6 Datasheet
5.13.9 ALT Access Mode..................................................................................175
5.13.9.1 Write Only Registers with Read Paths in ALT Access Mode.............176
5.13.9.2 PIC Reserved Bits....................................................................178
5.13.9.3 Read Only Registers with Write Paths in ALT Access Mode.............178
5.13.10System Power Supplies, Planes, and Signals.............................................178
5.13.10.1Power Plane Control with SLP_S3#,
SLP_S4#, SLP_S5#, SLP_A# and SLP_LAN#...............................178
5.13.10.2SLP_S4# and Suspend-To-RAM Sequencing................................179
5.13.10.3PWROK Signal ........................................................................179
5.13.10.4BATLOW# (Battery Low) (Mobile Only).......................................179
5.13.11Clock Generators..................................................................................179
5.13.12Legacy Power Management Theory of Operation .......................................179
5.13.12.1APM Power Management (Desktop Only) ....................................180
5.13.12.2Mobile APM Power Management (Mobile Only).............................180
5.13.13Reset Behavior.....................................................................................180
5.14 System Management (D31:F0)..........................................................................182
5.14.1 Theory of Operation..............................................................................182
5.14.1.1 Detecting a System Lockup.......................................................182
5.14.1.2 Handling an Intruder ...............................................................183
5.14.1.3 Detecting Improper Flash Programming......................................183
5.14.1.4 Heartbeat and Event Reporting using SMLink/SMBus....................183
5.14.2 TCO Modes ..........................................................................................183
5.14.2.1 TCO Legacy/Compatible Mode...................................................183
5.14.2.2 Advanced TCO Mode................................................................185
5.15 General Purpose I/O (D31:F0)...........................................................................186
5.15.1 Power Wells.........................................................................................186
5.15.2 SMI# SCI and NMI Routing....................................................................186
5.15.3 Triggering............................................................................................186
5.15.4 GPIO Registers Lockdown ......................................................................186
5.15.5 Serial POST Codes over GPIO.................................................................187
5.15.5.1 Theory of Operation.................................................................187
5.15.5.2 Serial Message Format.............................................................188
5.16 SATA Host Controller (D31:F2, F5).....................................................................189
5.16.1 SATA 6 Gb/s Support ............................................................................190
5.16.2 SATA Feature Support...........................................................................190
5.16.3 Theory of Operation..............................................................................191
5.16.3.1 Standard ATA Emulation...........................................................191
5.16.3.2 48-Bit LBA Operation...............................................................191
5.16.4 SATA Swap Bay Support........................................................................191
5.16.5 Hot Plug Operation................................................................................191
5.16.5.1 Low Power Device Presence Detection........................................191
5.16.6 Function Level Reset Support (FLR).........................................................192
5.16.6.1 FLR Steps...............................................................................192
5.16.7 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology Configuration.........................................192
5.16.7.1 Intel
®
Rapid Storage Manager RAID Option ROM.........................193
5.16.8 Power Management Operation................................................................193
5.16.8.1 Power State Mappings..............................................................193
5.16.8.2 Power State Transitions............................................................194
5.16.8.3 SMI Trapping (APM).................................................................195
5.16.9 SATA Device Presence...........................................................................195
5.16.10SATA LED............................................................................................196
5.16.11AHCI Operation ....................................................................................196
5.16.12SGPIO Signals......................................................................................196
5.16.12.1Mechanism.............................................................................196
5.16.12.2Message Format......................................................................197
5.16.12.3LED Message Type ..................................................................198
5.16.12.4SGPIO Waveform ....................................................................199
5.16.13External SATA......................................................................................200
5.17 High Precision Event Timers ..............................................................................200
5.17.1 Timer Accuracy ....................................................................................200
5.17.2 Interrupt Mapping.................................................................................201
5.17.3 Periodic vs. Non-Periodic Modes..............................................................201
5.17.4 Enabling the Timers ..............................................................................202
5.17.5 Interrupt Levels....................................................................................202
5.17.6 Handling Interrupts...............................................................................203
5.17.7 Issues Related to 64-Bit Timers with 32-Bit Processors ..............................203
5.18 USB EHCI Host Controllers (D29:F0 and D26:F0).................................................204