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Stellaris® LM3S9997 Microcontroller
9.2.10
9.3
9.3.1
9.3.2
9.3.2.1
Interrupts and Errors
When a μDMA transfer is complete, the μDMA controller generates a completion interrupt on the
interrupt vector of the peripheral. Therefore, if μDMA is used to transfer data for a peripheral and
interrupts are used, then the interrupt handler for that peripheral must be designed to handle the
μDMA transfer completion interrupt. If the transfer uses the software μDMA channel, then the
completion interrupt occurs on the dedicated software μDMA interrupt vector (see Table 9-6).
When μDMA is enabled for a peripheral, the μDMA controller stops the normal transfer interrupts
for a peripheral from reaching the interrupt controller (the interrupts are still reported in the peripheral's
interrupt registers). Thus, when a large amount of data is transferred using μDMA, instead of receiving
multiple interrupts from the peripheral as data flows, the interrupt controller receives only one interrupt
when the transfer is complete. Unmasked peripheral error interrupts continue to be sent to the
interrupt controller.
If the μDMA controller encounters a bus or memory protection error as it attempts to perform a data
transfer, it disables the μDMA channel that caused the error and generates an interrupt on the μDMA
error interrupt vector. The processor can read the DMA Bus Error Clear (DMAERRCLR) register
to determine if an error is pending. The ERRCLR bit is set if an error occurred. The error can be
cleared by writing a 1 to the ERRCLR bit.
Table 9-6 shows the dedicated interrupt assignments for the μDMA controller.
Table 9-6. μDMA Interrupt Assignments
Interrupt
46
47
Assignment
μDMA Software Channel Transfer
μDMA Error
Initialization and Configuration
Module Initialization
Before the μDMA controller can be used, it must be enabled in the System Control block and in the
peripheral. The location of the channel control structure must also be programmed.
The following steps should be performed one time during system initialization:
1. The μDMA peripheral must be enabled in the System Control block. To do this, set the UDMA
bit of the System Control RCGC2 register (see page 190).
2. Enable the μDMA controller by setting the MASTEREN bit of the DMA Configuration (DMACFG)
register.
3. Program the location of the channel control table by writing the base address of the table to the
DMA Channel Control Base Pointer (DMACTLBASE) register. The base address must be
aligned on a 1024-byte boundary.
Configuring a Memory-to-Memory Transfer
μDMA channel 30 is dedicated for software-initiated transfers. However, any channel can be used
for software-initiated, memory-to-memory transfer if the associated peripheral is not being used.
Configure the Channel Attributes
First, configure the channel attributes:
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