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2 board control registers, 1 board id register, 2 software compatibility id – Kontron VMP3 User Manual

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Configuration

VMP3

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© 2005 Kontron Modular Computers GmbH

ID 29230, Rev. 01

29230

.01.UG.VC.050727/091434

P R E L I M I N A R Y

4.2

Board Control Registers

The Board Control registers may be accessed through byte-wide read and write operations.

4.2.1

Board ID Register

The Board ID is used to identify the VMP3 in a E²Brain™ system. The value for the VMP3 is
0x45 which is factory set and cannot be changed.

4.2.2

Software Compatibility ID

The Software Compatibility ID will signal to the software when differences in hardware require
different handling by the software. It starts with the value 0x00 and will be incremented with
each change in hardware (software sensitive only). This register is set at the factory and is for
use only by the boot strap loader “NetBootLoader” and the BSP software, and, as such, is not
user relevant.

Table 4-2: Board ID Register

REGISTER NAME

BOARD ID

ACCESS

ADDRESS

0xFFFF A000

R

BIT POSITION

MSB

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

LS

B

CONTENT

BID7

BID6

BID5

BID4

BID3

BID2

BID1

BID0

DEFAULT

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

Table 4-3: Software Compatibility ID

REGISTER NAME

SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY ID

ACCESS

ADDRESS

0xFFFF A001

R

BIT POSITION

MSB

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

LS

B

CONTENT

SC7

SC6

SC5

SC4

SC3

SC2

SC1

SC0

DEFAULT

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a