PCI4515 Datasheet, PDF (66/216 Pages) Texas Instruments – SINGLE SOCKET CARDBUS CONTROLLER WITH INTEGRATED

Therefore, in order to maintain consistent gap-counts throughout the bus, the following rules apply to the use of the
IBR bit, RHB, and Gap_Count in PHY register 1:
• Following the transmission of a PHY-config packet, a bus reset must be initiated in order to verify that all
nodes have correctly updated their RHBs and Gap_Count values and to ensure that a subsequent new
connection to the bus causes the Gap_Count to be set to 63 on all nodes in the bus. If this bus reset is
initiated by setting the IBR bit to 1, then the RHB and Gap_Count field must also be loaded with the correct
values consistent with the just transmitted PHY-config packet. In the PCI4515 controller, the RHB and
Gap_Count are updated to their correct values upon the transmission of the PHY-config packet, so these
values may first be read from register 1 and then rewritten.
• Other than to initiate the bus reset, which must follow the transmission of a PHY-config packet, whenever
the IBR bit is set to 1 in order to initiate a bus reset, the Gap_Count value must also be set to 63 so as to
be consistent with other nodes on the bus, and the RHB must be maintained with its current value.
• The PHY register 1 must not be written to except to set the IBR bit. The RHB and Gap_Count must not be
written without also setting the IBR bit to 1.
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