Need hardware (chip) guru

Need hardware (chip) guru

[Gene Heskett]

Greetings;

I've read through the Intel pdf doc sheets on the Intel 82c55 about 4 
times now, looking for clues, but everything about the control 
register seems to be write only.  Their logic diagrams don't even 
acknowledge the existance of the control register.

Is there anyone here who can tell me how to read the current status of 
the ctl register in an 82C55?

The std inb(ctl_address, byte); is returning 0xff regardless of what I 
write with the corresponding outb statement <10 microseconds in front 
of the read.

I hate trying to program stuff this badly blinded by what appares to 
be a hardware limitation. ):>8

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Re: Need hardware (chip) guru

[Willy Tarreau]

Hi Gene,

On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:10:59PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> I've read through the Intel pdf doc sheets on the Intel 82c55 about 4 
> times now, looking for clues, but everything about the control 
> register seems to be write only.  Their logic diagrams don't even 
> acknowledge the existance of the control register.

Look at Table 1 page 2 (pin description). There is a table which details
which data goes on the bus for each address in read and in write mode.
If you read address 3, it should return the control reg (according to
the table).

> Is there anyone here who can tell me how to read the current status of 
> the ctl register in an 82C55?
> 
> The std inb(ctl_address, byte); is returning 0xff regardless of what I 
> write with the corresponding outb statement <10 microseconds in front 
> of the read.

Have you tried delaying more ?

Honnestly, I don't remember if I have ever read the control reg. Since it's
more of a command than a register, it does not make much sense (depending
on bit 7, it does different things). So at most, you would read the last
command sent to the chip. I don't know if this can be very useful.

Regards,
Willy

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