Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Functional Description 4. Parameter Settings for the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core 5. Interface Signals 6. Configuration Registers 7. Document Revision History for the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
1. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview x
1.1. Features 1.2. Release Information 1.3. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Operating Modes 1.4. Device Family Support 1.5. Performance and Resource Utilization
1.5. Performance and Resource Utilization x
1.5.1. Resource Utilization 1.5.2. TX and RX Latency
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.4. Generated File Structure 2.5. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.6. Upgrading the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core 2.7. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Examples
2.6. Upgrading the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core x
2.6.1. Design Considerations
2.6.1. Design Considerations x
2.6.1.1. Timing Constraints
2.6.1.1. Timing Constraints x
2.6.1.1.1. Pseudo-Static CSR Fields 2.6.1.1.2. Clock Crosser 2.6.1.1.3. Dual Clock FIFO
2.7. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Examples x
2.7.1. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Example for Agilex™ 5 Devices
3. Functional Description x
3.1. Architecture 3.2. Interfaces 3.3. Frame Types 3.4. TX Datapath 3.5. RX Datapath 3.6. Flow Control 3.7. Reset Requirements 3.8. XGMII Error Handling (Link Fault) 3.9. IEEE 1588v2
3.4. TX Datapath x
3.4.1. Padding Bytes Insertion 3.4.2. Address Insertion 3.4.3. CRC-32 Insertion 3.4.4. XGMII Encapsulation 3.4.5. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 3.4.6. XGMII Transmission 3.4.7. TX Promiscuous (Transparent) Mode 3.4.8. TX Timing Diagrams
3.5. RX Datapath x
3.5.1. XGMII Decapsulation 3.5.2. CRC Checking 3.5.3. Address Checking 3.5.4. Frame Type Checking 3.5.5. Length Checking 3.5.6. CRC and Padding Bytes Removal 3.5.7. Overflow Handling 3.5.8. RX Promiscuous (Transparent) Mode 3.5.9. RX Timing Diagrams
3.5.5. Length Checking x
3.5.5.1. Frame Length 3.5.5.2. Payload Length
3.6. Flow Control x
3.6.1. IEEE 802.3 Flow Control 3.6.2. Priority-Based Flow Control
3.6.1. IEEE 802.3 Flow Control x
3.6.1.1. Pause Frame Reception 3.6.1.2. Pause Frame Transmission
3.6.2. Priority-Based Flow Control x
3.6.2.1. PFC Frame Reception 3.6.2.2. PFC Frame Transmission
3.9. IEEE 1588v2 x
3.9.1. Architecture 3.9.2. TX Datapath 3.9.3. RX Datapath 3.9.4. Frame Format
3.9.4. Frame Format x
3.9.4.1. PTP Packet in IEEE 802.3 3.9.4.2. PTP Packet over UDP/IPv4 3.9.4.3. PTP Packet over UDP/IPv6
5. Interface Signals x
5.1. Clock and Reset Signals 5.2. Speed Selection Signal 5.3. Error Correction Signals 5.4. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Programming Signals 5.5. Avalon® Streaming Data Interfaces 5.6. Avalon® Streaming Flow Control Signals 5.7. Avalon® Streaming Status Interface 5.8. PHY-side Interfaces 5.9. IEEE 1588v2 Interfaces
5.5. Avalon® Streaming Data Interfaces x
5.5.1. Avalon® Streaming TX Data Interface Signals 5.5.2. Avalon® Streaming RX Data Interface Signals 5.5.3. Avalon® Streaming Data Interface Clocks
5.7. Avalon® Streaming Status Interface x
5.7.1. Avalon® Streaming Interface TX Status Signals 5.7.2. Avalon® Streaming Interface RX Status Signals
5.8. PHY-side Interfaces x
5.8.1. XGMII TX Signals 5.8.2. XGMII RX Signals 5.8.3. GMII TX Signals 5.8.4. GMII RX Signals 5.8.5. Clock Enable Signals
5.9. IEEE 1588v2 Interfaces x
5.9.1. IEEE 1588v2 Egress TX Signals 5.9.2. IEEE 1588v2 Ingress RX Signals 5.9.3. IEEE 1588v2 Interface Clocks
6. Configuration Registers x
6.1. Register Map 6.2. Register Access Definition 6.3. Primary MAC Address 6.4. MAC Reset Control Register 6.5. TX Configuration and Status Registers 6.6. Flow Control Registers 6.7. RX Configuration and Status Registers 6.8. ECC Registers 6.9. Statistics Registers 6.10. Timestamp Registers
6.10. Timestamp Registers x
6.10.1. Calculating PHY Total Latency 6.10.2. Calculating Deterministic Latency 6.10.3. PTP Register Configuration
1. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Functional Description
4. Parameter Settings for the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core
5. Interface Signals
6. Configuration Registers
7. Document Revision History for the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

3.4.4. XGMII Encapsulation

By default, the MAC TX inserts 7-byte preamble, 1-byte SFD and 1-byte EFD (0xFD) into frames received from the client.

The MAC TX also supports custom preamble in 10G operations. To use custom preamble, set the tx_preamble_control register to 1. Behavior of the MAC TX in custom preamble mode:

  • The MAC TX accepts the first eight bytes in the frame from the client as custom preamble.
  • The MAC TX inserts 1-byte EFD (0xFD) into the frame.
  • The MAC TX replaces the first byte of the preamble with 1-byte START (0xFB).
  • The MAC TX converts the eighth byte of the preamble to a 1-byte SFD (0xD5).

An underflow could occur on the Avalon® streaming TX interface. An underflow occurs when the avalon_st_tx_valid signal is deasserted in the middle of frame transmission. When this happens, the 10GbE MAC TX inserts an error character |E| into the frame and forwards the frame to the XGMII.

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