25G Ethernet Stratix® 10 Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 6/20/2024
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4.1.4.3. Length/Type Field Processing

This two-byte header represents either the length of the payload or the type of MAC frame.
  • Length/type < 0x600—The field represents the payload length of a basic Ethernet frame. The MAC RX continues to check the frame and payload lengths.
  • Length/type >= 0x600—The field represents the frame type. The following frame types are possible:
    • Length/type = 0x8100—VLAN or stacked VLAN tagged frames (up to a total of two tags with value 0x8100). The MAC RX continues to check the frame and payload lengths.
    • Length/type = 0x8808—Control frames. The next two bytes are the Opcode field that indicates the type of control frame. For pause frames (Opcode = 0x0001) and PFC frames (Opcode = 0x0101), the MAC RX proceeds with pause frame processing. In addition to processing any pause request, the IP core passes these frames to the RX client interface and updates the appropriate l1_rxstatus_data bits.
    • For other field values, the MAC RX forwards the receive frame to the client.