Intel E3815 FH8065301567411 Data Sheet

 

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The SoC supports four different address spaces:

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Message Bus Space

The CPU core can only directly access memory space through memory reads and writes 
and IO space through the 

IN

 and 

OUT

 IO port instructions. PCI configuration space is 

indirectly accessed through IO or memory space, and the Message Bus space is 
accessed through PCI configuration space. See 

 

for details.

This chapter describes how the memory, IO, PCI and Message Bus spaces are mapped 
to interfaces in the SoC.

See 

 for registers specified in the chapter.

There are 64 GB (36-bits) of physical address space that can be used as:

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Memory Mapped IO (MMIO - IO fabric)

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Physical Memory (DRAM)

The CPU core can access the full physical address space, while downstream devices can 
only access SoC DRAM, and each CPU core’s local APIC. Peer to peer transactions are 
not supported.

Most devices map their registers and memory to the physical address space. This 
chapter summarizes the possible mappings.

The SoC Transaction Router maps the physical address space as follows:

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CPU core to DRAM

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CPU core to IO fabric (MMIO)

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CPU core to extended PCI registers (ECAM accesses)

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IO fabric to CPU cores (local APIC interrupts)

Although 64 GB (36-bits) of physical address space is accessible, some MMIO must 
exist for devices and software with 32-bit limits. Further, all DRAM should remain 
accessible for devices and software with access to memory above 4 GB. These goals