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• Manufacturer Part Number: cs5535
• Description: Geode Cs5535 Companion Multi-function South Bridge
• Manufacturer: National Semiconductor Corporation

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ACC Functional Description
Pausing the bus master can be accomplished by set-
ting the Bus Master Pause bit in its control register.
The bus master stops immediately on the current sam-
ple being processed. Upon resuming, the bus master
(clearing the Bus Master Pause bit), resumes on the
exact sample where it left off.
The bus master can be stopped in the middle of a
transfer by clearing the Bus Master Enable bit in its
control register. In this case, the bus master will not
remember what sample it left off on. If it is re-enabled,
it will begin by reading the PRD entry pointed to by its
PRD Table Address register. If software does not re-
initialize this pointer, it will be pointing to the PRD entry
immediately following the PRD entry that was being
processed. This may be an invalid condition if the bus
master was disabled while processing the last PRD in
a PRD table (PRD Table Address register pointing to
memory beyond the table).
Note that if the Bus Master Error bit is set, the interrupt
service routine should refill two buffers instead of one,
because a previous interrupt was missed (unless it
was intentionally missed). For this to work correctly,
the service routine should read the Second Level
Audio IRQ Status register, fill the buffer of the bus
master needing service, read the bus master’s IRQ
Status register, and then fill the next buffer if the Bus
Master Error bit was set. Failing to fill the first buffer
before reading the IRQ Status register would possibly
resume the bus master too early and result in sound
being played twice or data being overwritten (if record-
ing).
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Codec Register Access
The ACC provides a set of registers that serve as an inter-
face to the AC97 codec’s registers. The Codec Command
register allows software to initiate a read or a write of a
codec register. The Codec Status register allows software
to read back the data from the codec after a read operation
has completed. Since the AC Link runs very slow relative to
core CPU speed (and therefore software speed), it is nec-
essary for software to wait between issuing commands to
the codec.
For register reads, software specifies a command address
and sets both the read/write flag and the Codec Command
New flag in the Codec Control register. Software must then
wait for the Codec Status New bit to be set before using the
returned status data in the Codec Status register. Before
issuing another read command, software must wait for the
Codec Command New flag to be cleared by hardware.
(Note: Codec Command New will clear before Codec Sta-
tus New is set; therefore, a second read can be issued
before the result of the current read is returned).
For register writes, software specifies a command address
and command data using the Codec Control register. At
the same time it must set the Codec Command New flag.
Before issuing another read or write, software must wait for
the Codec Command New flag to clear.
See Section 5.3 "AC97 Audio Codec Controller Register
Descriptions" for details on the Codec register interface.
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