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MPC8260 PowerQUICC II Family Reference Manual, Rev. 2
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Figure 9-89. DMA Chain of Segment Descriptors
9.13.2.1 Descriptor in Big Endian Mode
In big endian mode, the descriptor in 60x memory should be programmed such that data appears in
ascending significant-byte order. If segment descriptors are written to memory located in the 60x bus, they
should be treated like they are translated from big endian to little endian mode.
Example: Big Endian mode descriptor’s data structure. Note that the descriptor structure must be aligned
on an 8-word boundary.
struct {
double a; /* 0x1122334455667788 double word */
double b; /* 0x55667788aabbccdd double word */
double c; /* 0x8765432101234567 double word */
double d; /* 0x0123456789abcdef double word */
} Descriptor;
Results: Source Address = 0x44332211
Destination Address = 0x88776655
Next Descriptor Address = 0x21436587
Source address
Local memory or PCI memory
Reserved
Destination address
Reserved
Next descriptor
Reserved
Byte count
Reserved
0x00
0x04
0x08
0x0C
0x10
0x14
0x18
0x1C
Offset
0 31
Source address
Reserved
Destination address
Reserved
Next descriptor
Reserved
Byte count
Reserved
0x00
0x04
0x08
0x0C
0x10
0x14
0x18
0x1C
Offset
0 31
Source address
Reserved
Destination address
Reserved
Next descriptor
Reserved
Byte count
Reserved
0x00
0x04
0x08
0x0C
0x10
0x14
0x18
0x1C
Offset
0 31
Descriptor 0
Descriptor 1
Descriptor N
(last)
EOTD=1
Current descriptor address register
0 31
Next descriptor address register
0 31