clock as on the platform and does not generate its own clock.
Link Training (LT)—RO. Default value is 0b.
11 0 = Link training completed.
1 = Link training is occurring.
10 Link Training Error (LTE)—RO. Not supported. Set value is 0b.
Negotiated Link Width (NLW)—RO. This field indicates the negotiated width of the
given PCI Express* link. The contents of this NLW field is undefined if the link has not
successfully trained.

Port # Possible Values

1 000001b, 000010b, 000100b
2 000001b
3 000001b
9:4
4 000001b
5 000001b, 000010b, 000100b
6 000001b
7 000001b
8 000001b

NOTE: 000001b = x1 link width, 000010b =x2 linkwidth, 000100b = x4 linkwidth

Link Speed (LS)—RO. This field indicates the negotiated Link speed of the given PCI
3:0 Express* link.
01h = Link is 2.5 Gb/s.

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19.1.31 SLCAP—Slot Capabilities Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 54h–57h Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 00040060h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Physical Slot Number (PSN)—R/WO. This is a value that is unique to the slot
31:19
number. BIOS sets this field and it remains set until a platform reset.
18:17 Reserved
Slot Power Limit Scale (SLS)—R/WO. Specifies the scale used for the slot power
16:15
limit value. BIOS sets this field and it remains set until a platform reset.
Slot Power Limit Value (SLV)—R/WO. Specifies the upper limit (in conjunction with
SLS value), on the upper limit on power supplied by the slot. The two values together
14:7
indicate the amount of power in watts allowed for the slot. BIOS sets this field and it
remains set until a platform reset.
Hot Plug Capable (HPC)—R/WO.
6
1b = Indicates that Hot-Plug is supported.
Hot Plug Surprise (HPS)—R/WO.
5
1b = Indicates the device may be removed from the slot without prior notification.
Power Indicator Present (PIP)—RO.
4
0b = Indicates that a power indicator LED is not present for this slot.
Attention Indicator Present (AIP)—RO.
3
0b = Indicates that an attention indicator LED is not present for this slot.
MRL Sensor Present (MSP)—RO.
2
0b = Indicates that an MRL sensor is not present.
Power Controller Present (PCP)—RO.
1
0b = Indicates that a power controller is not implemented for this slot.
Attention Button Present (ABP)—RO.
0
0b = Indicates that an attention button is not implemented for this slot.

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19.1.32 SLCTL—Slot Control Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 58h–59h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:13 Reserved
Link Active Changed Enable (LACE)—R/W. When set, this field enables generation
12 of a hot plug interrupt when the Data Link Layer Link Active field (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/
F5/F6/F7:52h:bit 13) is changed.
11 Reserved
Power Controller Control (PCC)—RO.This bit has no meaning for module based Hot-
10
Plug.
9:6 Reserved
Hot Plug Interrupt Enable (HPE)—R/W.
5 0 = Hot plug interrupts based on Hot-Plug events is disabled.
1 = Enables generation of a Hot-Plug interrupt on enabled Hot-Plug events.
4 Reserved
Presence Detect Changed Enable (PDE)—R/W.
0 = Hot plug interrupts based on presence detect logic changes is disabled.
3
1 = Enables the generation of a Hot-Plug interrupt or wake message when the presence
detect logic changes state.
2:0 Reserved

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19.1.33 SLSTS—Slot Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 5Ah–5Bh Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:9 Reserved
Link Active State Changed (LASC)—R/WC.

1 = This bit is set when the value reported in Data Link Layer Link Active field of the
8 Link Status register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:52h:bit 13) is changed. In
response to a Data Link Layer State Changed event, software must read Data Link
Layer Link Active field of the Link Status register to determine if the link is active
before initiating configuration cycles to the hot plugged device.
7 Reserved
Presence Detect State (PDS)—RO. If XCAP.SI (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/
F7:42h:bit 8) is set (indicating that this root port spawns a slot), then this bit:
6 0 = Indicates the slot is empty.
1 = Indicates the slot has a device connected.
Otherwise, if XCAP.SI is cleared, this bit is always set (1).
5 MRL Sensor State (MS)—Reserved as the MRL sensor is not implemented.
4 Reserved
Presence Detect Changed (PDC)—R/WC.
3 0 = No change in the PDS bit.
1 = The PDS bit changed states.
2 MRL Sensor Changed (MSC)—Reserved as the MRL sensor is not implemented.
1 Power Fault Detected (PFD)—Reserved as a power controller is not implemented.
0 Reserved

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19.1.34 RCTL—Root Control Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 5Ch–5Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:4 Reserved
PME Interrupt Enable (PIE)—R/W.
0 = Interrupt generation disabled.
3 1 = Interrupt generation enabled when PCISTS.Inerrupt Status (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/
F5/F6/F7:60h, bit 16) is in a set state (either due to a 0 to 1 transition, or due to
this bit being set with RSTS.IS already set).
System Error on Fatal Error Enable (SFE)—R/W.
0 = An SERR# will not be generated.
2 1 = An SERR# will be generated, assuming CMD.SEE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/
F7:04, bit 8) is set, if a fatal error is reported by any of the devices in the hierarchy
of this root port, including fatal errors in this root port.
System Error on Non-Fatal Error Enable (SNE)—R/W.
0 = An SERR# will not be generated.
1 1 = An SERR# will be generated, assuming CMD.SEE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/
F7:04, bit 8) is set, if a non-fatal error is reported by any of the devices in the
hierarchy of this root port, including non-fatal errors in this root port.
System Error on Correctable Error Enable (SCE)—R/W.
0 = An SERR# will not be generated.
0 1 = An SERR# will be generated, assuming CMD.SEE (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/
F7:04, bit 8) if a correctable error is reported by any of the devices in the hierarchy
of this root port, including correctable errors in this root port.

19.1.35 RSTS—Root Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 60h–63h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:18 Reserved
PME Pending (PP)—RO.

17 0 = When the original PME is cleared by software, it will be set again, the requestor ID
will be updated, and this bit will be cleared.
1 = Indicates another PME is pending when the PME status bit is set.
PME Status (PS)—R/WC.
0 = PME was not asserted.
16
1 = Indicates that PME was asserted by the requestor ID in RID. Subsequent PMEs are
kept pending until this bit is cleared.
PME Requestor ID (RID)—RO. Indicates the PCI requestor ID of the last PME
15:0
requestor. Valid only when PS is set.

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19.1.36 DCAP2—Device Capabilities 2 Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 64h–67h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000016h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:5 Reserved
Completion Timeout Disable Supported (CTDS)—RO. A value of 1b
4
indicates support for the Completion Timeout Disable mechanism.
Completion Timeout Ranges Supported (CTRS) – RO. This field indicates device
support for the optional Completion Timeout programmability mechanism. This
3:0 mechanism allows system software to modify the Completion Timeout value.
This field is hardwired to support 10 ms to 250 ms and 250 ms to 4 s.

19.1.37 DCTL2—Device Control 2 Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 68h–69h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:5 Reserved
Completion Timeout Disable (CTD)—RW. When set to 1b, this bit
disables the Completion Timeout mechanism.
4 If there are outstanding requests when the bit is cleared, it is permitted but not
required for hardware to apply the completion timeout mechanism to the outstanding
requests. If this is done, it is permitted to base the start time for each request on either
the time this bit was cleared or the time each request was issued.
Completion Timeout Value (CTV)—RW. This field allows system software
to modify the Completion Timeout value.
0000b = Default range: 40–50 ms (spec range 50 us to 50 ms)
0101b = 40–50 ms (spec range is 16 ms to 55 ms)
0110b = 160–170 ms (spec range is 65 ms to 210 ms)
1001b = 400–500 ms (spec range is 260 ms to 900 ms)
3:0 1010b = 1.6–1.7 s (spec range is 1 s to 3.5 s)
All other values are Reserved.

NOTE: Software is permitted to change the value in this field at any time. For requests
already pending when the Completion Timeout Value is changed, hardware is
permitted to use either the new or the old value for the outstanding requests,
and is permitted to base the start time for each request either on when this
value was changed or on when each request w as issued.

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19.1.38 LCTL2—Link Control 2 Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 70h–71h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:4 Reserved
Target Link Speed (TLS)—RO. This field sets an upper limit on Link operational speed
by restricting the values advertised by the upstream component in its training
sequences.
3:0
0001b: 2.5 GT/s Target Link Speed
All other values reserved

19.1.39 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Identifiers Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 80h–81h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 9005h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Pointer (NEXT)—RO. Indicates the location of the next pointer in the list.
7:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Capabilities ID indicates MSI.

19.1.40 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 82–83h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
7 64 Bit Address Capable (C64)—RO. Capable of generating a 32-bit message only.
Multiple Message Enable (MME)—R/W. These bits are R/W for software
6:4
compatibility, but only one message is ever sent by the root port.
3:1 Multiple Message Capable (MMC)—RO. Only one message is required.
MSI Enable (MSIE)—R/W.
0 = MSI is disabled.
1 = MSI is enabled and traditional interrupt pins are not used to generate interrupts.
0
NOTE: CMD.BME (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:04h:bit 2) must be set for an MSI to
be generated. If CMD.BME is cleared, and this bit is set, no interrupts (not even
pin based) are generated.

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19.1.41 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address

Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 84h–87h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Address (ADDR)—R/W. Lower 32 bits of the system specified message address,

31:2
always DW aligned.
1:0 Reserved

19.1.42 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 88h–89h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This 16-bit field is programmed by system software if MSI is

15:0 enabled. Its content is driven onto the lower word (PCI AD[15:0]) during the data
phase of the MSI memory write transaction.

19.1.43 SVCAP—Subsystem Vendor Capability Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 90h–91h Attribute: RO
Default Value: A00Dh Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Indicates the location of the next pointer in the list.
Capability Identifier (CID)—RO. Value of 0Dh indicates this is a PCI bridge
7:0
subsystem vendor capability.

19.1.44 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 94h–97h Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem Identifier (SID)—R/WO. Indicates the subsystem as identified by the

31:16 vendor. This field is write once and is locked down until a bridge reset occurs (not the
PCI bus reset).
Subsystem Vendor Identifier (SVID)—R/WO. Indicates the manufacturer of the
15:0 subsystem. This field is write once and is locked down until a bridge reset occurs (not
the PCI bus reset).

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19.1.45 PMCAP—Power Management Capability Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: A0h–A1h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Indicates this is the last item in the list.
Capability Identifier (CID)—RO. Value of 01h indicates this is a PCI power
7:0
management capability.

19.1.46 PMC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: A2h–A3h Attribute: RO
Default Value: C802h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME_Support (PMES)—RO. Indicates PME# is supported for states D0, D3HOT and
D3COLD. The root port does not generate PME#, but reporting that it does is necessary
15:11
for some legacy operating systems to enable PME# in devices connected behind this
root port.
10 D2_Support (D2S)—RO. The D2 state is not supported.
9 D1_Support (D1S)—RO The D1 state is not supported.
Aux_Current (AC)—RO. Reports 375 mA maximum suspend well current required
8:6
when in the D3COLD state.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO.
5
1 = Indicates that no device-specific initialization is required.
4 Reserved
PME Clock (PMEC)—RO.
3
1 = Indicates that PCI clock is not required to generate PME#.
Version (VS)—RO. Indicates support for Revision 1.1 of the PCI Power Management
2:0
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19.1.47 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status

Register (PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: A4h–A7h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
Bus Power / Clock Control Enable (BPCE)—Reserved per PCI Express* Base
23
Specification, Revision 1.0a.
22 B2/B3 Support (B23S)—Reserved per PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision 1.0a.
21:16 Reserved
PME Status (PMES)—RO.
15
1 = Indicates a PME was received on the downstream link.
14:9 Reserved
PME Enable (PMEE)—R/W.

1 = Indicates PME is enabled. The root port takes no action on this bit, but it must be
8 R/W for some legacy operating systems to enable PME# on devices connected to
this root port.
This bit is sticky and resides in the resume well. The reset for this bit is RSMRST# which
is not asserted during a warm reset.
7:2 Reserved
Power State (PS)—R/W. This field is used both to determine the current power state
of the root port and to set a new power state. The values are:
00 = D0 state
11 = D3HOT state
1:0
NOTE: When in the D3HOT state, the controller’s configuration space is available, but
the I/O and memory spaces are not. Type 1 configuration cycles are also not
accepted. Interrupts are not required to be blocked as software will disable
interrupts prior to placing the port into D3HOT. If software attempts to write a
‘10’ or ‘01’ to these bits, the write will be ignored.

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19.1.48 MPC2—Miscellaneous Port Configuration Register 2

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: D4h–D7h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:6 Reserved
PCIe 2.0 Compliance Mode Enable (PCME)—R/W.
0 = Compliance mode is disabled.
5 1 = With proper termination PCH PCIe ports will transmit compliance pattern.
Note: This bit should only be set when testing for electrical compliance specified by the PCI
SIG. This bit should not be set during normal system operations.

ASPM Control Override Enable (ASPMCOEN)—RW.

1 = Root port will use the values in the ASPM Control Override registers
0 = Root port will use the ASPM Registers in the Link Control register.
4

NOTES:This register allows BIOS to control the root port ASPM settings instead of
the OS.
ASPM Control Override (ASPMO)—RW. Provides BIOS control of whether root
port should enter L0s or L1 or both.
00 = Disabled
3:2
01 = L0s Entry Enabled
10 = L1 Entry Enabled
11 = L0s and L1 Entry Enabled.
EOI Forwarding Disable (EOIFD)—R/W. When set, EOI messages are not
claimed on the backbone by this port an will not be forwarded across the PCIe link.
1 0 = Broadcast EOI messages that are sent on the backbone are claimed by this
port and forwarded across the PCIe link.
1 = Broadcast EOI messages are not claimed on the backbone by this port and will
not be forwarded across the PCIe Link.
L1 Completion Timeout Mode (LICTM)—R/W.
0 = PCI Express Specification Compliant. Completion timeout is disabled during
0 software initiated L1, and enabled during ASPM initiate L1.
1 = Completion timeout is enabled during L1, regardless of how L1 entry was
initiated.

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19.1.49 MPC—Miscellaneous Port Configuration Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: D8h–DBh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 08110000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Power Management SCI Enable (PMCE)—R/W.

0 = SCI generation based on a power management event is disabled.
31
1 = Enables the root port to generate SCI whenever a power management event is
detected.
Hot Plug SCI Enable (HPCE)—R/W.
30 0 = SCI generation based on a Hot-Plug event is disabled.
1 = Enables the root port to generate SCI whenever a Hot-Plug event is detected.
Link Hold Off (LHO)—R/W.
29
1 = Port will not take any TLP. This is used during loopback mode to fill up the
downstream queue.
Address Translator Enable (ATE)—R/W. This bit is used to enable address
translation using the AT bits in this register during loopback mode.
28
0 = Disable
1 = Enable
Lane Reversal (LR)—R/O.
This register reads the setting of the PCIELR1 Soft Strap.
0 = PCI Express Lanes 0–3 are reversed.
1 = No Lane reversal (default).
27
NOTE: The port configuration straps must be set such that Port 1 or Port 5 is configured
as a x4 port using lanes 0–3, or 4–7 when Lane Reversal is enabled. x2 lane
reversal is not supported.
NOTE: This register is only valid on port 1 (for ports 1–4) or port 5 (for ports 5–8).
Invalid Receive Bus Number Check Enable (IRBNCE)—R/W. When set, the receive
transaction layer will signal an error if the bus number of a Memory request does not
fall within the range between SCBN and SBBN. If this check is enabled and the request
26 is a memory write, it is treated as an Unsupported Request. If this check is enabled and
the request is a non-posted memory read request, the request is considered a
Malformed TLP and a fatal error.
Messages, I/O, Config, and Completions are never checked for valid bus number.
Invalid Receive Range Check Enable (IRRCE)—R/W. When set, the receive
transaction layer will treat the TLP as an Unsupported Request error if the address
range of a Memory request does not outside the range between prefetchable and non-
25
prefetchable base and limit.
Messages, I/O, Configuration, and Completions are never checked for valid address
ranges.
BME Receive Check Enable (BMERCE)—R/W. When set, the receive transaction
layer will treat the TLP as an Unsupported Request error if a memory read or write
24
request is received and the Bus Master Enable bit is not set.
Messages, IO, Config, and Completions are never checked for BME.
23 Reserved

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Bit Description

Detect Override (FORCEDET)—R/W.

0 = Normal operation. Detected output from AFE is sampled for presence detection.
22
1 = Override mode. Ignores AFE detect output and link training proceeds as if a device
were detected.
Flow Control During L1 Entry (FCDL1E)—R/W.

21 0 = No flow control update DLLPs sent during L1 Ack transmission.

1 = Flow control update DLLPs sent during L1 Ack transmission as required to meet the
30 μs periodic flow control update.
Unique Clock Exit Latency (UCEL)—R/W. This value represents the L0s Exit Latency
20:18 for unique-clock configurations (LCTL.CCC = 0) (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:Offset
50h:bit 6). It defaults to 512 ns to less than 1 µs, but may be overridden by BIOS.
Common Clock Exit Latency (CCEL)—R/W. This value represents the L0s Exit
Latency for common-clock configurations (LCTL.CCC = 1) (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/
17:15
F7:Offset 50h:bit 6). It defaults to 128 ns to less than 256 ns, but may be overridden
by BIOS.
14:8 Reserved
Port I/OxApic Enable (PAE)—R/W.
0 = Hole is disabled.
1 = A range is opened through the bridge for the following memory addresses:

Port # Address
1 FEC1_0000h – FEC1_7FFFh
2 FEC1_8000h – FEC1_FFFFh
7 3 FEC2_0000h – FEC2_7FFFh
4 FEC2_8000h – FEC2_FFFFh
5 FEC3_0000h – FEC3_7FFFh
6 FEC3_8000h – FEC3_FFFFh
7 FEC4_0000h – FEC4_7FFFh
8 FEC4_8000h – FEC4_FFFFh

6:3 Reserved
Bridge Type (BT)—RO. This register can be used to modify the Base Class and Header
Type fields from the default P2P bridge to a Host Bridge. Having the root port appear as
a Host Bridge is useful in some server configurations.
2 0 = The root port bridge type is a P2P Bridge, Header Sub-Class = 04h, and Header
Type = Type 1.
1 = The root port bridge type is a P2P Bridge, Header Sub-Class = 00h, and Header
Type = Type 0.
Hot Plug SMI Enable (HPME)—R/W.
1 0 = SMI generation based on a Hot-Plug event is disabled.
1 = Enables the root port to generate SMI whenever a Hot-Plug event is detected.
Power Management SMI Enable (PMME)—R/W.
0 = SMI generation based on a power management event is disabled.
0
1 = Enables the root port to generate SMI whenever a power management event is
detected.

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19.1.50 SMSCS—SMI/SCI Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: DCh–DFh Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Power Management SCI Status (PMCS)—R/WC.

31
1 = PME control logic needs to generate an interrupt, and this interrupt has been
routed to generate an SCI.
Hot Plug SCI Status (HPCS)—R/WC.
30
1 = Hot-Plug controller needs to generate an interrupt, and has this interrupt been
routed to generate an SCI.
29:5 Reserved
Hot Plug Link Active State Changed SMI Status (HPLAS)—R/WC.

4 1 = SLSTS.LASC (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:5A, bit 8) transitioned from 0-to-1,

and MPC.HPME (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:D8, bit 1) is set. When this bit is
set, an SMI# will be generated.
3:2 Reserved
Hot Plug Presence Detect SMI Status (HPPDM)—R/WC.

1 1 = SLSTS.PDC (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:5A, bit 3) transitioned from 0-to-1,

and MPC.HPME (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:D8, bit 1) is set. When this bit is
set, an SMI# will be generated.
Power Management SMI Status (PMMS)—R/WC.
0
1 = RSTS.PS (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:60, bit 16) transitioned from 0-to-1, and
MPC.PMME (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:D8, bit 1) is set.

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19.1.51 RPDCGEN—Root Port Dynamic Clock Gating Enable

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: E1h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8-bits

Bits Description

7:4 Reserved. RO
Shared Resource Dynamic Link Clock Gating Enable (SRDLCGEN)—RW.
0 = Disables dynamic clock gating of the shared resource link clock domain.
3 1 = Enables dynamic clock gating on the root port shared resource link clock domain.
Only the value from Port 1 is used for ports 1–4. Only the value from Port 5 is used for
ports 5–8.
Shared Resource Dynamic Backbone Clock Gate Enable (SRDBCGEN)—RW.
0 = Disables dynamic clock gating of the shared resource backbone clock domain.
1 = Enables dynamic clock gating on the root port shared resource backbone clock
2
domain.
Only the value from Port 1 is used for ports 1–4. Only the value from Port 5 is used for
ports 5–8.
Root Port Dynamic Link Clock Gate Enable (RPDLCGEN)—RW.
1 0 = Disables dynamic clock gating of the root port link clock domain.
1 = Enables dynamic clock gating on the root port link clock domain.
Root Port Dynamic Backbone Clock Gate Enable (RPDBCGEN)—RW.
0 0 = Disables dynamic clock gating of the root port backbone clock domain.
1 = Enables dynamic clock gating on the root port backbone clock domain.

19.1.52 PECR1—PCI Express* Configuration Register 1

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: E8h–EBh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000020h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:2 Reserved
1 PECR1 Field 2—R/W. BIOS may set this bit to 1.
0 Reserved

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19.1.53 UES—Uncorrectable Error Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 104h–107h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00000000000x0xxx0x0x0000000x0000b Size: 32 bits

This register maintains its state through a platform reset. It loses its state upon
suspend.

Bit Description

31:21 Reserved
Unsupported Request Error Status (URE)—R/WC. Indicates an unsupported
20
request was received.
19 ECRC Error Status (EE)—RO. ECRC is not supported.
18 Malformed TLP Status (MT)—R/WC. Indicates a malformed TLP was received.
17 Receiver Overflow Status (RO)—R/WC. Indicates a receiver overflow occurred.
Unexpected Completion Status (UC)—R/WC. Indicates an unexpected completion
16
was received.
15 Completion Abort Status (CA)—R/WC. Indicates a completer abort was received.
Completion Timeout Status (CT)—R/WC. Indicates a completion timed out. This bit
14 is set if Completion Timeout is enabled and a completion is not returned within the time
specified by the Completion TImeout Value
Flow Control Protocol Error Status (FCPE)—RO. Flow Control Protocol Errors not
13
supported.
12 Poisoned TLP Status (PT)—R/WC. Indicates a poisoned TLP was received.
11:5 Reserved
Data Link Protocol Error Status (DLPE)—R/WC. Indicates a data link protocol error
4
occurred.
3:1 Reserved
0 Training Error Status (TE)—RO. Training Errors not supported.

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19.1.54 UEM—Uncorrectable Error Mask

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 108h–10Bh Attribute: R/WO, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

When set, the corresponding error in the UES register is masked, and the logged error
will cause no action. When cleared, the corresponding error is enabled.

Bit Description

31:21 Reserved
Unsupported Request Error Mask (URE)—R/WO.
0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
20 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
19 ECRC Error Mask (EE)—RO. ECRC is not supported.
Malformed TLP Mask (MT)—R/WO.
0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
18 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
Receiver Overflow Mask (RO)—R/WO.
0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
17 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
Unexpected Completion Mask (UC)—R/WO.
0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
16 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
Completion Abort Mask (CA)—R/WO.
0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
15 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
Completion Timeout Mask (CT)—R/WO.
0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
14 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
Flow Control Protocol Error Mask (FCPE)—RO. Flow Control Protocol Errors not
13
supported.
Poisoned TLP Mask (PT)—R/WO.
0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
12 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
11:5 Reserved

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Bit Description

Data Link Protocol Error Mask (DLPE)—R/WO.

0 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
4 enabled.
1 = The corresponding error in the UES register (D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7:144) is
masked.
3:1 Reserved
0 Training Error Mask (TE)—RO. Training Errors not supported

19.1.55 UEV—Uncorrectable Error Severity

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 10Ch–10Fh Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00060011h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:21 Reserved
Unsupported Request Error Severity (URE)—R/W.
20 0 = Error considered non-fatal. (Default)
1 = Error is fatal.
19 ECRC Error Severity (EE)—RO. ECRC is not supported.
Malformed TLP Severity (MT)—R/W.
18 0 = Error considered non-fatal.
1 = Error is fatal. (Default)
Receiver Overflow Severity (RO)—R/W.
17 0 = Error considered non-fatal.
1 = Error is fatal. (Default)
16 Reserved
Completion Abort Severity (CA)—R/W.
15 0 = Error considered non-fatal. (Default)
1 = Error is fatal.
14 Reserved
Flow Control Protocol Error Severity (FCPE)—RO. Flow Control Protocol Errors not
13
supported.
Poisoned TLP Severity (PT)—R/W.
12 0 = Error considered non-fatal. (Default)
1 = Error is fatal.
11:5 Reserved
Data Link Protocol Error Severity (DLPE)—R/W.
4 0 = Error considered non-fatal.
1 = Error is fatal. (Default)
3:1 Reserved
0 Training Error Severity (TE)—R/W. TE is not supported.

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19.1.56 CES—Correctable Error Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 110h–113h Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:14 Reserved
Advisory Non-Fatal Error Status (ANFES)—R/WC.
13 0 = Advisory Non-Fatal Error did not occur.
1 = Advisory Non-Fatal Error did occur.
12 Replay Timer Timeout Status (RTT)—R/WC. Indicates the replay timer timed out.
11:9 Reserved
Replay Number Rollover Status (RNR)—R/WC. Indicates the replay number rolled
8
over.
7 Bad DLLP Status (BD)—R/WC. Indicates a bad DLLP was received.
6 Bad TLP Status (BT)—R/WC. Indicates a bad TLP was received.
5:1 Reserved
0 Receiver Error Status (RE)—R/WC. Indicates a receiver error occurred.

19.1.57 CEM—Correctable Error Mask Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 114h–117h Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 00002000h Size: 32 bits

When set, the corresponding error in the CES register is masked, and the logged error
will cause no action. When cleared, the corresponding error is enabled.

Bit Description

31:14 Reserved
Advisory Non-Fatal Error Mask (ANFEM)—R/WO.
0 = Does not mask Advisory Non-Fatal errors.
1 = Masks Advisory Non-Fatal errors from (a) signaling ERR_COR to the device control
register and (b) updating the Uncorrectable Error Status register.
13
This register is set by default to enable compatibility with software that does not
comprehend Role-Based Error Reporting.
NOTE: The correctable error detected bit in device status register is set whenever the
Advisory Non-Fatal error is detected, independent of this mask bit.
12 Replay Timer Timeout Mask (RTT)—R/WO. Mask for replay timer timeout.
11:9 Reserved
8 Replay Number Rollover Mask (RNR)—R/WO. Mask for replay number rollover.
7 Bad DLLP Mask (BD)—R/WO. Mask for bad DLLP reception.
6 Bad TLP Mask (BT)—R/WO. Mask for bad TLP reception.
5:1 Reserved
0 Receiver Error Mask (RE)—R/WO. Mask for receiver errors.

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19.1.58 AECC—Advanced Error Capabilities and Control Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 118h–11Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:9 Reserved
8 ECRC Check Enable (ECE)—RO. ECRC is not supported.
7 ECRC Check Capable (ECC)—RO. ECRC is not supported.
6 ECRC Generation Enable (EGE)—RO. ECRC is not supported.
5 ECRC Generation Capable (EGC)—RO. ECRC is not supported.
First Error Pointer (FEP)—RO. Identifies the bit position of the last error reported in the
4:0
Uncorrectable Error Status Register.

19.1.59 RES—Root Error Status Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 130h–133h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Advanced Error Interrupt Message Number (AEMN)—RO. There is only one error
31:27
interrupt allocated.
26:7 Reserved
Fatal Error Messages Received (FEMR)—RO. Set when one or more Fatal
6
Uncorrectable Error Messages have been received.
Non-Fatal Error Messages Received (NFEMR)—RO. Set when one or more Non-
5
Fatal Uncorrectable error messages have been received
First Uncorrectable Fatal (FUF)—RO. Set when the first Uncorrectable Error
4
message received is for a fatal error.
Multiple ERR_FATAL/NONFATAL Received (MENR)—RO. For the PCH, only one
3
error will be captured.
ERR_FATAL/NONFATAL Received (ENR)—R/WC.
2 0 = No error message received.
1 = Either a fatal or a non-fatal error message is received.
Multiple ERR_COR Received (MCR)—RO. For the PCH, only one error will be
1
captured.
ERR_COR Received (CR)—R/WC.
0 0 = No error message received.
1 = A correctable error message is received.

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19.1.60 PECR2—PCI Express* Configuration Register 2

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 300–303h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 60005007h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:20 Reserved
21 PECR2 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must set this bit to 1b.
20:0 Reserved

19.1.61 PEETM—PCI Express* Extended Test Mode Register

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 324h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See Description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved
Scrambler Bypass Mode (BAU)—R/W.
0 = Normal operation. Scrambler and descrambler are used.
1 = Bypasses the data scrambler in the transmit direction and the data de-scrambler in
2 the receive direction.
NOTE: This functionality intended for debug/testing only.
NOTE: If bypassing scrambler with the PCH root port 1 in x4 configuration, each PCH
root port must have this bit set.
1:0 Reserved

19.1.62 PEC1—PCI Express* Configuration Register 1

(PCI Express*—D28:F0/F1/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6/F7)
Address Offset: 330 Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 14000016h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:8 Reserved
7:0 PEC1 Field 1—R/W. BIOS must program this field to 40h.

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20 High Precision Event Timer

Registers
The timer registers are memory-mapped in a non-indexed scheme. This allows the
processor to directly access each register without having to use an index register. The
timer register space is 1024 bytes. The registers are generally aligned on 64-bit
boundaries to simplify implementation with IA64 processors. There are four possible
memory address ranges beginning at 1) FED0_0000h, 2) FED0_1000h, 3)
FED0_2000h, 4) FED0_3000h. The choice of address range will be selected by
configuration bits in the High Precision Timer Configuration Register (Chipset Config
Registers:Offset 3404h).

Behavioral Rules:
1. Software must not attempt to read or write across register boundaries. For
example, a 32-bit access should be to offset x0h, x4h, x8h, or xCh. 32-bit accesses
should not be to 01h, 02h, 03h, 05h, 06h, 07h, 09h, 0Ah, 0Bh, 0Dh, 0Eh, or 0Fh.
Any accesses to these offsets will result in an unexpected behavior, and may result
in a master abort. However, these accesses should not result in system hangs. 64-
bit accesses can only be to x0h and must not cross 64-bit boundaries.
2. Software should not write to read-only registers.
3. Software should not expect any particular or consistent value when reading
reserved registers or bits.

20.1 Memory Mapped Registers

Table 20-1. Memory-Mapped Registers (Sheet 1 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Default Type

0429B17F8
000–007h GCAP_ID General Capabilities and Identification RO
086A701h
008–00Fh — Reserved — —
00000000
010–017h GEN_CONF General Configuration R/W
00000000h
018–01Fh — Reserved — —
00000000 R/WC, R/
020–027h GINTR_STA General Interrupt Status
00000000h W

028–0EFh — Reserved — —
0F0–0F7h MAIN_CNT Main Counter Value N/A R/W
0F8–0FFh — Reserved — —
100–107h TIM0_CONF Timer 0 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO
108–10Fh TIM0_COMP Timer 0 Comparator Value N/A R/W
110–11Fh — Reserved — —
120–127h TIM1_CONF Timer 1 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO
128–12Fh TIM1_COMP Timer 1 Comparator Value N/A R/W
130–13Fh — Reserved — —

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Table 20-1. Memory-Mapped Registers (Sheet 2 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Default Type

140–147h TIM2_CONF Timer 2 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO

148–14Fh TIM2_COMP Timer 2 Comparator Value N/A R/W
150–15Fh — Reserved — —
160–167h TIM3_CONG Timer 3 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO
168–16Fh TIM3_COMP Timer 3 Comparator Value N/A R/W
180–187h TIM4_CONG Timer 4 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO
188–18Fh TIM4_COMP Timer 4 Comparator Value N/A R/W
190–19Fh — Reserved — —
1A0–1A7h TIM5_CONG Timer 5 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO
1A8–1AFh TIM5_COMP Timer 5 Comparator Value N/A R/W
1B0–1BFh — Reserved — —
1C0–1C7h TIM6_CONG Timer 6 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO
1C8–1CFh TIM6_COMP Timer 6 Comparator Value N/A R/W
1D0–1DFh — Reserved — —
1E0–1E7h TIM7_CONG Timer 7 Configuration and Capabilities N/A R/W, RO
1E8–1EFh TIM7_COMP Timer 7 Comparator Value N/A R/W
1F0–19Fh — Reserved — —
200–3FFh — Reserved — —

NOTES:
1. Reads to reserved registers or bits will return a value of 0.
2. Software must not attempt locks to the memory-mapped I/O ranges for High Precision
Event Timers. If attempted, the lock is not honored, which means potential deadlock
conditions may occur.

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20.1.1 GCAP_ID—General Capabilities and Identification Register

Address Offset: 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0429B17F8086A701h Size: 64 bits

Bit Description

Main Counter Tick Period (COUNTER_CLK_PER_CAP)—RO. This field indicates

the period at which the counter increments in femptoseconds (10^-15 seconds). This
63:32
will return 0429B17F when read. This indicates a period of 69841279 fs
(69.841279 ns).
Vendor ID Capability (VENDOR_ID_CAP)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to
31:16
Intel.
Legacy Replacement Rout Capable (LEG_RT_CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Legacy
15
Replacement Interrupt Rout option is supported.
14 Reserved. This bit returns 0 when read.
Counter Size Capability (COUNT_SIZE_CAP)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Counter is
13
64-bit wide.
Number of Timer Capability (NUM_TIM_CAP)—RO. This field indicates the
12:8 number of timers in this block.
07h = Eight timers.
Revision Identification (REV_ID)—RO. This indicates which revision of the
7:0
function is implemented. Default value will be 01h.

20.1.2 GEN_CONF—General Configuration Register

Address Offset: 010h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000 00000000h Size: 64 bits

Bit Description

63:2 Reserved. These bits return 0 when read.

Legacy Replacement Rout (LEG_RT_CNF)—R/W. If the ENABLE_CNF bit and the
LEG_RT_CNF bit are both set, then the interrupts will be routed as follows:
• Timer 0 is routed to IRQ0 in 8259 or IRQ2 in the I/O APIC
• Timer 1 is routed to IRQ8 in 8259 or IRQ8 in the I/O APIC
• Timer 2-n is routed as per the routing in the timer n config registers.
1 • If the Legacy Replacement Rout bit is set, the individual routing bits for Timers 0
and 1 (APIC) will have no impact.
• If the Legacy Replacement Rout bit is not set, the individual routing bits for each of
the timers are used.
• This bit will default to 0. BIOS can set it to 1 to enable the legacy replacement
routing, or 0 to disable the legacy replacement routing.
Overall Enable (ENABLE_CNF)—R/W. This bit must be set to enable any of the
timers to generate interrupts. If this bit is 0, then the main counter will halt (will not
increment) and no interrupts will be caused by any of these timers. For level-triggered
interrupts, if an interrupt is pending when the ENABLE_CNF bit is changed from 1 to 0,
0
the interrupt status indications (in the various Txx_INT_STS bits) will not be cleared.
Software must write to the Txx_INT_STS bits to clear the interrupts.

NOTE: This bit will default to 0. BIOS can set it to 1 or 0.

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20.1.3 GINTR_STA—General Interrupt Status Register

Address Offset: 020h Attribute: R/W, R/WC
Default Value: 00000000 00000000h Size: 64 bits
.

Bit Description

63:8 Reserved. These bits will return 0 when read.

7 Timer 7Interrupt Active (T07_INT_STS)—R/W. Same functionality as Timer 0.
6 Timer 6Interrupt Active (T06_INT_STS)—R/W. Same functionality as Timer 0.
5 Timer 5Interrupt Active (T05_INT_STS)—R/W. Same functionality as Timer 0.
4 Timer 4Interrupt Active (T04_INT_STS)—R/W. Same functionality as Timer 0.
3 Timer 3Interrupt Active (T03_INT_STS)—R/W. Same functionality as Timer 0.
2 Timer 2 Interrupt Active (T02_INT_STS)—R/W. Same functionality as Timer 0.
1 Timer 1 Interrupt Active (T01_INT_STS)—R/W. Same functionality as Timer 0.
Timer 0 Interrupt Active (T00_INT_STS)—R/WC. The functionality of this bit
depends on whether the edge or level-triggered mode is used for this timer.
(default = 0)
If set to level-triggered mode:
This bit will be set by hardware if the corresponding timer interrupt is active. Once
the bit is set, it can be cleared by software writing a 1 to the same bit position.
0 Writes of 0 to this bit will have no effect.
If set to edge-triggered mode:
This bit should be ignored by software. Software should always write 0 to this bit.

NOTE: Defaults to 0. In edge triggered mode, this bit will always read as 0 and writes
will have no effect.

20.1.4 MAIN_CNT—Main Counter Value Register

Address Offset: 0F0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: N/A Size: 64 bits
.

Bit Description

Counter Value (COUNTER_VAL[63:0])—R/W. Reads return the current value of the

counter. Writes load the new value to the counter.

NOTES:
1. Writes to this register should only be done while the counter is halted.
2. Reads to this register return the current value of the main counter.
3. 32-bit counters will always return 0 for the upper 32-bits of this register.
63:0
4. If 32-bit software attempts to read a 64-bit counter, it should first halt the counter.
Since this delays the interrupts for all of the timers, this should be done only if the
consequences are understood. It is strongly recommended that 32-bit software only
operate the timer in 32-bit mode.
5. Reads to this register are monotonic. No two consecutive reads return the same
value. The second of two reads always returns a larger value (unless the timer has
rolled over to 0).

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20.1.5 TIMn_CONF—Timer n Configuration and Capabilities

Register
Address Offset: Timer 0: 100–107h, Attribute: RO, R/W
Timer 1: 120–127h,
Timer 2: 140–147h,
Timer 3: 160–167h,
Timer 4: 180–187h,
Timer 5: 1A0–1A7h,
Timer 6: 1C0–1C7h,
Timer 7: 1E0–1E7h,
Default Value: N/A Size: 64 bit

Note: The letter n can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 referring to Timer 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

Bit Description

63:56 Reserved. These bits will return 0 when read.

Timer Interrupt Rout Capability (TIMERn_INT_ROUT_CAP)—RO.
Timer 0, 1: Bits 52, 53, 54, and 55 in this field (corresponding to IRQ 20, 21, 22,
and 23) have a value of 1. Writes will have no effect.
Timer 2: Bits 43, 52, 53, 54, and 55 in this field (corresponding to IRQ 11, 20,
21, 22, and 23) have a value of 1. Writes will have no effect.
55:52, Timer 3: Bits 44, 52, 53, 54, and 55 in this field (corresponding to IRQ 11, 20,
43 21, 22, and 23) have a value of 1. Writes will have no effect.
Timer 4, 5, 6, 7: This field is always 0 as interrupts from these timers can only be
delivered using direct FSB interrupt messages.
NOTE: If IRQ 11 is used for HPET #2, software should ensure IRQ 11 is not shared
with any other devices to ensure the proper operation of HPET #2.
NOTE: If IRQ 12 is used for HPET #3, software should ensure IRQ 12 is not shared
with any other devices to ensure the proper operation of HPET #3.
51:45,
Reserved. These bits return 0 when read.
42:14
Interrupt Rout (TIMERn_INT_ROUT_CNF)—R/W. This 5-bit field indicates the
routing for the interrupt to the 8259 or I/O (x) APIC. Software writes to this field to
select which interrupt in the 8259 or I/O (x) will be used for this timer’s interrupt. If
the value is not supported by this particular timer, then the value read back will not
match what is written. The software must only write valid values.
Timer 4, 5, 6, 7: This field is Read-only and reads will return 0.
NOTES:
1. If the interrupt is handled using the 8259, only interrupts 0–15 are applicable
and valid. Software must not program any value other than 0–15 in this field.
2. If the Legacy Replacement Rout bit is set, then Timers 0 and 1 will have a
13:9
different routing, and this bit field has no effect for those two timers.
3. Timer 0,1: Software is responsible to make sure it programs a valid value (20,
21, 22, or 23) for this field. The PCH logic does not check the validity of the
value written.
4. Timer 2: Software is responsible to make sure it programs a valid value (11,
20, 21, 22, or 23) for this field. The PCH logic does not check the validity of the
value written.
5. Timer 3: Software is responsible to make sure it programs a valid value (12,
20, 21, 22, or 23) for this field. The PCH logic does not check the validity of the
value written.

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Bit Description

Timer n 32-bit Mode (TIMERn_32MODE_CNF)—R/W or RO. Software can set this

bit to force a 64-bit timer to behave as a 32-bit timer.
Timer 0: Bit is read/write (default to 0). 0 = 64 bit; 1 = 32 bit
Timers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: Hardwired to 0. Writes have no effect (since these two
timers are 32-bits).
8
NOTE: When this bit is set to 1, the hardware counter will do a 32-bit operation on
comparator match and rollovers; thus, the upper 32-bit of the Timer 0
Comparator Value register is ignored. The upper 32-bit of the main counter is
not involved in any rollover from lower 32-bit of the main counter and
becomes all zeros.
7 Reserved. This bit returns 0 when read.
Timer n Value Set (TIMERn_VAL_SET_CNF)—R/W. Software uses this bit only for
Timer 0 if it has been set to periodic mode. By writing this bit to a 1, the software is
then allowed to directly set the timer’s accumulator. Software does not have to write
this bit back to 1 (it automatically clears).
Software should not write a 1 to this bit position if the timer is set to non-periodic
6
mode.

NOTE: This bit will return 0 when read. Writes will only have an effect for Timer 0 if it
is set to periodic mode. Writes will have no effect for Timers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7.
Timer n Size (TIMERn_SIZE_CAP)—RO. This read only field indicates the size of
the timer.
5
Timer 0: Value is 1 (64-bits).
Timers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.: Value is 0 (32-bits).
Periodic Interrupt Capable (TIMERn_PER_INT_CAP)—RO. If this bit is 1, the
hardware supports a periodic mode for this timer’s interrupt.
4
Timer 0: Hardwired to 1 (supports the periodic interrupt).
Timers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.: Hardwired to 0 (does not support periodic interrupt).
Timer n Type (TIMERn_TYPE_CNF)—R/W or RO.
Timer 0: Bit is read/write. 0 = Disable timer to generate periodic interrupt; 1 =
3
Enable timer to generate a periodic interrupt.
Timers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.: Hardwired to 0. Writes have no affect.
Timer n Interrupt Enable (TIMERn_INT_ENB_CNF)—R/W. This bit must be set
to enable timer n to cause an interrupt when it times out.
2 0 = Disable (Default). The timer can still count and generate appropriate status bits,
but will not cause an interrupt.
1 = Enable.
Timer Interrupt Type (TIMERn_INT_TYPE_CNF)—R/W.
0 = The timer interrupt is edge triggered. This means that an edge-type interrupt is
generated. If another interrupt occurs, another edge will be generated.
1 = The timer interrupt is level triggered. This means that a level-triggered interrupt
1
is generated. The interrupt will be held active until it is cleared by writing to the
bit in the General Interrupt Status Register. If another interrupt occurs before the
interrupt is cleared, the interrupt will remain active.
Timer 4, 5, 6, 7: This bit is Read-Only, and will return 0 when read
0 Reserved. These bits will return 0 when read.

NOTE: Reads or writes to unimplemented timers should not be attempted. Read from any
unimplemented registers will return an undetermined value.

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20.1.6 TIMn_COMP—Timer n Comparator Value Register

Address Offset: Timer 0: 108h–10Fh,
Timer 1: 128h–12Fh,
Timer 2: 148h–14Fh,
Timer 3: 168h–16Fh,
Timer 4: 188h – 18Fh,
Timer 5: 1A8h – 1AFh,
Timer 6: 1C8h – 1CFh,
Timer 7: 1E8h – 1EFh

Attribute: R/W
Default Value: N/A Size: 64 bit

Bit Description

Timer Compare Value—R/W. Reads to this register return the current value of the
comparator
Timers 0, 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6, 7 (4, 5, 6, 7) are configured to non-periodic mode:
Writes to this register load the value against which the main counter should be
compared for this timer.
• When the main counter equals the value last written to this register, the
corresponding interrupt can be generated (if so enabled).
• The value in this register does not change based on the interrupt being
generated.
Timer 0 is configured to periodic mode:
• When the main counter equals the value last written to this register, the
corresponding interrupt can be generated (if so enabled).
• After the main counter equals the value in this register, the value in this register
is increased by the value last written to the register.
63:0
For example, if the value written to the register is 00000123h, then

1. An interrupt will be generated when the main counter reaches 00000123h.

2. The value in this register will then be adjusted by the hardware to 00000246h.
3. Another interrupt will be generated when the main counter reaches 00000246h
4. The value in this register will then be adjusted by the hardware to 00000369h

• As each periodic interrupt occurs, the value in this register will increment. When
the incremented value is greater than the maximum value possible for this
register (FFFFFFFFh for a 32-bit timer or FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFh for a 64-bit timer),
the value will wrap around through 0. For example, if the current value in a 32-bit
timer is FFFF0000h and the last value written to this register is 20000, then after
the next interrupt the value will change to 00010000h
Default value for each timer is all 1s for the bits that are implemented. For example,
a 32-bit timer has a default value of 00000000FFFFFFFFh. A 64-bit timer has a
default value of FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFh.

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21 Serial Peripheral Interface

(SPI)
The Serial Peripheral Interface resides in memory mapped space. This function contains
registers that allow for the setup and programming of devices that reside on the SPI
interface.

Note: All registers in this function (including memory-mapped registers) must be addressable
in byte, word, and DWord quantities. The software must always make register accesses
on natural boundaries (that is, DWord accesses must be on DWord boundaries; word
accesses on word boundaries, etc.) In addition, the memory-mapped register space
must not be accessed with the LOCK semantic exclusive-access mechanism. If software
attempts exclusive-access mechanisms to the SPI memory-mapped space, the results
are undefined.

21.1 Serial Peripheral Interface Memory Mapped

Configuration Registers
The SPI Host Interface registers are memory-mapped in the RCRB (Root Complex
Register Block) Chipset Register Space with a base address (SPIBAR) of 3800h and are
located within the range of 3800h to 39FFh. The address for RCRB can be found in
RCBA Register see Section 13.1.38. The individual registers are then accessible at
SPIBAR + Offset as indicated in the following table.

These memory mapped registers must be accessed in byte, word, or DWord quantities.

Table 21-1. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Register Address Map

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) (Sheet 1 of 2)

SPIBAR +
Mnemonic Register Name Default
Offset

00h–03h BFPR BIOS Flash Primary Region 00000000h

04h–05h HSFSTS Hardware Sequencing Flash Status 0000h
06h–07h HSFCTL Hardware Sequencing Flash Control 0000h
08h–0Bh FADDR Flash Address 00000000h
0Ch–0Fh Reserved Reserved 00000000h
10h–13h FDATA0 Flash Data 0 00000000h
14h–4Fh FDATAN Flash Data N 00000000h
50h–53h FRACC Flash Region Access Permissions 00000202h
54h–57h FREG0 Flash Region 0 00000000h
58h–5Bh FREG1 Flash Region 1 00000000h
5Ch–5F FREG2 Flash Region 2 00000000h
60h–63h FREG3 Flash Region 3 00000000h
64h–67h FREG3 Flash Region 4 00000000h
67h–73h Reserved Reserved for Future Flash Regions
74h–77h FPR0 Flash Protected Range 0 00000000h

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Table 21-1. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Register Address Map

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers) (Sheet 2 of 2)

SPIBAR +
Mnemonic Register Name Default
Offset

78h–7Bh FPR1 Flash Protected Range 1 00000000h

7Ch–7Fh FPR2 Flash Protected Range 2 00000000h
80–83h FPR3 Flash Protected Range 3 00000000h
84h–87h FPR4 Flash Protected Range 4 00000000h
88h–8Fh — Reserved —
90h SSFSTS Software Sequencing Flash Status 00h
91h–93h SSFCTL Software Sequencing Flash Control 0000h
94h–95h PREOP Prefix Opcode Configuration 0000h
96h–97h OPTYPE Opcode Type Configuration 0000h
00000000
98h–9Fh OPMENU Opcode Menu Configuration
00000000h
A0h BBAR BIOS Base Address Configuration 00000000h
B0h–B3h FDOC Flash Descriptor Observability Control 00000000h
B4h–B7h FDOD Flash Descriptor Observability Data 00000000h
B8h–C3h — Reserved —
C0h–C3h AFC Additional Flash Control 00000000h
Host Lower Vendor Specific Component
C4–C7h LVSCC 00000000h
Capabilities
Host Upper Vendor Specific Component
C8–C11h UVSCC 00000000h
Capabilities
D0–D3h FPB Flash Partition Boundary 00000000h

21.1.1 BFPR –BIOS Flash Primary Region Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
BIOS Flash Primary Region Limit (PRL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for
the Primary Region Limit.
28:16
The value in this register loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG1.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
BIOS Flash Primary Region Base (PRB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for
the Primary Region Base
12:0
The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG1.Region Base

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21.1.2 HSFS—Hardware Sequencing Flash Status Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 04h Attribute: RO, R/WC, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Flash Configuration Lock-Down (FLOCKDN)—R/W/L. When set to 1, those Flash

Program Registers that are locked down by this FLOCKDN bit cannot be written. Once
15
set to 1, this bit can only be cleared by a hardware reset due to a global reset or host
partition reset in an Intel® ME enabled system.
Flash Descriptor Valid (FDV)—RO. This bit is set to a 1 if the Flash Controller read
the correct Flash Descriptor Signature.
14 If the Flash Descriptor Valid bit is not 1, software cannot use the Hardware Sequencing
registers, but must use the software sequencing registers. Any attempt to use the
Hardware Sequencing registers will result in the FCERR bit being set.
Flash Descriptor Override Pin Strap Status (FDOPSS)—RO. This bit reflects the
value the Flash Descriptor Override Pin-Strap.
13
0 = The Flash Descriptor Override strap is set
1 = No override
12:6 Reserved
SPI Cycle In Progress (SCIP)—RO. Hardware sets this bit when software sets the
Flash Cycle Go (FGO) bit in the Hardware Sequencing Flash Control register. This bit
remains set until the cycle completes on the SPI interface. Hardware automatically sets
and clears this bit so that software can determine when read data is valid and/or when
5
it is safe to begin programming the next command. Software must only program the
next command when this bit is 0.
NOTE: This field is only applicable when in Descriptor mode and Hardware sequencing
is being used.
Block/Sector Erase Size (BERASE)—RO. This field identifies the erasable sector size
for all Flash components.
Valid Bit Settings:
00 = 256 Byte
01 = 4 K Byte
10 = 8 K Byte
4:3
11 = 64 K Byte
If the FLA is less than FPBA then this field reflects the value in the LVSCC.LBES register.
If the FLA is greater or equal to FPBA then this field reflects the value in the
UVSCC.UBES register.
NOTE: This field is only applicable when in Descriptor mode and Hardware sequencing
is being used.
Access Error Log (AEL)—R/W/C. Hardware sets this bit to a 1 when an attempt was
made to access the BIOS region using the direct access method or an access to the
BIOS Program Registers that violated the security restrictions. This bit is simply a log of
2
an access security violation. This bit is cleared by software writing a 1.
NOTE: This field is only applicable when in Descriptor mode and Hardware sequencing
is being used.

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Bit Description

Flash Cycle Error (FCERR)—R/W/C. Hardware sets this bit to 1 when an program
register access is blocked to the FLASH due to one of the protection policies or when
any of the programmed cycle registers is written while a programmed access is already
in progress. This bit remains asserted until cleared by software writing a 1 or until
1 hardware reset occurs due to a global reset or host partition reset in an Intel® ME
enabled system. Software must clear this bit before setting the FLASH Cycle GO bit in
this register.
NOTE: This field is only applicable when in Descriptor mode and Hardware sequencing
is being used.
Flash Cycle Done (FDONE)—R/W/C. The PCH sets this bit to 1 when the SPI Cycle
completes after software previously set the FGO bit. This bit remains asserted until
cleared by software writing a 1 or hardware reset due to a global reset or host partition
reset in an Intel® ME enabled system. When this bit is set and the SPI SMI# Enable bit
0 is set, an internal signal is asserted to the SMI# generation block. Software must make
sure this bit is cleared prior to enabling the SPI SMI# assertion for a new programmed
access.
NOTE: This field is only applicable when in Descriptor mode and Hardware sequencing
is being used.

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21.1.3 HSFC—Hardware Sequencing Flash Control Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 06h Attribute: R/W, R/WS
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

Flash SPI SMI# Enable (FSMIE)—R/W. When set to 1, the SPI asserts an SMI#
15
request whenever the Flash Cycle Done bit is 1.
14 Reserved
Flash Data Byte Count (FDBC)—R/W. This field specifies the number of bytes to shift
in or out during the data portion of the SPI cycle. The contents of this register are 0s
13:8 based with 0b representing 1 byte and 111111b representing 64 bytes. The number of
bytes transferred is the value of this field plus 1.
This field is ignored for the Block Erase command.
7:3 Reserved
FLASH Cycle (FCYCLE)—R/W. This field defines the Flash SPI cycle type generated to
the FLASH when the FGO bit is set as defined below:
00 = Read (1 up to 64 bytes by setting FDBC)
2:1
01 = Reserved
10 = Write (1 up to 64 bytes by setting FDBC)
11 = Block Erase
Flash Cycle Go (FGO)—R/W/S. A write to this register with a 1 in this bit initiates a
request to the Flash SPI Arbiter to start a cycle. This register is cleared by hardware
when the cycle is granted by the SPI arbiter to run the cycle on the SPI bus. When the
cycle is complete, the FDONE bit is set.
Software is forbidden to write to any register in the HSFLCTL register between the FGO
0 bit getting set and the FDONE bit being cleared. Any attempt to violate this rule will be
ignored by hardware.
Hardware allows other bits in this register to be programmed for the same transaction
when writing this bit to 1. This saves an additional memory write.
This bit always returns 0 on reads.

21.1.4 FADDR—Flash Address Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 08h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:25 Reserved
Flash Linear Address (FLA)—R/W. The FLA is the starting byte linear address of a
SPI Read or Write cycle or an address within a Block for the Block Erase command. The
24:0 Flash Linear Address must fall within a region for which BIOS has access permissions.
Hardware must convert the FLA into a Flash Physical Address (FPA) before running this
cycle on the SPI bus.

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21.1.5 FDATA0—Flash Data 0 Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 10h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Flash Data 0 (FD0)—R/W. This field is shifted out as the SPI Data on the Master-Out
Slave-In Data pin during the data portion of the SPI cycle.
This register also shifts in the data from the Master-In Slave-Out pin into this register
during the data portion of the SPI cycle.
The data is always shifted starting with the least significant byte, msb to lsb, followed
by the next least significant byte, msb to lsb, etc. Specifically, the shift order on SPI in
31:0
terms of bits within this register is: 7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0-15-14-13-…8-23-22-…16-31…24
Bit 24 is the last bit shifted out/in. There are no alignment assumptions; byte 0 always
represents the value specified by the cycle address.
Note that the data in this register may be modified by the hardware during any
programmed SPI transaction. Direct Memory Reads do not modify the contents of this
register.

21.1.6 FDATAN—Flash Data [N] Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 14h Attribute: R/W
SPIBAR + 18h
SPIBAR + 1Ch
SPIBAR + 20h
SPIBAR + 24h
SPIBAR + 28h
SPIBAR + 2Ch
SPIBAR + 30h
SPIBAR + 34h
SPIBAR + 38h
SPIBAR + 3Ch
SPIBAR + 40h
SPIBAR + 44h
SPIBAR + 48h
SPIBAR + 4Ch
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Flash Data N (FD[N])—R/W. Similar definition as Flash Data 0. However, this register
31:0
does not begin shifting until FD[N-1] has completely shifted in/out.—R/W.

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21.1.7 FRAP—Flash Regions Access Permissions Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 50h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000202h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

BIOS Master Write Access Grant (BMWAG)—R/W. Each bit [31:29] corresponds to
Master[7:0]. BIOS can grant one or more masters write access to the BIOS region 1
overriding the permissions in the Flash Descriptor.
31:24
Master[1] is Host processor/BIOS, Master[2] is Intel® Management Engine, Master[3]
is Host processor/GbE. Master[0] and Master[7:4] are reserved.
The contents of this register are locked by the FLOCKDN bit.
BIOS Master Read Access Grant (BMRAG)—R/W. Each bit [28:16] corresponds to
Master[7:0]. BIOS can grant one or more masters read access to the BIOS region 1
overriding the read permissions in the Flash Descriptor.
23:16
Master[1] is Host processor/BIOS, Master[2] is Intel® Management Engine, Master[3]
is Host processor/GbE. Master[0] and Master[7:4] are reserved.
The contents of this register are locked by the FLOCKDN bit
BIOS Region Write Access (BRWA)—RO. Each bit [15:8] corresponds to Regions
[7:0]. If the bit is set, this master can erase and write that particular region through
register accesses.
15:8 The contents of this register are that of the Flash Descriptor. Flash Master 1 Master
Region Write Access OR a particular master has granted BIOS write permissions in their
Master Write Access Grant register or the Flash Descriptor Security Override strap is
set.
BIOS Region Read Access (BRRA)—RO. Each bit [7:0] corresponds to Regions
[7:0]. If the bit is set, this master can read that particular region through register
accesses.
7:0 The contents of this register are that of the Flash Descriptor.Flash Master 1.Master
Region Write Access OR a particular master has granted BIOS read permissions in their
Master Read Access Grant register or the Flash Descriptor Security Override strap is
set.

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21.1.8 FREG0—Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor) Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 54h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 0 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG0.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB) / Flash Descriptor Base Address Region (FDBAR)—RO. This
specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 0 Base
12:0
The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG0.Region Base

21.1.9 FREG1—Flash Region 1 (BIOS Descriptor) Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 58h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 1 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG1.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 1 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG1.Region Base

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21.1.10 FREG2—Flash Region 2 (Intel® ME) Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 5Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 2 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG2.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 2 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG2.Region Base

21.1.11 FREG3—Flash Region 3 (GbE) Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 60h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 3 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG3.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 3 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG3.Region Base

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21.1.12 FREG4—Flash Region 4 (Platform Data) Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 64h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 4 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG4.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 4 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG4.Region Base

21.1.13 PR0—Protected Range 0 Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 74h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register can not be written when the FLOCKDN bit is set to 1.

Bit Description

Write Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that writes and erases directed to addresses between
31
them (inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored
when this bit is cleared.
30:29 Reserved
Protected Range Limit—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the upper limit of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
28:16
FFFh for the limit comparison. Any address greater than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.
Read Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that read directed to addresses between them
15
(inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored when
this bit is cleared.
14:13 Reserved
Protected Range Base—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the lower base of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
12:0
000h for the base comparison. Any address less than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.

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21.1.14 PR1—Protected Range 1 Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 78h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register can not be written when the FLOCKDN bit is set to 1.

Bit Description

Write Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that writes and erases directed to addresses between
31
them (inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored
when this bit is cleared.
30:29 Reserved
Protected Range Limit—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the upper limit of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
28:16
FFFh for the limit comparison. Any address greater than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.
Read Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that read directed to addresses between them
15
(inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored when
this bit is cleared.
14:13 Reserved
Protected Range Base—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the lower base of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
12:0
000h for the base comparison. Any address less than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.

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21.1.15 PR2—Protected Range 2 Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 7Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register can not be written when the FLOCKDN bit is set to 1.

Bit Description

Write Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that writes and erases directed to addresses between
31
them (inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored
when this bit is cleared.
30:29 Reserved
Protected Range Limit—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the upper limit of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
28:16
FFFh for the limit comparison. Any address greater than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.
Read Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that read directed to addresses between them
15
(inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored when
this bit is cleared.
14:13 Reserved
Protected Range Base—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the lower base of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
12:0
000h for the base comparison. Any address less than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.

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21.1.16 PR3—Protected Range 3 Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 80h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register can not be written when the FLOCKDN bit is set to 1.

Bit Description

Write Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that writes and erases directed to addresses between
31
them (inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored
when this bit is cleared.
30:29 Reserved
Protected Range Limit—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the upper limit of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
28:16
FFFh for the limit comparison. Any address greater than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.
Read Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that read directed to addresses between them
15
(inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored when
this bit is cleared.
14:13 Reserved
Protected Range Base—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the lower base of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
12:0
000h for the base comparison. Any address less than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.

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21.1.17 PR4—Protected Range 4 Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 84h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register can not be written when the FLOCKDN bit is set to 1.

Bit Description

Write Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that writes and erases directed to addresses between
31
them (inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored
when this bit is cleared.
30:29 Reserved
Protected Range Limit—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the upper limit of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
28:16
FFFh for the limit comparison. Any address greater than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.
Read Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that read directed to addresses between them
15
(inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored when this
bit is cleared.
14:13 Reserved
Protected Range Base—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the lower base of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
12:0
000h for the base comparison. Any address less than the value programmed in this field
is unaffected by this protected range.

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21.1.18 SSFS—Software Sequencing Flash Status Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 90h Attribute: RO, R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: The Software Sequencing control and status registers are reserved if the hardware
sequencing control and status registers are used.

Bit Description

7:5 Reserved
Access Error Log (AEL)—RO. This bit reflects the value of the Hardware Sequencing
4
Status AEL register.
Flash Cycle Error (FCERR)—R/WC. Hardware sets this bit to 1 when a programmed
access is blocked from running on the SPI interface due to one of the protection policies
or when any of the programmed cycle registers is written while a programmed access is
3
already in progress. This bit remains asserted until cleared by software writing a 1 or
hardware reset due to a global reset or host partition reset in an Intel® ME enabled
system.
Cycle Done Status—R/WC. The PCH sets this bit to 1 when the SPI Cycle completes
(that is, SCIP bit is 0) after software sets the GO bit. This bit remains asserted until
cleared by software writing a 1 or hardware reset due to a global reset or host partition
2 reset in an Intel® ME enabled system. When this bit is set and the SPI SMI# Enable bit
is set, an internal signal is asserted to the SMI# generation block. Software must make
sure this bit is cleared prior to enabling the SPI SMI# assertion for a new programmed
access.
1 Reserved
SPI Cycle In Progress (SCIP)—RO. Hardware sets this bit when software sets the
SPI Cycle Go bit in the Command register. This bit remains set until the cycle completes
0 on the SPI interface. Hardware automatically sets and clears this bit so that software
can determine when read data is valid and/or when it is safe to begin programming the
next command. Software must only program the next command when this bit is 0.

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21.1.19 SSFC—Software Sequencing Flash Control Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 91h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: F80000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

23:19 Reserved. BIOS must set this field to ‘11111’b

SPI Cycle Frequency (SCF)—R/W. This register sets frequency to use for all SPI
software sequencing cycles (write, erase, fast read, read status, etc.) except for the
read cycle which always run at 20MHz.
000 = 20 MHz
18:16
001 = 33 MHz
100 = 50 MHz
All other values reserved.
This register is locked when the SPI Configuration Lock-Down bit is set.
SPI SMI# Enable (SME)—R/W. When set to 1, the SPI asserts an SMI# request
15
whenever the Cycle Done Status bit is 1.
Data Cycle (DS)—R/W. When set to 1, there is data that corresponds to this
14 transaction. When 0, no data is delivered for this cycle, and the DBC and data fields
themselves are don’t cares.
Data Byte Count (DBC)—R/W. This field specifies the number of bytes to shift in
or out during the data portion of the SPI cycle. The valid settings (in decimal) are
any value from 0 to 63. The number of bytes transferred is the value of this field
13:8 plus 1.
Note that when this field is 00_0000b, then there is 1 byte to transfer and that
11_1111b means there are 64 bytes to transfer.
7 Reserved
Cycle Opcode Pointer (COP)—R/W. This field selects one of the programmed
6:4 opcodes in the Opcode Menu to be used as the SPI Command/Opcode. In the case
of an Atomic Cycle Sequence, this determines the second command.—R/W.
Sequence Prefix Opcode Pointer (SPOP)—R/W. This field selects one of the two
programmed prefix opcodes for use when performing an Atomic Cycle Sequence. A
3 value of 0 points to the opcode in the least significant byte of the Prefix Opcodes
register. By making this programmable, the PCH supports flash devices that have
different opcodes for enabling writes to the data space vs. status register.
Atomic Cycle Sequence (ACS)—R/W. When set to 1 along with the SCGO
assertion, the PCH will execute a sequence of commands on the SPI interface
without allowing the LAN component to arbitrate and interleave cycles. The
sequence is composed of:
2 • Atomic Sequence Prefix Command (8-bit opcode only)
• Primary Command specified below by software (can include address and data)
• Polling the Flash Status Register (opcode 05h) until bit 0 becomes 0b.
The SPI Cycle in Progress bit remains set and the Cycle Done Status bit remains
unset until the Busy bit in the Flash Status Register returns 0.
SPI Cycle Go (SCGO)—R/WS. This bit always returns 0 on reads. However, a write
to this register with a 1 in this bit starts the SPI cycle defined by the other bits of
this register. The “SPI Cycle in Progress” (SCIP) bit gets set by this action. Hardware
1 must ignore writes to this bit while the Cycle In Progress bit is set.
Hardware allows other bits in this register to be programmed for the same
transaction when writing this bit to 1. This saves an additional memory write.
0 Reserved

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21.1.20 PREOP—Prefix Opcode Configuration Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 94h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Prefix Opcode 1—R/W. Software programs an SPI opcode into this field that is
15:8
permitted to run as the first command in an atomic cycle sequence.
Prefix Opcode 0—R/W. Software programs an SPI opcode into this field that is
7:0
permitted to run as the first command in an atomic cycle sequence.

NOTE: This register is not writable when the Flash Configuration Lock-Down bit (SPIBAR +
04h:15) is set.

21.1.21 OPTYPE—Opcode Type Configuration Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 96h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Entries in this register correspond to the entries in the Opcode Menu Configuration
register.

Note: The definition below only provides write protection for opcodes that have addresses
associated with them. Therefore, any erase or write opcodes that do not use an address
should be avoided (for example, “Chip Erase” and “Auto-Address Increment Byte
Program”)

Bit Description

15:14 Opcode Type 7—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
13:12 Opcode Type 6—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
11:10 Opcode Type 5—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
9:8 Opcode Type 4—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
7:6 Opcode Type 3—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
5:4 Opcode Type 2—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
3:2 Opcode Type 1—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
Opcode Type 0—R/W. This field specifies information about the corresponding Opcode
0. This information allows the hardware to 1) know whether to use the address field
and 2) provide BIOS and Shared Flash protection capabilities. The encoding of the two
bits is:
1:0 00 = No address associated with this Opcode; Read cycle type
01 = No address associated with this Opcode; Write cycle type
10 = Address required; Read cycle type
11 = Address required; Write cycle type

NOTE: This register is not writable when the SPI Configuration Lock-Down bit (SPIBAR + 00h:15)
is set.

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21.1.22 OPMENU—Opcode Menu Configuration Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + 98h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64 bits

Eight entries are available in this register to give BIOS a sufficient set of commands for
communicating with the flash device, while also restricting what malicious software can
do. This keeps the hardware flexible enough to operate with a wide variety of SPI
devices.

Note: It is recommended that BIOS avoid programming Write Enable opcodes in this menu.
Malicious software could then perform writes and erases to the SPI flash without using
the atomic cycle mechanism. This could cause functional failures in a shared flash
environment. Write Enable opcodes should only be programmed in the Prefix Opcodes.

Bit Description

63:56 Allowable Opcode 7—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
55:48 Allowable Opcode 6—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
47:40 Allowable Opcode 5—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
39:32 Allowable Opcode 4—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
31:24 Allowable Opcode 3—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
23:16 Allowable Opcode 2—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
15:8 Allowable Opcode 1—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
Allowable Opcode 0—R/W. Software programs an SPI opcode into this field for use
7:0
when initiating SPI commands through the Control Register.

This register is not writable when the SPI Configuration Lock-Down bit (SPIBAR +
00h:15) is set.

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21.1.23 BBAR—BIOS Base Address Configuration Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + A0h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Eight entries are available in this register to give BIOS a sufficient set of commands for
communicating with the flash device, while also restricting what malicious software can
do. This keeps the hardware flexible enough to operate with a wide variety of SPI
devices.

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
Bottom of System Flash—R/W. This field determines the bottom of the System BIOS.
The PCH will not run programmed commands nor memory reads whose address field is
less than this value. this field corresponds to bits 23:8 of the 3-byte address; bits 7:0
are assumed to be 00h for this vector when comparing to a potential SPI address.
23:8 NOTE: The SPI host controller prevents any programmed cycle using the address
register with an address less than the value in this register. Some flash devices
specify that the Read ID command must have an address of 0000h or 0001h. If
this command must be supported with these devices, it must be performed with
the BIOS BAR
7:0 Reserved

21.1.24 FDOC—Flash Descriptor Observability Control Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + B0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register that can be used to observe the contents of the Flash Descriptor that is
stored in the PCH Flash Controller. This register is only applicable when SPI device is in
descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:15 Reserved
Flash Descriptor Section Select (FDSS)—R/W. Selects which section within the
loaded Flash Descriptor to observe.
000 = Flash Signature and Descriptor Map
14:12 001 = Component
010 = Region
011 = Master
111 = Reserved
Flash Descriptor Section Index (FDSI)—R/W. Selects the DW offset within the Flash
11:2
Descriptor Section to observe.
1:0 Reserved

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21.1.25 FDOD—Flash Descriptor Observability Data Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + B4h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register that can be used to observe the contents of the Flash Descriptor that is
stored in the PCH Flash Controller.

Bit Description

Flash Descriptor Section Data (FDSD)—RO. Returns the DW of data to observe as

31:0
selected in the Flash Descriptor Observability Control.

21.1.26 AFC—Additional Flash Control Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + C0h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits.

Bit Description

31:3 Reserved
Flash Controller Interface Dynamic Clock Gating Enable—R/W.
0 = Flash Controller Interface Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
2:1
1 = Flash Controller Interface Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled
Other configurations are Reserved.
Flash Controller Core Dynamic Clock Gating Enable—R/W.
0 0 = Flash Controller Core Dynamic Clock Gating is Disabled
1 = Flash Controller Core Dynamic Clock Gating is Enabled

21.1.27 LVSCC—Host Lower Vendor Specific Component

Capabilities Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + C4h Attribute: RO, RWL
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits
Note: All attributes described in LVSCC must apply to all flash space below the FPBA, even if
it spans between two separate flash parts. This register is only applicable when SPI
device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description
31:24 Reserved
Vendor Component Lock (LVCL)—RW. This register locks itself when set.
0 = The lock bit is not set
23
1 = The Vendor Component Lock bit is set.
NOTE: This bit applies to both UVSCC and LVSCC registers.
22:16 Reserved
Lower Erase Opcode (LEO)—RW. This register is programmed with the Flash erase
15:8 instruction opcode required by the vendor’s Flash component.
This register is locked by the Vendor Component Lock (LVCL) bit.
7:5 Reserved

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Bit Description
Write Enable on Write Status (LWEWS)—RW. This register is locked by the Vendor
Component Lock (LVCL) bit.
0 = No automatic write of 00h will be made to the SPI flash’s status register)
1 = A write of 00h to the SPI flash’s status register will be sent on EVERY write and erase
to the SPI flash. 06h 01h 00h is the opcode sequence used to unlock the Status
register.
4
NOTES:
1. This bit should not be set to 1 if there are non-volatile bits in the SPI flash’s
status register. This may lead to premature flash wear out.
2. This is not an atomic sequence. If the SPI component’s status register is non-
volatile, then BIOS should issue an atomic software sequence cycle to unlock the
flash part.
3. Bit 3 and bit 4 should NOT be both set to 1.
Lower Write Status Required (LWSR)—RW. This register is locked by the Vendor
Component Lock (LVCL) bit.
0 = No automatic write of 00h will be made to the SPI flash’s status register)
1 = A write of 00h to the SPI flash’s status register will be sent on EVERY write and erase
to the SPI flash. 50h 01h 00h is the opcode sequence used to unlock the Status
register.
3
NOTES:
1. This bit should not be set to 1 if there are non volatile bits in the SPI flash’s
status register. This may lead to premature flash wear out.
2. This is not an atomic sequence. If the SPI component’s status register is non-
volatile, then BIOS should issue an atomic software sequence cycle to unlock the
flash part.
3. Bit 3 and bit 4 should NOT be both set to 1.
Lower Write Granularity (LWG)—RW. This register is locked by the Vendor
Component Lock (LVCL) bit.
0 = 1 Byte
1 = 64 Byte

2 NOTES:
1. If more than one Flash component exists, this field must be set to the lowest
common write granularity of the different Flash components.
2. If using 64 B write, BIOS must ensure that multiple byte writes do not occur over
256 B boundaries. This will lead to corruption as the write will wrap around the
page boundary on the SPI flash part. This is a a feature page writable SPI flash.
Lower Block/Sector Erase Size (LBES)—RW. This field identifies the erasable sector
size for all Flash components.
00 = 256 Byte
01 = 4 KB
10 = 8 KB
1:0 11 = 64 KB
This register is locked by the Vendor Component Lock (LVCL) bit.
Hardware takes no action based on the value of this register. The contents of this
register are to be used only by software and can be read in the HSFSTS.BERASE register
in both the BIOS and the GbE program registers if FLA is less than FPBA.

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21.1.28 UVSCC—Host Upper Vendor Specific Component

Capabilities Register
(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + C8h Attribute: RO, RWL
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: All attributes described in UVSCC must apply to all flash space equal to or above the
FPBA, even if it spans between two separate flash parts. This register is only applicable
when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Note: To prevent this register from being modified you must use LVSCC.VCL bit.

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Upper Erase Opcode (UEO)—RW. This register is programmed with the Flash erase
15:8 instruction opcode required by the vendor’s Flash component.
This register is locked by the Vendor Component Lock (UVCL) bit.
7:5 Reserved
Write Enable on Write Status (UWEWS)—RW. This register is locked by the Vendor
Component Lock (UVCL) bit.
0 = No automatic write of 00h will be made to the SPI flash’s status register)
1 = A write of 00h to the SPI flash’s status register will be sent on EVERY write and
erase to the SPI flash. 06h 01h 00h is the opcode sequence used to unlock the
Status register.
4
NOTES:
1. This bit should not be set to 1 if there are non volatile bits in the SPI flash’s
status register. This may lead to premature flash wear out.
2. This is not an atomic sequence. If the SPI component’s status register is non-
volatile, then BIOS should issue an atomic software sequence cycle to unlock
the flash part.
3. Bit 3 and bit 4 should NOT be both set to 1.
Upper Write Status Required (UWSR)—RW. This register is locked by the Vendor
Component Lock (UVCL) bit.
0 = No automatic write of 00h will be made to the SPI flash’s status register)
1 = A write of 00h to the SPI flash’s status register will be sent on EVERY write and
erase to the SPI flash. 50h 01h 00h is the opcode sequence used to unlock the
Status register.
3
NOTES:
1. This bit should not be set to ‘1’ if there are non volatile bits in the SPI flash’s
status register. This may lead to premature flash wear out.
2. This is not an atomic sequence. If the SPI component’s status register is non-
volatile, then BIOS should issue an atomic software sequence cycle to unlock
the flash part.
3. Bit 3 and bit 4 should NOT be both set to 1.

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Bit Description

Upper Write Granularity (UWG)—RW. This register is locked by the Vendor

Component Lock (UVCL) bit.
0 = 1 Byte
1 = 64 Byte

NOTES:
2
1. If more than one Flash component exists, this field must be set to the lowest
common write granularity of the different Flash components.
2. If using 64 B write, BIOS must ensure that multiple byte writes do not occur
over 256 B boundaries. This will lead to corruption as the write will wrap around
the page boundary on the SPI flash part. This is a a feature page writable SPI
flash.
Upper Block/Sector Erase Size (UBES)—RW. This field identifies the erasable sector
size for all Flash components.
Valid Bit Settings:
00 = 256 Byte
01 = 4 KB
1:0 10 = 8 KB
11 = 64 KB
This register is locked by the Vendor Component Lock (UVCL) bit.
Hardware takes no action based on the value of this register. The contents of this
register are to be used only by software and can be read in the HSFSTS.BERASE
register in both the BIOS and the GbE program registers if FLA is greater or equal to
FPBA.

21.1.29 FPB—Flash Partition Boundary Register

(SPI Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: SPIBAR + D0h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register is only applicable when SPI device is in descriptor mode.

Bit Description

31:13 Reserved
Flash Partition Boundary Address (FPBA)—RO. This register reflects the value of
12:0
Flash Descriptor Component FPBA field.

21.2 Flash Descriptor Records

The following sections describe the data structure of the Flash Descriptor on the SPI
device. These are not registers within the PCH.

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21.3 OEM Section

Memory Address: F00h
Default Value: Size: 256 Bytes

256 Bytes are reserved at the top of the Flash Descriptor for use by the OEM. The
information stored by the OEM can only be written during the manufacturing process as
the Flash Descriptor read/write permissions must be set to Read Only when the
computer leaves the manufacturing floor. The PCH Flash controller does not read this
information. FFh is suggested to reduce programming time.

21.4 GbE SPI Flash Program Registers

The GbE Flash registers are memory-mapped with a base address MBARB found in the
GbE LAN register chapter Device 25: Function 0: Offset 14h. The individual registers
are then accessible at MBARB + Offset as indicated in the following table.

These memory mapped registers must be accessed in byte, word, or DWord quantities.

Note: These register are only applicable when SPI flash is used in descriptor mode.
Table 21-2. Gigabit LAN SPI Flash Program Register Address Map
(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
MBARB +
Mnemonic Register Name Default Access
Offset

00h–03h GLFPR Gigabit LAN Flash Primary Region 00000000h

04h–05h HSFSTS Hardware Sequencing Flash Status 0000h
06h–07h HSFCTL Hardware Sequencing Flash Control 0000h
08h–0Bh FADDR Flash Address 00000000h
0Ch–0Fh Reserved Reserved 00000000h
10h–13h FDATA0 Flash Data 0 00000000h
14h–4Fh Reserved Reserved 00000000h
50h–53h FRACC Flash Region Access Permissions 00000000h
54h–57h FREG0 Flash Region 0 00000000h
58h–5Bh FREG1 Flash Region 1 00000000h
5Ch–5F FREG2 Flash Region 2 00000000h
60h–63h FREG3 Flash Region 3 00000000h
64h–73h Reserved Reserved for Future Flash Regions
74h–77h FPR0 Flash Protected Range 0 00000000h
78h–7Bh FPR1 Flash Protected Range 1 00000000h
7Ch–8Fh Reserved Reserved
90h SSFSTS Software Sequencing Flash Status 00h
91h–93h SSFCTL Software Sequencing Flash Control 000000h
94h–95h PREOP Prefix Opcode Configuration 0000h
96h–97h OPTYPE Opcode Type Configuration 0000h
00000000
98h–9Fh OPMENU Opcode Menu Configuration
00000000h
A0h–DFh Reserved Reserved

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21.4.1 GLFPR –Gigabit LAN Flash Primary Region Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
GbE Flash Primary Region Limit (PRL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for
the Primary Region Limit.
28:16
The value in this register loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG3.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
GbE Flash Primary Region Base (PRB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for
the Primary Region Base
12:0
The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG3.Region Base

21.4.2 HSFS—Hardware Sequencing Flash Status Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 04h Attribute: RO, R/WC, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Flash Configuration Lock-Down (FLOCKDN)—R/W. When set to 1, those Flash

Program Registers that are locked down by this FLOCKDN bit cannot be written. Once
15
set to 1, this bit can only be cleared by a hardware reset due to a global reset or host
partition reset in an Intel® ME enabled system.
Flash Descriptor Valid (FDV)—RO. This bit is set to a 1 if the Flash Controller read
the correct Flash Descriptor Signature.
14 If the Flash Descriptor Valid bit is not 1, software cannot use the Hardware Sequencing
registers, but must use the software sequencing registers. Any attempt to use the
Hardware Sequencing registers will result in the FCERR bit being set.
Flash Descriptor Override Pin Strap Status (FDOPSS)—RO. This bit reflects the
value the Flash Descriptor Override Pin-Strap.
13
0 = The Flash Descriptor Override strap is set
1 = No override
12:6 Reserved
SPI Cycle In Progress (SCIP)—RO. Hardware sets this bit when software sets the
Flash Cycle Go (FGO) bit in the Hardware Sequencing Flash Control register. This bit
remains set until the cycle completes on the SPI interface. Hardware automatically sets
5
and clears this bit so that software can determine when read data is valid and/or when
it is safe to begin programming the next command. Software must only program the
next command when this bit is 0.

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Bit Description

Block/Sector Erase Size (BERASE)—RO. This field identifies the erasable sector size
for all Flash components.
00 = 256 Byte
01 = 4 K Byte
10 = 8 K Byte
4:3
11 = 64 K Byte
If the Flash Linear Address is less than FPBA then this field reflects the value in the
LVSCC.LBES register.
If the Flash Linear Address is greater or equal to FPBA then this field reflects the value
in the UVSCC.UBES register.
Access Error Log (AEL)—R/W/C. Hardware sets this bit to a 1 when an attempt was
made to access the BIOS region using the direct access method or an access to the
2
BIOS Program Registers that violated the security restrictions. This bit is simply a log of
an access security violation. This bit is cleared by software writing a 1.
Flash Cycle Error (FCERR)—R/W/C. Hardware sets this bit to 1 when an program
register access is blocked to the FLASH due to one of the protection policies or when
any of the programmed cycle registers is written while a programmed access is already
1 in progress. This bit remains asserted until cleared by software writing a 1 or until
hardware reset occurs due to a global reset or host partition reset in an Intel® ME
enabled system. Software must clear this bit before setting the FLASH Cycle GO bit in
this register.
Flash Cycle Done (FDONE)—R/W/C. The PCH sets this bit to 1 when the SPI Cycle
completes after software previously set the FGO bit. This bit remains asserted until
cleared by software writing a 1 or hardware reset due to a global reset or host partition
0 reset in an Intel® ME enabled system. When this bit is set and the SPI SMI# Enable bit
is set, an internal signal is asserted to the SMI# generation block. Software must make
sure this bit is cleared prior to enabling the SPI SMI# assertion for a new programmed
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21.4.3 HSFC—Hardware Sequencing Flash Control Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 06h Attribute: R/W, R/WS
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:10 Reserved
Flash Data Byte Count (FDBC)—R/W. This field specifies the number of bytes to shift
in or out during the data portion of the SPI cycle. The contents of this register are 0s
9:8 based with 0b representing 1 byte and 11b representing 4 bytes. The number of bytes
transferred is the value of this field plus 1.
This field is ignored for the Block Erase command.
7:3 Reserved
FLASH Cycle (FCYCLE)—R/W. This field defines the Flash SPI cycle type generated to
the FLASH when the FGO bit is set as defined below:
00 = Read (1 up to 4 bytes by setting FDBC)
2:1
01 = Reserved
10 = Write (1 up to 4 bytes by setting FDBC)
11 = Block Erase
Flash Cycle Go (FGO)—R/W/S. A write to this register with a 1 in this bit initiates a
request to the Flash SPI Arbiter to start a cycle. This register is cleared by hardware
when the cycle is granted by the SPI arbiter to run the cycle on the SPI bus. When the
cycle is complete, the FDONE bit is set.
Software is forbidden to write to any register in the HSFLCTL register between the FGO
0
bit getting set and the FDONE bit being cleared. Any attempt to violate this rule will be
ignored by hardware.
Hardware allows other bits in this register to be programmed for the same transaction
when writing this bit to 1. This saves an additional memory write.
This bit always returns 0 on reads.

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21.4.4 FADDR—Flash Address Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 08h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:25 Reserved
Flash Linear Address (FLA)—R/W. The FLA is the starting byte linear address of a
24:0 SPI Read or Write cycle or an address within a Block for the Block Erase command. The
Flash Linear Address must fall within a region for which BIOS has access permissions.

21.4.5 FDATA0—Flash Data 0 Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 10h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Flash Data 0 (FD0)—R/W. This field is shifted out as the SPI Data on the Master-Out
Slave-In Data pin during the data portion of the SPI cycle.
This register also shifts in the data from the Master-In Slave-Out pin into this register
during the data portion of the SPI cycle.
The data is always shifted starting with the least significant byte, msb to lsb, followed
by the next least significant byte, msb to lsb, etc. Specifically, the shift order on SPI in
31:0
terms of bits within this register is: 7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0-15-14-13-…8-23-22-…16-31…24
Bit 24 is the last bit shifted out/in. There are no alignment assumptions; byte 0 always
represents the value specified by the cycle address.
Note that the data in this register may be modified by the hardware during any
programmed SPI transaction. Direct Memory Reads do not modify the contents of this
register.

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21.4.6 FRAP—Flash Regions Access Permissions Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 50h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000808h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:28 Reserved
GbE Master Write Access Grant (GMWAG)—R/W. Each bit 27:25 corresponds to
Master[3:1]. GbE can grant one or more masters write access to the GbE region 3
overriding the permissions in the Flash Descriptor.
27:25
Master[1] is Host CPU/BIOS, Master[2] is Intel® Management Engine, Master[3] is Host
processor/GbE.
The contents of this register are locked by the FLOCKDN bit.
24:20 Reserved
GbE Master Read Access Grant (GMRAG)—R/W. Each bit 19:17 corresponds to
Master[3:1]. GbE can grant one or more masters read access to the GbE region 3
overriding the read permissions in the Flash Descriptor.
19:17
Master[1] is Host processor/BIOS, Master[2] is Intel® Management Engine, Master[3]
is GbE.
The contents of this register are locked by the FLOCKDN bit
16:12 Reserved
GbE Region Write Access (GRWA)—RO. Each bit 11:8 corresponds to Regions 3:0.
If the bit is set, this master can erase and write that particular region through register
accesses.
11:8 The contents of this register are that of the Flash Descriptor. Flash Master 3.Master
Region Write Access OR a particular master has granted GbE write permissions in their
Master Write Access Grant register OR the Flash Descriptor Security Override strap is
set.
7:4 Reserved
GbE Region Read Access (GRRA)—RO. Each bit 3:0 corresponds to Regions 3:0. If
the bit is set, this master can read that particular region through register accesses.
3:0 The contents of this register are that of the Flash Descriptor. Flash Master 3.Master
Region Write Access OR a particular master has granted GbE read permissions in their
Master Read Access Grant register.

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21.4.7 FREG0—Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor) Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 54h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 0 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG0.Region Limit
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 0 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG0.Region Base

21.4.8 FREG1—Flash Region 1 (BIOS Descriptor) Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 58h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 1 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG1.Region Limit.
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 1 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG1.Region Base.

21.4.9 FREG2—Flash Region 2 (Intel® ME) Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 5Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 2 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG2.Region Limit.
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 2 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG2.Region Base.

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21.4.10 FREG3—Flash Region 3 (GbE) Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 60h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000hSize: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:29 Reserved
Region Limit (RL)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 3 Limit.
28:16 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG3.Region Limit.
15:13 Reserved
Region Base (RB)—RO. This specifies address bits 24:12 for the Region 3 Base
12:0 The value in this register is loaded from the contents in the Flash
Descriptor.FLREG3.Region Base.

21.4.11 PR0—Protected Range 0 Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 74h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register can not be written when the FLOCKDN bit is set to 1.

Bit Description

Write Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that writes and erases directed to addresses between
31
them (inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored
when this bit is cleared.
30:29 Reserved
Protected Range Limit—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the upper limit of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
28:16
FFFh for the limit comparison. Any address greater than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.
Read Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that read directed to addresses between them
15
(inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored when
this bit is cleared.
14:13 Reserved
Protected Range Base—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the lower base of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
12:0
000h for the base comparison. Any address less than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.

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21.4.12 PR1—Protected Range 1 Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 78h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Note: This register can not be written when the FLOCKDN bit is set to 1.

Bit Description

Write Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that writes and erases directed to addresses between
31
them (inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored
when this bit is cleared.
30:29 Reserved
Protected Range Limit—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the upper limit of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
28:16
FFFh for the limit comparison. Any address greater than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.
Read Protection Enable—R/W. When set, this bit indicates that the Base and Limit
fields in this register are valid and that read directed to addresses between them
15
(inclusive) must be blocked by hardware. The base and limit fields are ignored when
this bit is cleared.
14:13 Reserved
Protected Range Base—R/W. This field corresponds to FLA address bits 24:12 and
specifies the lower base of the protected range. Address bits 11:0 are assumed to be
12:0
000h for the base comparison. Any address less than the value programmed in this
field is unaffected by this protected range.

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21.4.13 SSFS—Software Sequencing Flash Status Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 90h Attribute: RO, R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Note: The Software Sequencing control and status registers are reserved if the hardware
sequencing control and status registers are used.

Bit Description

7:5 Reserved
Access Error Log (AEL)—RO. This bit reflects the value of the Hardware Sequencing
4
Status AEL register.
Flash Cycle Error (FCERR)—R/WC. Hardware sets this bit to 1 when a programmed
access is blocked from running on the SPI interface due to one of the protection policies
or when any of the programmed cycle registers is written while a programmed access is
3
already in progress. This bit remains asserted until cleared by software writing a 1 or
hardware reset due to a global reset or host partition reset in an Intel® ME enabled
system.
Cycle Done Status—R/WC. The PCH sets this bit to 1 when the SPI Cycle completes
(that is, SCIP bit is 0) after software sets the GO bit. This bit remains asserted until
cleared by software writing a 1 or hardware reset due to a global reset or host partition
2 reset in an Intel® ME enabled system. When this bit is set and the SPI SMI# Enable bit
is set, an internal signal is asserted to the SMI# generation block. Software must make
sure this bit is cleared prior to enabling the SPI SMI# assertion for a new programmed
access.
1 Reserved
SPI Cycle In Progress (SCIP)—RO. Hardware sets this bit when software sets the
SPI Cycle Go bit in the Command register. This bit remains set until the cycle completes
0 on the SPI interface. Hardware automatically sets and clears this bit so that software
can determine when read data is valid and/or when it is safe to begin programming the
next command. Software must only program the next command when this bit is 0.

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21.4.14 SSFC—Software Sequencing Flash Control Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 91h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 000000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

23:19 Reserved
SPI Cycle Frequency (SCF)—R/W. This register sets frequency to use for all SPI
software sequencing cycles (write, erase, fast read, read status, etc.) except for the
read cycle which always run at 20 MHz.
18:16 000 = 20 MHz
001 = 33 MHz
All other values = Reserved.
This register is locked when the SPI Configuration Lock-Down bit is set.
15 Reserved
Data Cycle (DS)—R/W. When set to 1, there is data that corresponds to this
14 transaction. When 0, no data is delivered for this cycle, and the DBC and data fields
themselves are don’t cares
Data Byte Count (DBC)—R/W. This field specifies the number of bytes to shift in or
out during the data portion of the SPI cycle. The valid settings (in decimal) are any
13:8 value from 0 to 3. The number of bytes transferred is the value of this field plus 1.
Note that when this field is 00b, then there is 1 byte to transfer and that 11b means
there are 4 bytes to transfer.
7 Reserved
Cycle Opcode Pointer (COP)—R/W. This field selects one of the programmed
6:4 opcodes in the Opcode Menu to be used as the SPI Command/Opcode. In the case of an
Atomic Cycle Sequence, this determines the second command.
Sequence Prefix Opcode Pointer (SPOP)—R/W. This field selects one of the two
programmed prefix opcodes for use when performing an Atomic Cycle Sequence. A
3 value of 0 points to the opcode in the least significant byte of the Prefix Opcodes
register. By making this programmable, the PCH supports flash devices that have
different opcodes for enabling writes to the data space versus status register.
Atomic Cycle Sequence (ACS)—R/W. When set to 1 along with the SCGO assertion,
the PCH will execute a sequence of commands on the SPI interface without allowing the
LAN component to arbitrate and interleave cycles. The sequence is composed of:
• Atomic Sequence Prefix Command (8-bit opcode only)
2
• Primary Command specified below by software (can include address and data)
• Polling the Flash Status Register (opcode 05h) until bit 0 becomes 0b.
The SPI Cycle in Progress bit remains set and the Cycle Done Status bit remains unset
until the Busy bit in the Flash Status Register returns 0.
SPI Cycle Go (SCGO)—R/WS. This bit always returns 0 on reads. However, a write to
this register with a ‘1’ in this bit starts the SPI cycle defined by the other bits of this
register. The “SPI Cycle in Progress” (SCIP) bit gets set by this action. Hardware must
1
ignore writes to this bit while the Cycle In Progress bit is set.
Hardware allows other bits in this register to be programmed for the same transaction
when writing this bit to 1. This saves an additional memory write.
0 Reserved

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21.4.15 PREOP—Prefix Opcode Configuration Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 94h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Prefix Opcode 1—R/W. Software programs an SPI opcode into this field that is
15:8
permitted to run as the first command in an atomic cycle sequence.
Prefix Opcode 0—R/W. Software programs an SPI opcode into this field that is
7:0
permitted to run as the first command in an atomic cycle sequence.

NOTE: This register is not writable when the SPI Configuration Lock-Down bit (MBARB + 00h:15)
is set.

21.4.16 OPTYPE—Opcode Type Configuration Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 96h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Entries in this register correspond to the entries in the Opcode Menu Configuration
register.

Note: The definition below only provides write protection for opcodes that have addresses
associated with them. Therefore, any erase or write opcodes that do not use an address
should be avoided (for example, “Chip Erase” and “Auto-Address Increment Byte
Program”).

Bit Description

15:14 Opcode Type 7—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
13:12 Opcode Type 6—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
11:10 Opcode Type 5—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
9:8 Opcode Type 4—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
7:6 Opcode Type 3—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
5:4 Opcode Type 2—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
3:2 Opcode Type 1—R/W. See the description for bits 1:0
Opcode Type 0—R/W. This field specifies information about the corresponding Opcode
0. This information allows the hardware to 1) know whether to use the address field
and 2) provide BIOS and Shared Flash protection capabilities. The encoding of the two
bits is:
1:0 00 = No address associated with this Opcode; Read cycle type
01 = No address associated with this Opcode; Write cycle type
10 = Address required; Read cycle type
11 = Address required; Write cycle type

NOTE: This register is not writable when the SPI Configuration Lock-Down bit (MBARB + 00h:15)
is set.

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21.4.17 OPMENU—Opcode Menu Configuration Register

(GbE LAN Memory Mapped Configuration Registers)
Memory Address: MBARB + 98h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64 bits

Eight entries are available in this register to give GbE a sufficient set of commands for
communicating with the flash device, while also restricting what malicious software can
do. This keeps the hardware flexible enough to operate with a wide variety of SPI
devices.

Note: It is recommended that GbE avoid programming Write Enable opcodes in this menu.
Malicious software could then perform writes and erases to the SPI flash without using
the atomic cycle mechanism. This could cause functional failures in a shared flash
environment. Write Enable opcodes should only be programmed in the Prefix Opcodes.

Bit Description

63:56 Allowable Opcode 7—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
55:48 Allowable Opcode 6—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
47:40 Allowable Opcode 5—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
39:32 Allowable Opcode 4—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
31:24 Allowable Opcode 3—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
23:16 Allowable Opcode 2—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
15:8 Allowable Opcode 1—R/W. See the description for bits 7:0
Allowable Opcode 0—R/W. Software programs an SPI opcode into this field for use
7:0
when initiating SPI commands through the Control Register.

This register is not writable when the SPI Configuration Lock-Down bit (MBARB +
00h:15) is set.

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22 Thermal Sensor Registers

(D31:F6)
22.1 PCI Bus Configuration Registers
Table 22-1. Thermal Sensor Register Address Map

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

02h–03h DID Device Identification 3B32h RO
04h–05h CMD Command Register 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h STS Device Status 0010h R/WC, RO
08h RID Revision ID 00h RO
09h PI Programming Interface 00h RO
0Ah SCC Sub Class Code 80h RO
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 11h RO
0Ch CLS Cache Line Size 00h RO
0Dh LT Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HTYPE Header Type 00h RO
0Fh BIST Built-in Self Test 00h RO
10h–13h TBAR Thermal Base Address (Memory) 00000004h R/W, RO
14h–17h TBARH Thermal Base Address High DWord 00000000h RO
2Ch–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor Identifier 0000h R/WO
2Eh–2Fh SID Subsystem Identifier 0000h R/WO
34h CAP_PTR Capabilities Pointer 50h RO
3Ch INTLN Interrupt Line 00h RW
See
3Dh INTPN Interrupt Pin RO
Description
40h–43h TBARB BIOS Assigned Thermal Base Address 00000004h R/W, RO
BIOS Assigned Thermal Base High
44h–47h TBARBH 00000000h R/W
DWord
50h–51h PID Power Management Identifiers 8001h RO
52h–53h PC Power Management Capabilities 0023h RO
54h–57h PCS Power Management Control and Status 0008h R/W, RO

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22.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register

Offset Address: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bit
Lockable: No Power Well: Core

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel. Intel VID = 8086h

22.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register

Offset Address: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 3B32h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Device ID (DID)—RO. Indicates the device number assigned by the SIG.

22.1.3 CMD—Command Register

Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable (ID)—RW. Enables the device to assert an INTx#.
10 0 = When cleared, the INTx# signal may be asserted.
1 = When set, the Thermal logic’s INTx# signal will be de-asserted.
9 FBE (Fast Back to Back Enable)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
8 SEN (SERR Enable)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
7 WCC (Wait Cycle Control)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
6 PER (Parity Error Response)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
5 VPS (VGA Palette Snoop)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
MWI (Memory Write and Invalidate Enable)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to
4
0.
3 SCE (Special Cycle Enable)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
BME (Bus Master Enable)—R/W.
2 0 = Function disabled as bus master.
1 = Function enabled as bus master.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—RW.
1 0 = Disable
1 = Enable. Enables memory space accesses to the Thermal registers.
IOS (I/O Space)—RO. The Thermal logic does not implement IO Space; therefore,
0
this bit is hardwired to 0.

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22.1.4 STS—Status Register

Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC. This bit is set whenever a parity error is seen
15 on the internal interface for this function, regardless of the setting of bit 6 in the
command register. Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to this bit location.
14 SERR# Status (SERRS)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
13 Received Master Abort (RMA)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
12 Received Target Abort (RTA)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
11 Signaled Target-Abort (STA)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
10:9 DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEVT)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
8 Master Data Parity Error (MDPE)—RO. Not implemented. Hardwired to 0.
7 Fast Back to Back Capable (FBC)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
6 Reserved
5 66 MHz Capable (C66)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
Capabilities List Exists (CLIST)—RO. Indicates that the controller contains a
4 capabilities pointer list. The first item is pointed to by looking at configuration offset
34h.
Interrupt Status (IS)—RO. Reflects the state of the INTx# signal at the input of the
enable/disable circuit. This bit is a 1 when the INTx# is asserted. This bit is a 0 after
3
the interrupt is cleared (independent of the state of the Interrupt Disable bit in the
command register).
2:0 Reserved

22.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register

Address Offset: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Revision ID (RID)—RO. Indicates the device specific revision identifier.

22.1.6 PI—Programming Interface Register

Address Offset: 09h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Programming Interface (PI)—RO. The PCH Thermal logic has no standard

7:0
programming interface.

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22.1.7 SCC—Sub Class Code Register

Address Offset: 0Ah Attribute: RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO. Value assigned to the PCH Thermal logic.

22.1.8 BCC—Base Class Code Register

Address Offset: 0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 11h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Base Class Code (BCC)—RO. Value assigned to the PCH Thermal logic.

22.1.9 CLS—Cache Line Size Register

Address Offset: 0Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Cache Line Size (CLS)—RO. Does not apply to PCI Bus Target-only devices.

22.1.10 LT—Latency Timer Register

Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Latency Timer (LT)—RO. Does not apply to PCI Bus Target-only devices.

22.1.11 HTYPE—Header Type Register

Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Multi-Function Device (MFD)—RO. This bit is 0 because a multi-function device only

7 needs to be marked as such in Function 0, and the Thermal registers are not in
Function 0.
6:0 Header Type (HTYPE)—RO. Implements Type 0 Configuration header.

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22.1.12 TBAR—Thermal Base Register

Address Offset: 10h–13h Attribute: RW, RO
Default Value: 00000004h Size: 32 bits

This BAR creates 4K bytes of memory space to signify the base address of Thermal
memory mapped configuration registers. This memory space is active when the
Command (CMD) register Memory Space Enable (MSE) bit is set and either
TBAR[31:12] or TBARH are programmed to a non-zero address. This BAR is owned by
the Operating System, and allows the OS to locate the Thermal registers in system
memory space.

Bit Description

Thermal Base Address (TBA)—RW. This field provides the base address for the
31:12 Thermal logic memory mapped configuration registers. 4 KB bytes are requested by
hardwiring bits 11:4 to 0s.
11:4 Reserved
3 Prefetchable (PREF)—RO. Indicates that this BAR is NOT pre-fetchable.
Address Range (ADDRNG)—RO. Indicates that this BAR can be located anywhere in
2:1
64 bit address space.
0 Space Type (SPTYP)—RO. Indicates that this BAR is located in memory space.

22.1.13 TBARH—Thermal Base High DWord Register

Address Offset: 14h–17h Attribute: RW, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This BAR extension holds the high 32 bits of the 64 bit TBAR. In conjunction with TBAR,
it creates 4 KB of memory space to signify the base address of Thermal memory
mapped configuration registers.

Bit Description

31:0 Thermal Base Address High (TBAH)—R/W. TBAR bits 63:32.

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22.1.14 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register

Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

This register should be implemented for any function that could be instantiated more
than once in a given system. The SVID register, in combination with the Subsystem ID
register, enables the operating environment to distinguish one subsystem from the
other(s).

Software (BIOS) will write the value to this register. After that, the value can be read,
but writes to the register will have no effect. The write to this register should be
combined with the write to the SID to create one 32-bit write. This register is not
affected by D3HOT to D0 reset.

Bit Description

15:0 SVID (SVID)—R/WO. These RWO bits have no PCH functionality.

22.1.15 SID—Subsystem ID Register

Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

This register should be implemented for any function that could be instantiated more
than once in a given system. The SID register, in combination with the Subsystem
Vendor ID register make it possible for the operating environment to distinguish one
subsystem from the other(s).

Software (BIOS) will write the value to this register. After that, the value can be read,
but writes to the register will have no effect. The write to this register should be
combined with the write to the SVID to create one 32-bit write. This register is not
affected by D3HOT to D0 reset.

Bit Description

15:0 SID (SAID)—R/WO. These RWO bits have no PCH functionality.

22.1.16 CAP_PTR—Capabilities Pointer Register

Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 50h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capability Pointer (CP)—RO. Indicates that the first capability pointer offset is offset
7:0
50h (Power Management Capability).

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22.1.17 Offset 3Ch – INTLN—Interrupt Line Register

Address Offset: 3Ch Attribute: RW
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Line—RW. PCH hardware does not use this field directly. It is used to
7:0
communicate to software the interrupt line that the interrupt pin is connected to.

22.1.18 INTPN—Interrupt Pin Register

Address Offset: 3Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: See description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
Interrupt Pin—RO. This reflects the value of the Device 31 interrupt pin bits 27:24
3:0
(TTIP) in chipset configuration space.

22.1.19 TBARB—BIOS Assigned Thermal Base Address Register

Address Offset: 40h–43h Attribute: RW,RO
Default Value: 00000004h Size: 32 bits

This BAR creates 4 KB of memory space to signify the base address of Thermal memory
mapped configuration registers. This memory space is active when TBARB.SPTYPEN is
asserted. This BAR is owned by the BIOS, and allows the BIOS to locate the Thermal
registers in system memory space. If both TBAR and TBARB are programmed, then the
OS and BIOS each have their own independent “view” of the Thermal registers, and
must use the TSIU register to denote Thermal registers ownership/availability.

Bit Description

Thermal Base Address (TBA)—RW. This field provides the base address for the
31:12 Thermal logic memory mapped configuration registers. 4K B bytes are requested by
hardwiring bits 11:4 to 0s.
11:4 Reserved
3 Prefetchable (PREF)—RO. Indicates that this BAR is NOT pre-fetchable.
Address Range (ADDRNG)—RO. Indicates that this BAR can be located anywhere in
2:1
64 bit address space.
Space Type Enable (SPTYPEN)—RW.
0 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. When set to 1b by software, enables the decode of this memory BAR.

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22.1.20 TBARBH—BIOS Assigned Thermal Base High DWord

Register
Address Offset: 44h–47h Attribute: RW
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This BAR extension holds the high 32 bits of the 64 bit TBARB.

Bit Description

31:0 Thermal Base Address High (TBAH)—RW. TBAR bits 61:32.

22.1.21 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register

Address Offset: 50h–51h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Indicates that this is the last capability structure in the
15:8
list.
7:0 Cap ID (CAP)—RO. Indicates that this pointer is a PCI power management capability

22.1.22 PC—Power Management Capabilities Register

Address Offset: 52h–53h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0023h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description
15:11 PME_Support—RO. Indicates PME# is not supported
10 D2_Support—RO. The D2 state is not supported.
9 D1_Support—RO. The D1 state is not supported.
Aux_Current—RO. PME# from D3COLD state is not supported, therefore this field is
8:6
000b.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Indicates that device-specific initialization
5
is required.
4 Reserved
3 PME Clock (PMEC)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
Version (VS)—RO. Indicates support for Revision 1.2 of the PCI Power Management
2:0
Specification.

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22.1.23 PCS—Power Management Control And Status Register

Address Offset: 54h–57h Attribute: RW, RO
Default Value: 0008h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:24 Data—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0s.

23 Bus Power/Clock Control Enable (BPCCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
22 B2/B3 Support (B23)—RO. Does not apply. Hardwired to 0.
21:16 Reserved
PME Status (PMES)—RO. This bit is always 0, since this PCI Function does not
15
generate PME#
14:9 Reserved
PME Enable (PMEE)—RO. This bit is always zero, since this PCI Function does not
8
generate PME#
7:4 Reserved
No Soft Reset—RO. When set 1, this bit indicates that devices transitioning from
D3HOT to D0 because of PowerState commands do not perform an internal reset.
3 Configuration context is preserved. Upon transition from D3HOT to D0 initialized state,
no additional operating system intervention is required to preserve Configuration
Context beyond writing the PowerState bits.
2 Reserved
Power State (PS)—R/W. This field is used both to determine the current power state
of the Thermal controller and to set a new power state. The values are:
00 = D0 state
11 = D3HOT state
1:0 If software attempts to write a value of 10b or 01b in to this field, the write operation
must complete normally; however, the data is discarded and no state change occurs.
When in the D3HOT states, the Thermal controller’s configuration space is available, but
the I/O and memory spaces are not. Additionally, interrupts are blocked.
When software changes this value from the D3HOT state to the D0 state, no internal
warm (soft) reset is generated.

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22.2 Thermal Memory Mapped Configuration Registers

(Thermal Sensor – D31:F26)
The base memory for these thermal memory mapped configuration registers is
specified in the TBARB (D31:F6:Offset 40h). The individual registers are then
accessible at TBARB + Offset.

Table 22-2. Thermal Memory Mapped Configuration Register Address Map (Sheet 1 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

0h TSIU Thermal Sensor In Use 00h RO,R/W

1h TSE Thermal Sensor Enable 00h R/W
2h TSS Thermal Sensor Status 00h R/W
3h TSTR Thermal Sensor Thermometer Read FFh RO
4h TSTTP Thermal Sensor Temperature Trip Point 00000000h R/W
8h TSC0 Thermal Sensor Catastrophic Lock Down 00h R/W
0Ch TSES Thermal Sensor Error Status 00h R/WC
Thermal Sensor General Purpose Event
0Dh TSGPEN 00h R/W
Enable
0Eh TSPC Thermal Sensor Policy Control 00h R/W, RO
Processor Power Error Correction (Mobile
10h PPEC 0000h R/W
Only)
12h CTA Processor Core Temperature Adjust 0000h R/W
Memory Controller/Graphics
16h MGTA 0000h R/W
Temperature Adjust
1Ah TRC Thermal Reporting Control 0000h R/W
20h TES Turbo Interrupt Status (Mobile Only) 00h R/WC, RO
21h TEN Turbo Interrupt Enable (Mobile Only) 00h R/W, RO
Power Sharing Configuration (Mobile
24h PSC 00000000h R/W
Only)
30h CTV1 Core Temperature Value 1 0000h RO
32h CTV2 Core Temperature Value 2 0000h RO
34h CEV1 Core Energy Value 1 00000000h RO
3Fh AE Alert Enable 00h R/W
00000000000
50h HTS Host Status (Mobile Only) R/W
0h
Processor Temperature Limit (Mobile
56h PTL 0000h R/W
Only)
Memory Controller/Graphics 00000000000
58h MGTV RO
Temperature Value 00000h
60h PTV Processor Temperature Value 0000h RO
Max Memory Controller/Graphics Power
64h MMGPC 0000h R/W
Clamp (Mobile Only)
Max Processor Power Clamp (Mobile
66h MPPC 0000h R/W
Only)

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Table 22-2. Thermal Memory Mapped Configuration Register Address Map (Sheet 2 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

Max Processor Core Power Clamp (Mobile

68h MPCPC 0000h R/W
Only)
Thermal Sensor PCI Interrupt Event
82h TSPIEN 00h R/W
enable
83h TSLOCK Thermal Sensor Register Lock Control 00h R/W
98h STS Turbo Status (Mobile Only) 00000000h RO
9Ch SEC Event Clear (Mobile Only) 00h RO, R/WO
A4h TC3 Thermal Compares 3 00000000h RO
A8h TC1 Thermal Compares 1 00000000h RO
ACh TC2 Thermal Compares 2 00000000h RO
B0 DTV DIMM Temperature Values 00000000h RO
D8h ITV Internal Temperature Values 00000000h RO

22.2.1 TSIU—Thermal Sensor In Use Register

Offset Address: TBARB+00h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Thermal Sensor In Use (TSIU)—R/W. This is a SW semaphore bit.
After a core well reset, a read to this bit returns a 0. After the first read, subsequent
reads will return a 1.
A write of a 1 to this bit will reset the next read value to 0. Writing a 0 to this bit has
no effect.
0 Software can poll this bit until it reads a 0, and will then own the usage of the thermal
sensor. This bit has no other effect on the hardware, and is only used as a semaphore
among various independent software threads that may need to use the thermal
sensor. Software that reads this register but does not intend to claim exclusive access
of the thermal sensor must write a 1 to this bit if it reads a 0, to allow other software
threads to claim it.

22.2.2 TSE—Thermal Sensor Enable Register

Offset Address: TBARB+01h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

Thermal Sensor Enable (TSE)—R/W. BIOS programs this register to the value B8h
7:0 to enable the thermal sensor.
All other values are reserved.

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22.2.3 TSS—Thermal Sensor Status Register

Offset Address: TBARB+02h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

Catastrophic Trip Indicator (CTI)—RO.

7 0 = The temperature is below the catastrophic setting.
1 = The temperature is above the catastrophic setting.
Hot Trip Indicator (HTI)—RO.
6 0 = The temperature is below the Hot setting.
1 = The temperature is above the Hot setting.
Auxiliary Trip Indicator (ATI)—RO.
5 0 = The temperature is below the Auxiliary setting.
1 = The temperature is above the Auxiliary setting.
4 Reserved
Auxiliary2 Trip Indicator (ATI)—RO.
3 0 = The temperature is below the Auxiliary2 setting.
1 = The temperature is above the Auxiliary2 setting.
2:0 Reserved

22.2.4 TSTR—Thermal Sensor Thermometer Read Register

Offset Address: TBARB+03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: FFh Size: 8 bit

This register generally provides the calibrated temperature from the thermometer
circuit when the thermometer is enabled.

Bit Description

Thermometer Reading (TR)—R/O. Value corresponds to the thermal sensor

7:0 temperature. This register has a straight binary encoding that ranges from 0 to FFh.
The value in this field is valid only if the TR value is between 00h and 7Fh.

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22.2.5 TSTTP—Thermal Sensor Temperature Trip Point Register

Offset Address: TBARB+04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bit Description

Auxiliary2 Trip Point Setting (A2TPS)—R/W. These bits set the Auxiliary2 trip
point.
31:24
These bits are lockable using programming the policy-lock down bit (bit 7) of TSPC
register.
Auxiliary Trip Point Setting (ATPS)—R/W. These bits set the Auxiliary trip point.
These bits are lockable using programming the policy-lock down bit (bit 7) of TSPC
23:16
register.
These bits may only be programmed from 0h to 7Fh. Setting bit 23 is illegal.
Hot Trip Point Setting (HTPS)—R/W. These bits set the Hot trip point.
These bits are lockable using programming the policy-lock down bit (bit 7) of TSPC
15:8 register.

NOTE: BIOS should program to 3Ah for setting Hot Trip Point to 108 °C.
Catastrophic Trip Point Setting (CTPS)—R/W. These bits set the catastrophic trip
point.
7:0 These bits are lockable using TSCO.bit 7.

NOTE: BIOS should program to 2Bh for setting Catastrophic Trip Point to 120 °C.

22.2.6 TSCO—Thermal Sensor Catastrophic Lock-Down Register

Offset Address: TBARB+08h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

Lock bit for Catastrophic (LBC)—R/W.

0 = Catastrophic programming interface is unlocked
1 = Locks the Catastrophic programming interface including TSTTP.bits[7:0].
7
This bit may only be set to a 0 by a host partitioned reset (note that CF9 warm reset is
a host partitioned reset). Writing a 0 to this bit has no effect.
TSCO.[7] is unlocked by default and can be locked through BIOS.
6:0 Reserved

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22.2.7 TSES—Thermal Sensor Error Status Register

Offset Address: TBARB+0Ch Attribute: R/WC
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

Auxiliary2 High-to-LowEvent—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
7 1 = Indicates that an Auxiliary2 Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a higher
to lower temperature transition through the trip point.
Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.
Catastrophic High-to-LowEvent—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
6 1 = Indicates that a Catastrophic Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a
higher to lower temperature transition through the trip point.
1 = Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.
Hot High-to-LowEvent—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
5 1 = Indicates that a Hot Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a higher to
lower temperature transition through the trip point.
Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.
Auxiliary High-to-LowEvent—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
4 1 = Indicates that an Auxiliary Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a higher
to lower temperature transition through the trip point.
Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.
Auxiliary2 Low-to-High Event—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
3 1 = Indicates that an Auxiliary2 Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a lower
to higher temperature transition through the trip point.
Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.
Catastrophic Low-to-High Event—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
2 1 = Indicates that a Catastrophic Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a lower
to higher temperature transition through the trip point.
Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.
Hot Low-to-High Event—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
1 1 = Indicates that a hot Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a lower to
higher temperature transition through the trip point.
Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.
Auxiliary Low-to-High Event—R/WC.
0 = No trip occurs.
0 1 = Indicates that an Auxiliary Thermal Sensor trip event occurred based on a lower to
higher temperature transition through the trip point.
Software must write a 1 to clear this status bit.

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22.2.8 TSGPEN—Thermal Sensor General Purpose Event

Enable Register
Offset Address: TBARB+0Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

This register controls the conditions that result in General Purpose events to be
signalled from Thermal Sensor trip events.

Bit Description

Auxiliary2 High-to-Low Enable—R/W.

0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.
7
1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.
Catastrophic High-to-Low Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.
6
1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.
Hot High-to-Low Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.
5
1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.
Auxiliary High-to-Low Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.
4
1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.
Auxiliary2 Low-to-High Enable—R/W.
3 0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.
1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.
Catastrophic Low-to-High Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.
2
1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.
Hot Low-to-High Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.
1
1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.
Auxiliary Low-to-High Enable—R/W.

0 0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in General Purpose event.

1 = General purpose event is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the
Thermal Error Status Register.

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22.2.9 TSPC—Thermal Sensor Policy Control Register

Offset Address: TBARB+0Eh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

Policy Lock-Down Bit—R/W.

0 = This register can be programmed and modified.
1 = Prevents writes to this register and TSTTP.bits [31:16] (offset 04h).
7
NOTE: TSCO.bit 7 (offset 08h) and TSLOCK.bit2 (offset 83h) must also be 1 when this
bit is set to 1.
This bit is reset to 0 by a host partitioned reset (note that CF9 warm reset is a host
partitioned reset). Writing a 0 to this bit has no effect.
Catastrophic Power-Down Enable—R/W.
When set to 1, the power management logic unconditionally transitions to the S5 state
6 when a catastrophic temperature is detected by the sensor.

NOTE: BIOS should set this bit to 1 to enable Catastrophic power-down.

5:4 Reserved
SMI Enable on Auxiliary2 Thermal Sensor Trip—R/W.
3 0 = Disables SMI# assertion for Auxiliary2 Thermal Sensor events.
1 = Enables SMI# assertions on Auxiliary2 Thermal Sensor events for either low-to-
high or high-to-low events. (Both edges are enabled by this bit.)
SMI Enable on Catastrophic Thermal Sensor Trip—R/W.
0 = Disables SMI# assertion for Catastrophic Thermal Sensor events.
2
1 = Enables SMI# assertions on Catastrophic Thermal Sensor events for either low-to-
high or high-to-low events. (Both edges are enabled by this bit.)
SMI Enable on Hot Thermal Sensor Trip—R/W.
0 = Disables SMI# assertion for Hot Thermal Sensor events.
1
1 = Enables SMI# assertions on Hot Thermal Sensor events for either low-to-high or
high-to-low events. (Both edges are enabled by this bit.)
SMI Enable on Auxiliary Thermal Sensor Trip—R/W.
0 0 = Disables SMI# assertion for Auxiliary Thermal Sensor events.
1 = Enables SMI# assertions on Auxiliary Thermal Sensor events for either low-to-
high or high-to-low events. (Both edges are enabled by this bit.)

22.2.10 PPEC—Processor Power Error Correction Register

(Mobile Only)
Offset Address: TBARB+10h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Processor Power Error Correction Data—R/W.

15:0
The register is locked by AE.bit7 (offset 3Fh).

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22.2.11 CTA—Processor Core Temperature Adjust Register

Offset Address: TBARB+12h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Processor Core Temperature Adjust (CTA)—R/W. BIOS writes the processor core's
TJmax (from the processor MSR) into this register. Intel® ME FW uses the value to
create the processor core's absolute temperature.
15:0
Note that the value received from the processor core over PECI is a negative offset
relative to the CTA value.
The register is locked by AE.bit7 (offset 3Fh).

22.2.12 PTA—PCH Temperature Adjust Register

Offset Address: TBARB+14h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

PCH Slope—R/W. This field contains the PCH slope for calculating PCH temperature.
15:8 The bits are locked by AE.bit7 (offset 3Fh).

NOTE: When thermal reporting is enabled, BIOS must write 80h into this field.
Offset—R/W. This field contains the PCH offset for calculating PCH temperature.
The bits are locked by AE.bit7 (offset 3Fh).
7:0

NOTE: When thermal reporting is enabled, BIOS must write 8Ch into this field.

22.2.13 MGTA—Memory Controller/Graphics Temperature

Adjust Register
Offset Address: TBARB+16h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Memory Controller/Graphics Slope—R/W. This field contains the Memory

15:8 Controller/Graphics slope for calculating the Memory Controller/Graphics temperature.
The bits are locked by AE.bit7 (offset 3Fh).
Offset—R/W. This field contains the Memory Controller/Graphics offset for calculating
7:0 the Memory Controller/Graphics temperature.
The bits are locked by AE.bit7 (offset 3Fh).

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22.2.14 TRC—Thermal Reporting Control Register

Offset Address: TBARB+1Ah Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Processor Core #2 Temperature Read Enable—R/W. In systems with 2

15 processors, when set to 1, the bit will enable reads of the 2nd processor core
temperature.
13:14 Reserved
Thermal Data Reporting Enable—R/W.
12 0 = Disable
1 = Enable
11:9 Reserved
C6 Workaround Enable—R/W. Setting this bit enables PECI to work with Lynnfield
and Clarksfield Processors that can provide bad readings when they are in C6. This
8 workaround will bring the Processor Core out of C6 while the PECI transaction is in
progress, and then return the Processor Core to the C6 state after completing the PECI
transaction.
Processor Core Temperature Read Enable—R/W.
7 0 = Disables reads of the processor core temperature
1 = Enables reads of the processor core temperature.
Processor Core Energy Read Enable—R/W
6 0 = Disables reads of the processor core energy values.
1 = Enables reads of the processor core energy values.
PCH Temperature Read Enable—R/W
5 0 = Disables reads of the PCH temperature.
1 = Enables reads of the PCH temperature.
Memory Controller/Graphics Temperature Read Enable—R/W
4 0 = Disables reads of Memory Controller/Graphics temperature.
1 = Enables reads of Memory Controller/Graphics temperature.
DIMM4 Temperature Read Enable—R/W
3 0 = Disables reads of DIMM4 temperature.
1 = Enables reads of DIMM4 temperature.
DIMM3 Temperature Read Enable—R/W
2 0 = Disables reads of DIMM3 temperature.
1 = Enables reads of DIMM3 temperature.
DIMM2 Temperature Read Enable—R/W
1 0 = Disables reads of DIMM2 temperature.
1 = Enables reads of DIMM2 temperature.
DIMM1 Temperature Read Enable—R/W
0 0 = Disables reads of DIMM1 temperature.
1 = Enables reads of DIMM1 temperature.

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22.2.15 TES—Turbo Interrupt Status Register (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+20h Attribute: R/WC, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Update Status—R/WC. The bit indicates updates over SMLink1 to Host has occurred.
When set, it indicates that the Intel® ME has written to the Turbo Status register.
Software must write a 1 to clear this bit.
0
NOTE: This bit is always set when the ME writes to the Turbo Status Register. If the
interrupt is enabled in TEN, then an interrupt is sent to the host. There is only
one interrupt bit that covers any write to the Turbo Status Register.

22.2.16 TEN—Turbo Interrupt Enable Register (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+21h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Update Interrupt Enable—R/W. When set, the bit enables interrupt for updates over
0 SMLink1, so that updates to the Turbo Status register by an external controller are
signaled to the host.

22.2.17 PSC—Power Sharing Configuration Register (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+24h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

This register is R/W to the host and has no H/W functionality in the PCH.

This register is programmed by BIOS during boot to indicate BIOS's preferences and
behavior for the Intelligent Power Sharing driver. See the Intelligent Power Sharing
BIOS Specification for bit definitions.

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22.2.18 CTV1—Core Temperature Value 1 Register

Offset Address: TBARB+30h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Processor Core Temperature—RO. This field provides the processor core

temperature.
15:6 Bit 15, when set, indicates an illegal value or error in reading the processor core.
Bits[13:6] contain the integer component (0 to 255) of the processor core
temperature.
Fraction Value—RO. These bits contains the fraction Value (in 1/64th) of the
5:0
processor core temperature.

22.2.19 CTV2—Core Temperature Value 2 Register

Offset Address: TBARB+32h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Processor Core #2 Temperature—RO. This field provides the processor core

temperature of the second processor if present.
15:6 Bit 15, when set, indicates an illegal value or error in reading the processor core.
Bits[13:6] contain the integer component (0 to 255) of the processor core
temperature.
Fraction Value—RO. These bits contains the fraction Value (in 1/64th) of the
5:0
processor core temperature.

22.2.20 CEV1—Core Energy Value Register

Offset Address: TBARB+34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bit Description

Processor Core Energy—RO. This field provides the processor core energy.
NOTE: Divide decimal value by 65535 to obtain Processor Core Energy in Joules.
31:0 Processor Core power is then calculated by the difference between two
Processor Core Energy Value readings in Joules, divided by the time interval in
seconds.

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22.2.21 AE—Alert Enable Register

Offset Address: TBARB+3Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

Lock Enable—R/W.
0 = Lock Disabled.
1 = Lock Enabled. This will lock this register (including this bit) and the following
7
registers: PPEC (offset 10h), CTA (offset 12h), and MGTA (offset 16h).
This bit is reset by a Host Partitioned Reset. Note that CF9 warm reset is a Host
Partitioned Reset.
Processor Core Alert Enable—R/W.
When this bit is set, it will assert the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# pin if the processor core
6
temperature is outside the temperature limits.
This bit is lockable by bit 7 in this register.
Memory Controller/Graphics Alert Enable—R/W.
When this bit is set, it will assert the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# pin if the Memory
5
Controller/graphics temperature is outside the temperature limits.
This bit is lockable by bit 7 in this register.
PCH Alert Enable—R/W.
When this bit is set, it will assert the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# pin if the PCH temperature
4
is outside the temperature limits.
This bit is lockable by bit 7 in this register.
DIMM Alert Enable—R/W.
When this bit is set, it will assert the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# pin if DIMM1-4 temperature
is outside of the temperature limits.
Note that the actual DIMMs that are read and used for the alert are enabled in the TRC
3 register (offset 1Ah).
This bit is lockable by bit 7 in this register.

NOTE: Same Upper and Lower limits for triggering TEMP_ALERT# are used for all
enabled DIMMs in the system.
2:0 Reserved

22.2.22 HTS—Host Status Register (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+50h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 000000000000h Size: 48 bit

This register represents the data byte [19:14] provided to the external controller when
it does a read. Byte 14 is bit [7:0]. See Section 5.21.2.3 for more details.

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22.2.23 PTL—Processor Temperature Limit Register (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+56h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Processor Temperature Limit—R/W. These bits are programmed by BIOS.

15:0
This bit is a scratchpad register for SW.

22.2.24 MGTV—Memory Controller/Graphics Temperature

Value Register
Offset Address: TBARB+58h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000000000000000h Size: 64 bit

Bit Description

Memory Controller/Graphics Temperature Value—RO. These bits contain the

63:0
Memory Controller/Graphics temperature.

22.2.25 PTV—Processor Temperature Value Register

Offset Address: TBARB+60h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
Processor Temperature Value—RO. These bits contain the max temperature value
7:0
of the processor core and the memory controller/graphics.

22.2.26 MMGPC—Max Memory Controller/Graphics Power Clamp

Register (Mobile Only)
Offset Address: TBARB+64h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Max Memory Controller/Graphics Power Clamp—R/W. These bits set the max
15:0
memory controller/graphics power.

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22.2.27 MPPC—Max Processor Power Clamp Register (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+66h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

15:0 Max Processor Power Clamp—R/W. These bits set the max processor power.

22.2.28 MPCPC—Max Processor Core Power Clamp Register

(Mobile Only)
Offset Address: TBARB+68h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bit

Bit Description

Max Processor Core Power Clamp—R/W. These bits set the max processor core
15:0
power.

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22.2.29 TSPIEN—Thermal Sensor PCI Interrupt Enable Register

Offset Address: TBARB+82h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

This register controls the conditions that result in PCI interrupts to be signalled from
Thermal Sensor trip events. Software (device driver) needs to ensure that it can
support PCI interrupts, even though BIOS may enable PCI interrupt capability through
this register.

Bit Description

Auxiliary2 High-to-Low Enable—R/W.

7 0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.
Catastrophic High-to-Low Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
6
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.
Hot High-to-Low Enable—R/W.
5 0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.
Auxiliary High-to-Low Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
4
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.
Auxiliary2 Low-to-High Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
3
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.
Catastrophic Low-to-High Enable—R/W.
2 0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.
Hot Low-to-High Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
1
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.
Auxiliary Low-to-High Enable—R/W.
0 = Corresponding status bit does not result in PCI interrupt.
0
1 = PCI interrupt is signaled when the corresponding status bit is set in the Thermal
Error Status Register.

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22.2.30 TSLOCK—Thermal Sensor Register Lock Control Register

Offset Address: TBARB+83h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved
Lock Control—R/W. This bit can only be set to a 0 by a host-partitioned reset. Writing
a 0 to this bit has no effect.
2
NOTE: CF9 warm reset is a host-partitioned reset.
1:0 Reserved

22.2.31 STS—Turbo Status (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+98h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bits [31:1] in this register are received from the EC when it does the Write STS
Register Command. See Section 5.22.2 for more details

Note that Write STS Register Command is a 48-bit transaction. The upper bits [47:32]
of the write command are written into TC1 register at offset A8h.

22.2.32 SEC—Event Clear Register (Mobile Only)

Offset Address: TBARB+9Ch Attribute: RO, R/WO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bit

Bit Description

7:1 Reserved
Event Clear—R/WO. When the Host writes a 1 to this bit, it clears bit 0 of the Turbo
0
Status Register (STS.bit0, offset 98h)

22.2.33 TC3—Thermal Compares 3 Register

Offset Address: TBARB+A4h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bits [31:0] of this register are set when an external controller (such as EC) does the
Write Processor Core Temp Limits command. See Section 5.21.2 for more information.

Bit Description

Processor Core Thermal Compare Upper Limit—RO. This is the upper limit used
31:16 to compare against the processor core temperature. If the processor core temperature
is greater than this value, then the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.
Processor Core Thermal Compare Lower Limit—RO. This is the lower limit used
15:0 to compare against the processor core temperature. If the processor core temperature
is lower than this value, then the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.

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22.2.34 TC1—Thermal Compares 1 Register

Offset Address: TBARB+A8h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bits [31:16] of this register are set when an external controller (such as EC) does the
Write STS Register Command. See Section 5.21.2 for more info. Note that the Write
STS Command are 48-bit transaction. The lower bits [31:0] are written into STS
register at offset 50h.

Bits [15:0] of this register are set when an external controller (such as EC) does the
Write Memory Controller/Graphics Temp Limits Command. See Section 5.21.2 for more
information.

Bit Description

31:26 Reserved
25:16 Processor Power Limit (PSL)—R/W. The processor power limit encoded as a 10-bit,
(Mobile unsigned real number with a 1/10th-Watt granularity.
Only) Example: 60.0 Watts would be encoded as 258h
Memory Controller/Graphics Thermal Compare Upper Limit—RO. This is the
upper limit used to compare against the memory controller/graphics temperature. If
15:8
the memory controller/graphics temperature is greater than this value, then the PCH’s
TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.
Memory Controller/Graphics Thermal Compare Lower Limit—RO. This is the
lower limit used to compare against the memory controller/graphics temperature. If
7:0
the memory controller/graphics temperature is lower than this value, then the PCH’s
TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.

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22.2.35 TC2—Thermal Compares 2 Register

Offset Address: TBARB+ACh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bits [31:16] of this register are set when an external controller (such as, EC) does the
Write DIMM Temp Limits Command. See Section 5.21.2 for more info.

Bits [15:0] of this register are set when an external controller (such as EC) does the
Write PCH Temp Limits Command. See Section 5.21.2 for more information.

Bit Description

DIMM Thermal Compare Upper Limit—RO. This is the upper limit used to compare
31:24 against the DIMM’s temperature. If the DIMM’s temperature is greater than this value,
then the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.
DIMM Thermal Compare Lower Limit—RO. This is the lower limit used to compare
23:16 against the DIMM’s temperature. If the DIMM’s temperature is lower than this value,
then the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.
PCH Thermal Compare Upper Limit—RO. This is the upper limit used to compare
15:8 against the PCH temperature. If the PCH temperature is greater than this value, then
the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.
PCH Thermal Compare Lower Limit—RO. This is the lower limit used to compare
7:0 against the PCH temperature. If the PCH temperature is lower than this value, then
the PCH’s TEMP_ALERT# signal is asserted if enabled.

22.2.36 DTV—DIMM Temperature Values Register

Offset Address: TBARB+B0h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bit Description

DIMM3 Temperature—RO. The bits contain DIMM3 temperature data in absolute

degrees Celsius.
31:24
These bits are data byte 8 provided to the external controller when it does a read over
SMLink1. See Section 5.21.2 for more details.
DIMM2 Temperature—RO. The bits contain DIMM2 temperature data in absolute
degrees Celsius.
23:16
These bits are data byte 7 provided to the external controller when it does a read over
SMLink1. See Section 5.21.2 for more details.
DIMM1 Temperature—RO. The bits contain DIMM1 temperature data in absolute
degrees Celsius.
15:8
These bits are data byte 6 provided to the external controller when it does a read over
SMLink1. See Section 5.21.2 for more details.
DIMM0 Temperature—RO. The bits contain DIMM0 temperature data in absolute
degrees Celsius.
7:0
These bits are data byte 5 provided to the external controller when it does a read over
SMLink1. See Section 5.21.2 for more details.

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22.2.37 ITV—Internal Temperature Values Register

Offset Address: TBARB+D8h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bit

Bit Description

31:24 Reserved
Sequence Number—RO. Provides a sequence number which can be used by the host
to detect if the ME FW has hung. The value will roll over to 00h from FFh. The count is
updated at approximately 200 ms. Host SW can check this value and if it isn't
incriminated over a second or so, software should assume that the ME FW is hung.
23:16 NOTE: if the ME is reset, then this value will not change during the reset. After the
reset is done, which may take up to 30 seconds, the ME may be on again and this
value will start incrementing, indicating that the thermal values are valid again.
These bits are data byte 9 provided to the external controller when it does a read over
SMLink1. See Section 5.21.2 for more details.
Memory Controller/Graphics Temperature—RO. The bits contain memory
controller/graphics temperature data in absolute degrees Celsius.
15:8
These bits are data byte 4 provided to the external controller when it does a read over
SMLink1. See Section 5.21.2 for more details.
PCH Temperature—RO. The bits contain PCH temperature data in absolute degrees
Celsius.
7:0
These bits are data byte 1 provided to the external controller when it does a read over
SMLink1. See Section 5.21.2 for more details.

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23 Intel® Management Engine

Interface (MEI) Subsystem
Registers (D22:F0)
23.1 First Intel® Management Engine Interface
(Intel® MEI) Configuration Registers
(MEI—D22:F0)
Table 23-1. Intel® MEI Configuration Registers Address Map
/

(MEI—D22:F0) (Sheet 1 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0010h RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h–0Bh CC Class Code 0C8000h RO
0Eh HT Header Type 00h RO
00000000
10h–17h MEI0_MBAR MEI0 MMIO Base Address R/W, RO
00000004h
2Ch–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor ID 0000h R/WO
2Eh–2Fh SID Subsystem ID 0000h R/WO
34h CAPP Capabilities List Pointer 50h RO
3Ch–3Dh INTR Interrupt Information 0000h R/W, RO
Maximum Latency/Minimum
3Eh–3Fh MLMG 0000h RO
Grant
40h–43h HFS Host Firmware Status 00000000h RO
Management Engine UMA
44h–47h ME_UMA 00000000h RO
Register
48–4Bh GMES General ME Status 00000000h RO
4Ch–4Fh H_GS Host General Status 00000000h RO
PCI Power Management
50h–51h PID 6001h RO
Capability ID
PCI Power Management
52h–53h PC C803h RO
Capabilities
PCI Power Management Control R/WC, R/W,
54h–55h PMCS 0008h
and Status RO
Message Signaled Interrupt
8Ch–8Dh MID 0005h RO
Identifiers

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Table 23-1. Intel® MEI Configuration Registers Address Map

(MEI—D22:F0) (Sheet 2 of 2)

Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type

Message Signaled Interrupt

8Eh–8Fh MC 0080h R/W, RO
Message Control
Message Signaled Interrupt
90h–93h MA 00000000h R/W, RO
Message Address
Message Signaled Interrupt Upper
94h–97h MUA 00000000h R/W
Address
Message Signaled Interrupt
98h–99h MD 0000h R/W
Message Data
A0h HIDM MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode 00h R/W
BCh–BFh HERS MEI Extended Register Status 40000000h RO
C0h–DFh HER[1:8] MEI Extended Register DW[1:8] 00000000h RO

23.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID (VID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel.

23.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID (DID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the Intel Management Engine
15:0 Interface controller. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
Specification Update for the value of the Device ID Register.

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23.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable (ID)—R/W. Disables this device from generating PCI line based
10
interrupts. This bit does not have any effect on MSI operation.
9:3 Reserved

Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W.:

Controls the Intel MEI host controller's ability to act as a system memory master for
data transfers. When this bit is cleared, Intel ME bus master activity stops and any
active DMA engines return to an idle condition. This bit is made visible to firmware
through the H_PCI_CSR register, and changes to this bit may be configured by the
2 H_PCI_CSR register to generate an ME MSI. When this bit is 0, Intel MEI is blocked
from generating MSI to the host CPU.

NOTE: This bit does not block Intel MEI accesses to ME-UMA; that is, writes or reads to
the host and ME circular buffers through the read window and write window
registers still cause ME backbone transactions to ME-UMA.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W. Controls access to the Intel ME's memory
mapped register space.
0 = Disable. Memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and limit
1
registers are master aborted.
1 = Enable. Allows memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and
limit registers accepted.
0 Reserved

23.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:5 Reserved
4 Capabilities List (CL)—RO. Indicates the presence of a capabilities list, hardwired to 1.
Interrupt Status (IS)—RO. Indicates the interrupt status of the device.
3 0 = Interrupt is de-asserted.
1 = Interrupt is asserted.
2:0 Reserved

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23.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

23.1.6 CC—Class Code Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 09h–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 078000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

23:16 Base Class Code (BCC)—RO. Indicates the base class code of the Intel MEI device.
15:8 Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO. Indicates the sub class code of the Intel MEI device.
Programming Interface (PI)—RO. Indicates the programming interface of the Intel
7:0
MEI device.

23.1.7 HTYPE—Header Type Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Multi-Function Device (MFD)—RO.

7
Indicates the Intel MEI host controller is part of a multifunction device.
6:0 Header Layout (HL)—RO. Indicates that the Intel MEI uses a target device layout.

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23.1.8 MEI0_MBAR—MEI0 MMIO Base Address Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 10h–17h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000000000000004h Size: 64 bits

This register allocates space for the MEI0 memory mapped registers.

Bit Description

Base Address (BA)—R/W. Software programs this field with the base address of this
63:4
region.
3 Prefetchable Memory (PM)—RO. Indicates that this range is not pre-fetchable.
Type (TP)—RO. Set to 10b to indicate that this range can be mapped anywhere in 64-
2:1
bit address space.
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Indicates a request for register memory
0
space.

23.1.9 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SSVID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system vendor identifier.

15:0 This field should be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register
becomes Read Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

23.1.10 SID—Subsystem ID Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SSID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system identifier. This field should

15:0 be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register becomes Read
Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

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23.1.11 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 50h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (PTR)—RO. Indicates that the pointer for the first entry in the
7:0
capabilities list is at 50h in configuration space.

23.1.12 INTR—Interrupt Information Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 3Ch–3Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0100h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin (IPIN)—RO. This indicates the interrupt pin the Intel MEI host
15:8
controller uses. The value of 01h selects INTA# interrupt pin.
Interrupt Line (ILINE)—R/W. Software written value to indicate which interrupt line
7:0
(vector) the interrupt is connected to. No hardware action is taken on this register.

23.1.13 HFS—Host Firmware Status Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 40h–43h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host Firmware Status (HFS)—RO. This register field is used by Firmware to reflect
31:0
the operating environment to the host.

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23.1.14 ME_UMA—Management Engine UMA Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 44h–47h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 80000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Reserved—RO. Hardwired to 1. Can be used by host software to discover that this

31
register is valid.
30:7 Reserved
16 ME UMA Size Valid—RO. This bit indicates that FW has written to the MUSZ field.
15:6 Reserved
ME UMA Size (MUSZ)—RO. This field reflect ME Firmware’s desired size of MEUMA
memory region. This field is set by ME firmware prior to core power bringup allowing
BIOS to initialize memory.
000000b = 0 MB, No memory allocated to MEUMA
000001b = 1 MB
5:0
000010b = 2 MB
000100b = 4 MB
001000b = 8 MB
010000b = 16 MB
100000b = 32 MB

23.1.15 GMES—General ME Status Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 48h–4Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:0 General ME Status (ME_GS)—RO. This field is populated by ME.

23.1.16 H_GS—Host General Status Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 4Ch–4Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host General Status(H_GS)—RO. General Status of Host, this field is not used by
31:0
Hardware

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23.1.17 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 50h–51h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 6001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Value of 60h indicates the location of the next pointer.
Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates the linked list item is a PCI Power Management
7:0
Register.

23.1.18 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 52h–53h Attribute: RO
Default Value: C803h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME_Support (PSUP)—RO. This five-bit field indicates the power states in which the
15:11 function may assert PME#. Intel MEI can assert PME# from any D-state except D1 or
D2 which are not supported by Intel MEI.
10:9 Reserved
Aux_Current (AC)—RO. Reports the maximum Suspend well current required when in
8:6
the D3cold state. Value of 00b is reported.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Indicates whether device-specific
5
initialization is required.
4 Reserved
3 PME Clock (PMEC)—RO. Indicates that PCI clock is not required to generate PME#.
Version (VS)—RO. Hardwired to 011b to indicate support for Revision 1.2 of the PCI
2:0
Power Management Specification.

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23.1.19 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status

Register (MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 54h–55h Attribute: R/WC, R/W, RO
Default Value: 0008h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME Status (PMES)—R/WC. Bit is set by ME Firmware. Host software clears bit by
15 writing ‘1’ to bit.
This bit is reset when CL_RST1# asserted.
14:9 Reserved
PME Enable (PMEE)—R/W. This bit is read/write and is under the control of host SW.
It does not directly have an effect on PME events. However, this bit is shadowed so ME
8 FW can monitor it. ME FW will not cause the PMES bit to transition to 1 while the PMEE
bit is 0, indicating that host SW had disabled PME.
This bit is reset when PLTRST# asserted.
7:4 Reserved
No_Soft_Reset (NSR)—RO. This bit indicates that when the Intel MEI host controller
3 is transitioning from D3hot to D0 due to a power state command, it does not perform an
internal reset. Configuration context is preserved.
2 Reserved
Power State (PS)—R/W. This field is used both to determine the current power state
of the Intel MEI host controller and to set a new power state. The values are:
00 = D0 state (default)
1:0 11 = D3hot state
The D1 and D2 states are not supported for the Intel MEI host controller. When in the
D3hot state, the Intel ME’s configuration space is available, but the register memory
spaces are not. Additionally, interrupts are blocked.

23.1.20 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Identifiers Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 8Ch–8Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0005h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Pointer (NEXT)—RO. Value of 00h indicates that this is the last item in the list.
7:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Capabilities ID indicates MSI.

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23.1.21 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 8Eh–8Fh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0080h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
64 Bit Address Capable (C64)—RO. Specifies that function is capable of generating
7
64-bit messages.
6:1 Reserved
MSI Enable (MSIE)—R/W. If set, MSI is enabled and traditional interrupt pins are not
0
used to generate interrupts.

23.1.22 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address

Register (MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 90h–93h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Address (ADDR)—R/W. Lower 32 bits of the system specified message address,

31:2
always DW aligned.
1:0 Reserved

23.1.23 MUA—Message Signaled Interrupt Upper Address Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 94h–97h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Upper Address (UADDR)—R/W. Upper 32 bits of the system specified message

31:0
address, always DW aligned.

23.1.24 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: 98h–99h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This 16-bit field is programmed by system software if MSI is

15:0 enabled. Its content is driven during the data phase of the MSI memory write
transaction.

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23.1.25 HIDM—MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode Register

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: A0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:2 Reserved
MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode (HIDM)—R/W. These bits control what type of
interrupt the Intel MEI will send when ARC writes to set the M_IG bit in AUX space.
They are interpreted as follows:
1
00 = Generate Legacy or MSI interrupt
01 = Generate SCI
10 = Generate SMI
Synchronous SMI Occurrence (SSMIO)—R/WC. This bit is used by firmware to
indicate that a synchronous SMI source has been triggered. Host BIOS SMM handler
can use this bit as status indication and clear it once processing is completed. A write of
0 1 from host SW clears this status bit.
NOTE: It is possible that an async SMI has occurred prior to sync SMI occurrence and
when the BIOS enters the SMM handler, it is possible that both bit 0 and bit 1 of
this register could be set.

23.1.26 HERES—MEI Extend Register Status

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: BCh–BFh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Extend Register Valid (ERV).

Set by firmware after all firmware has been loaded. If ERA field is SHA-1, the result of
31
the extend operation is in HER:5-1. If ERA field is SHA-256, the result of the extend
operation is in HER:8-1.
Extend Feature Present (EFP).
30 This bit is hardwired to 1 to allow driver software to easily detect the chipset supports
the Extend Register FW measurement feature.
29:4 Reserved
Extend Register Algorithm (ERA).
This field indicates the hash algorithm used in the FW measurement extend operations.
Encodings are:
3:0
0h = SHA-1
2h = SHA-256
Other values = Reserved.

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23.1.27 HERX—MEI Extend Register DWX

(MEI—D22:F0)
Address Offset: HER1: C0h–C3h Attribute: RO
HER2: C4h–C7h
HER3: C8h–CBh
HER4: CCh–CFh
HER5: D0h–D3h
HER6: D4h–D7h
HER7: D8h–DBh
HER8: DCh–DFh
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Extend Register DWX (ERDWX). Nth DWORD result of the extend operation.
31:0
NOTE: Extend Operation is HER[5:1] if using SHA-1. If using SHA-2 then Extend
Operation is HER[8:1]

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23.2 Second Management Engine Interface(MEI1)

Configuration Registers
(MEI—D22:F1)
Table 23-1. MEI1 Configuration Registers Address Map
)

(MEI—D22:F1)
Offset Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO
See register
02h–03h DID Device Identification RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h R/W, RO
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 0010h RO
See register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09h–0Bh CC Class Code 0C8000h RO
0Eh HT Header Type 00h RO
00000000
10h–17h MEI1_MBAR MEI0 MMIO Base Address R/W, RO
00000004h
2Ch–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor ID 0000h R/WO
2Eh–2Fh SID Subsystem ID 0000h R/WO
34h CAPP Capabilities List Pointer 50h RO
3Ch–3Dh INTR Interrupt Information 0000h R/W, RO
Maximum Latency/Minimum
3Eh–3Fh MLMG 0000h RO
Grant
40h–43h HFS Host Firmware Status 00000000h RO
48–4Bh GMES General ME Status 00000000h RO
4Ch–4Fh H_GS Host General Status 00000000h RO
PCI Power Management
50h–51h PID 6001h RO
Capability ID
PCI Power Management
52h–53h PC C803h RO
Capabilities
PCI Power Management Control R/WC, R/W,
54h–55h PMCS 0008h
and Status RO
Message Signaled Interrupt
8Ch–8Dh MID 0005h RO
Identifiers
Message Signaled Interrupt
8Eh–8Fh MC 0080h R/W, RO
Message Control
Message Signaled Interrupt
90h–93h MA 00000000h R/W, RO
Message Address
Message Signaled Interrupt Upper
94h–97h MUA 00000000h R/W
Address
Message Signaled Interrupt
98h–99h MD 0000h R/W
Message Data
A0h HIDM MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode 00h R/W
BC–BF HERS MEI Extended Register Status 40000000h RO
C0–DF HER[1:8] MEI Extended Register DW[1:8] 00000000h RO

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23.2.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 00h–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID (VID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel.

23.2.2 DID—Device Identification Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 02h–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID (DID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the Intel Management Engine
15:0 Interface controller. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
Specification Update for the value of the Device ID Register.

23.2.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 04h–05h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable (ID)—R/W. Disables this device from generating PCI line based
10
interrupts. This bit does not have any effect on MSI operation.
9:3 Reserved
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W. Controls the Intel MEI host controller's ability to act
as a system memory master for data transfers. When this bit is cleared, Intel MEI bus
master activity stops and any active DMA engines return to an idle condition. This bit is
made visible to firmware through the H_PCI_CSR register, and changes to this bit may
be configured by the H_PCI_CSR register to generate an ME MSI. When this bit is 0,
2
Intel MEI is blocked from generating MSI to the host CPU.

NOTE: This bit does not block Intel MEI accesses to ME-UMA; that is, writes or reads to
the host and ME circular buffers through the read window and write window
registers still cause ME backbone transactions to ME-UMA.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W. Controls access to the Intel ME's memory
mapped register space.

1 0 = Disable. Memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and limit
registers are master aborted.
1 = Enable. Allows memory cycles within the range specified by the memory base and
limit registers accepted.
0 Reserved

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23.2.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 06h–07h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0010h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:5 Reserved
4 Capabilities List (CL)—RO. Indicates the presence of a capabilities list, hardwired to 1.
Interrupt Status—RO. Indicates the interrupt status of the device.
3 0 = Interrupt is de-asserted.
1 = Interrupt is asserted.
2:0 Reserved

23.2.5 RID—Revision Identification Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Offset Address: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
®
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Revision ID Register

23.2.6 CC—Class Code Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 09h–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 078000h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

23:16 Base Class Code (BCC)—RO. Indicates the base class code of the Intel MEI device.
15:8 Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO. Indicates the sub class code of the Intel MEI device.
Programming Interface (PI)—RO. Indicates the programming interface of the Intel
7:0
MEI device.

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23.2.7 HTYPE—Header Type Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Multi-Function Device (MFD)—RO. Indicates the Intel MEI host controller is part of a
7
multifunction device.
6:0 Header Layout (HL)—RO. Indicates that the Intel MEI uses a target device layout.

23.2.8 MEI_MBAR—MEI MMIO Base Address Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 10h–17h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0000000000000004h Size: 64 bits

This register allocates space for the Intel MEI memory mapped registers.

Bit Description

Base Address (BA)—R/W. Software programs this field with the base address of this
63:4
region.
3 Prefetchable Memory (PM)—RO. Indicates that this range is not pre-fetchable.
Type (TP)—RO. Set to 10b to indicate that this range can be mapped anywhere in 64-
2:1
bit address space.
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. Indicates a request for register memory
0
space.

23.2.9 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SSVID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system vendor identifier.

15:0 This field should be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register
becomes Read Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

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23.2.10 SID—Subsystem ID Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SSID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system identifier. This field should

15:0 be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register becomes Read
Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

23.2.11 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 50h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capabilities Pointer (PTR)—RO. Indicates that the pointer for the first entry in the
7:0
capabilities list is at 50h in configuration space.

23.2.12 INTR—Interrupt Information Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 3Ch–3Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0100h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin (IPIN)—RO. This field indicates the interrupt pin the Intel MEI host
15:8
controller uses. The value of 01h selects INTA# interrupt pin.
Interrupt Line (ILINE)—R/W. Software written value to indicate which interrupt line
7:0
(vector) the interrupt is connected to. No hardware action is taken on this register.

23.2.13 HFS—Host Firmware Status Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 40h–43h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host Firmware Status (HFS)—RO. This register field is used by Firmware to reflect
31:0
the operating environment to the host.

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23.2.14 GMES—General ME Status Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 48h–4Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:0 General ME Status(ME_GS)—RO. This field is populated by ME.

23.2.15 H_GS—Host General Status Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 4Ch–4Fh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host General Status(H_GS)—RO. General Status of Host, this field is not used by
31:0
Hardware

23.2.16 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 50h–51h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 6001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Value of 60h indicates the location of the next pointer.
Capability ID (CID)—RO. Indicates the linked list item is a PCI Power Management
7:0
Register.

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23.2.17 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 52h–53h Attribute: RO
Default Value: C803h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME_Support (PSUP)—RO. This five-bit field indicates the power states in which the
15:11 function may assert PME#. Intel MEI can assert PME# from any D-state except D1 or
D2 which are not supported by Intel MEI.
10:9 Reserved
Aux_Current (AC)—RO. Reports the maximum Suspend well current required when in
8:6
the D3cold state. Value of 00b is reported.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Indicates whether device-specific
5
initialization is required.
4 Reserved
3 PME Clock (PMEC)—RO. Indicates that PCI clock is not required to generate PME#.
Version (VS)—RO. Hardwired to 011b to indicate support for Revision 1.2 of the PCI
2:0
Power Management Specification.

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23.2.18 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status

Register (MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 54h–55h Attribute: R/WC, R/W, RO
Default Value: 0008h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME Status (PMES)—R/WC. Bit is set by ME Firmware. Host software clears bit by
15 writing 1 to bit.
This bit is reset when CL_RST1# asserted.
14:9 Reserved
PME Enable (PMEE)—R/W. This bit is read/write and is under the control of host SW.
It does not directly have an effect on PME events. However, this bit is shadowed so ME
8 FW can monitor it. ME FW will not cause the PMES bit to transition to 1 while the PMEE
bit is 0, indicating that host SW had disabled PME.
This bit is reset when PLTRST# asserted.
7:4 Reserved
No_Soft_Reset (NSR)—RO. This bit indicates that when the Intel MEI host controller
3 is transitioning from D3hot to D0 due to a power state command, it does not perform an
internal reset. Configuration context is preserved.
2 Reserved
Power State (PS)—R/W. This field is used both to determine the current power state
of the Intel MEI host controller and to set a new power state. The values are:
00 = D0 state (default)
1:0 11 = D3hot state
The D1 and D2 states are not supported for the Intel MEI host controller. When in the
D3hot state, the Intel ME’s configuration space is available, but the register memory
spaces are not. Additionally, interrupts are blocked.

23.2.19 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Identifiers Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 8Ch–8Dh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0005h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Pointer (NEXT)—RO. Value of 00h indicates that this is the last item in the list.
7:0 Capability ID (CID)—RO. Capabilities ID indicates MSI.

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23.2.20 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 8Eh–8Fh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0080h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
64 Bit Address Capable (C64)—RO. Specifies that function is capable of generating
7
64-bit messages.
6:1 Reserved
MSI Enable (MSIE)—R/W. If set, MSI is enabled and traditional interrupt pins are not
0
used to generate interrupts.

23.2.21 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address

Register (MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 90h–93h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Address (ADDR)—R/W. Lower 32 bits of the system specified message address,

31:2
always DW aligned.
1:0 Reserved

23.2.22 MUA—Message Signaled Interrupt Upper Address Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 94h–97h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Upper Address (UADDR)—R/W. Upper 32 bits of the system specified message

31:0
address, always DW aligned.

23.2.23 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: 98h–99h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This 16-bit field is programmed by system software if MSI is

15:0 enabled. Its content is driven during the data phase of the MSI memory write
transaction.

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23.2.24 HIDM—MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode Register

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: A0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:2 Reserved
Intel MEI Interrupt Delivery Mode (HIDM)—R/W. These bits control what type of
interrupt the Intel MEI will send when ARC writes to set the M_IG bit in AUX space.
They are interpreted as follows:
1
00 = Generate Legacy or MSI interrupt
01 = Generate SCI
10 = Generate SMI
Synchronous SMI Occurrence (SSMIO)—R/WC. This bit is used by firmware to
indicate that a synchronous SMI source has been triggered. Host BIOS SMM handler
can use this bit as status indication and clear it once processing is completed. A write of
0 1 from host SW clears this status bit.
NOTE: It is possible that an async SMI has occurred prior to sync SMI occurrence and
when the BIOS enters the SMM handler, it is possible that both bit 0 and bit 1 of
this register could be set.

23.2.25 HERES—MEI Extend Register Status

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: BCh–BFh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Extend Register Valid (ERV). Set by firmware after all firmware has been loaded. If
31 ERA field is SHA-1, the result of the extend operation is in HER:5-1. If ERA field is SHA-
256, the result of the extend operation is in HER:8-1.
Extend Feature Present (EFP). This bit is hardwired to 1 to allow driver software to
30
easily detect the chipset supports the Extend Register FW measurement feature.
29:4 Reserved
Extend Register Algorithm (ERA). This field indicates the hash algorithm used in the
FW measurement extend operations. Encodings are:
3:0 0h = SHA-1
2h = SHA-256
Other values = Reserved.

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23.2.26 HERX—MEI Extend Register DWX

(MEI—D22:F1)
Address Offset: HER1: C0h–C3h Attribute: RO
HER2: C4h–C7h
HER3: C8h–CBh
HER4: CCh–CFh
HER5: D0h–D3h
HER6: D4h–D7h
HER7: D8h–DBh
HER8: DCh–DFh
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Extend Register DWX (ERDWX):

Xth DWORD result of the extend operation.
31:0
NOTE: Extend Operation is HER[5:1] if using SHA-1. If using SHA-2, then Extend
Operation is HER[8:1]

23.3 MEI0_MBAR—MEI0 MMIO Registers

These MMIO registers are accessible starting at the MEI MMIO Base Address
(MEI_MBAR) which gets programmed into D22:F0:Offset 10–17h. These registers are
reset by PLTRST# unless otherwise noted.

Table 23-2. MEI MMIO Register Address Map (VE—D23:F0)

MEI_MBAR+Of
Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
fset

Host Circular Buffer Write

00–03h H_CB_WW 00000000h RO
Window
04h–07h H_CSR Host Control Status 02000000h R/W, R/WC, RO
ME Circular Buffer Read
08h–0Bh ME_CB_RW 00000000h RO
Window
ME Control Status Host
0Ch–0Fh ME CSR_HA 02000000h RO
Access

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23.3.1 H_CB_WW—Host Circular Buffer Write Window Register

(MEI MMIO Register)
Address Offset: MEI0_MBAR + 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host Circular Buffer Write Window Field (H_CB_WWF). This bit field is for host to
write into its circular buffer. The host's circular buffer is located at the ME subsystem
address specified in the Host CB Base Address register. This field is write only, reads will
31:0
return arbitrary data. Writes to this register will increment the H_CBWP as long as
ME_RDY is 1. When ME_RDY is 0, writes to this register have no effect and are not
delivered to the H_CB, nor is H_CBWP incriminated.

23.3.2 H_CSR—Host Control Status Register

(MEI MMIO Register)
Address Offset: MEI0_MBAR + 04h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 02000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host Circular Buffer Depth (H_CBD)—RO. This field indicates the maximum number
of 32 bit entries available in the host circular buffer (H_CB). Host software uses this field
along with the H_CBRP and H_CBWP fields to calculate the number of valid entries in the
H_CB to read or # of entries available for write.
31:24
This field is implemented with a "1-hot" scheme. Only one bit will be set to a "1" at a
time. Each bit position represents the value n of a buffer depth of (2^n). For example,
when bit# 1 is 1, the buffer depth is 2; when bit#2 is 1, the buffer depth is 4, etc. The
allowed buffer depth values are 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128.

23:16 Host CB Write Pointer (H_CBWP). Points to next location in the H_CB for host to
write the data. Software uses this field along with H_CBRP and H_CBD fields to calculate
the number of valid entries in the H_CB to read or number of entries available for write.

15:8 Host CB Read Pointer (H_CBRP). Points to next location in the H_CB where a valid
data is available for embedded controller to read. Software uses this field along with
H_CBWR and H_CBD fields to calculate the number of valid entries in the host CB to read
or number of entries available for write.

7:5 Reserved Must be programmed to zero

4 Host Reset (H_RST). Setting this bit to 1 will initiate a Intel MEI reset sequence to get
the circular buffers into a known good state for host and ME communication. When this
bit transitions from 0 to 1, hardware will clear the H_RDY and ME_RDY bits.

3 Host Ready (H_RDY). This bit indicates that the host is ready to process messages.

2 Host Interrupt Generate (H_IG). Once message(s) are written into its CB, the host
sets this bit to one for the HW to set the ME_IS bit in the ME_CSR and to generate an
interrupt message to ME. HW will send the interrupt message to ME only if the ME_IE is
enabled. HW then clears this bit to 0.

1 Host Interrupt Status (H_IS). Hardware sets this bit to 1 when ME_IG bit is set to 1.
Host clears this bit to 0 by writing a 1 to this bit position. H_IE has no effect on this bit.

0 Host Interrupt Enable (H_IE). Host sets this bit to 1 to enable the host interrupt
(INTR# or MSI) to be asserted when H_IS is set to 1.

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23.3.3 ME_CB_RW—ME Circular Buffer Read Window Register

(MEI MMIO Register)
Address Offset: MEI0_MBAR + 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: FFFFFFFFh Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

ME Circular Buffer Read Window Field (ME_CB_RWF). This bit field is for host to
read from the ME Circular Buffer. The ME's circular buffer is located at the ME
subsystem address specified in the ME CB Base Address register. This field is read only,
31:0
writes have no effect. Reads to this register will increment the ME_CBRP as long as
ME_RDY is 1. When ME_RDY is 0, reads to this register have no effect, all 1s are
returned, and ME_CBRP is not incremented.

23.3.4 ME CSR_HA—ME Control Status Host Access Register

(MEI MMIO Register)
Address Offset: MEI0_MBAR + 0Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 02000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

ME Circular Buffer Depth Host Read Access (ME_CBD_HRA).

31:24
Host read only access to ME_CBD.
ME CB Write Pointer Host Read Access (ME_CBWP_HRA).
23:16
Host read only access to ME_CBWP.
ME CB Read Pointer Host Read Access (ME_CBRP_HRA).
15:8
Host read only access to ME_CBRP.
7:5 Reserved
ME Reset Host Read Access (ME_RST_HRA).
4
Host read access to ME_RST.
ME Ready Host Read Access (ME_RDY_HRA):
3
Host read access to ME_RDY.
ME Interrupt Generate Host Read Access (ME_IG_HRA).
2
Host read only access to ME_IG.
ME Interrupt Status Host Read Access (ME_IS_HRA).
1
Host read only access to ME_IS.
ME Interrupt Enable Host Read Access (ME_IE_HRA).
0
Host read only access to ME_IE.

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23.4 MEI1_MBAR—MEI0 MMIO Registers

These MMIO registers are accessible starting at the MEI1 MMIO Base Address
(MEI1_MBAR) which gets programmed into D22:F1:Offset 10–17h. These registers are
reset by PLTRST# unless otherwise noted.

Table 23-3. MEI MMIO Register Address Map (VE—D23:F0)

MEI_MBAR
Mnemonic Register Name Default Type
+ Offset

00–03h H_CB_WW Host Circular Buffer Write Window 00000000h RO

R/W, R/WC,
04h–07h H_CSR Host Control Status 02000000h
RO
08h–0Bh ME_CB_RW ME Circular Buffer Read Window 00000000h RO
0Ch–0Fh ME CSR_HA ME Control Status Host Access 02000000h RO

23.4.1 H_CB_WW—Host Circular Buffer Write Window Register

(MEI MMIO Register)
Address Offset: MEI1_MBAR + 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host Circular Buffer Write Window Field (H_CB_WWF). This bit field is for host to
write into its circular buffer. The host's circular buffer is located at the ME subsystem
address specified in the Host CB Base Address register. This field is write only, reads will
31:0
return arbitrary data. Writes to this register will increment the H_CBWP as long as
ME_RDY is 1. When ME_RDY is 0, writes to this register have no effect and are not
delivered to the H_CB, nor is H_CBWP incremented.

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23.4.2 H_CSR—Host Control Status Register

(MEI MMIO Register)
Address Offset: MEI1_MBAR + 04h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 02000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Host Circular Buffer Depth (H_CBD)—RO. This field indicates the maximum number
of 32 bit entries available in the host circular buffer (H_CB). Host software uses this
field along with the H_CBRP and H_CBWP fields to calculate the number of valid entries
in the H_CB to read or # of entries available for write.
31:24
NOTE: This field is implemented with a "1-hot" scheme. Only one bit will be set to a 1
at a time. Each bit position represents the value n of a buffer depth of (2^n).
For example, when bit# 1 is 1, the buffer depth is 2; when bit#2 is 1, the buffer
depth is 4, etc. The allowed buffer depth values are 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128.
Host CB Write Pointer (H_CBWP). Points to next location in the H_CB for host to
write the data. Software uses this field along with H_CBRP and H_CBD fields to
23:16
calculate the number of valid entries in the H_CB to read or number of entries available
for write.
Host CB Read Pointer (H_CBRP). Points to next location in the H_CB where a valid
data is available for embedded controller to read. Software uses this field along with
15:8
H_CBWR and H_CBD fields to calculate the number of valid entries in the host CB to
read or number of entries available for write.
7:5 Reserved Must be programmed to zero
Host Reset (H_RST). Setting this bit to 1 will initiate a Intel MEI reset sequence to
4 get the circular buffers into a known good state for host and ME communication. When
this bit transitions from 0 to 1, hardware will clear the H_RDY and ME_RDY bits.
3 Host Ready (H_RDY). This bit indicates that the host is ready to process messages.
Host Interrupt Generate (H_IG). Once message(s) are written into its CB, the host
sets this bit to one for the HW to set the ME_IS bit in the ME_CSR and to generate an
2
interrupt message to ME. HW will send the interrupt message to ME only if the ME_IE is
enabled. HW then clears this bit to 0.
Host Interrupt Status (H_IS). Hardware sets this bit to 1 when ME_IG bit is set to 1.
1
Host clears this bit to 0 by writing a 1 to this bit position. H_IE has no effect on this bit.
Host Interrupt Enable (H_IE). Host sets this bit to 1 to enable the host interrupt
0
(INTR# or MSI) to be asserted when H_IS is set to 1.

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23.4.3 ME_CB_RW—ME Circular Buffer Read Window Register

(MEI MMIO Register)

Address Offset: MEI1_MBAR + 08h Attribute: RO

Default Value: FFFFFFFFh Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

ME Circular Buffer Read Window Field (ME_CB_RWF). This bit field is for host to
read from the ME Circular Buffer. The ME's circular buffer is located at the ME
subsystem address specified in the ME CB Base Address register. This field is read only,
31:0
writes have no effect. Reads to this register will increment the ME_CBRP as long as
ME_RDY is 1. When ME_RDY is 0, reads to this register have no effect, all 1s are
returned, and ME_CBRP is not incremented.

23.4.4 ME CSR_HA—ME Control Status Host Access Register

(MEI MMIO Register)
Address Offset: MEI1_MBAR + 0Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 02000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

ME Circular Buffer Depth Host Read Access (ME_CBD_HRA).

31:24
Host read only access to ME_CBD.
ME CB Write Pointer Host Read Access (ME_CBWP_HRA).
23:16
Host read only access to ME_CBWP.
ME CB Read Pointer Host Read Access (ME_CBRP_HRA).
15:8
Host read only access to ME_CBRP.
7:5 Reserved
ME Reset Host Read Access (ME_RST_HRA).
4
Host read access to ME_RST.
ME Ready Host Read Access (ME_RDY_HRA).
3
Host read access to ME_RDY.
ME Interrupt Generate Host Read Access (ME_IG_HRA).
2
Host read only access to ME_IG.
ME Interrupt Status Host Read Access (ME_IS_HRA).
1
Host read only access to ME_IS.
ME Interrupt Enable Host Read Access (ME_IE_HRA).
0
Host read only access to ME_IE.

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23.5 IDE Function for Remote Boot and Installations

PT IDER Registers (IDER—D22:F2)
Table 23-4. IDE Function for remote boot and Installations PT IDER Register Address Map

Address Register Default

Register Name Attribute
Offset Symbol Value

00h–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See
02h–03h DID Device Identification register RO
description
04h–05h PCICMD PCI Command 0000h RO, R/W
06h–07h PCISTS PCI Status 00B0h RO
See
08h RID Revision ID register RO
description
09–0Bh CC Class Codes 010185h RO
0Ch CLS Cache Line Size 00h RO
0Dh PLT Primary Latency Timer 00h RO
10–13h PCMDBA Primary Command Block IO Bar 00000001h RO, R/W
14–17h PCTLBA Primary Control Block Base Address 00000001h RO, R/W
18–1Bh SCMDBA Secondary Command Block Base Address 00000001h RO, R/W
1C–1Fh SCTLBA Secondary Control Block base Address 00000001h RO, R/W
20–23h LBAR Legacy Bus Master Base Address 00000001h RO, R/W
2C–2Fh SS Sub System Identifiers 00008086h R/WO
30–33h EROM Expansion ROM Base Address 00000000h RO
34h CAP Capabilities Pointer C8h RO
3C–3Dh INTR Interrupt Information 0300h R/W, RO
C8–C9h PID PCI Power Management Capability ID D001h RO
CA–CBh PC PCI Power Management Capabilities 0023h RO
RO, R/W,
CC–CFh PMCS PCI Power Management Control and Status 00000000h
RO/V
D0–D1h MID Message Signaled Interrupt Capability ID 0005h RO
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
D2–D3h MC 0080h RO, R/W
Control
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
D4–D7h MA 00000000h R/W, RO
Address
Message Signaled Interrupt Message Upper
D8–DBh MAU 00000000h RO, R/W
Address
DC–DDh MD Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data 0000h R/W

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23.5.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 00–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID (VID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned by Intel.

23.5.2 DID—Device Identification Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 02–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID (DID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH IDER controller.
15:0 See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Specification Update
for the value of the Device ID Register.

23.5.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 04–05h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable (ID)—R/W. This disables pin-based INTx# interrupts. This bit
has no effect on MSI operation. When set, internal INTx# messages will not be
10
generated. When cleared, internal INTx# messages are generated if there is an
interrupt and MSI is not enabled.
9:3 Reserved
Bus Master Enable (BME)—RO. This bit controls the PT function's ability to act as a
2 master for data transfers. This bit does not impact the generation of completions for
split transaction commands.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—RO. PT function does not contain target memory
1
space.
I/O Space enable (IOSE)—RO. This bit controls access to the PT function's target
0
I/O space.

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23.5.4 PCISTS—PCI Device Status Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 06–07h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00B0h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEVT)—RO. This bit controls the device select time for
10:9
the PT function's PCI interface.
8:5 Reserved
Capabilities List (CL)—RO. This bit indicates that there is a capabilities pointer
4
implemented in the device.
Interrupt Status (IS)—RO. This bit reflects the state of the interrupt in the
3 function. Setting of the Interrupt Disable bit to 1 has no affect on this bit. Only when
this bit is a 1 and ID bit is 0 is the INTc interrupt asserted to the Host.
2:0 Reserved

23.5.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset
7:0
Specification Update for the value of the Device ID Register.

23.5.6 CC—Class Codes Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 09–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 010185h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO This field indicates the base class code of the IDER
23:16
host controller device.
Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO This field indicates the sub class code of the IDER host
15:8
controller device.
Programming Interface (PI)—RO This field indicates the programming interface of
7:0
the IDER host controller device.

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23.5.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 0Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Cache Line Size (CLS)—RO. All writes to system memory are Memory Writes.

23.5.8 PCMDBA—Primary Command Block IO Bar Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 10–13h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address (BAR)—R/W Base Address of the BAR0 I/O space (8 consecutive I/O
15:3
locations).
2:1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. This bit indicates a request for I/O space.

23.5.9 PCTLBA—Primary Control Block Base Address Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 14–17h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address (BAR)—R/W. Base Address of the BAR1 I/O space (4 consecutive I/O
15:2
locations)
1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. This bit indicates a request for I/O space

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23.5.10 SCMDBA—Secondary Command Block Base Address

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 18–1Bh Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address (BAR)—R/W. Base Address of the I/O space (8 consecutive I/O
15:3
locations).
2:1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. This bit indicates a request for I/O space.

23.5.11 SCTLBA—Secondary Control Block base Address

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 1C–1Fh Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000001h1 Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address (BAR)—R/W. Base Address of the I/O space (4 consecutive I/O
15:2
locations).
1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. This bit indicates a request for I/O space.

23.5.12 LBAR—Legacy Bus Master Base Address Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 20–23h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address (BA)—R/W. Base Address of the I/O space (16 consecutive I/O
15:4
locations).
3:1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. This bit indicates a request for I/O space.

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23.5.13 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SSVID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system vendor identifier.

15:0 This field should be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register
becomes Read Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

23.5.14 SID—Subsystem ID Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SSID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system identifier. This field should

15:0 be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register becomes Read
Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

23.5.15 CAPP—Capabilities List Pointer Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: C8h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Capability Pointer (CP)—R/WO. This field indicates that the first capability pointer
7:0
is offset C8h (the power management capability).

23.5.16 INTR—Interrupt Information Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 3C–3Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0300h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin (IPIN)—RO. A value of 1h/2h/3h/4h indicates that this function

implements legacy interrupt on INTA/INTB/INTC/INTD, respectively
15:8
Function Value INTx
(2 IDE) 03h INTC
Interrupt Line (ILINE)—R/W. The value written in this register indicates which
input of the system interrupt controller, the device's interrupt pin is connected to.
7:0
This value is used by the OS and the device driver, and has no affect on the
hardware.

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23.5.17 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: C8–C9h Attribute: RO
Default Value: D001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. Its value of D0h points to the MSI capability.
7:0 Cap ID (CID)—RO. This field indicates that this pointer is a PCI power management.

23.5.18 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: CA–CBh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0023h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

PME_Support (PSUP)—RO. This five-bit field indicates the power states in which
15:11 the function may assert PME#. IDER can assert PME# from any D-state except D1 or
D2 which are not supported by IDER.
10:9 Reserved
Aux_Current (AC)—RO. Reports the maximum Suspend well current required when
8:6
in the D3cold state. Value of 00b is reported.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. Indicates whether device-specific
5
initialization is required.
4 Reserved
3 PME Clock (PMEC)—RO. Indicates that PCI clock is not required to generate PME#.
Version (VS)—RO. Hardwired to 011b to indicate support for Revision 1.2 of the PCI
2:0
Power Management Specification.

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23.5.19 PMCS—PCI Power Management Control and Status

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: CC–CFh Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
No Soft Reset (NSR)—RO. When set to 1, this bit indicates that devices
transitioning from D3hot to D0 because of PowerState commands do not perform an
internal reset. Configuration Context is preserved. Upon transition from the D3hot to
the D0 Initialized state, no additional operating system intervention is required to
preserve Configuration Context beyond writing the PowerState bits.
When cleared to 0, devices do perform an internal reset upon transitioning from
3 D3hot to D0 via software control of the PowerState bits. Configuration Context is lost
when performing the soft reset. Upon transition from the D3hot to the D0 state, full
re-initialization sequence is needed to return the device to D0 Initialized.
Value in this bit is reflects chicken bit in ME-AUX register x13900, bit [7] which is as
follows:
0 = Device performs internal reset
1 = Device does not perform internal reset
2 Reserved
Power State (PS)—R/W. This field is used both to determine the current power
state of the PT function and to set a new power state. The values are:
00 = D0 state
1:0 11 = D3HOT state
When in the D3HOT state, the controller's configuration space is available, but the I/O
and memory spaces are not. Additionally, interrupts are blocked. If software attempts
to write a '10' or '01' to these bits, the write will be ignored.

23.5.20 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Capability ID

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: D0–D1h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0005h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Next Pointer (NEXT)—RO. This value indicates this is the last item in the
15:8
capabilities list.
Capability ID (CID)—RO. The Capabilities ID value indicates device is capable of
7:0
generating an MSI.

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23.5.21 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: D2–D3h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0080h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
64 Bit Address Capable (C64)—RO. Capable of generating 64-bit and 32-bit
7
messages.
Multiple Message Enable (MME)—R/W. These bits are R/W for software
6:4
compatibility, but only one message is ever sent by the PT function.
3:1 Multiple Message Capable (MMC)—RO. Only one message is required.
MSI Enable (MSIE)—R/W. If set, MSI is enabled and traditional interrupt pins are
0
not used to generate interrupts.

23.5.22 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: D4–D7h Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Address (ADDR)—R/W. This field contains the Lower 32 bits of the system specified
31:2
message address, always DWord aligned
1:0 Reserved

23.5.23 MAU—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Upper

Address Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: D8–DBh Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
Address (ADDR)—R/W. This field contains the Upper 4 bits of the system specified
3:0
message address.

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23.5.24 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: DC–DDh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This content is driven onto the lower word of the data bus of the
15:0
MSI memory write transaction.

23.6 IDE BAR0

Table 23-5. IDE BAR0 Register Address Map

Address Register Default

Register Name Attribute
Offset Symbol Value

0h IDEDATA IDE Data Register 00h R/W

1h IDEERD1 IDE Error Register DEV1 00h R/W
1h IDEERD0 IDE Error Register DEV0 00h R/W
1h IDEFR IDE Features Register 00h R/W
2h IDESCIR IDE Sector Count In Register 00h R/W
2h IDESCOR1 IDE Sector Count Out Register Device 1 00h R/W
2h IDESCOR0 IDE Sector Count Out Register Device 0 00h R/W
3h IDESNOR0 IDE Sector Number Out Register Device 0 00h R/W
3h IDESNOR1 IDE Sector Number Out Register Device 1 00h R/W
3h IDESNIR IDE Sector Number In Register 00h R/W
4h IDECLIR IDE Cylinder Low In Register 00h R/W
4h IDCLOR1 IDE Cylinder Low Out Register Device 1 00h R/W
4h IDCLOR0 IDE Cylinder Low Out Register Device 0 00h R/W
5h IDCHOR0 IDE Cylinder High Out Register Device 0 00h R/W
5h IDCHOR1 IDE Cylinder High Out Register Device 1 00h R/W
5h IDECHIR IDE Cylinder High In Register 00h R/W
6h IDEDHIR IDE Drive/Head In Register 00h R/W
6h IDDHOR1 IDE Drive Head Out Register Device 1 00h R/W
6h IDDHOR0 IDE Drive Head Out Register Device 0 00h R/W
7h IDESD0R IDE Status Device 0 Register 80h R/W
7h IDESD1R IDE Status Device 1 Register 80h R/W
7h IDECR IDE Command Register 00h R/W

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23.6.1 IDEDATA—IDE Data Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 0h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

The IDE data interface is a special interface that is implemented in the HW. This data
interface is mapped to IO space from the host and takes read and write cycles from the
host targeting master or slave device.

Writes from host to this register result in the data being written to ME memory.

Reads from host to this register result in the data being fetched from ME memory.

Data is typically written/ read in WORDs. ME-FW must enable hardware to allow it to
accept Host initiated Read/ Write cycles, else the cycles are dropped.

Bit Description

IDE Data Register (IDEDR)—R/W. Data Register implements the data interface for
7:0 IDE. All writes and reads to this register translate into one or more corresponding
write/reads to ME memory

23.6.2 IDEERD1—IDE Error Register DEV1

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 01h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Error register of the command block of the IDE function.
This register is read only by the HOST interface when DEV = 1 (slave device).

Bit Description

IDE Error Data (IDEED)—R/W. Drive reflects its error/ diagnostic code to the host
7:0
via this register at different times.

23.6.3 IDEERD0—IDE Error Register DEV0

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 01h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Error register of the command block of the IDE function.
This register is read only by the HOST interface when DEV = 0 (master device).

Bit Description

IDE Error Data (IDEED)—R/W. Drive reflects its error/ diagnostic code to the host
7:0
via this register at different times.

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23.6.4 IDEFR—IDE Features Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 01h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Feature register of the command block of the IDE
function. This register can be written only by the Host.

When the HOST reads the same address, it reads the Error register of Device 0 or
Device 1 depending on the device_select bit (bit 4 of the drive/head register).

Bit Description

7:0 IDE Feature Data (IDEFD)—R/W. IDE drive specific data written by the Host

23.6.5 IDESCIR—IDE Sector Count In Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 02h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Sector Count register of the command block of the IDE
function. This register can be written only by the Host. When host writes to this
register, all 3 registers (IDESCIR, IDESCOR0, IDESCOR1) are updated with the written
value.

A host read to this register address reads the IDE Sector Count Out Register IDESCOR0
if DEV=0 or IDESCOR1 if DEV=1

Bit Description

IDE Sector Count Data (IDESCD)—R/W. Host writes the number of sectors to be
7:0
read or written.

23.6.6 IDESCOR1—IDE Sector Count Out Register Device 1

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 02h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the HOST interface if DEV = 1. ME-Firmware writes to this
register at the end of a command of the selected device.

When the host writes to this address, the IDE Sector Count In Register (IDESCIR), this
register is updated.

Bit Description

IDE Sector Count Out Dev1 (ISCOD1)—R/W. Sector Count register for Slave
7:0
Device (that is, Device 1)

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23.6.7 IDESCOR0—IDE Sector Count Out Register Device

0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 02h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the HOST interface if DEV = 0. ME-Firmware writes to this
register at the end of a command of the selected device.

When the host writes to this address, the IDE Sector Count In Register (IDESCIR), this
register is updated.

Bit Description

IDE Sector Count Out Dev0 (ISCOD0)—R/W. Sector Count register for Master
7:0
Device (that is, Device 0).

23.6.8 IDESNOR0—IDE Sector Number Out Register

Device 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 03h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the Host if DEV = 0. ME-Firmware writes to this register at the
end of a command of the selected device.

When the host writes to the IDE Sector Number In Register (IDESNIR), this register is
updated with that value.

Bit Description

IDE Sector Number Out DEV 0 (IDESNO0)—R/W. Sector Number Out register for
7:0
Master device.

23.6.9 IDESNOR1—IDE Sector Number Out Register

Device 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 03h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the Host if DEV = 1. ME-Firmware writes to this register at the
end of a command of the selected device.

When the host writes to the IDE Sector Number In Register (IDESNIR), this register is
updated with that value.

Bit Description

IDE Sector Number Out DEV 1 (IDESNO1)—R/W. Sector Number Out register for
7:0
Slave device.

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23.6.10 IDESNIR—IDE Sector Number In Register Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 03h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Sector Number register of the command block of the IDE
function. This register can be written only by the Host. When host writes to this
register, all 3 registers (IDESNIR, IDESNOR0, IDESNOR1) are updated with the written
value.

Host read to this register address reads the IDE Sector Number Out Register
IDESNOR0 if DEV=0 or IDESNOR1 if DEV=1.

Bit Description

IDE Sector Number Data (IDESND)—R/W. This register contains the number of
7:0
the first sector to be transferred.

23.6.11 IDECLIR—IDE Cylinder Low In Register Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Cylinder Low register of the command block of the IDE
function. This register can be written only by the Host. When host writes to this
register, all 3 registers (IDECLIR, IDECLOR0, IDECLOR1) are updated with the written
value.

Host read to this register address reads the IDE Cylinder Low Out Register IDECLOR0 if
DEV=0 or IDECLOR1 if DEV=1.

Bit Description

IDE Cylinder Low Data (IDECLD)—R/W. Cylinder Low register of the command
7:0
block of the IDE function.

23.6.12 IDCLOR1—IDE Cylinder Low Out Register Device 1

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the Host if DEV = 1. ME-Firmware writes to this register at the
end of a command of the selected device. When the host writes to the IDE Cylinder Low
In Register (IDECLIR), this register is updated with that value.

Bit Description

IDE Cylinder Low Out DEV 1. (IDECLO1)—R/W. Cylinder Low Out Register for
7:0
Slave Device.

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23.6.13 IDCLOR0—IDE Cylinder Low Out Register Device 0

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the Host if DEV = 0. ME-Firmware writes to this register at the
end of a command of the selected device. When the host writes to the IDE Cylinder Low
In Register (IDECLIR), this register is updated with that value.

Bit Description

IDE Cylinder Low Out DEV 0. (IDECLO0)—R/W. Cylinder Low Out Register for
7:0
Master Device.

23.6.14 IDCHOR0—IDE Cylinder High Out Register Device 0

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 05h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the Host if DEVice = 0. ME-Firmware writes to this register at
the end of a command of the selected device. When the host writes to the IDE Cylinder
High In Register (IDECHIR), this register is updated with that value.

Bit Description

IDE Cylinder High Out DEV 0 (IDECHO0)—R/W. Cylinder High out register for
7:0
Master device.

23.6.15 IDCHOR1—IDE Cylinder High Out Register Device 1

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 05h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read by the Host if Device = 1. ME-Firmware writes to this register at
the end of a command of the selected device. When the host writes to the IDE Cylinder
High In Register (IDECHIR), this register is updated with that value.

Bit Description

IDE Cylinder High Out DEV 1 (IDECHO1)—R/W. Cylinder High out register for
7:0
Slave device.

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23.6.16 IDECHIR—IDE Cylinder High In Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 05h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Cylinder High register of the command block of the IDE
function. This register can be written only by the Host. When host writes to this
register, all 3 registers (IDECHIR, IDECHOR0, IDECHOR1) are updated with the written
value.

Host read to this register address reads the IDE Cylinder High Out Register IDECHOR0
if DEV=0 or IDECHOR1 if DEV=1.

Bit Description

IDE Cylinder High Data (IDECHD)—R/W. Cylinder High data register for IDE
7:0
command block.

23.6.17 IDEDHIR—IDE Drive/Head In Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 06h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Drive/Head register of the command block of the IDE.
This register can be written only by the Host. When host writes to this register, all 3
registers (IDEDHIR, IDEDHOR0, IDEDHOR1) are updated with the written value.

Host read to this register address reads the IDE Drive/Head Out Register (IDEDHOR0)
if DEV=0 or IDEDHOR1 if DEV=1.

Bit 4 of this register is the DEV (master/slave) bit. This bit is cleared by hardware on
IDE software reset (S_RST toggles to '1') in addition to Host system reset and D3->D0
transition of the function.

Bit Description

IDE Drive/Head Data (IDEDHD)—R/W. Register defines the drive number, head
7:0
number and addressing mode.

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23.6.18 IDDHOR1—IDE Drive Head Out Register Device 1

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 06h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read only by the Host. Host read to this Drive/head In register address
reads the IDE Drive/Head Out Register (IDEDHOR0) if DEV=1

Bit 4 of this register is the DEV (master/slave) bit. This bit is cleared by hardware on
IDE software reset (S_RST toggles to '1') in addition to the Host system reset and D3
to D0 transition of the IDE function.

When the host writes to this address, it updates the value of the IDEDHIR register.

Bit Description

IDE Drive Head Out DEV 1 (IDEDHO1)—R/W. Drive/Head Out register of Slave
7:0
device.

23.6.19 IDDHOR0—IDE Drive Head Out Register Device 0

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 06h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register is read only by the Host. Host read to this Drive/head In register address
reads the IDE Drive/Head Out Register (IDEDHOR0) if DEV=0.

Bit 4 of this register is the DEV (master/slave) bit. This bit is cleared by hardware on
IDE software reset (S_RST toggles to 1) in addition to the Host system reset and D3 to
D0 transition of the IDE function.

When the host writes to this address, it updates the value of the IDEDHIR register.

Bit Description

IDE Drive Head Out DEV 0 (IDEDHO0)—R/W. Drive/Head Out register of Master
7:0
device.

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23.6.20 IDESD0R—IDE Status Device 0 Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 07h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the status register of the Master device (DEV = 0). This
register is read only by the Host. Host read of this register clears the Master device's
interrupt.

When the HOST writes to the same address it writes to the command register

The bits description is for ATA mode.

Bit Description

Busy (BSY)—R/W. This bit is set by HW when the IDECR is being written and
DEV=0, or when SRST bit is asserted by Host or host system reset or D3-to-D0
7 transition of the IDE function.
This bit is cleared by FW write of 0.
6 Drive Ready (DRDY)—R/W. When set, this bit indicates drive is ready for command.
5 Drive Fault (DF)—R/W. Indicates Error on the drive.
Drive Seek Complete (DSC)—R/W. Indicates Heads are positioned over the desired
4
cylinder.
Data Request (DRQ)—R/W. Set when, the drive wants to exchange data with the
3
Host via the data register.
Corrected Data (CORR)—R/W. When set, this bit indicates a correctable read error
2
has occurred.
Index (IDX)—R/W. This bit is set once per rotation of the medium when the index
1
mark passes under the read/write head.
Error (ERR)—R/W. When set, this bit indicates an error occurred in the process of
0 executing the previous command. The Error Register of the selected device contains
the error information.

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23.6.21 IDESD1R—IDE Status Device 1 Register

(IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 07h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the status register of the slave device (DEV = 1). This register
is read only by the Host. Host read of this register clears the slave device's interrupt.

When the HOST writes to the same address it writes to the command register.

The bits description is for ATA mode.

Bit Description

Busy (BSY)—R/W. This bit is set by hardware when the IDECR is being written and
DEV=0, or when SRST bit is asserted by the Host or host system reset or D3-to-D0
7 transition of the IDE function.
This bit is cleared by FW write of 0.
6 Drive Ready (DRDY)—R/W. When set, indicates drive is ready for command.
5 Drive Fault (DF)—R/W. Indicates Error on the drive.
Drive Seek Complete (DSC)—R/W. Indicates Heads are positioned over the
4
desired cylinder.
Data Request (DRQ)—R/W. Set when the drive wants to exchange data with the
3
Host via the data register.
Corrected Data (CORR)—R/W. When set indicates a correctable read error has
2
occurred.
Index (IDX)—R/W. This bit is set once per rotation of the medium when the index
1
mark passes under the read/write head.
Error (ERR)—R/W. When set, this bit indicates an error occurred in the process of
0 executing the previous command. The Error Register of the selected device contains
the error information

23.6.22 IDECR—IDE Command Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 07h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Command register of the command block of the IDE
function. This register can be written only by the Host.

When the HOST reads the same address it reads the Status register DEV0 if DEV=0 or
Status Register DEV1 if DEV=1 (Drive/Head register bit [4]).

Bit Description

IDE Command Data (IDECD)—R/W. Host sends the commands (read/ write, etc.)
7:0
to the drive via this register.

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23.7 IDE BAR1

Address Register Default

Register Name Attribute
Offset Symbol Value

2h IDDCR IDE Device Control Register 00h RO, WO

2h IDASR IDE Alternate status Register 00h RO

23.7.1 IDDCR—IDE Device Control Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 2h Attribute: WO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Device Control register of the Control block of the IDE
function. This register is Write only by the Host.

When the HOST reads to the same address it reads the Alternate Status register.

Bit Description

7:3 Reserved

Software reset (S_RST)—WO. When this bit is set by the Host, it forces a reset to
2
the device.

Host interrupt Disable (nIEN)—WO. When set, this bit disables hardware from
1
sending interrupt to the Host.
0 Reserved

23.7.2 IDASR—IDE Alternate status Register (IDER—D22:F2)

Address Offset: 2h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the Alternate Status register of the Control block of the IDE
function. This register is a mirror register to the status register in the command block.
Reading this register by the HOST does not clear the IDE interrupt of the DEV selected
device

Host read of this register when DEV=0 (Master), Host gets the mirrored data of
IDESD0R register.

Host read of this register when DEV=1 (Slave), host gets the mirrored data of IDESD1R
register.

Bit Description

IDE Alternate Status Register (IDEASR)—RO. This field mirrors the value of the
7:0
DEV0/ DEV1 status register, depending on the state of the DEV bit on Host reads.

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23.8 IDE BAR4

Table 23-6. IDE BAR4 Register Address Map

Address Register Default

Register Name Attribute
Offset Symbol Value

IDE Primary Bus Master Command

0h IDEPBMCR 00h RO, R/W
Register
IDE Primary Bus Master Device Specific 0
1h IDEPBMDS0R 00h R/W
Register
2h IDEPBMSR IDE Primary Bus Master Status Register 80h RO, R/W
IDE Primary Bus Master Device Specific 1
3h IDEPBMDS1R 00h R/W
Register
IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor Table
4h IDEPBMDTPR0 00h R/W
Pointer Register Byte 0
IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor Table
5h IDEPBMDTPR1 00h R/W
Pointer Register Byte 1
IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor Table
6h IDEPBMDTPR2 00h R/W
Pointer Register Byte 2
IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor Table
7h IDEPBMDTPR3 00h R/W
Pointer Register Byte 3
IDE Secondary Bus Master Command
8h IDESBMCR 00h RO, R/W
Register
IDE Secondary Bus Master Device
9h IDESBMDS0R 00h R/W
Specific 0 Register
IDE Secondary Bus Master Status
Ah IDESBMSR 00h R/W, RO
Register
IDE Secondary Bus Master Device
Bh IDESBMDS1R 00h R/W
Specific 1 Register
IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Ch IDESBMDTPR0 00h R/W
Table Pointer Register Byte 0
IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Dh IDESBMDTPR1 00h R/W
Table Pointer Register Byte 1
IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Eh IDESBMDTPR2 00h R/W
Table Pointer Register Byte 2
IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor
Fh IDESBMDTPR3 00h R/W
Table Pointer Register Byte 3

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23.8.1 IDEPBMCR—IDE Primary Bus Master Command

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 00h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the bus master command register of the primary channel.
This register is programmed by the Host.

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
Read Write Command (RWC)—R/W. This bit sets the direction of bus master
transfer.
3 0 = Reads are performed from system memory
1 = Writes are performed to System Memory.
This bit should not be changed when the bus master function is active.
2:1 Reserved
Start/Stop Bus Master (SSBM)—R/W. This bit gates the bus master operation of
IDE function when 0. Writing 1 enables the bus master operation. Bus master
operation can be halted by writing a 0 to this bit. Operation cannot be stopped and
0
resumed.
This bit is cleared after data transfer is complete as indicated by either the BMIA bit
or the INT bit of the Bus Master status register is set or both are set.

23.8.2 IDEPBMDS0R—IDE Primary Bus Master Device

Specific 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 01h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Device Specific Data0 (DSD0)—R/W. Device Specific

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23.8.3 IDEPBMSR—IDE Primary Bus Master Status

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 02h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Simplex Only (SO)—RO. Value indicates whether both Bus Master Channels can be
operated at the same time or not.
7
0 = Both can be operated independently
1 = Only one can be operated at a time.
Drive 1 DMA Capable (D1DC)—R/W. This bit is read/write by the host (not write 1
6
clear).
Drive 0 DMA Capable (D0DC)—R/W. This bit is read/write by the host (not write 1
5
clear).
4:3 Reserved
Interrupt (INT)—R/W. This bit is set by the hardware when it detects a positive
2 transition in the interrupt logic (see IDE host interrupt generation diagram).The
hardware will clear this bit when the Host SW writes 1 to it.
Error (ER)—R/W. Bit is typically set by FW. Hardware will clear this bit when the Host
1
SW writes 1 to it.
Bus Master IDE Active (BMIA)—RO. This bit is set by hardware when SSBM
register is set to 1 by the Host. When the bus master operation ends (for the whole
0
command) this bit is cleared by FW. This bit is not cleared when the HOST writes 1 to
it.

23.8.4 IDEPBMDS1R—IDE Primary Bus Master Device

Specific 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 03h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:0 Device Specific Data1 (DSD1)—R/W. Device Specific Data.

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23.8.5 IDEPBMDTPR0—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 0 (DTPB0)—R/W. This register implements the

Byte 0 (1 of 4 bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
7:0
master operation of the primary channel. This register is read/write by the HOST
interface.

23.8.6 IDEPBMDTPR1—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 05h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 1 (DTPB1)—R/W. This register implements the

7:0 Byte 1 (of four bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
master operation of the primary channel. This register is programmed by the Host.

23.8.7 IDEPBMDTPR2—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 2 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 06h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 2 (DTPB2)—R/W. This register implements the

7:0 Byte 2 (of four bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
master operation of the primary channel. This register is programmed by the Host.

23.8.8 IDEPBMDTPR3—IDE Primary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 3 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 07h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 3 (DTPB3)—R/W. This register implements the

7:0 Byte 3 (of four bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
master operation of the primary channel. This register is programmed by the Host

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23.8.9 IDESBMCR—IDE Secondary Bus Master Command

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 08h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
Read Write Command (RWC)—R/W. This bit sets the direction of bus master
transfer. When 0, Reads are performed from system memory; when 1, writes are
3
performed to System Memory. This bit should not be changed when the bus master
function is active.
2:1 Reserved
Start/Stop Bus Master (SSBM)—R/W. This bit gates the bus master operation of
IDE function when zero.
Writing 1 enables the bus master operation. Bus master operation can be halted by
0
writing a 0 to this bit. Operation cannot be stopped and resumed.
This bit is cleared after data transfer is complete as indicated by either the BMIA bit
or the INT bit of the Bus Master status register is set or both are set.

23.8.10 IDESBMDS0R—IDE Secondary Bus Master Device

Specific 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 09h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Device Specific Data0 (DSD0)—R/W. This register implements the bus master
7:0 Device Specific 1 register of the secondary channel. This register is programmed by
the Host.

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23.8.11 IDESBMSR—IDE Secondary Bus Master Status

Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 0Ah Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 80h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Simplex Only (SO)—R/W. This bit indicates whether both Bus Master Channels can
be operated at the same time or not.
7
0 = Both can be operated independently
1 = Only one can be operated at a time.
6 Drive 1 DMA Capable (D1DC)—R/W. This bit is read/write by the host.
5 Drive 0 DMA Capable (D0DC)—R/W. This bit is read/write by the host.
4:0 Reserved

23.8.12 IDESBMDS1R—IDE Secondary Bus Master Device

Specific 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 0Bh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Device Specific Data1 (DSD1)—R/W. This register implements the bus master
7:0 Device Specific 1 register of the secondary channel. This register is programmed by
the Host for device specific data if any.

23.8.13 IDESBMDTPR0—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 0 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 0Ch Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 0 (DTPB0)—R/W. This register implements the

Byte 0 (1 of 4 bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
7:0
master operation of the secondary channel. This register is read/write by the HOST
interface.

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23.8.14 IDESBMDTPR1—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 1 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 0Dh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 1 (DTPB1)—R/W. This register implements the

7:0 Byte 1 (of four bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
master operation of the secondary channel. This register is programmed by the Host.

23.8.15 IDESBMDTPR2—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 2 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 0Eh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 2 (DTPB2)—R/W. This register implements the

7:0 Byte 2 (of four bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
master operation of the secondary channel. This register is programmed by the Host.

23.8.16 IDESBMDTPR3—IDE Secondary Bus Master Descriptor

Table Pointer Byte 3 Register (IDER—D22:F2)
Address Offset: 0Fh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Descriptor Table Pointer Byte 3 (DTPB3)—R/W. This register implements the

7:0 Byte 3 (of four bytes) of the descriptor table Pointer (four I/O byte addresses) for bus
master operation of the secondary channel. This register is programmed by the Host.

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23.9 Serial Port for Remote Keyboard and Text (KT)

Redirection (KT—D22:F3)
Table 23-7. Serial Port for Remote Keyboard and Text (KT) Redirection Register
Address Map

Address Register Default

Register Name Attribute
Offset Symbol Value

00–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO

See
02–03h DID Device Identification Register RO
description
04–05h CMD Command Register 0000h RO, R/W
06–07h STS Device Status 00B0h RO
See
08h RID Revision ID Register RO
description
09–0Bh CC Class Codes 070002h RO
0Ch CLS Cache Line Size 00h RO
10–13h KTIBA KT IO Block Base Address 00000001h RO, R/W
14–17h KTMBA KT Memory Block Base Address 00000000h RO, R/W
2C–2Fh SS Sub System Identifiers 00008086h R/WO
30–33h EROM Expansion ROM Base Address 00000000h RO
34h CAP Capabilities Pointer C8h RO
3C–3Dh INTR Interrupt Information 0200h R/W, RO
C8–C9h PID PCI Power Management Capability ID D001h RO
CA–CBh PC PCI Power Management Capabilities 0023h RO
PCI Power Management Control and
CC–CFh PMCS 00000000h RO, R/W
Status
D0–D1h MID Message Signaled Interrupt Capability ID 0005h RO
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
D2–D3h MC 0080h RO, R/W
Control
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
D4–D7h MA 00000000h RO, R/W
Address
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
D8–DBh MAU 00000000h RO, R/W
Upper Address
Message Signaled Interrupt Message
DC–DDh MD 0000h R/W
Data

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23.9.1 VVID—Vendor Identification Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 00–01h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:0 Vendor ID (VID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned by Intel.

23.9.2 DID—Device Identification Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 02–03h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Device ID (DID)—RO. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the PCH KT controller. See
15:0 the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset Specification Update for
the value of the Device ID Register.

23.9.3 CMD—Command Register Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 04–05h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
Interrupt Disable (ID)—R/W. This bit disables pin-based INTx# interrupts. This bit
has no effect on MSI operation.
10 1 = Internal INTx# messages will not be generated.
0 = Internal INTx# messages are generated if there is an interrupt and MSI is not
enabled.
9:3 Reserved
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W. This bit controls the KT function's ability to act as
a master for data transfers. This bit does not impact the generation of completions
2
for split transaction commands. For KT, the only bus mastering activity is MSI
generation.
Memory Space Enable (MSE)—R/W. This bit controls Access to the PT function's
1
target memory space.
I/O Space enable (IOSE)—R/W. This bit controls access to the PT function's target
0
I/O space.

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23.9.4 STS—Device Status Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 06–07h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00B0h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 Reserved
DEVSEL# Timing Status (DEVT)—RO. This field controls the device select time for
10:9
the PT function's PCI interface.
8:5 Reserved
Capabilities List (CL)—RO. This bit indicates that there is a capabilities pointer
4
implemented in the device.
Interrupt Status (IS)—RO. This bit reflects the state of the interrupt in the function.
3 Setting of the Interrupt Disable bit to 1 has no affect on this bit. Only when this bit is
a 1 and ID bit is 0 is the INTB interrupt asserted to the Host.
2:0 Reserved

23.9.5 RID—Revision ID Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 08h Attribute: RO
Default Value: See bit description Size: 8 bits

Bit Description

Revision ID (RID)—RO. See the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series
7:0
Chipset Specification Update for the value of the Device ID Register.

23.9.6 CC—Class Codes Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 09–0Bh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 070002h Size: 24 bits

Bit Description

Base Class Code (BCC)—RO This field indicates the base class code of the KT host
23:16
controller device.
Sub Class Code (SCC)—RO This field indicates the sub class code of the KT host
15:8
controller device.
Programming Interface (PI)—RO This field indicates the programming interface of
7:0
the KT host controller device.

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23.9.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 0Ch Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register defines the system cache line size in DWORD increments. Mandatory for
master which use the Memory-Write and Invalidate command.

Bit Description

7:0 Cache Line Size (CLS)—RO. All writes to system memory are Memory Writes.

23.9.8 KTIBA—KT IO Block Base Address Register

(KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: 10–13h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000001h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:16 Reserved
Base Address (BAR)—R/W. This field provides the base address of the I/O space (8
15:3
consecutive I/O locations).
2:1 Reserved
0 Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. This bit indicates a request for I/O space

23.9.9 KTMBA—KT Memory Block Base Address Register

(KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: 14–17h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

Base Address (BAR)—R/W. This field provides the base address for Memory
31:12
Mapped I,O BAR. Bits 31:12 correspond to address signals 31:12.
11:4 Reserved
3 Prefetchable (PF)—RO. This bit indicates that this range is not pre-fetchable.
Type (TP)—RO. This field indicates that this range can be mapped anywhere in 32-
2:1
bit address space.
Resource Type Indicator (RTE)—RO. This bit indicates a request for register
0
memory space.

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23.9.10 SVID—Subsystem Vendor ID Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 2Ch–2Dh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem Vendor ID (SSVID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system vendor identifier.

15:0 This field should be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register
becomes Read Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

23.9.11 SID—Subsystem ID Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 2Eh–2Fh Attribute: R/WO
Default Value: 8086h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Subsystem ID (SSID)—R/WO. Indicates the sub-system identifier. This field should

15:0 be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register becomes Read
Only. This field can only be cleared by PLTRST#.

23.9.12 CAP—Capabilities Pointer Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 34h Attribute: RO
Default Value: C8h Size: 8 bits

This optional register is used to point to a linked list of new capabilities implemented by
the device.

Bit Description

Capability Pointer (CP)—RO. This field indicates that the first capability pointer is
7:0
offset C8h (the power management capability).

23.9.13 INTR—Interrupt Information Register (KT—D22:F3)

Address Offset: 3C–3Dh Attribute: R/W, RO
Default Value: 0200h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

Interrupt Pin (IPIN)—RO. A value of 1h/2h/3h/4h indicates that this function

implements legacy interrupt on INTA/INTB/INTC/INTD, respectively
15:8
Function Value INTx
(3 KT/Serial Port) 02h INTB
Interrupt Line (ILINE)—R/W. The value written in this register tells which input of
7:0 the system interrupt controller, the device's interrupt pin is connected to. This value
is used by the OS and the device driver, and has no affect on the hardware.

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23.9.14 PID—PCI Power Management Capability ID Register

(KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: C8–C9h Attribute: RO
Default Value: D001h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Next Capability (NEXT)—RO. A value of D0h points to the MSI capability.
7:0 Cap ID (CID)—RO. This field indicates that this pointer is a PCI power management.

23.9.15 PC—PCI Power Management Capabilities ID Register

(KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: CA–CBh Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0023h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:11 PME Support (PME)—RO.This field indicates no PME# in the PT function.

10:6 Reserved
Device Specific Initialization (DSI)—RO. This bit indicates that no device-specific
5
initialization is required.
4 Reserved
PME Clock (PMEC)—RO. This bit indicates that PCI clock is not required to generate
3
PME#
Version (VS)—RO. This field indicates support for the PCI Power Management
2:0
Specification, Revision 1.2.

23.9.16 MID—Message Signaled Interrupt Capability ID

Register (KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: D0–D1h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 0005h Size: 16 bits

Message Signalled Interrupt is a feature that allows the device/function to generate an

interrupt to the host by performing a DWORD memory write to a system specified
address with system specified data. This register is used to identify and configure an
MSI capable device.

Bit Description

15:8 Next Pointer (NEXT)—RO. This value indicates this is the last item in the list.
Capability ID (CID)—RO. This field value of Capabilities ID indicates device is
7:0
capable of generating MSI.

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23.9.17 MC—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Control

Register (KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: D2–D3h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 0080h Size: 16 bits

Bit Description

15:8 Reserved
64 Bit Address Capable (C64)—RO. Capable of generating 64-bit and 32-bit
7
messages.
Multiple Message Enable (MME)—R/W.These bits are R/W for software
6:4
compatibility, but only one message is ever sent by the PT function.
3:1 Multiple Message Capable (MMC)—RO. Only one message is required.
MSI Enable (MSIE)—R/W. If set, MSI is enabled and traditional interrupt pins are
0
not used to generate interrupts.

23.9.18 MA—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Address

Register (KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: D4–D7h Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

This register specifies the DWORD aligned address programmed by system software for
sending MSI.

Bit Description

Address (ADDR)—R/W. Lower 32 bits of the system specified message address,

31:2
always DWord aligned.
1:0 Reserved

23.9.19 MAU—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Upper

Address Register (KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: D8–DBh Attribute: RO, R/W
Default Value: 00000000h Size: 32 bits

Bit Description

31:4 Reserved
3:0 Address (ADDR)—R/W. Upper 4 bits of the system specified message address.

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23.9.20 MD—Message Signaled Interrupt Message Data

Register (KT—D22:F3)
Address Offset: DC–DDh Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 0000h Size: 16 bits

This 16-bit field is programmed by system software if MSI is enabled

Bit Description

Data (DATA)—R/W. This MSI data is driven onto the lower word of the data bus of
15:0
the MSI memory write transaction.

23.10 KT IO/ Memory Mapped Device Registers

Table 23-8. KT IO/ Memory Mapped Device Register Address Map

Address Register Default

Register Name Attribute
Offset Symbol Value

0h KTRxBR KT Receive Buffer Register 00h RO

0h KTTHR KT Transmit Holding Register 00h WO
0h KTDLLR KT Divisor Latch LSB Register 00h R/W
R/W
1h KTIER KT Interrupt Enable register 00h
RO
1h KTDLMR KT Divisor Latch MSB Register 00h R/W
2h KTIIR KT Interrupt Identification register 01h RO
2h KTFCR KT FIFO Control register 00h WO
3h KTLCR KT Line Control register 03h R/W
4h KTMCR KT Modem Control register 00h RO, R/W
5h KTLSR KT Line Status register 00h RO
6h KTMSR KT Modem Status register 00h RO
7h KTSCR KT Scratch register 00h R/W

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23.10.1 KTRxBR—KT Receive Buffer Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This implements the KT Receiver Data register. Host access to this address, depends on
the state of the DLAB bit (KTLCR[7]). It must be 0 to access the KTRxBR.

RxBR:

Host reads this register when FW provides it the receive data in non-FIFO mode. In
FIFO mode, host reads to this register translate into a read from ME memory (RBR
FIFO).

Bit Description

Receiver Buffer Register (RBR)—RO. Implements the Data register of the Serial
7:0
Interface. If the Host does a read, it reads from the Receive Data Buffer.

23.10.2 KTTHR—KT Transmit Holding Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 00h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This implements the KT Transmit Data register. Host access to this address, depends on
the state of the DLAB bit (KTLCR[7]). It must be 0 to access the KTTHR.

THR:

When host wants to transmit data in the non-FIFO mode, it writes to this register. In
FIFO mode, writes by host to this address cause the data byte to be written by
hardware to ME memory (THR FIFO).

Bit Description

Transmit Holding Register (THR)—WO. Implements the Transmit Data register of

7:0 the Serial Interface. If the Host does a write, it writes to the Transmit Holding
Register.

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23.10.3 KTDLLR—KT Divisor Latch LSB Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 00h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register implements the KT DLL register. Host can Read/Write to this register only
when the DLAB bit (KTLCR[7]) is 1. When this bit is 0, Host accesses the KTTHR or the
KTRBR depending on Read or Write.

This is the standard Serial Port Divisor Latch register. This register is only for software
compatibility and does not affect performance of the hardware.

Bit Description

7:0 Divisor Latch LSB (DLL)—R/W. Implements the DLL register of the Serial Interface.

23.10.4 KTIER—KT Interrupt Enable Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 01h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This implements the KT Interrupt Enable register. Host access to this address, depends
on the state of the DLAB bit (KTLCR[7]). It must be "0" to access this register. The bits
enable specific events to interrupt the Host.

Bit Description

7:4 Reserved
MSR (IER2)—R/W. When set, this bit enables bits in the Modem Status register to
3
cause an interrupt to the host.
LSR (IER1)—R/W.When set, this bit enables bits in the Receiver Line Status Register
2
to cause an Interrupt to the Host.
THR (IER1)—R/W. When set, this bit enables an interrupt to be sent to the Host
1
when the transmit Holding register is empty.
DR (IER0)—R/W. When set, the Received Data Ready (or Receive FIFO Timeout)
0
interrupts are enabled to be sent to Host.

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23.10.5 KTDLMR—KT Divisor Latch MSB Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 01h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

Host can Read/Write to this register only when the DLAB bit (KTLCR[7]) is 1. When this
bit is 0, Host accesses the KTIER.

This is the standard Serial interface's Divisor Latch register's MSB. This register is only
for SW compatibility and does not affect performance of the hardware.

Bit Description

Divisor Latch MSB (DLM)—R/W. Implements the Divisor Latch MSB register of the
7:0
Serial Interface.

23.10.6 KTIIR—KT Interrupt Identification Register

(KT—D23:F3)
Address Offset: 02h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

The KT IIR register prioritizes the interrupts from the function into 4 levels and records
them in the IIR_STAT field of the register. When Host accesses the IIR, hardware
freezes all interrupts and provides the priority to the Host. Hardware continues to
monitor the interrupts but does not change its current indication until the Host read is
over. Table in the Host Interrupt Generation section shows the contents.

Bit Description

FIFO Enable (FIEN1)—RO. This bit is connected by hardware to bit 0 in the FCR
7
register.
FIFO Enable (FIEN0)—RO. This bit is connected by hardware to bit 0 in the FCR
6
register.
5:4 Reserved
IIR STATUS (IIRSTS)—RO. These bits are asserted by the hardware according to
3:1
the source of the interrupt and the priority level.
Interrupt Status (INTSTS)—RO.
0 0 = Pending interrupt to Host
1 = No pending interrupt to Host

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23.10.7 KTFCR—KT FIFO Control Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 02h Attribute: WO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

When Host writes to this address, it writes to the KTFCR. The FIFO control Register of
the serial interface is used to enable the FIFOs, set the receiver FIFO trigger level and
clear FIFOs under the direction of the Host.

When Host reads from this address, it reads the KTIIR.

Bit Description

Receiver Trigger Level (RTL)—WO. Trigger level in bytes for the RCV FIFO. Once
the trigger level number of bytes is reached, an interrupt is sent to the Host.
00 = 01
7:6
01 = 04
10 = 08
11 = 14
5:3 Reserved
XMT FIFO Clear (XFIC)—WO. When the Host writes one to this bit, the hardware
2
will clear the XMT FIFO. This bit is self-cleared by hardware.
RCV FIFO Clear (RFIC)—WO. When the Host writes one to this bit, the hardware
1
will clear the RCV FIFO. This bit is self-cleared by hardware.
FIFO Enable (FIE)—WO.When set, this bit indicates that the KT interface is working
0 in FIFO node. When this bit value is changed the RCV and XMT FIFO are cleared by
hardware.

23.10.8 KTLCR—KT Line Control Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 03h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

The line control register specifies the format of the asynchronous data communications
exchange and sets the DLAB bit. Most bits in this register have no affect on hardware
and are only used by the FW.

Bit Description

Divisor Latch Address Bit (DLAB)—R/W. This bit is set when the Host wants to
read/write the Divisor Latch LSB and MSB Registers. This bit is cleared when the Host
7
wants to access the Receive Buffer Register or the Transmit Holding Register or the
Interrupt Enable Register.
6 Break Control (BC)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware.
5:4 Parity Bit Mode (PBM)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware.
3 Parity Enable (PE)—R/W.This bit has no affect on hardware.
2 Stop Bit Select (SBS)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware.
1:0 Word Select Byte (WSB)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware.

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23.10.9 KTMCR—KT Modem Control Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 04h Attribute: R/W
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

The Modem Control Register controls the interface with the modem. Since the FW
emulates the modem, the Host communicates to the FW via this register. Register has
impact on hardware when the Loopback mode is on.

Bit Description

7:5 Reserved
Loop Back Mode (LBM)—R/W. When set by the Host, this bit indicates that the
4 serial port is in loop Back mode. This means that the data that is transmitted by the
host should be received. Helps in debug of the interface.
Output 2 (OUT2)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware in normal mode. In loop
3 back mode the value of this bit is written by hardware to the Modem Status Register
bit 7.
Output 1 (OUT1)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware in normal mode. In loop
2 back mode the value of this bit is written by hardware to Modem Status Register bit
6.
Request to Send Out (RTSO)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware in normal
1 mode. In loopback mode, the value of this bit is written by hardware to Modem Status
Register bit 4.
Data Terminal Ready Out (DRTO)—R/W. This bit has no affect on hardware in
0 normal mode. In loopback mode, the value in this bit is written by hardware to
Modem Status Register Bit 5.

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23.10.10 KTLSR—KT Line Status Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 05h Attribute: WO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

This register provides status information of the data transfer to the Host. Error
indication, etc. are provided by the HW/FW to the host via this register.

Bit Description

RX FIFO Error (RXFER)—RO. This bit is cleared in non FIFO mode. This bit is
7
connected to BI bit in FIFO mode.
Transmit Shift Register Empty (TEMT)—RO. This bit is connected by HW to bit 5
6
(THRE) of this register.
Transmit Holding Register Empty (THRE)—RO. This bit is always set when the
mode (FIFO/Non-FIFO) is changed by the Host. This bit is active only when the THR
operation is enabled by the FW. This bit has acts differently in the different modes:
Non FIFO: This bit is cleared by hardware when the Host writes to the THR registers
5 and set by hardware when the FW reads the THR register.
FIFO mode: This bit is set by hardware when the THR FIFO is empty, and cleared by
hardware when the THR FIFO is not empty.
This bit is reset on Host system reset or D3->D0 transition.
Break Interrupt (BI)—RO. This bit is cleared by hardware when the LSR register is
being read by the Host.
This bit is set by hardware in two cases:
4 • In FIFO mode the FW sets the BI bit by setting the SBI bit in the KTRIVR register
(See KT AUX registers)
• In non-FIFO mode the FW sets the BI bit by setting the BIA bit in the KTRxBR
register (see KT AUX registers)
3:2 Reserved
Overrun Error (OE): This bit is cleared by hardware when the LSR register is being
1 read by the Host. The FW typically sets this bit, but it is cleared by hardware when
the host reads the LSR.
Data Ready (DR)—RO.
Non-FIFO Mode: This bit is set when the FW writes to the RBR register and cleared
by hardware when the RBR register is being Read by the Host.
0
FIFO Mode: This bit is set by hardware when the RBR FIFO is not empty and cleared
by hardware when the RBR FIFO is empty.
This bit is reset on Host System Reset or D3->D0 transition.

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23.10.11 KTMSR—KT Modem Status Register (KT—D23:F3)

Address Offset: 06h Attribute: RO
Default Value: 00h Size: 8 bits

The functionality of the Modem is emulated by the FW. This register provides the status
of the current state of the control lines from the modem.

Bit Description

Data Carrier Detect (DCD)—RO. In Loop Back mode this bit is connected by
7
hardware to the value of MCR bit 3.
Ring Indicator (RI)—RO. In Loop Back mode this bit is connected by hardware to
6
the value of MCR bit 2.
Data Set Ready (DSR)—RO. In Loop Back mode this bit is connected by hardware
5
to the value of MCR bit 0.
Clear To Send (CTS)—RO. In Loop Back mode this bit is connected by hardware to
4
the value of MCR bit 1.
Delta Data Carrier Detect (DDCD)—RO. This bit is set when bit 7 is changed. This
3
bit is cleared by hardware when the MSR register is being read by the HOST driver.
Trailing Edge of Read Detector (TERI)—RO. This bit is set when bit 6 is changed
2 from 1 to 0. This bit is cleared by hardware when the MSR register is being read by
the Host driver.
Delta Data Set Ready (DDSR)—RO. This bit is set when bit 5 is changed. This bit is
1
cleared by hardware when the MSR register is being read by the Host driver.
Delta Clear To Send (DCTS)—RO. This bit is set when bit 4 is changed. This bit is
0
cleared by hardware when the MSR register is being read by the Host driver.

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