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Table of Contents
About This Book.
I. BASIC CONCEPTS.
1. PCI Needed Improvement.
2. PCI-X Improves on PCI.
3. Bus Protocol/Speed = Lowest Common Denominator.
4. Device Types and Bus Initialization.
5. PCI-X Is a Registered Bus.
6. Intro to Commands.
7. Intro to Transaction Phases.
8. Intro to Transaction Termination.
9. Intro to Split and Immediate Transactions.
II. TRANSACTION PROTOCOL.
10. Bus Arbitration.
11. Detailed Command Description.
12. Latency Rules.
13. The Address, Attribute, and Response Phases.
14. Dword Transactions.
15. Burst Transactions.
16. Transaction Terminations.
17. Split Completion Messages.
18. 64-Bit Transactions.
19. Parity Generation and Checking
III. DEVICE CONFIGURATION.
20. Configuration Transactions.
21. Non-Bridge Configuration Registers.
22. Bridge Configuration Registers
IV. LOAD TUNING.
23. Load Tuning Mechanisms
V. PCI-X BRIDGES.
24. PCIX-to-PCIX Bridges.
25. Locked Transaction Series
VI. ERROR DETECTION AND HANDLING.
26. Error Detection and Handling
VII. ELECTRICAL ISSUES.
27. Electrical Issues.
Appendix A: Protocol Rules.
Appendix B: Glossary.
Index.