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Figure 4, Amd athlon™ system bus disconnect sequence in, The stop grant state – AMD SEMPRON 10 User Manual

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Power Management

Chapter 4

AMD Sempron™ Processor Model 10 with 256K L2 Cache Data Sheet

31994A —1 August 2004

Figure 4 shows STPCLK# assertion resulting in the processor in
t h e S t o p G ra nt s t a t e a n d t h e A M D A th l o n s y s t e m bu s
disconnected.

Figure 4. AMD Athlon™ System Bus Disconnect Sequence in the Stop Grant State

An example of the AMD Athlon system bus disconnect
sequence is as follows:

1. The peripheral controller (Southbridge) asserts STPCLK#

to place the processor in the Stop Grant state.

2. When the processor recognizes STPCLK# asserted, it enters

the Stop Grant state and then issues a Stop Grant special
cycle.

3. When the special cycle is received by the Northbridge, it

deasserts CONNECT, assuming no probes are pending,
initiating a bus disconnect to the processor.

4. The processor responds to the Northbridge by deasserting

PROCRDY.

5. The Northbridge asserts CLKFWDRST to complete the bus

disconnect sequence.

6. After the processor is disconnected from the bus, the

processor enters a low-power state. The Northbridge passes
the Stop Grant special cycle along to the Southbridge.

Stop Grant

Stop Grant

STPCLK#

CONNECT

PROCRDY

CLKFWDRST

PCI Bus

AMD Athlon™

System Bus