5 flexibility, Flexibility – Avago Technologies LSI8751D User Manual
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General Description
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Compiler-compatible with existing LSI53C7XX and LSI53C8XX
family SCRIPTS.
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Direct connection to PCI, and SCSI SE and differential buses.
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Development tools and sample SCSI SCRIPTS available.
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Maskable and pollable interrupts.
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Wide SCSI, A or P cable, and up to 16 devices are supported.
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Three programmable SCSI timers: Select/Reselect, Handshake-to-
Handshake, and General Purpose. The time-out period is
programmable from 100
µ
s to greater than 25.6 seconds.
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SDMS software for complete PC-based operating system support.
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Support for relative jumps.
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SCSI Selected As ID bits for responding with multiple IDs.
1.4.5 Flexibility
The following features increase the flexibility of the LSI53C875:
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High level programming interface (SCSI SCRIPTS).
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Programs local memory and bus Flash memory.
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Big/little endian support.
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Selectable 88 or 536 byte DMA FIFO for backward compatibility.
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Tailored SCSI sequences execute from main system RAM or internal
SCRIPTS RAM.
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Flexible programming interface to tune I/O performance or to adapt
to unique SCSI devices.
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Support for changes in the logical I/O interface definition.
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Low level access to all registers and all SCSI bus signals.
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Fetch, Master, and Memory Access control pins.
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Separate SCSI and system clocks.
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SCSI clock doubler bits enable Ultra SCSI transfer rates with a
40 MHz SCSI clock.
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Selectable IRQ pin disable bit.
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32 additional scratch pad registers.
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Ability to route system clock to SCSI clock.