Intel 41210 User Manual

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Addressing
5.5
Memory Space Access Mechanism
The 41210 supports 64 bits of memory addressing on both interfaces.
Two memory windows can be setup for forwarding memory transactions from PCI Express*-to-
PCI. These windows are defined as part of the standard PCI-to-PCI Bridge configuration space. 
Inverse decoding is used for forwarding transactions from PCI-to-PCI Express*. Refer to 
 to see how memory cycles in the VGA range are 
handled. The registers and register bits listed below control the setup and operation of these 
memory windows:
Memory-mapped I/O base and limit (MBL) registers
Prefetchable memory base and limit (PMBL) registers
Prefetchable memory base and limit upper 32 bits (PMBLU32) register
Memory enable (MSE) bit in the command register
Master enable bit (BME) in the command register
To enable downstream memory transactions, the memory space enable bit in the command register 
must be set (bit[1] of offset 04h–05h). To enable upstream memory transactions, the master enable 
bit in the command register must be set (bit[2] of offset 04h–05h). The 41210 does not prefetch 
data from downstream PCI devices. Upstream prefetching is controllable by settings in th
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