4 serial eeprom interface, 1 default download mode, Serial eeprom interface – LSI 53C875A User Manual

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Functional Description

2.4 Serial EEPROM Interface

The LSI53C875A implements an interface that allows attachment of a
serial EEPROM device to the GPIO0 and GPIO1 pins. There are two
modes of operation relating to the serial EEPROM and the Subsystem
ID and Subsystem Vendor ID registers. These modes are programmable
through the MAD7 pin which is sampled at power-up.

2.4.1 Default Download Mode

In this mode, MAD7 is pulled down internally, GPIO0 is the serial data
signal (SDA) and GPIO1 is the serial clock signal (SCL). Certain data in
the serial EEPROM is automatically loaded into chip registers at
power-up.

The format of the serial EEPROM data is defined in

Table 2.7

. If the

download is enabled and an EEPROM is not present, or the checksum
fails, the

Subsystem ID

and

Subsystem Vendor ID

registers read back all

zeros. At power-up, only five bytes are loaded into the chip from locations
0xFB through 0xFF.

The

Subsystem ID

and

Subsystem Vendor ID

registers are read only, in

accordance with the PCI specification, with a default value of all zeros if
the download fails.

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