6 addressing modes, 1 dos-compatible mode – Intel 386 User Manual

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SYSTEM REGISTER ORGANIZATION

4.6

ADDRESSING MODES

Combinations of the value of ESE bit and the individual remap bits in the REMAPCFG register
yield four different peripheral addressing modes for I/O address decoding.

4.6.1

DOS-compatible Mode

DOS-compatible mode is achieved by clearing ESE and all the peripheral remap bits. In this
mode, all PC/AT-compatible peripherals are mapped into the DOS I/O space. Only address lines
A9:0 are decoded for internal peripherals. Accesses to PC/AT-compatible peripherals are valid,
while all other internal peripherals are inaccessible (see Figure 4-5).

This mode is useful for accessing the internal timer, interrupt controller, serial I/O ports, or DMA
controller in a DOS-compatible environment.

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