Intel 21152 manual

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    21 152 P CI-to- PCI Bri dge Eval uat ion Board Us er ’s Gu id e July 19 98 Order Number : 278127- 001[...]

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    21152 PCI- to-PCI Bridge Eval uation Board User’s Gu ide Informat ion in this doc ument is p rovided in connecti on with Intel products. No l icense, exp ress or impl ied, by estoppe l or otherwise, to an y intellec tual property rights is gr ante d by this do cument. E xcept as pr ovide d in Intel ’ s T e rms and C onditi ons of Sa le for such[...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board Us e r’ s Gu id e iii Content s 1 Int roduc tion... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... .. .. .. . 1 1.1 Over view ... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .... ....[...]

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    iv 21152 PCI- to-PCI Bridge Eval uation Board User’s Gu ide Figu res 1-1 EB152 M ajor Com ponents .. .......... .. ....... ....... ..... ....... ....... .......... .. ....... ....... ..... ...... 2 1-2 Se condary PCI Sl ot Numberi ng ...... ... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... . 3 1-3 EB152 with One [...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de 1-1 Introduction 1 This doc ument descri bes the Inte l 21 152 PCI-to -PCI Bridg e Evalu ation Boar d (al so referred to as the EB152). T he EB152 is an evalua tion and devel opment bo ard for systems based o n the Int el 21 152 PCI-to-P CI Bri dge chip (the 21 152). Intel ’ s 21 1 52 is [...]

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    1-2 21152 PCI- to-PCI Bridge Eval uation Board User’s Gu ide Introduction • Sup port s four secondary 5 V PCI bus opti on ca rd slots. • May be bui lt wi th 3.3 -V se cond ary PCI card slot s. If you are inte rested in this opti on, call the I nte l Informatio n Line (s ee , Support, Produ cts, and Documenta tion). • Sup ports an optio nal [...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de 1-3 Intr oduct ion 1.4 Jumpers The EB152 prov ides 10 jumpers that can be used for deb uggi ng and for specia l e valuation tes ts . The ju mpers can be us ed for monit oring CLK sign als an d 211 52 seco ndary PCI signals. Addition al option al jumpers cont rol second ary bus arbitrati on.[...]

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    1-4 21152 PCI- to-PCI Bridge Eval uation Board User’s Gu ide Introduction 1.6 T ypical Con figu rat ions The EB152 suppor ts various PCI confi gura tions with dif fe rent types of devic es. F i gur e 1-3 t hrough Fi gure 1-6 sho w exam ples o f PCI c onfiguration s. The pr im ary bus con nector atta ches to a PCI slot on th e m othe rboard of the[...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de 1-5 Intr oduct ion Figure 1-5 shows a tri -level bus with two EB 152s . Figure 1-6 shows four PCI bus es in a tri -leve l hie rarchy . Figure 1-5. T ri -Leve l with T wo EB15 2s Motherboard Host System LJ-05031.AI4 21152 EB152 Option Card PCI Device 21152 EB152 Option Card PCI Device Figure[...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de 2-1 Insta llation 2 This cha pter provides inf ormation abo ut the EB152 speci fication s and the hardwa re an d soft ware requi rements fo r usi ng the E B152. It also d escribe s how to ins ta ll the E B152. 2.1 Specifi cat ions The physi cal and power specifi cations for the EB152 ar e a[...]

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    2-2 21152 PCI- to-PCI Bridge Eval uation Board User’s Gu ide Ins t all a tio n 2.4 I nstallat ion Procedu re Fi gure 1- 1 illust rates the EB152 and shows th e location of comp onen ts r efe rred to in this sec ti on. I nstal l the EB1 52 as f o ll ows: 1. Power down the hos t s yst em tha t w ill cont ain the EB152. 2. Pl ac e the motherboar d w[...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de 3-1 Interrupt Routing 3 This chapte r describe s the way i n which i nterrupt s are routed . This informat ion i s prov ided a s a refer e nce for de signe rs. Beca us e a tota l of 16 inte rrupts are conne ct ed to the seconda ry bus PCI slots (INT A#, INTB#, INTC#, and INTD# for each slot[...]

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    3-2 21152 PCI- to-PCI Bridge Eval uation Board User’s Gu ide Interrupt Routing Ta b l e 3 - 2 lists the int errupts fro m the de vices o n the se condary s lots to the i nte rrupts on the EB152 f i ngers . Note: I n the fi rst column of Ta b l e 3 - 2 , the number a fter ea c h i nterrupt pi n is the de vice numbe r of t he devi ces in the sec on[...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de 4-1 Secondary Bus Arbitration 4 This cha pter desc ribe s the use of ju mpe r s to te s t 21 152 se con dary bus arb itr a tion, an optiona l program m abl e feature. For more deta il ed inform ati on about the 21 152 arbi ter , ref er to th e 21 152 PCI-to-PC I Bridg e Dat a Sheet . The EB[...]

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    4-2 21152 PCI- to-PCI Bridge Eval uation Board User’s Gu ide Secondary Bus Arbitration Ta b l e 4 - 1 des cri bes the oper ati on of inte rnal arbitra tion jumpe rs. Figure 4-1. Arbitrati on Jum pers 21152 W1 W4 J1 J7 W5 W7 J2 J4 J5 J3 J13 J6 J12 J10 J11 J9 J8 W1 , W4 , J7 _ Secondary Bus External/Internal Arbitration Configurable Jumpers E4 E3 V[...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de 4-3 Secondary Bus Arbitratio n Ta b l e 4 - 2 de scribes t he op eration o f jum pe rs for exter nal a rbitratio n with P AL. T abl e 4-2. Externa l P A L Arbitration Ju mper P ositions Jumpe r Po sit ion De scr ipti on J 7 T op Sel ects the P AL as th e sour ce of secon dar y grant s. W4 R[...]

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    21152 PCI -to-PCI Bridge Ev aluation Board User’s Gui de A-1 Kit Content s A This app endix list s the conte nts of the Intel Semicon ductor 21 152 PCI-to-PCI Brid ge Ev al uation Kit. The Int el Semi cond uctor 21 152 PCI-to-PCI Bri dge Evalua ti on Ki t con tains the follo wing mater ials: • A Inte l Sem i conduc tor 21 15 2 PCI-to-PCI Br idg[...]

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