F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide 2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview 3. Getting Started 4. Functional Description 5. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Parameters 6. Interface Signals 7. Configuration Registers 8. Document Revision History for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview x
2.1. Release Information 2.2. Features 2.3. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Operating Modes 2.4. Device Family Support 2.5. Performance and Resource Utilization
2.5. Performance and Resource Utilization x
2.5.1. Resource Utilization 2.5.2. TX and RX Latency
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.4. Generated File Structure 3.5. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.6. Upgrading the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core 3.7. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Examples
3.6. Upgrading the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core x
3.6.1. Designing Considerations for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP
3.6.1. Designing Considerations for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP x
3.6.1.1. Timing Constraints
3.6.1.1. Timing Constraints x
3.6.1.1.1. Pseudo-Static CSR Fields 3.6.1.1.2. Clock Crosser 3.6.1.1.3. Dual Clock FIFO
3.7. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Examples x
3.7.1. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Example for Intel® Agilex™ Devices
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Architecture 4.2. Interfaces 4.3. Frame Types 4.4. TX Datapath 4.5. RX Datapath 4.6. Flow Control 4.7. Reset Requirements 4.8. Supported PHYs 4.9. XGMII Error Handling (Link Fault)
4.4. TX Datapath x
4.4.1. Padding Bytes Insertion 4.4.2. Address Insertion 4.4.3. CRC-32 Insertion 4.4.4. XGMII Encapsulation 4.4.5. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 4.4.6. XGMII Transmission 4.4.7. TX Promiscuous (Transparent) Mode 4.4.8. TX Timing Diagrams
4.4.4. XGMII Encapsulation x
4.4.4.1. Transmit Path
4.5. RX Datapath x
4.5.1. XGMII Decapsulation 4.5.2. CRC Checking 4.5.3. Address Checking 4.5.4. Frame Type Checking 4.5.5. CRC and Padding Bytes Removal 4.5.6. Frame Length Checking 4.5.7. Overflow Handling 4.5.8. RX Promiscuous (Transparent) Mode 4.5.9. RX Timing Diagrams
4.5.3. Address Checking x
4.5.3.1. Unicast Frame Filtering 4.5.3.2. Multicast Frame Filtering
4.5.4. Frame Type Checking x
4.5.4.1. Malformed RX Packets 4.5.4.2. CRC Error 4.5.4.3. Address Check Error
4.5.6. Frame Length Checking x
4.5.6.1. Frame Length 4.5.6.2. Payload Length
4.6. Flow Control x
4.6.1. IEEE 802.3 Flow Control
4.6.1. IEEE 802.3 Flow Control x
4.6.1.1. Pause Frame Reception 4.6.1.2. Pause Frame Transmission
6. Interface Signals x
6.1. Clock and Reset Signals 6.2. Speed Selection Signal 6.3. Error Correction Signals 6.4. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Programming Signals 6.5. Avalon® Streaming Data Interfaces 6.6. Avalon® Streaming Flow Control Signals 6.7. Avalon® Streaming Status Interface 6.8. PHY-side Interfaces
6.5. Avalon® Streaming Data Interfaces x
6.5.1. Avalon® Streaming TX Data Interface Signals 6.5.2. Avalon® Streaming RX Data Interface Signals 6.5.3. Avalon® Streaming Data Interface Clocks
6.7. Avalon® Streaming Status Interface x
6.7.1. Avalon® Streaming Interface TX Status Signals 6.7.2. Avalon® Streaming Interface RX Status Signals
6.8. PHY-side Interfaces x
6.8.1. XGMII TX Signals 6.8.2. XGMII RX Signals
7. Configuration Registers x
7.1. Register Map 7.2. Register Access Definition 7.3. Primary MAC Address 7.4. TX Configuration and Status Registers 7.5. Flow Control Registers 7.6. RX Configuration and Status Registers 7.7. ECC Registers 7.8. Statistics Registers
1. About the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview
3. Getting Started
4. Functional Description
5. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Parameters
6. Interface Signals
7. Configuration Registers
8. Document Revision History for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

4.2. Interfaces

Table 10.   Interfaces
Interfaces Description
Avalon® streaming interface

The client-side interface of the MAC employs the Avalon® streaming protocol, which is a synchronous point-to-point, unidirectional interface that connects the producer of a data stream (source) to a consumer of the data (sink). The key properties of this interface include:

  • Frame transfers marked by startofpacket and endofpacket signals.
  • Signals from source to sink are qualified by the valid signal.
  • Errors marking a current packet are aligned with the end-of-packet cycle.
  • Use of the ready signal by the sink to backpressure the source.

In the MAC IP core, the Avalon® streaming interface acts as a sink in the TX datapath and source in the RX datapath. This interface supports packets, backpressure, and error detection. It operates at either 312.5 MHz or 156.25 MHz depending on the operating mode. The ready latency on this interface is 0.

Avalon® memory-mapped Control and Status Register Interface The Avalon® memory-mapped control and status register interface is an Avalon® memory-mapped slave port. This interface uses word addressing which provides access to the configuration and status registers, and statistics counters.
XGMII For 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G (USXGMII) speed mode, the network-side interface of the MAC IP core implements the XGMII protocol. The XGMII consists of 32-bit data bus and 4-bit control bus operating at 312.5 MHz with TX/RX XGMII valid signal to reflect the data rate accordingly for the multiple Ethernet speed lower than 10G. The data bus carries the MAC frame with the most significant byte occupying the least significant lane.
Figure 8. Interface SignalsThe inclusion and width of some signals depend on the operating mode and features selected.
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