FDC37C672QFP SMSC Corporation, FDC37C672QFP Datasheet - Page 97

• Manufacturer Part Number: FDC37C672QFP
• Description: ENHANCED SUPER I/O CONTROLLER WITH FAST IR
• Manufacturer: SMSC Corporation

Enhanced Super I/O Controller with Fast IR
Datasheet
12.4.2 Data Compression
12.4.3 Pin Definition
12.4.4 ISA Connections
SMSC FDC37C672
Command/Data
ECP Mode supports two advanced features to improve the effectiveness of the protocol for some
applications. The features are implemented by allowing the transfer of normal 8 bit data or 8 bit
commands.
When in the forward direction, normal data is transferred when HostAck is high and an 8 bit command is
transferred when HostAck is low.
The most significant bit of the command indicates whether it is a run-length count (for compression) or a
channel address.
When in the reverse direction, normal data is transferred when PeriphAck is high and an 8 bit command is
transferred when PeriphAck is low. The most significant bit of the command is always zero. Reverse
channel addresses are seldom used and may not be supported in hardware.
The ECP port supports run length encoded (RLE) decompression in hardware and can transfer
compressed data to a peripheral. Run length encoded (RLE) compression in hardware is not supported.
To transfer compressed data in ECP mode, the compression count is written to the ecpAFifo and the data
byte is written to the ecpDFifo.
Compression is accomplished by counting identical bytes and transmitting an RLE byte that indicates how
many times the next byte is to be repeated. Decompression simply intercepts the RLE byte and repeats
the following byte the specified number of times. When a run-length count is received from a peripheral,
the subsequent data byte is replicated the specified number of times. A run-length count of zero specifies
that only one byte of data is represented by the next data byte, whereas a run-length count of 127
indicates that the next byte should be expanded to 128 bytes. To prevent data expansion, however,
run-length counts of zero should be avoided.
The drivers for nStrobe, nAutoFd, nInit and nSelectIn are open-collector in mode 000 and are push-pull in
all other modes.
The interface can never stall causing the host to hang. The width of data transfers is strictly controlled on
an I/O address basis per this specification. All FIFO-DMA transfers are byte wide, byte aligned and end on
a byte boundary. (The PWord value can be obtained by reading Configuration Register A, cnfgA,
described in the next section.) Single byte wide transfers are always possible with standard or PS/2 mode
using program control of the control signals.
Table 12.7 - Forward Channel Commands (HostAck Low)
D7
0
1
Reverse Channel Commands (PeripAck Low)
Run-Length Count (0-127) (mode 0011 0X00 only)
Channel Address (0-127)
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