Low Latency E-Tile 40G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 7/12/2024
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4.1.2.3.1. Length Checking

The MAC function checks the frame and payload lengths of basic, VLAN tagged, and stacked VLAN tagged frames.

The IP core checks that the frame length is valid—is neither undersized nor oversized. A valid frame length is at least 64 (0x40) bytes and does not exceed the following maximum value for the different frame types:

  • Basic frames—The number of bytes specified in the MAX_RX_SIZE_CONFIG register.
  • VLAN tagged frames—The value specified in the MAX_RX_SIZE_CONFIG register plus four bytes.
  • Stacked VLAN tagged frames—The value specified in the MAX_RX_SIZE_CONFIG register plus eight bytes.

If the length/type field in a basic MAC frame or the client length/type field in a VLAN tagged frame has a value less than 0x600, the IP core also checks the payload length. The IP core keeps track of the payload length as it receives a frame, and checks the length against the relevant frame field. The payload length is valid if it satisfies the following conditions:

The RX MAC does not drop frames with invalid length or invalid payload length. If the frame or payload length is not valid, the MAC function asserts output error bits.

If the length field value is greater than the actual payload length, the IP core asserts . If the length field value is less than the actual payload length, the MAC RX considers the frame to have excessive padding and does not assert .