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As an example, consider a BIOS that is implemented on the Expansion bus. During the
initialization process, the BIOS can be shadowed in main system memory to increase the system
performance. When BIOS is shadowed in main system memory, it should be copied to the same
address location. To shadow the BIOS, the attributes for that address range should be set to Write
Only. The BIOS is shadowed by first doing a Read of that address. This Read is forwarded to the
Expansion bus. The Host then does a Write of the same address, which is directed to main system
memory. After the BIOS is shadowed, the attributes for that system memory area are set to Read
Only so that all Writes are forwarded to the Expansion bus.
show the PAM
registers and the associated attribute bits.
Figure 4.
PAM Registers
pam
R E
W E
R E
R
R
W E
R
R
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
P A M 6
P A M 5
P A M 4
P A M 3
P A M 2
P A M 1
P A M 0
R ead E nable (R /W )
1= E nable
0= D is able
W rite E nable (R /W )
1= E nable
0= D isable
R eserv ed
R es erved
R ead E nable (R /W )
1=E nable
0=D isable
W rite E nable (R /W )
1=E nable
0=D isable
R es erv ed
R es erv ed
5F h
5E h
5D h
5C h
5B h
5A h
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