Intel i7-2600 CM8062300834302S User Manual

Product codes
CM8062300834302S
Page of 296
Datasheet, Volume 2
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Processor Configuration Registers
2.3.8
System Management Mode (SMM)
Unlike FSB platforms, the Core handles all SMM mode transaction routing. Also, the 
platform no longer supports HSEG. The processor will never allow I/O devices access to 
CSEG/TSEG/HSEG ranges.
DMI Interface and PCI Express masters are not allowed to access the SMM space.
2.3.9
SMM and VGA Access through GTT TLB 
Accesses through the Graphics Translation Table (GTT) Translation Lookaside Buffer 
(TLB) address translation SMM DRAM space are not allowed. Writes will be routed to 
Memory address 000C_0000h with byte enables de-asserted and reads will be routed 
to Memory address 000C_0000h. If a GTT TLB translated address hits SMM DRAM 
space, an error is recorded in the PGTBL_ER register. 
PCI Express and DMI Interface originated accesses are never allowed to access SMM 
space directly or through the GTT TLB address translation. If a GTT TLB translated 
address hits enabled SMM DRAM space, an error is recorded in the PGTBL_ER register.
PCI Express* and DMI Interface write accesses through GMADR range will not be 
snooped. Only PCI Express* and DMI assesses to GMADR linear range (defined using 
fence registers) are supported. PCI Express and DMI Interface tileY and tileX writes to 
GMADR are not supported. If, when translated, the resulting physical address is to 
enable SMM DRAM space, the request will be remapped to address 000C_0000h with 
de-asserted byte enables. 
PCI Express and DMI Interface read accesses to the GMADR range are not supported, 
therefore will have no address translation concerns. PCI Express and DMI Interface 
reads to GMADR will be remapped to address 000C_0000h. The read will complete with 
UR (unsupported request) completion status.
GTT fetches are always decoded (at fetch time) to ensure not in SMM (actually, 
anything above base of TSEG or 640K–1M). Thus, they will be invalid and go to address 
000C_0000h, but that is not specific to PCI Express or DMI; it applies to processor or 
internal graphics engines. 
2.3.10
Intel
®
 Management Engine (Intel
 
ME) Stolen Memory 
Accesses
There are only 2 ways to legally access Intel ME stolen memory.
• PCH accesses mapped to VCm will be decoded to ensure only Intel ME stolen 
memory is targeted. These VCm accesses will route non-snooped directly to DRAM. 
This is the means by which the Intel ME engine (located within the PCH) is able to 
access the Intel ME stolen range.
• The Display engine is allowed to access Intel ME stolen memory as part of KVM 
flows. Specifically, Display initiated HHP reads (for displaying a KVM frame) and 
Table 2-3.
SMM regions
SMM Space Enabled
Transaction Address Space
DRAM Space (DRAM)
Compatible (C)
000A_0000h to 000B_FFFFh
000A_0000h to 000B_FFFFh
TSEG (T)
 (TOLUD–STOLEN–TSEG) to TOLUD–
STOLEN
(TOLUD–STOLEN–TSEG) to TOLUD–
STOLEN