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Power Management
Chapter 4
AMD Sempron™ Processor Model 10 Data Sheet
31993A-1 September 2004
AMD Preliminary Information
In C2, probes are allowed, as shown in Figure 3 on page 9
The Stop Grant state is also entered for the S1, Powered On 
Suspend, system sleep state based on a write to the SLP_TYP 
and SLP_EN fields in the ACPI-defined Power Management 1 
control register in the Southbridge. During the S1 Sleep state, 
system software ensures no bus master or probe activity occurs. 
The Southbridge deasserts STPCLK# and brings the processor 
out of the S1 Stop Grant state when any enabled resume event 
occurs.
Probe State
The Probe state is entered when the Northbridge connects the 
AMD Athlon system bus to probe the processor (for example, to 
snoop the processor caches) when the processor is in the Halt or 
Stop Grant state. When in the Probe state, the processor 
responds to a probe cycle in the same manner as when it is in 
the Working state. When the probe has been serviced, the 
processor returns to the same state as when it entered the 
Probe state (Halt or Stop Grant state). When probe activity is 
completed the processor only returns to a low-power state after 
the Northbridge disconnects the AMD Athlon system bus again.
4.2
Connect and Disconnect Protocol
Significant power savings of the processor only occur if the 
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Northbridge while in the Halt or Stop Grant state. The 
Northbridge can optionally initiate a bus disconnect upon the 
receipt of a Halt or Stop Grant special cycle. The option of 
disconnecting is controlled by an enable bit in the Northbridge. 
If the Northbridge requires the processor to service a probe 
after the system bus has been disconnected, it must first 
initiate a system bus connect.
Connect Protocol
In addition to the legacy STPCLK# signal and the Halt and Stop 
Grant special cycles, the AMD Athlon system bus connect 
protocol includes the CONNECT, PROCRDY, and CLKFWDRST 
signals and a Connect special cycle. 
AMD Athlon system bus disconnects are initiated by the 
Northbridge in response to the receipt of a Halt or Stop Grant. 
Reconnect is initiated by the processor in response to an