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Dma control (dcntl), Control (dcntl), Dma control – Avago Technologies LSI53C876E User Manual

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Registers

Register: 0x3A

Scratch Byte Register (SBR)
Read/Write

SBR

Scratch Byte Register

[7:0]

This is a general purpose register. Apart from CPU
access, only Register Read/Write and Memory Moves
into this register alter its contents. The default value of
this register is zero. This register is called the DMA
Watchdog Timer on previous LSI53C8XX family products.

Register: 0x3B

DMA Control (DCNTL)
Read/Write

CLSE

Cache Line Size Enable

7

Setting this bit enables the LSI53C876 SCSI function to
sense and react to cache line boundaries set up by the

DMA Mode (DMODE)

or PCI

Cache Line Size

register,

whichever contains the smaller value. Clearing this bit
disables the cache line size logic and the LSI53C876
SCSI function monitors the cache line size using the

DMA Mode (DMODE)

register.

PFF

Prefetch Flush

6

Setting this bit causes the prefetch unit to flush its
contents. The bit clears after the flush is complete.

PFEN

Prefetch Enable

5

Setting this bit enables the prefetch unit if the burst size
is equal to or greater than four. For more information on
SCRIPTS instruction prefetching, see

Chapter 2, “Func-

tional Description.”

7

0

SBR

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

CLSE

PFF

PFEN

SSM

INTM

STD

INTD

COM

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0