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- From: manu@mail.imaginet.fr (Manu)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.asm.x86,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: Using burst mode on PCI bus
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:47:33 GMT
- Organization: ImagiNET
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- Michael Richmann <richmann@cmt.anl.gov> wrote:
-
- >scitron@mail.global.co.za (user) wrote:
- >>We are in the process developing our first PCI bus add-on card.
- >>Here are some questions regarding the software interface :
- >>
- >>1. Is burst mode data transfer implemented on most motherboards, for
- >> example Triton chipset, etc ?
-
- >It is on the Intel Endeavor board (Triton chipset) w/burst cache
- >installed.
-
- >>
- >>2. If this is implemented, how does the software interface address it?
- >> As far as I know, no x486 instruction can set up a burst mode
- >> transfer. Is there perhaps a special Pentium instruction that can
- >> accomplish this ?
-
- >Don't rightly know. Turning the burst mode on/off on the Endeavor is
- >accomplished through the bios settings.
-
- Also on the 2 pentiums board I have (60 and 100).
- I may be wrong but isn't it a 'hardware' selection for the pci burst
- mode ?
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-