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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide AMD Geode™ GX Processor/ CS5535 Companion De vice GeodeR OM P or ting Guide April 2006 Publicat ion ID: 32430C[...]
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2 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide © 2006 Advanced Micr o Devices, Inc. All rights reser ved. The contents of this docu ment are pr ovided in connection with Adv anced Micro Devices , Inc. (“AMD”) products. AMD mak e s no representations or warranties w ith respect to the accuracy or completeness of th[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 3 Contents 32430C Contents List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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4 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Contents 32430C[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 5 List of Figures 32430C List of Figures Figure 3-1. GeodeLink™ Architecture To pology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 Figure 4-1. Clock Contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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6 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide List of Figures 32430C[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 7 List of T ables 32430C List of T ab les Table 4-1. Default Region Configuration Properties Bit Desc riptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Table 4-2. Diverse Device I/O Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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8 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide List of T ables 32430C[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 9 1 Overview 32430C 1.0 Ov er vie w 1.1 Intr oduction This document descr ibes the changes neede d f or GeodeROM and other BIOSs to suppor t th e AMD Geode™ GX proces- sor and the AMD Geode™ CS5535 co mpanion device. GeodeR OM requires modification s for hardw are initial[...]
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10 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Assumption 32430C[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 11 2 Model Specific Registers 32430C 2.0 Model Specific Registers There are two wa ys to read o r write Mode l Specific Registers (MSRs) in a Geode™ GX proces sor system. Software run- ning on the processor can u se the RDMSR and WRMSR inst r uctions, and modules within the[...]
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12 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Model Specific Registers 32430C[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 13 3 GeodeLink™ Architecture 32430C 3.0 GeodeLink™ Architecture GeodeLink™ architecture connects the inter nal mo dules of th e AMD Geode™ GX processo r using the data channels pro- vided by GeodeLink Interf ace Units (GLI Us). GeodeLink modules are conne cted to GLIU[...]
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14 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide GeodeLink™ Architecture 32430C 3.1 GeodeLink™ MSR Addressing The GX processor’ s MSRs are addressed from th e source module to the por t of the target module. The topology of the GX processor must be understood to derive the address. An MSR a ddress is parsed into t[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 15 4 Initialization 32430C 4.0 Initialization 4.1 Processor Initialization The AMD Geode™ GX processor contains many of the components n ormally found in system suppor t chi psets. GeodeROM must set up these components, including the DRAM cont rol ler , L1 cache controller [...]
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16 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Initialization 32430C 4.1.2 Cal culating Pro cessor Speed Entr y Conditions: Stack and No-Stack v ersions required. 8254 timer availab le (por t 61). Procedure: • Utilize the Real Time Stamp Counter (R TSC). • Disable the L1 cache . • Set up a channel of the 8254 Ti[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 17 Initialization 32430C 4.1.3.1 Size Memor y Entr y Conditions: 4 GB descriptor in FS Core register. Procedure: F or each DIMM: • Set the f ollowing in the MC_CF07_D A T A register MSR Address 20000018h): — Module Banks per DIMM – SPD byte 5: Number of DIMM Banks — B[...]
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18 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Initialization 32430C 4.1.5.1 GLIU Descripto rs Initial ization Register: P2D_BM, P2D_BMO , P2D_R, P2D_RO , P2D_SC (G LIU0 MSR Address 10000020h-10000 03Fh, GLIU1 MSR Address 40000020h-1000003Fh) IO_BM, IO_SC (GLIU0 MSR Address 1000 00E0h- 100000FFh, GLIU 1 MSR Address 40[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 19 Initialization 32430C Registers: CR0 RCONF MSRs: CPU Core MSR Address 00001808h-00001817h Instru ction Memor y Configuration Register : CPU Core MSR Address 000017 00h Data Memor y Configuration Register : CPU Core MSR Address 00001800h Entr y Conditions: None Procedure: I[...]
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20 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Initialization 32430C 4.2 AMD Geode™ CS5535 Compan ion Device Initialization The Geode™ CS5535 is a complete compani on de vice to the GX processor . The Geode CS5535 incor porates the GeodeLink technology de veloped in the GX processor to make a tr ansparent GeodeLin[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 21 Initialization 32430C 4.2.4.1 IRQ Mapper The XPIC has sev eral incoming sources. They are IRQ, LPC , Y , and Z sources. The Y sources include software , USB, R T C alarm, audi o , power management, NAND Flash, SMB , KEL, and UAR Ts. The Z sources include eight MFGPTs and e[...]
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22 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Initialization 32430C 4.2.4.6 A CPI 4.2.4.7 P ower Management Logic 4.2.4.8 Flash Interface 4.2.4.9 Other Legacy DD Initializatio n Location: 9C00h or other nor mal ACPI location. Descripti on: NA Initialization: ACPI VS M Location: 9D00h put on the end of ACPI. Descripti[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 23 Initialization 32430C 4.2.4.10 DD I/O Locations 4.2.5 A T A-5 / Hard Drive Initialization Hard drive initialization is handled by a system ROM that is loaded by GeodeROM. The hard drive ROM contains the hard drive initialization, the PIO modes suppor t, and the interrupt s[...]
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24 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Initialization 32430C 4.2.8 GeodeLink™ Contr ol Processor Initializatio n The Geode CS5535 GL CP contains the diagnostic bus, the JT AG interf ace clock, south bridge control, and power manage- ment. 4.3 Virtual System Arch itecture™ Initialization Vir tual System Arc[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 25 Initialization 32430C 4.5 Miscellaneous Initializations In addition to the previous processor initializations, the graphics card(s) m ust also be initialized. 4.5.1 Initialize Graphics Subsystem There are two different modes: CR T and TFT . Graphics initializa tion nee ds [...]
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26 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Initialization 32430C[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 27 5 Implementation 32430C 5.0 Implementation 5.1 Implementation The follo wing is a collection of imp lementation details to consid er in the GeodeROM implementation phase. 5.1.1 Clocking There are two clock inputs to the GX processor : the system PCI clock (SYSREF) used to [...]
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28 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Implementation 32430C[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 29 6 Setup Options 32430C 6.0 Setup Options Initial configuration is set in the configur ator at build time. Based on those settings, there are some setup options at r untim e that are platform specific. Check y our platf or m specification for more details. Desired Setup Opt[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 31 7 Memory Map 32430C 7.0 Memor y Map Figures 7-1, 7-2, and 7 -3 show the system memory . Figure 7-1 is the GLIU Descriptor Map, Figure 7-2 shows the Core Cache descriptors, and Figure 7-3 on page 32 shows the Core cache region configurations. Figure 7-4 on page 33 shows the[...]
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32 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Memory Map 32430C Figure 7-3. CPU Core Cache Region Configurations ROM PCI Memor y Mapped PCI PCI Memor y Mapped VSA PCI Memor y Mapped F rame Buffer Memor y Mappe d Video Registers PCI F rame Buff er VSA Extended Memor y System and Option ROMs Conv entional Memo ry RCONF[...]
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AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 33 Memory Map 32430C Figure 7-4. GeodeR OM Flow - GX Process or/CS5535 Devi ce Reset ROM Fe tc h CPU ID Correct? F ailed to Boot 3 Times? PLL Flag indicates CMOS/N VRAM V alid and Checksum Get Core and GLIU Settings from Jumper Settings or CMOS CPU Speed to get PCI Clock DRAM[...]
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34 AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P or ting Guide Memory Map 32430C Figure 7-4 "Geo deROM Flo w - GX Proc essor/CS5535 De vice" (Contin ued) Finish Post Setup Stack Shadow R OM Initialize and Enable Cache Nor thbridge Initialization and CPU Bug Fixes Chipset Initialization SuperI/O Initialization CS5535 descrip[...]
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A AMD Geode™ GX Processor/CS5535 Companion Device GeodeROM P orting Guide 35 Appendix A: Suppor t Document ation 32430C Appendix A Suppor t Documentation A.1 Document Revision History This section repor ts the revision/creation process of the por ting guide. Any re visions (i.e., additions, deletions, parameter corrections, etc.) are recorded in [...]
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