System memory address space -2, 4 system firmware – Intel 460GX User Manual

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System Address Map

4-2

Intel® 460GX Chipset Software Developer’s Manual

4.1.1.4

System Firmware

The 64 KB region from F_0000h to F_FFFFh is treated as a single block. Read/Write attribute
enables defined in the MAR registers may be used to direct accesses to the compatibility PCI bus
or main memory. At power-on, this area is mapped by default to the PCI compatibility bus.

Figure 4-1. System Memory Address Space

0

A_0000

C_0000

F_0000

Compatibility

Area

Extended

Memory

10_0000

16 MB

FEC0_0000

FF00_0000

FE00_0000

Processor

12 MB

Chipset

4 MB

1 MB

15 MB

(4 GB-16MB)

(16 TB-4GB)

System

32

Firmware,

Processor &

Chipset

Memory

Specific

System

1_0000_0000

Memory

FFF_FFFF_FFFF

MB

Areas are not
drawn to scale.

Specific

Specific

FFFF_FFFF

PCI Gaps

n x 32M

Memory

Extended

High

Medium
Extended
memory

Low

DOS

System

192K

C, D, and E

Segments

VGA
Memory

Region

FE00_0000 -

(n x 32M)

High

System

512K-640K

64K

640K

128K

Firmware

Firmware

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