Advanced Technology Attachment Controller (ATA)
MCF5253 Reference Manual, Rev. 1
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23.6.4
Using DMA Mode to Receive Data from ATA Bus
Apart from PIO mode, the ATA interface supports also MDMA and UDMA mode to transfer data. DMA
mode can be used to receive data from the drive (DMA in transfer). In DMA receive mode, the protocol
engine will transfer data from the drive to the FIFO using multiword DMA or ultra DMA protocol. The
transfer will pause when one of following occurs:
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The FIFO is full.
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The drive deasserts its dma request signal ATA_DMARQ.
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The bit dma_pending in the ata_contol register is cleared.
When the cause of the transfer pausing is removed, the transfer restarts. The end of the transfer is signalled
by the drive to the host by asserting the ATA_INTRQ signal. Alternatively, the host can read the device
status register. In this register, the drive will also indicate if the transfer has ended.
The transfer of data from the FIFO into the memory is handled by the host system DMA. Whenever the
FIFO filling is above the alarm threshold, the DMA should read one packet of data from the FIFO, and
store this in main memory. In doing so, the DMA prevents the FIFO from getting full, and keeps the
transfer from drive to FIFO running.
The steps for setting up a DMA data transfer from device to host are:
1. Make sure the ATA bus is not in reset and all timing registers are programmed.
2. Make sure the FIFO is empty by reading it until empty or by resetting it.
3. Initialize the DMA channel connected to fifo_rcv_alarm. Every time fifo_rcv_alarm is high, the
DMA should read <packetsize> long ints from the FIFO, and store them to main memory. (typical
packetsize is 8 longs)
4. Write 2 * <packetsize> to fifo_alarm register. In this way, FIFO will request attention to DMA
when there is at least one packet ready for transfer.
5. To make the ATA ready for a DMA transfer from device to host, take the following steps:
a) Make sure the FIFO is out of reset by setting bit fifo_rst_b to 1 in the ata control register.
b) Program fifo_rcv_en=1 in decontrol register. This enables the FIFO to by emptied by the DMA.
c) Program dma_pending =1, dma_write=0, ultra_mode_selected=0/1 in ata_control register.
ultra_mode_selected should be 1 if you want to transfer data using UDMA mode, it should be
0 if you want to transfer data using MDMA mode.
6. Now, the host side of the DMA is ready. Send commands to the drive in PIO mode that cause it to
request DMA transfer on the ATA bus. The nature of these commands is beyond the scope of this
document. You should consult the ATA specification to know how to communicate with the drive.
7. When the drive now requests DMA transfer by pulling ATA_DMARQ high, the ATA interface will
acknowledge with ATA_DMACK, and the transfer will start. Data is transferred automatically to
the FIFO, and from there on to the host memory.
8. During the transfer, the host can monitor for end of transfer by reading some device ATA registers.
These reads will cause the running DMA to pause; after the read is completed, the DMA resumes.
The host can also wait unit the drive asserts ATA_INTRQ. This also indicates end of transfer.
9. On end of transfer, the host or host DMA should wait until controller_idle is set, and next read the
remaining halfwords from the FIFO, and transfer these to memory.
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