PI7C8152AMA datasheet(23/90 Pages) PERICOM

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PI7C8152A & PI7C8152B

2-PORT PCI-TO-PCI BRIDGE

ADVANCE INFORMATION

Page 23 of 90

October 16, 2003 – Revision 1.11

3.6.6

FAST BACK-TO-BACK WRITE TRANSACTIONS

PI7C8152x is capable of decoding and forwarding fast back-to-back write transactions.

When PI7C8152x cannot accept the second transaction because of buffer space limitations,

it returns a target retry to the initiator. The fast back-to-back enable bit must be set in the

command register for upstream write transactions, and in the bridge control register for

downstream write transactions.

3.7

READ TRANSACTIONS

Delayed read forwarding is used for all read transactions crossing PI7C8152x.

Delayed read transactions are treated as either prefetchable or non-prefetchable. Table 3-5

shows the read behavior, prefetchable or non-prefetchable, for each

type of read operation.

3.7.1

PREFETCHABLE READ TRANSACTIONS

A prefetchable read transaction is a read transaction where PI7C8152x performs

speculative DWORD reads, transferring data from the target before it is requested from the

initiator. This behavior allows a prefetchable read transaction to consist of multiple data

transfers. However, byte enable bits cannot be forwarded for all data phases as is done for

the single data phase of the non-prefetchable read transaction. For prefetchable read

transactions, PI7C8152x forces all byte enable bits to be on for all data phases.

Prefetchable behavior is used for memory read line and memory read multiple transactions,

as well as for memory read transactions that fall into prefetchable memory space.

The amount of data that is prefetched depends on the type of transaction. The amount of

prefetching may also be affected by the amount of free buffer space available in

PI7C8152x, and by any read address boundaries encountered.

Prefetching should not be used for those read transactions that have side effects in the

target device, that is, control and status registers, FIFO’s, and so on. The target device’s

base address register or registers indicate if a memory address region is prefetchable.

3.7.2

NON-PREFETCHABLE READ TRANSACTIONS

A non-prefetchable read transaction is a read transaction where PI7C8152x requests one

and only one DWORD from the target and disconnects the initiator after delivery of the

first DWORD of read data. Unlike prefetchable read transactions, PI7C8152x forwards the

read byte enable information for the data phase.

Non-prefetchable behavior is used for I/O and configuration read transactions,

as well as for memory read transactions that fall into non-prefetchable memory space.

If extra read transactions could have side effects, for example, when accessing a FIFO, use

non-prefetchable read transactions to those locations. Accordingly, if it is important to

retain the value of the byte enable bits during the data phase, use non-prefetchable read

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