1. Communication Channels
There are two communication channels between the Host Controller and the Host Controller Driver. The first channel uses a set of operational registers located on the HC. The Host Controller is the target for all communication on this channel. The operational registers contain control, status, and list pointer registers. Within the operational register set is a pointer to a location in shared memory named the Host Controller Communications Area (HCCA). The HCCA is the second communication channel. The Host Controller is the master for all communication on this channel. The HCCA contains the head pointers to the interrupt Endpoint
Descriptor lists, the head pointer to the done queue, and status information associated with startof-frame processing.
The head pointers to the bulk and control Endpoint Descriptor lists are maintained within the operational registers in the HC. The Host Controller Driver initializes these pointers prior to the Host Controller gaining access to them. Should these pointers need to be updated, the Host Controller Driver may need to halt the Host Controller from processing the specific list, update the pointer, then re-enable the HC.
The head pointers to the interrupt Endpoint Descriptor lists are maintained within the HCCA. There is no separate head pointer for isochronous transfers. The first isochronous Endpoint Descriptor simply links to the last interrupt Endpoint Descriptor. There are 32 interrupt head pointers. The head pointer used for a particular frame is determined by using the last 5 bits of the Frame Counter as an offset into the interrupt array within the HCCA.
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