Networking Silicon — 82551QM
Note:
Flash accesses must always be assembled or disassembled by the 82551QM whenever the access is
greater than a byte-wide access. Due to slow access times to a typical Flash and to avoid violating
PCI bus holding specifications (no more than 16 wait states inserted for any cycles that are not
system initiation cycles), the maximum data size is either one word or one byte for a read operation
and one byte only for a write operation.
In mobile applications, the MDMCS# pin enables the modem controller or Flash device.
Note:
5.7
Serial EEPROM Interface
The serial EEPROM stores configuration data for the 82551QM and is a serial in/serial out device.
The 82551QM supports either a 64-register or 256-register size EEPROM and automatically
detects the EEPROM’s size. A 256-word EEPROM device is required for a Cardbus system and
contains the CIS information. A 256-word EEPROM device is also required for a TCO enabled
system to hold the heartbeat packet. The EEPROM should operate at a frequency of at least 1 MHz.
All accesses, either read or write, are preceded by a command instruction to the device. The
address field is six bits for a 64-register EEPROM or eight bits for a 256-register EEPROM. The
end of the address field is indicated by a dummy zero bit from the EEPROM, which indicates the
entire address field has been transferred to the device. An EEPROM read instruction waveform is
shown in the figure below.
Figure 10. 64-Word EEPROM Read Instruction Waveform
EESK
EECS
A
5
EEDI
READ OP code
A
4
A
3
A
2
A
10
A
A
0
D
15
EEDO
D
0
The 82551QM can also use the EEPROM for heartbeat packet transmission (systems without a
TCO controller are also supported). In these designs, the EEPROM is accessed through time
windows autonomously by the 82551QM hardware. During these time windows, the 82551QM
will respond with a PCI Retry to both EEPROM and Flash accesses.
The 82551QM performs an automatic read of five words (0h, 1h, 2h, Ah, and Dh) of the EEPROM
after the de-assertion of Reset. It may read six more words (Bh, Ch, FBh, FCh, FDh, and FEh) if
the modem bit is set in the EEPROM (word Ah, bit 0). Refer to the
82551QM/ER/IT EEPROM
Map and Programming Information
for more details.
Datasheet
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