\begin{itemize}
\item Auto-generate everything: documentation, code, libraries etc.
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- \item Standardise: similar to PLIC, propose GPIO and Pinmux
+ \item Standardise: similar to PLIC, propose GPIO and Pinmux\\
+ saves engineering effort, design effort and much more
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\item Standardise format of configuration registers:
saves code duplication effort (multiple software environments)
\frame{\frametitle{In/Out muxing, direction control: GPIO just a FN}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[height=2.5in]{reg_gpio_fn_ctrl.jpg}\\
- {\bf Note: function can control I/O direction}
+ {\bf Note: function can control I/O direction (bus)}
+ \end{center}
+}
+
+
+\frame{\frametitle{Direction Control: Function not bi-directional (bus)}
+ \begin{center}
+ \includegraphics[height=2.5in]{reg_gpio_fn_ctrl2.jpg}\\
+ Note: Function {\bf does not} control I/O direction
\end{center}
}