82NM10 Datasheet, PDF (199/671 Pages) Intel Corporation – Intel® NM10 Family Express Chipset

Functional Description
Note:
Note:
If the I2C_EN bit is set, the protocol sequence changes slightly: the Command Code
(bits 18:11 in the bit sequence) are not sent - as a result, the slave will not
acknowledge (bit 19 in the sequence).
Block Read/Write
Chipset contains a 32-byte buffer for read and write data which can be enabled by
setting bit 1 of the Auxiliary Control register at offset 0Dh in I/O space, as opposed to a
single byte of buffering. This 32-byte buffer is filled with write data before
transmission, and filled with read data on reception. In Chipset, the interrupt is
generated only after a transmission or reception of 32 bytes, or when the entire byte
count has been transmitted/received.
The byte count field is transmitted but ignored by Chipset as software will end the
transfer after all bytes it cares about have been sent or received.
For a Block Write, software must either force the I2C_EN bit or both the PEC_EN and
AAC bits to 0 when running this command.
The block write begins with a slave address and a write condition. After the command
code Chipset issues a byte count describing how many more bytes will follow in the
message. If a slave had 20 bytes to send, the first byte would be the number 20 (14h),
followed by 20 bytes of data. The byte count may not be 0. A Block Read or Write is
allowed to transfer a maximum of 32 data bytes.
When programmed for a block write command, the Transmit Slave Address, Device
Command, and Data0 (count) registers are sent. Data is then sent from the Block Data
Byte register; the total data sent being the value stored in the Data0 Register. On block
read commands, the first byte received is stored in the Data0 register, and the
remaining bytes are stored in the Block Data Byte register. See section 5.5.7 of the
System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 for the format of the
protocol.
For Block Write, if the I2C_EN bit is set, the format of the command changes slightly.
Chipset will still send the number of bytes (on writes) or receive the number of bytes
(on reads) indicated in the DATA0 register. However, it will not send the contents of the
DATA0 register as part of the message. Also, the Block Write protocol sequence
changes slightly: the Byte Count (bits 27:20 in the bit sequence) are not sent - as a
result, the slave will not acknowledge (bit 28 in the sequence).
I²C Read
This command allows Chipset to perform block reads to certain I²C devices, such as
serial E²PROMs. The SMBus Block Read supports the 7-bit addressing mode only.
However, this does not allow access to devices using the I²C “Combined Format” that
has data bytes after the address. Typically these data bytes correspond to an offset
(address) within the serial memory chips.
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