F-Tile Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the F-Tile Triple Speed Ethernet Intel FPGA IP User Guide 2. About This IP 3. Getting Started 4. Parameter Settings 5. Functional Description 6. Configuration Register Space 7. Interface Signals 8. Design Considerations 9. Timing Constraints 10. Software Programming Interface 11. Document Revision History for the F-tile Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide A. Ethernet Frame Format B. Simulation Parameters
2. About This IP x
2.1. Release Information 2.2. Device Family Support 2.3. Features 2.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Versus Small MAC 2.5. High-Level Block Diagrams 2.6. Example Applications 2.7. IP Verification 2.8. Performance and Resource Utilization
2.7. IP Verification x
2.7.1. Optical Platform 2.7.2. Copper Platform
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IPs 3.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 3.4. IP Core Generation Output 3.5. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores
3.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IPs x
3.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
3.4. IP Core Generation Output x
3.4.1. Design Constraint File
4. Parameter Settings x
4.1. Core Configuration 4.2. Ethernet MAC Options 4.3. FIFO Options 4.4. PCS/Transceiver Options
5. Functional Description x
5.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC 5.2. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS With Optional Embedded PMA
5.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC x
5.1.1. MAC Architecture 5.1.2. MAC Interfaces 5.1.3. MAC Transmit Datapath 5.1.4. MAC Receive Datapath 5.1.5. MAC Transmit and Receive Latencies 5.1.6. FIFO Buffer Thresholds 5.1.7. Congestion and Flow Control 5.1.8. Magic Packets 5.1.9. MAC Local Loopback 5.1.10. MAC Reset 5.1.11. PHY Management (MDIO) 5.1.12. Connecting MAC to External PHYs
5.1.3. MAC Transmit Datapath x
5.1.3.1. IP Payload Re-alignment 5.1.3.2. Address Insertion 5.1.3.3. Frame Payload Padding 5.1.3.4. CRC-32 Generation 5.1.3.5. Interpacket Gap Insertion 5.1.3.6. Collision Detection in Half-Duplex Mode
5.1.4. MAC Receive Datapath x
5.1.4.1. Preamble Processing 5.1.4.2. Collision Detection in Half-Duplex Mode 5.1.4.3. Address Checking 5.1.4.4. Frame Type Validation 5.1.4.5. Payload Pad Removal 5.1.4.6. CRC Checking 5.1.4.7. Length Checking 5.1.4.8. Frame Writing 5.1.4.9. IP Payload Alignment
5.1.4.3. Address Checking x
5.1.4.3.1. Unicast Address Checking 5.1.4.3.2. Multicast Address Resolution
5.1.6. FIFO Buffer Thresholds x
5.1.6.1. Receive Thresholds 5.1.6.2. Transmit Thresholds 5.1.6.3. Transmit FIFO Buffer Underflow
5.1.7. Congestion and Flow Control x
5.1.7.1. Remote Device Congestion 5.1.7.2. Receive FIFO Buffer and Local Device Congestion
5.1.8. Magic Packets x
5.1.8.1. Sleep Mode 5.1.8.2. Magic Packet Detection
5.1.11. PHY Management (MDIO) x
5.1.11.1. MDIO Connection 5.1.11.2. MDIO Frame Format
5.1.12. Connecting MAC to External PHYs x
5.1.12.1. Gigabit Ethernet 5.1.12.2. Programmable 10/100 Ethernet 5.1.12.3. Programmable 10/100/1000 Ethernet Operation
5.2. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS With Optional Embedded PMA x
5.2.1. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Architecture 5.2.2. Transmit Operation 5.2.3. Receive Operation 5.2.4. Transmit and Receive Latencies 5.2.5. GMII Converter 5.2.6. SGMII Converter 5.2.7. Auto-Negotiation 5.2.8. Ten-bit Interface 5.2.9. PHY Power-Down 5.2.10. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Reset
5.2.2. Transmit Operation x
5.2.2.1. Frame Encapsulation 5.2.2.2. 8b/10b Encoding
5.2.3. Receive Operation x
5.2.3.1. Comma Detection 5.2.3.2. 8b/10b Decoding 5.2.3.3. Frame De-encapsulation 5.2.3.4. Synchronization 5.2.3.5. Carrier Sense 5.2.3.6. Collision Detection
5.2.6. SGMII Converter x
5.2.6.1. Transmit 5.2.6.2. Receive
5.2.7. Auto-Negotiation x
5.2.7.1. 1000BASE-X Auto-Negotiation 5.2.7.2. SGMII Auto-Negotiation
5.2.9. PHY Power-Down x
5.2.9.1. Power-Down in PCS Variations with Embedded PMA
6. Configuration Register Space x
6.1. MAC Configuration Register Space 6.2. PCS Configuration Register Space 6.3. Register Initialization
6.1. MAC Configuration Register Space x
6.1.1. Base Configuration Registers (Dword Offset 0x00 – 0x17) 6.1.2. Statistics Counters (Dword Offset 0x18 – 0x38) 6.1.3. Transmit and Receive Command Registers (Dword Offset 0x3A – 0x3B) 6.1.4. Supplementary Address (Dword Offset 0xC0 – 0xC7)
6.1.1. Base Configuration Registers (Dword Offset 0x00 – 0x17) x
6.1.1.1. Command_Config Register (Dword Offset 0x02)
6.2. PCS Configuration Register Space x
6.2.1. Control Register (Word Offset 0x00) 6.2.2. Status Register (Word Offset 0x01) 6.2.3. Dev_Ability and Partner_Ability Registers (Word Offset 0x04 – 0x05) 6.2.4. An_Expansion Register (Word Offset 0x06) 6.2.5. If_Mode Register (Word Offset 0x14)
6.2.3. Dev_Ability and Partner_Ability Registers (Word Offset 0x04 – 0x05) x
6.2.3.1. 1000BASE-X 6.2.3.2. SGMII MAC Mode Auto Negotiation 6.2.3.3. SGMII PHY Mode Auto Negotiation
6.3. Register Initialization x
6.3.1. F-tile Triple-Speed Ethernet System with MII/GMII 6.3.2. F-tile Triple-Speed Ethernet System with SGMII 6.3.3. F-tile Triple-Speed Ethernet System with 1000BASE-X Interface
7. Interface Signals x
7.1. Interface Signals 7.2. Timing
7.1. Interface Signals x
7.1.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Signals 7.1.2. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC Signals 7.1.3. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 7.1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA Signals (F-Tile) 7.1.5. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Without Internal FIFO Buffers with 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS Signals 7.1.6. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 7.1.7. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS and Embedded PMA Signals 7.1.8. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS and Embedded PMA Signals 7.1.9. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 7.1.10. 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS Signals 7.1.11. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS and PMA Signals
7.1.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Signals x
7.1.1.1. Clock and Reset Signals 7.1.1.2. Clock Enabler Signals 7.1.1.3. MAC Control Interface Signals 7.1.1.4. MAC Status Signals 7.1.1.5. MAC Receive Interface Signals 7.1.1.6. MAC Transmit Interface Signals 7.1.1.7. Pause and Magic Packet Signals 7.1.1.8. MII/GMII/RGMII Signals 7.1.1.9. PHY Management Signals 7.1.1.10. ECC Status Signals
7.1.2. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC Signals x
7.1.2.1. Multiport MAC Clock and Reset Signals 7.1.2.2. Multiport MAC Receive Interface Signals 7.1.2.3. Multiport MAC Transmit Interface Signals 7.1.2.4. Multiport MAC Packet Classification Signals 7.1.2.5. Multiport MAC FIFO Status Signals
7.1.3. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals x
7.1.3.1. TBI Interface Signals 7.1.3.2. Status LED Control Signals 7.1.3.3. SERDES Control Signals 7.1.3.4. ECC Status Signals
7.1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA Signals (F-Tile) x
7.1.4.1. GMII Clock Signals 7.1.4.2. F-Tile Transceiver Direct PHY Signals
7.1.7. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS and Embedded PMA Signals x
7.1.7.1. 1.25 Gbps Serial Interface 7.1.7.2. Transceiver Native PHY Signal 7.1.7.3. Intel LVDS Transmitter and Receiver Soft-CDR I/O Signals
7.1.9. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals x
7.1.9.1. PCS Control Interface Signals 7.1.9.2. PCS Reset Signals 7.1.9.3. MII/GMII Clocks and Clock Enablers 7.1.9.4. GMII 7.1.9.5. MII 7.1.9.6. SGMII Status Signals
7.1.10. 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS Signals x
7.1.10.1. Clock Enablers 7.1.10.2. PCS Reset Signals 7.1.10.3. TBI Interface Signals
7.2. Timing x
7.2.1. Avalon Streaming Receive Interface 7.2.2. Avalon Streaming Transmit Interface 7.2.3. GMII Transmit 7.2.4. GMII Receive 7.2.5. RGMII Transmit 7.2.6. RGMII Receive 7.2.7. MII Transmit 7.2.8. MII Receive
8. Design Considerations x
8.1. Optimizing Clock Resources in Multiport MAC with PCS and Embedded PMA 8.2. Sharing PLLs in Devices with LVDS Soft-CDR I/O 8.3. Exposed Ports in the New User Interface 8.4. Clocking Scheme of MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA
8.1. Optimizing Clock Resources in Multiport MAC with PCS and Embedded PMA x
8.1.1. MAC and PCS With LVDS Soft-CDR I/O
9. Timing Constraints x
9.1. Creating Clock Constraints 9.2. Recommended Clock Frequency
10. Software Programming Interface x
10.1. Driver Architecture 10.2. Directory Structure 10.3. PHY Definition 10.4. Using Multiple SG-DMA Descriptors 10.5. Using Jumbo Frames 10.6. API Functions 10.7. Constants
10.6. API Functions x
10.6.1. alt_tse_mac_get_common_speed() 10.6.2. alt_tse_mac_set_common_speed() 10.6.3. alt_tse_phy_add_profile() 10.6.4. alt_tse_system_add_sys() 10.6.5. triple_speed_ethernet_init() 10.6.6. tse_mac_close() 10.6.7. tse_mac_raw_send() 10.6.8. tse_mac_setGMII mode() 10.6.9. tse_mac_setMIImode() 10.6.10. tse_mac_SwReset()
A. Ethernet Frame Format x
A.1. Basic Frame Format A.2. VLAN and Stacked VLAN Frame Format A.3. Pause Frame Format
A.3. Pause Frame Format x
A.3.1. Pause Frame Generation
B. Simulation Parameters x
B.1. Functionality Configuration Parameters B.2. Test Configuration Parameters
1. About the F-Tile Triple Speed Ethernet Intel FPGA IP User Guide
2. About This IP
3. Getting Started
4. Parameter Settings
5. Functional Description
6. Configuration Register Space
7. Interface Signals
8. Design Considerations
9. Timing Constraints
10. Software Programming Interface
11. Document Revision History for the F-tile Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
A. Ethernet Frame Format
B. Simulation Parameters

5.1.3. MAC Transmit Datapath

On the transmit path, the MAC function accepts frames from a user application and constructs Ethernet frames before forwarding them to the PHY. Depending on the MAC configuration, the MAC function realigns the payload, modifies the source address, calculates and appends the 32-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC-32) field, and inserts interpacket gap (IPG) bytes. In half-duplex mode, the MAC function also detects collision and attempts to retransmit frames when a collision occurs. The following conditions trigger transmission:
  • In MAC variations with internal FIFO buffers:
    • Cut-through mode—transmission starts when the level of the FIFO level hits the transmit section-full threshold.
    • Store and forward mode—transmission starts when a full packet is received.
      Note: To use the internal FIFO buffer in the store and forward mode, ensure that the internal FIFO buffer size is larger than the transmitted packet size. If the transmitted packet size is larger than the internal FIFO buffer size, the Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP locks up with no packet transmission. The lock-up of the IP can only be cleared through a hard reset to the IP.
  • In MAC variations without internal FIFO buffers, transmission starts as soon as data is available on the Avalon® streaming transmit interface.

Section Content
IP Payload Re-alignment
Address Insertion
Frame Payload Padding
CRC-32 Generation
Interpacket Gap Insertion
Collision Detection in Half-Duplex Mode

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