301467-005 Datasheet, PDF (60/426 Pages) Intel Corporation – Express Chipset

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3.3.4 PCI Express* Enhanced Configuration Mechanism
PCI Express extends the configuration space to 4096 bytes per device/function as compared to
256 bytes allowed by PCI Specification, Revision 2.3. PCI Express configuration space is divided
into a PCI 2.3 compatible region that consists of the first 256B of a logical device’s configuration
space and a PCI Express extended region that consists of the remaining configuration space.
The PCI compatible region can be accessed using either the mechanism defined in the previous
section or using the enhanced PCI Express configuration access mechanism described in this
section. The extended configuration registers may only be accessed using the enhanced PCI
Express configuration access mechanism. To maintain compatibility with PCI configuration
addressing mechanisms, system software must access the extended configuration space using
32-bit operations (32-bit aligned) only. These 32-bit operations include byte enables allowing
only appropriate bytes within the DWord to be accessed. Locked transactions to the PCI Express
memory mapped configuration address space are not supported. All changes made using either
access mechanism are equivalent. The enhanced PCI Express configuration access mechanism
uses a flat memory-mapped address space to access device configuration registers. This address
space is reported by the system firmware to the operating system. The PCIEXBAR register
defines the base address for the 256-MB block of addresses below top of addressable memory
(currently 4 GB) for the configuration space associated with all devices and functions that are
potentially a part of the PCI Express root complex hierarchy. The PCI Express Configuration
Transaction Header includes an additional 4 bits (Extended Register Address[3:0]) between the
Function Number and Register Address fields to provide indexing into the 4 KB of configuration
space allocated to each potential device. For PCI Compatible Configuration Requests, the
Extended Register Address field must be all zeros.
Figure 3-5. Memory Map to PCI Express* Device Configuration Space
0xFFFFFFFh
Bus 255
0xFFFFFh
Device 31
0xFFFFFh
Function 7
0xFFFh
PCI Express
Extended
Configuration
Space
0x1FFFFFh
0xFFFFFh
0h
Bus 1
Bus 0
0xFFFFh
0x7FFFh
Device 1
Device 0
0xFFFFh
Function 1
0x7FFFh
Function 0
0xFFh
PCI
Compatible
Config Space
0x3Fh
PCI
Compatible
Config Header
Located By PCI
Express Base
Address
MemMap_PCIExpress
Just the same as with PCI devices, each device is selected based on decoded address information
that is provided as a part of the address portion of Configuration Request packets. A PCI Express
device will decode all address information fields (bus, device, function, and extended address
numbers) to provide access to the correct register.
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