307013-003 Datasheet, PDF (144/848 Pages) Intel Corporation – Intel I/O Controller Hub 7

Functional Description
The mode that must first be entered when enabling the serial IRQ protocol is
continuous mode. In this mode, the ICH7 asserts the start frame. This start frame is 4,
6, or 8 PCI clocks wide based upon the Serial IRQ Control Register, bits 1:0 at 64h in
Device 31:Function 0 configuration space. This is a polling mode.
When the serial IRQ stream enters quiet mode (signaled in the Stop Frame), the
SERIRQ line remains inactive and pulled up between the Stop and Start Frame until a
peripheral drives the SERIRQ signal low. The ICH7 senses the line low and continues to
drive it low for the remainder of the Start Frame. Since the first PCI clock of the start
frame was driven by the peripheral in this mode, the ICH7 drives the SERIRQ line low
for 1 PCI clock less than in continuous mode. This mode of operation allows for a quiet,
and therefore lower power, operation.
5.11.2
Data Frames
Once the Start frame has been initiated, all of the SERIRQ peripherals must start
counting frames based on the rising edge of SERIRQ. Each of the IRQ/DATA frames has
exactly 3 phases of 1 clock each:
• Sample Phase. During this phase, the SERIRQ device drives SERIRQ low if the
corresponding interrupt signal is low. If the corresponding interrupt is high, then
the SERIRQ devices tri-state the SERIRQ signal. The SERIRQ line remains high due
to pull-up resistors (there is no internal pull-up resistor on this signal, an external
pull-up resistor is required). A low level during the IRQ0–1 and IRQ2–15 frames
indicates that an active-high ISA interrupt is not being requested, but a low level
during the PCI INT[A:D], SMI#, and IOCHK# frame indicates that an active-low
interrupt is being requested.
• Recovery Phase. During this phase, the device drives the SERIRQ line high if in
the Sample Phase it was driven low. If it was not driven in the sample phase, it is
tri-stated in this phase.
• Turn-around Phase. The device tri-states the SERIRQ line
5.11.3
Stop Frame
After all data frames, a Stop Frame is driven by the ICH7. The SERIRQ signal is driven
low by the ICH7 for 2 or 3 PCI clocks. The number of clocks is determined by the
SERIRQ configuration register. The number of clocks determines the next mode:
Table 5-19. Stop Frame Explanation
Stop Frame Width
Next Mode
2 PCI clocks
3 PCI clocks
Quiet Mode. Any SERIRQ device may initiate a Start Frame
Continuous Mode. Only the host (Intel^® ICH7) may initiate a Start
Frame
5.11.4
Specific Interrupts Not Supported via SERIRQ
There are three interrupts seen through the serial stream that are not supported by the
ICH7. These interrupts are generated internally, and are not sharable with other
devices within the system. These interrupts are:
• IRQ0. Heartbeat interrupt generated off of the internal 8254 counter 0.
• IRQ8#. RTC interrupt can only be generated internally.
• IRQ13. Floating point error interrupt generated off of the processor assertion of
FERR#.
The ICH7 ignores the state of these interrupts in the serial stream, and does not adjust
their level based on the level seen in the serial stream.
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