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26 system memory segments and their attributes – Intel D15343-003 User Manual

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Intel

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82854 GMCH System Address Map

D15343-003

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Table 26.

System Memory Segments and Their Attributes

DOS Area (000000h-09FFFFh)

The DOS area is 640 kB in size and is always mapped to the main system memory controlled by
the GMCH.

Legacy VGA Ranges (0A0000h-0BFFFFh)

Legacy VGA ranges is accessible when the Intel

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82854 GMCH is strapped into Native Graphics

mode. The legacy 128-kB VGA memory range A0000h-BFFFFh (VGA Frame Buffer) can be
mapped to IGD (Device #2) and to the Hub interface depending on the programming of the VGA
steering bits. Priority for VGA mapping is constant in that the GMCH always decodes internally
mapped devices first. Internal to the GMCH, decode precedence is always given to IGD. The
GMCH always positively decodes internally mapped devices, namely the IGD. Subsequent
decoding of regions mapped to the Hub interface depends on the Legacy VGA configurations bits
(VGA Enable and MDAP). This region is also the default for SMM space.

Compatible SMRAM Address Range (0A0000h-0BFFFFh)

When compatible SMM space is enabled, SMM-mode CPU accesses to this range are routed to
physical DDR SDRAM at this address. Non-SMM-mode CPU accesses to this range are
considered to be to the video buffer area as described above. Hub interface originated cycles to
enabled SMM space are not allowed and are considered to be to the video buffer area.

System Memory
Segments

Attributes

Comments

000000H - 09FFFFH

Fixed - always mapped to main
DDR SDRAM

0 to 640 kB – DOS Region

0A0000H - 0BFFFFH

Mapped to Hub interface or IGD
- configurable as SMM space

Video Buffer (physical DDR SDRAM
configurable as SMM space)

0C0000H - 0C3FFFH

WE(Write Enable) RE (Read
Enable)

Add-on BIOS

0C4000H - 0C7FFFH

WE RE

Add-on BIOS

0C8000H - 0CBFFFH

WE RE

Add-on BIOS

0CC000H - 0CFFFFH

WE RE

Add-on BIOS

0D0000H - 0D3FFFH

WE RE

Add-on BIOS

0D4000H - 0D7FFFH

WE RE

Add-on BIOS

0D8000H - 0DBFFFH

WE RE

Add-on BIOS

0DC000H - 0DFFFFH

WE RE

Add-on BIOS

0E0000H - 0E3FFFH

WE RE

BIOS Extension

0E4000H - 0E7FFFH

WE RE

BIOS Extension

0E8000H - 0EBFFFH

WE RE

BIOS Extension

0EC000H - 0EFFFFH

WE RE

BIOS Extension

0F0000H - 0FFFFFH

WE RE

BIOS Area