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Hi Stephane,

As I wrote to Hale, I think that everything about Ultra DMA that needs to be
defined is in clauses 6.6, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, and 10.2.4.  However, to answer
your specific question:  Item (f) in 9.14.4.2 states, "The host shall assert
STOP within tLI after the device has negated DMARQ. The host shall not
negate STOP again until after the Ultra DMA burst is terminated."  Table 69
gives the minimum value of tLI as 0 ns.  Therefore, if a host asserts STOP
before the device negates DMARQ, the host is in violation of the standard.
I'll admit that the standard does not often specify what is to happen when a
host or device violates a protocol.  In most cases I would say that the
results are indeterminate.  Can you provide any additional details about the
effect of the host asserting STOP before the device has negated DMARQ?

If you have any additional questions about Ultra DMA burst termination,
please feel free to call or send an email to me.

Regards,

Mark Evans
Maxtor Corporation
500 McCarthy Boulevard
Milpitas, CA 95035 USA
Tel:  408-894-5310
FAX:  408-324-7432
email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Stephane Cattaneo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent:   Friday, November 23, 2001 9:37 AM
To:     T13
Subject:        [t13] Command completion of an UDMA OUT burst ...

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Folks,

I have a question regarding the completion of a burst in udma out.
Who has to do the termination protocol ? The device or the host ?
Imagine that the device will start the protocol of termination,
asserting DDMARDY-, then what happens if the host asserts the STOP
signal before the device de-assert DMARQ ? (This is my case)

Also, who has to do the termination protocol at the completion of an
udma in ? (in case of either the device or the host starts, what happens
?)

Thanks a lot for your help.

Regards,
Stephane.

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