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Data Structures for Drivers                 ddi_dma_lim_sparc(9S)



NAME
     ddi_dma_lim_sparc, ddi_dma_lim - SPARC DMA limits structure

SYNOPSIS
     #include 


INTERFACE LEVEL
     Solaris SPARC DDI specific (Solaris SPARC DDI). These inter-
     faces are obsolete.

DESCRIPTION
     This page describes the SPARC  version  of  the  ddi_dma_lim
     structure.  See ddi_dma_lim_x86(9S) for a description of the
     x86 version of this structure.


     A ddi_dma_lim structure describes in a generic  fashion  the
     possible limitations of a device's DMA engine. This informa-
     tion is used by the system when it attempts to  set  up  DMA
     resources for a device.

STRUCTURE MEMBERS
       uint_t  dlim_addr_lo; /* low range of 32 bit
                                              addressing capability */
       uint_t  dlim_addr_hi;    /* inclusive upper bound of address.
                                    capability */
       uint_t  dlim_cntr_max;   /* inclusive upper bound of
                                   dma engine address limit * /
       uint_t  dlim_burstsizes; /* binary encoded dma burst sizes */
       uint_t  dlim_minxfer;    /* minimum effective dma xfer size */
       uint_t  dlim_dmaspeed;   /* average dma data rate (kb/s) */



     The dlim_addr_lo and dlim_addr_hi fields specify the address
     range  the  device's DMA engine can access. The dlim_addr_lo
     field describes the lower 32-bit boundary  of  the  device's
     DMA  engine,  the dlim_addr_hi describes the inclusive upper
     32-bit boundary. The system allocates DMA resources in a way
     that  the  address  for  programming the device's DMA engine
     (see ddi_dma_cookie(9S) or ddi_dma_htoc(9F)) is within  this
     range.  For example, if your device can access the whole 32-
     bit address range, you may use  [0,0xFFFFFFFF]. If your dev-
     ice  has just a 16-bit address  register but will access the
     top    of     the     32-bit     address     range,     then
     [0xFFFF0000,0xFFFFFFFF] is the right limit.


     The dlim_cntr_max field describes an inclusive  upper  bound
     for the device's DMA engine address register. This handles a
     fairly common case where a portion of the  address  register



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     is  only  a  latch rather than a full register. For example,
     the upper 8 bits of a  32-bit  address  register  can  be  a
     latch.  This splits the address register into a portion that
     acts as a true address register (24 bits)  for  a  16  Mbyte
     segment  and  a  latch (8 bits) to hold a segment number. To
     describe   these   limits,   specify    0xFFFFFF   in    the
     dlim_cntr_max structure.


     The dlim_burstsizes field describes the possible burst sizes
     the  device's  DMA  engine  can accept. At the time of a DMA
     resource request, this  element  defines  the  possible  DMA
     burst  cycle  sizes that the requester's DMA engine can han-
     dle. The format of the data  is  binary  encoding  of  burst
     sizes  assumed to be powers of two. That is, if a DMA engine
     is capable of doing 1-, 2-, 4-, and 16-byte  transfers,  the
     encoding  ix  0x17.  If the device is an SBus device and can
     take advantage of a 64-bit SBus, the lower 16 bits are  used
     to specify the burst size for 32-bit transfers and the upper
     16 bits are used  to  specify  the  burst  size  for  64-bit
     transfers. As the resource request is handled by the system,
     the burstsizes value can be modified. Prior to enabling  DMA
     for the specific device, the driver that owns the DMA engine
     should check (using ddi_dma_burstsizes(9F)) what the allowed
     burstsizes  have become and program the DMA engine appropri-
     ately.


     The dlim_minxfer field describes the minimum  effective  DMA
     transfer  size  (in  units  of bytes). It must be a power of
     two. This value specifies the minimum effective  granularity
     of  the  DMA  engine. It is distinct from dlim_burstsizes in
     that it  describes  the  minimum  amount  of  access  a  DMA
     transfer  will  effect.  dlim_burstsizes  describes  in what
     electrical  fashion  the  DMA  engine  might   perform   its
     accesses, while dlim_minxfer describes the minimum amount of
     memory that can  be  touched  by  the  DMA  transfer.  As  a
     resource  request is handled by the system, the dlim_minxfer
     value can be modified contingent upon the presence (and use)
     of  I/O  caches  and  DMA  write  buffers in between the DMA
     engine and the object that DMA is being performed on.  After
     DMA  resources  have  been  allocated, the resultant minimum
     transfer value can be gotten using ddi_dma_devalign(9F).


     The field dlim_dmaspeed is the expected  average  data  rate
     for  the DMA engine (in units of kilobytes per second). Note
     that this should not be the maximum,  or  peak,  burst  data
     rate,  but  a reasonable guess as to the average throughput.
     This field is entirely optional and can be left as zero. Its
     intended  use is to provide some hints about how much of the
     DMA resource this device might need.



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ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Obsolete                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     ddi_dma_addr_setup(9F),               ddi_dma_buf_setup(9F),
     ddi_dma_burstsizes(9F),                ddi_dma_devalign(9F),
     ddi_dma_htoc(9F),   ddi_dma_setup(9F),   ddi_dma_cookie(9S),
     ddi_dma_lim_x86(9S), ddi_dma_req(9S)





































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