5 messaging unit – Intel CONTROLLERS 413808 User Manual

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Intel

®

413808 and 413812 I/O Controllers in TPER Mode

October 2007

Developer’s Manual

Order Number: 317805-001US

257

Address Translation Unit (PCI Express)—Intel

®

413808 and 413812

3.5

Messaging Unit

The Messaging Unit (MU) is used to transfer data between the PCI system and the

4138xx and notifies the respective system when new data arrives. The MU is located on

the south internal bus of the 4138xx and is accessed via the ATU. The MU is described

in

Chapter 4.0, “Messaging Unit”

.

The PCI window for messaging transactions is the 8 Kbytes of the inbound translation

window defined by the Inbound ATU Base Address Register 0 (IABAR0) and the

Inbound ATU Limit Register 0 (IALR0).

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