Integrated Functions (Continued)
Table 4-16. Memory Controller Registers (Continued)
Bit
Name
Description
10:0
GBADD
Graphics Base Address: This field indicates the graphics memory base address, which is program-
mable on 512 KB boundaries. This field corresponds to address bits [29:19].
Note that BC_DRAM_TOP must be set to a value lower than the Graphics Base Address.
GX_BASE+8418h-841Bh
MC_DR_ADD (R/W)
Default Value = 00000000h
31:10
9:0
RSVD
Reserved: Set to 0.
DRADD
Dirty RAM Address: This field is the address index that is used to access the Dirty RAM with the
MC_DR_ACC register. This field does not auto increment.
GX_BASE+841Ch-841Fh
MC_DR_ACC (R/W)
Default Value = 0000000xh
31:2
1
RSVD
Reserved: Set to 0.
D
V
Dirty Bit: This bit is read/write accessible.
Valid Bit: This bit is read/write accessible.
0
4.3.5 Address Translation
4.3.5.3 Physical Address to DRAM Address
Conversion
The memory controller supports two address translations
depending on the method used to interleave pages.
Auto LOI is in effect whenever the two DIMMs have the
same number of DIMM banks, component banks, module
sizes and page sizes.
4.3.5.1 High Order Interleaving
High Order Interleaving (HOI) uses the most significant
address bits to select which bank the page is located in.
This has the effect of allowing any mixture of DIMM types.
However, it spreads the pages over wide address ranges.
For example, two 8 MB DIMMs contain a total of four com-
ponent pages. Two pages are together in one DIMM sepa-
rated from the other two pages by 8 MB.
Tables 4-17 and Table 4-18 on page 113 give Auto LOI
address conversion examples when two DIMMs of the
same size are used in a system. Table 4-17 shows a one
DIMM bank conversion example, while Table 4-18 shows
a two DIMM bank example.
Table 4-19 and Table 4-20 on page 114 give Non-Auto LOI
address conversion examples when either one or two
DIMMs of different sizes are used in a system. Table 4-19
shows a one DIMM bank address conversion example,
while Table 4-20 shows a two DIMM bank example. The
addresses are computed on a per DIMM basis.
4.3.5.2 Low Order Interleaving
Low Order Interleaving (LOI) uses the least significant bits
after the page bits to select which bank the page is
located in. This requires that memory is a power of 2, that
the number of banks is a power of 2, and that the page
sizes are the same. In other words, the DIMMs have to be
of the same type. However, LOI does give a good benefit
by providing a moving page throughout memory. Using
the same example as above, two banks would be on one
DIMM and the next two banks would be on the second
DIMM, but they would be linear in address space. For an
eight bank system that has 1 KB address (8 KB data)
pages, there would be an effective moving page of 64 KB
of data.
Since the DRAM interface is 64 bits wide, the lower three
bits of the physical address get mapped onto the
DQM[7:0] lines. Thus, the address conversion tables
(Tables 4-17 through 4-20) show the physical address
starting from A3.
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