Low Latency 50G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Stratix® 10 Devices

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Date 4/09/2024
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About the Low Latency 50G Ethernet IP Core 2. Getting Started 3. Low Latency 50G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Parameters 4. Functional Description 5. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 6. IP Core Register Descriptions 7. Document Revision History for the Low Latency 50G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Stratix® 10 Devices
1. About the Low Latency 50G Ethernet IP Core x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. Supported Features 1.3. Device Family Support 1.4. Device Speed Grade Support 1.5. IP Core Verification 1.6. Performance and Resource Utilization
1.5. IP Core Verification x
1.5.1. Simulation Environment 1.5.2. Compilation Checking 1.5.3. Hardware Testing
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Specifying the Low Latency 50G Ethernet IP Core Parameters and Options 2.3. Simulating the IP Core 2.4. Generated File Structure 2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.6. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.5.1. Pin Assignments 2.5.2. Adding the Transceiver PLL 2.5.3. Placement Settings for the Low Latency 50G Ethernet IP Core
4. Functional Description x
4.1. TX MAC Datapath 4.2. TX PCS 4.3. RX MAC Datapath 4.4. RX PCS 4.5. Link Fault Signaling Interface 4.6. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission 4.7. Auto Negotiation and Link Training 4.8. Flow Control 4.9. Reset
4.1. TX MAC Datapath x
4.1.1. Frame Padding 4.1.2. Preamble Insertion 4.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion
4.3. RX MAC Datapath x
4.3.1. IP Core Preamble Processing 4.3.2. IP Core Strict SFD Checking 4.3.3. IP Core Malformed Packet Handling 4.3.4. Length/Type Field Processing 4.3.5. RX CRC Checking and Dynamic Forwarding
4.3.4. Length/Type Field Processing x
4.3.4.1. Length Checking
4.6. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
4.6.1. Order of Transmission 4.6.2. Bit Order For TX and RX Datapaths
4.8. Flow Control x
4.8.1. TX Pause/PFC Flow Control Transmission 4.8.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames
5. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
5.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 5.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 5.3. Transceivers 5.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 5.5. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Management Interface 5.6. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 5.7. Reset Signals 5.8. Flow Control Interface
5.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals x
5.4.1. Disabling Background Calibration
6. IP Core Register Descriptions x
6.1. PHY Registers 6.2. TX MAC Registers 6.3. RX MAC Registers 6.4. Flow Control Registers 6.5. Statistics Registers 6.6. Auto-Negotiation and Link Training Registers
6.5. Statistics Registers x
6.5.1. TX Statistics Registers 6.5.2. RX Statistics Registers
6.6. Auto-Negotiation and Link Training Registers x
6.6.1. AN/LT Sequencer Config 6.6.2. AN/LT Sequencer Status 6.6.3. Auto Negotiation Config Register 1 6.6.4. Auto Negotiation Config Register 2 6.6.5. Auto Negotiation Status Register 6.6.6. Auto Negotiation Config Register 3 6.6.7. Auto Negotiation Config Register 4 6.6.8. Auto Negotiation Config Register 5 6.6.9. Auto Negotiation Config Register 6 6.6.10. Auto Negotiation Status Register 1 6.6.11. Auto Negotiation Status Register 2 6.6.12. Auto Negotiation Status Register 3 6.6.13. Auto Negotiation Status Register 4 6.6.14. Auto Negotiation Status Register 5 6.6.15. Link Training Config Register 1 6.6.16. Link Training Config Register 2 6.6.17. Link Training Status Register 1 6.6.18. Link Training Config Register for Lane 0 6.6.19. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 0 6.6.20. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 0 6.6.21. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 0 6.6.22. Local Link Training Parameters 6.6.23. Link Training Config Register for Lane 1 6.6.24. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 1 6.6.25. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 1 6.6.26. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 1 6.6.27. Link Training Config Register for Lane 2 6.6.28. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 2 6.6.29. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 2 6.6.30. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 2 6.6.31. Link Training Config Register for Lane 3 6.6.32. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 3 6.6.33. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 3 6.6.34. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 3
1. About the Low Latency 50G Ethernet IP Core
2. Getting Started
3. Low Latency 50G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Parameters
4. Functional Description
5. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
6. IP Core Register Descriptions
7. Document Revision History for the Low Latency 50G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Stratix® 10 Devices

4.1.2. Preamble Insertion

In the TX datapath the MAC prepends an eight-byte preamble to the client frame. If you turn on Enable link fault generation, this MAC module also incorporates the functions of the reconciliation sublayer (RS).

The source of the 7-byte preamble (including a Start byte) and 1-byte SFD depends on whether you turn on Enable preamble passthrough in the parameter editor.

If the preamble pass-through feature is enabled, the client provides the eight-byte preamble (comprising seven bytes of preamble, and final 1-byte SFD) on a dedicated preamble bus, l2_tx_preamble[63:0]. In this case, the client is responsible for providing the correct Start byte (0xFB) and an appropriate SFD byte. If the preamble pass-through feature is disabled, the MAC inserts the standard Ethernet preamble in the transmitted Ethernet frame.

When l2_tx_startofpacket is asserted, l2_tx_preamble[63:0] contains the preamble data and l2_tx_data[127:0] contains the first 16 bytes of frame data, starting from destination address.

Note: A single parameter in the Low Latency 50G Ethernet IP parameter editor turns on both RX and TX preamble passthrough.
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