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Intel® PXA255 Processor Developer’s Manual 6-63
Memory Controller
6.8.2 Expansion Memory Configuration Register (MECR)
To eliminate external hardware, the two bits in MECR, shown in Table 6-30, are used to signal the
memory controller when a card (16-Bit PC Card/Compact Flash) is inserted in the socket and the
number of cards supported in the system. The number-of-sockets bit is required because the
PSKTSEL pin is used as the nOE for the data transceivers in single socket mode. The card-is-there
bit is used to reduce external hardware by ignoring nIOIS16 and nPWAIT when there is no card
inserted in the socket.
This is a read/write register. Ignore reads from reserved bits. Write zeros to reserved bits.
11101 29 31 61 62 92 93
11110 30 32 63 64 95 96
11111 31 33 65 66 98 99
Table 6-29. Card Interface Command Assertion Code Table
MCMEMx_ASST
MCATTx_ASST
MCIOx_ASST
x_ASST_WAIT
x_ASST_HOLD
x_ASST_WAIT +
x_ASST_HOLD
(nPIOW asserted) (nPIOR asserted) (nPIOW asserted) (nPIOR asserted)
Programmed
Bit Value
Code
decimal
value
# MEMCLKs
(minimum)
to wait before
checking for
nPWAIT=’1’
# MEMCLKs
(minimum)
to assert
command
(nPIOW) after
nPWAIT=’1’
# MEMCLKs
(minimum)
to assert
command
(nPIOR) after
nPWAIT=’1’
# MEMCLKs
(minimum)
command
assertion time
# MEMCLKs
(minimum)
command
assertion time
(Code) (Code) (Code + 2) (2*Code + 3) (2*Code + 4) (3*Code + 5) (3*Code + 6)
Table 6-30. MECR Bit Definition
4800_0014 MECR Memory Controller
Bit
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
reserved
CIT
NOS
Reset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bits Name Description
31:2 — reserved
1CIT
Card-Is-There
0 – No card inserted
1 – Card inserted
Must be set by software when at least one card is present and must be cleared when all
cards are removed.
0NOS
Number-of-Sockets
0 – 1 Socket
1 – 2 Sockets