GNTn2 REQn2
REQn1 GNTn3
GNTn1 REQn3
REQn0 GNTn4
PCI Device 0 GNTn0 PCI Arbiter REQn4 PCI Device 4
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CLK FRAMEn
Figure 2 • Top-Level Interface of the PCI Bus Initiators with the Arbiter
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Ar bi tr at io n S che m es Fair rotation is employed if an embedded processor is
Pure rotation is a turn-based method that allows each bus required to initialize the system but will not be used after
master one transaction in turn if multiple masters are that point. By giving it highest priority, the fair rotation
requesting the bus simultaneously. If only one master scheme allows the embedded processor access to the PCI
requests the bus, that master will immediately get the grant. bus on every other transaction when it is requesting the bus
Figure 3 illustrates the pure rotation scheme. continuously. The other masters use a pure rotation scheme.
The fair rotation scheme is illustrated in Figure 4.
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Device 0
Device 4 Device 1
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Device 4 Device 1
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