1.9
System Block Diagram
Figure 1-1. Intel® Atom™ D2000 series/N2000 series System Block Diagram
1.9.1
PHOLD limitation on Legacy Feature
PHOLD protocol is a mechanism for ISA to lock the system so that it can do a DMA.
Hence, the Intel Atom Processor D2000 series and N2000 series does NOT support
PHOLD protocol which impacts the devices behind LPC (ISA) Super I/O only (No LPC
mastering is allowed). These will need to be connected via USB adaptor if required.
This will not impact other legacy devices such as serial port, keyboard/mouse as well as
USB based peripheral. If one of these devices are connected to LPC and a PHOLD is
requested, Intel Atom Processor D2000 series and N2000 series will drop the request,
set an error bit, and the system will immediately hang.
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