iAPX
432
Interface
Processor
Architecture
Reference
Manual
5-2.
PHYSICAL
REFERENCE
mDE
ADDRESSING
In
physical
reference
mode
the
object
reference
attribute
of
a
window
is
replaced
b¥
a
24-bit
segment
base
address.
Upon
recognition
of
a
subrange
address
reference
the
IP
determines
the
transfer
displacement
as
in
logical
reference
node.
It
forms
the
transfer
address
b¥
adding
the
displacement
to
the
segment
base
address.
The 432
transfer
length
is
always
set
to
2
16
bytes
so
that
no
length
of
transfer
faults
can
occur.
No
system
objects
are
used
in
physical
reference
node
addressing.
Note
that
in
physical
reference
mode, window 0
may
be
opened
in
either
random
or
block
transfer
mode
and window 1
may
be opened
onto
either
432
memory
space
or
the
interconnect
address
space.
An
IP
operating
in
physical
node
may
also
change
the
characteristics
of
windCM
4,
the
control
windCM.
5-3.
PHYSICAL
REFERENCE
mDE
FUNCI'ICNS
The
IP
controller
may
request
execution
of
four
functions
in
physical
reference
node.
These corresJ.X)nd
closely,
but
are
not
always
identical,
to
logical
reference
functions.
The
request,
execution,
fault
handling,
and
completion
phases
of
physical
reference
mode
operations
are
similar
to
the
logical
reference
mode
counterparts.
See
the
function
summary
in
Appendix B
for
detailed
descriptions
of
the
operation
of
these
functions.
The
physical
reference
mode
fUnctions
are
o
Sm'
PERIPHERAL
SUBSYSTEM
t-DDE
~
o
READ
PRCCESSOR
STATUS
AND
CLOCK
o
SEND
TO
PROCESSOR
o
ALTER
MAP
AND
SELECl'
PHYSICAL
SEG1ENI'.
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