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Dma byte counter (dbc) – Avago Technologies LSI53C1000R User Manual

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SCSI Registers

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Version 2.2

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Registers: 0x24–0x26

DMA Byte Counter (DBC)
Read/Write

DBC

DMA Byte Counter

[23:0]

This 24-bit register determines the number of bytes
transferred in a Block Move instruction. While sending
data to the SCSI bus, the counter is decremented as data
is moved into the DMA FIFO from memory. While
receiving data from the SCSI bus, the counter is
decremented as data is written to memory from the
LSI53C1000R. The DBC counter is decremented each
time data is transferred on the PCI bus. It is decremented
by an amount equal to the number of bytes transferred.

The maximum number of bytes transferred in any one
Block Move command is 16,777,215 bytes. The
maximum value that can be loaded into the

DMA Byte Counter (DBC)

register is 0xFFFFFF. If the

instruction is a Block Move and a value of 0x000000 is
loaded into the DBC register, an illegal instruction
interrupt occurs if the LSI53C1000R is not in the target
mode, Command phase.

The

DMA Byte Counter (DBC)

register also holds the

least significant 24 bits of the first Dword of a SCRIPTS
fetch, and to hold the offset value during Table Indirect
I/O SCRIPTS. For a complete description refer to

Chapter 5, “SCSI SCRIPTS Instruction Set.”

The

power-up value of this register is indeterminate.

23

0

DBC

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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