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The LPC bus does not support DMA (Direct Memory Access) and therefore imposes
limitations for ISA bus and standard I/Os (SIOs) like floppy or LPT interface
implementations.
WARNING: Connecting more than one device to the LPC bus requires using a
clock buffer. Because of the power management of the LPC bus, you
must use great care with clock buffers that require synchronization
as they could prevent the board from booting up.
Figure 6: Standard Clock Buffer
NOTE: When using a standard clock buffer on the baseboard, be aware that the
generated delay must be considered for the length matching of the
layout.
Clock Buffer Reference Schematic
The schematic in Figure 7 shows an implementation example for the clock
buffer.
Figure 7: LPC Clock Buffer