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AIC-6915 Ethernet LAN Controller Programmer’s Manual
4 PCI Module Architecture
Features 4-1
PCI Block Diagram 4-3
PCI Master Module 4-4
64-bit PCI Bus Master 4-5
Arbitration 4-6
PCI Target Module 4-6
Power Management 4-8
CardBus 4-9
Retry Function 4-9
Response to PCI Commands 4-9
Configuration Address Space 4-11
I/O Address Space (Direct Access) 4-11
I/O Address Space (Indirect Access) 4-11
Expansion ROM Address Space 4-12
Memory Address Space 4-12
Parity 4-12
SERR_ 4-12
PERR_ 4-13
The Command And Byte Enable Bits CBE[3:0]_ 4-13
Illegal Behavior 4-14
5 Frame Processor Architecture
Features 5-1
General Architecture & Operation 5-1
Wake-up Mode 5-2
Transmit Checksum Accelerator 5-2
GFP Address Space 5-3
Internal Registers 5-3
External Registers 5-4
Block Diagram 5-5
Instruction Formats 5-6
6 AIC-6915 Internal Registers Summary
PCI Configuration Header Registers Summary 6-1
AIC-6915 Functional Registers Summary 6-2
Additional PCI Registers Summary 6-4
Additional Ethernet Registers Summary 6-4