--- wikisrc/users/rkujawa/g-rex.mdwn 2012/07/06 19:30:50 1.4 +++ wikisrc/users/rkujawa/g-rex.mdwn 2012/07/06 19:46:52 1.5 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Programming the G-REX PCI bridge -document version 0.1 - THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS! +document version 0.2 - THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS! # 0. Introduction @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ Firmware does the dirty job of assigning etc.) before the OS is running. Therefore G-REX does not need any special initialization. +All memory spaces of G-REX are directly visible and addressable in Amiga memory +space, unlike in Mediator. Firmware allocates memory space as needed, depending +on what cards are installed. + # 2. Memory map G-REX is configured as multipie AutoConf boards. Confusingly, they all have the same vendor (8512) and product (101). @@ -58,8 +62,11 @@ CVPPC/BVPPC there's aslo a mirror on +0x This space offers access to I/O registers of all PCI cards. -BAR addresses in this space are treated as relative to 0xFFFA0000. Card with -I/O BAR set to 0x100 will actually be available at 0xFFFA0100. +On G-REX BAR addresses in this space are treated as absolute. + +On CVPPC/BVPPC BAR addresses in this space are treated as relative to +0xFFFA0000. Card with I/O BAR set to 0x100 will actually be available +at 0xFFFA0100. # 2c. PCI memory space (0x80000000) @@ -71,7 +78,9 @@ For example Voodoo 3, which has two 32MB two 8512/101 boards somewhere at 0x80000000 (or later). Addresses in this space are treated as absolute. Memory BAR register set to -0x80000000 means it is configured at this address. +0x80000000 means it is configured at this address. + +On CVPPC/BVPPC this space is present at different address - 0xE0000000. # 2d. Bridge configuration registers @@ -83,7 +92,7 @@ Offset - meaning No need to fiddle with these registers, as they've been already configured properly by the firmware. -# 3. Reconfiguring the bus. +# 3. Reconfiguring the bus If needed, it's possible to reconfigure bus just by writing new values into configuration space. Keep in mind that any previously initialized chips will @@ -93,17 +102,19 @@ initialized by the firmware so it can di # 4. Interrupts All interrupts are converted into Amiga INT2 interrupt. There's no such thing -as interrupt acknowledge register. +as interrupt acknowledge register. However, there seems to be an interrupt +enable register (see "Bridge configuration registers" above). # 5. DMA -The bridge is certainly capable of DMA, but it needs further reverse -engineering. +The bridge is certainly capable of real busmaster DMA, but it needs further +reverse engineering. [TO BE COMPLETED] There were at least two different revisions of G-REX 1200. Later revision -probably does support DMA in two slots. +probably does support DMA in first two slots. I'm not sure if it is possible +to detect revision of the G-REX in software. G-REX 4000D probably has busmaster DMA capability in all slots.