12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Datasheet Volume 2 of 2
ID | Date | Version | Classification |
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767626 | 07/13/2023 | Public |
MCHBAR Base Address Register (MCHBAR_0_0_0_PCI) – Offset 48
This is the base address for the Host Memory Mapped Configuration space.
There is no physical memory within this 128KB window that can be addressed.
The 128KB reserved by this register does not alias to any PCI 2.3 compliant memory mapped space.
On reset, the Host MMIO Memory Mapped Configuration space is disabled and must be enabled by writing a 1 to MCHBAREN [Dev 0, offset48h, bit 0].
All the bits in this register are locked in Intel TXT mode.
The register space contains memory control, initialization, timing, buffer strength registers, clocking registers and power and thermal management registers.
Bit Range | Default | Access | Field Name and Description |
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63:42 | 0h | RO | Reserved |
41:17 | 0x0 | RW | (MCHBAR) This field corresponds to bits 41 to 17 of the base address Host Memory Mapped configuration space. BIOS will program this register resulting in a base address for a 128KB block of contiguous memory address space. This register ensures that a naturally aligned 128KB space is allocated within the first 512GB of addressable memory space. System Software uses this base address to program the Host Memory Mapped register set. All the bits in this register are locked in Intel TXT mode. |
16:1 | 0h | RO | Reserved |
0 | 0x0 | RW | (MCHBAREN) 0: MCHBAR is disabled and does not claim any memory |