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Chapter 6 NI-VXI Configuration Utility
VXI/VME-PCI8022 for Solaris 6-6
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Device Type
This field indicates the classification of the PCI-MXI-2. The default
value is MBD, designating a message-based device. The following
table shows the available options.
The device type affects only the contents of the Device Class field in
the Device Type register. The functionality of the other registers does
not change.
Address Space
This field indicates the addressing mode(s) of the device’s operational
registers. The PCI-MXI-2 can be configured in one of three ways. The
default addressing mode is for A16 space only. Your other options are
A16/A24 and A16/A32.
Notice that several other controls on the configuration editor panel are
disabled when the addressing mode is A16, as shown in Figure 6-3.
Only if you select A16/A24 or A16/A32 are the following controls
relevant:
• VXI Shared RAM Size
• Shared RAM Pool
• Advanced
– Byte Swapping
– Memory Select
–Mapping
Logical Address Range Default Value
0 to 254 0
Classification Setting
Extended Device EXT
Message-Based Device MBD
Register-Based Device RBD