Chapter 5
PCI Bus Interface
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AMD-761™ System Controller Software/BIOS Design Guide
Preliminary Information
5
PCI Bus Interface
This chapter provides additional details of some of the
AMD-761™ system controller PCI interface options that affect
system performance and compliance to the
PCI Local Bus
Specification
, Revision 2.2, as well as some recommended settings
for the AMD-761 system controller configuration register bits.
The features and options discussed are as follows:
PCI delayed transactions and target latency
PCI transaction ordering
Special arbitration options for Southbridges with legacy
DMA requirements
Performance enhancement options, including read prefetch-
ing and PCI chaining
5.1
Delayed Transactions and Ordering Rules Usage
The AMD-761 system controller provides three transaction
operating modes for the PCI bus host bridge interface as listed
in Table 32 on page 196. BIOS should program the bits listed in
Table 32 to only one of these combinations for best results.