1. Functional Overview
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Figure 3: Non-transparent PCI-to-PCI in CompactPCI Application
Because of the non-transparent PCI-to-PCI bridging, the host processor on the CompactPCI adapter
card acts as local host without the local PCI devices being configured by the CompactPCI system host.
1.2.2
Primary PCI Interface
The PowerSpan II provides extra functionality for one of the PCI interfaces. The PCI Interface
assigned extra functionality must be specified as Primary PCI Interface through a power-up option.
The Primary PCI Interface functions are:
•
CompactPCI Hot Swap Friendly support
•
I
2
O 2.0 Specification
compliant messaging
•
Vital Product Data support.
This extra functionality is available for the Single PCI PowerSpan II and the Dual PCI
PowerSpan II.
Host processor
as local controller
One or More Local I/O Controllers
(for example, gigabit ethernet, IEEE 1394)
To CompactPCI
Back-Plane
MEM
Host
Dual PCI
PowerSpan