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Stellaris^® LM3S3654 Microcontroller
Bit/Field
2:0
Name
XFERMODE
Type
R/W
Reset
-
Description
μDMA Transfer Mode
This field configures the operating mode of the μDMA cycle. Refer to
“Transfer Modes” on page 341 for a detailed explanation of transfer
modes.
Because this register is in system RAM, it has no reset value. Therefore,
this field should be initialized to 0 before the channel is enabled.
Value Description
0x0 Stop
0x1 Basic
0x2 Auto-Request
0x3 Ping-Pong
0x4 Memory Scatter-Gather
0x5 Alternate Memory Scatter-Gather
0x6 Peripheral Scatter-Gather
0x7 Alternate Peripheral Scatter-Gather
XFERMODE Bit Field Values.
Stop
Channel is stopped or configuration data is invalid. No more transfers can occur.
Basic
For each trigger (whether from a peripheral or a software request), the μDMA controller performs
the number of transfers specified by the ARBSIZE field.
Auto-Request
The initial request (software- or peripheral-initiated) is sufficient to complete the entire transfer
of XFERSIZE items without any further requests.
Ping-Pong
This mode uses both the primary and alternate control structures for this channel. When the
number of transfers specified by the XFERSIZE field have completed for the current control
structure (primary or alternate), the µDMA controller switches to the other one. These switches
continue until one of the control structures is not set to ping-pong mode. At that point, the µDMA
controller stops. An interrupt is generated on completion of the transfers configured by each
control structure. See “Ping-Pong” on page 341.
Memory Scatter-Gather
When using this mode, the primary control structure for the channel is configured to allow a list
of operations (tasks) to be performed. The source address pointer specifies the start of a table
of tasks to be copied to the alternate control structure for this channel. The XFERMODE field for
the alternate control structure should be configured to 0x5 (Alternate memory scatter-gather)
to perform the task. When the task completes, the µDMA switches back to the primary channel
control structure, which then copies the next task to the alternate control structure. This process
continues until the table of tasks is empty. The last task must have an XFERMODE value other
than 0x5. Note that for continuous operation, the last task can update the primary channel control
structure back to the start of the list or to another list. See “Memory Scatter-Gather” on page 342.
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