Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP for Agilex™ 5 devices 2. Getting Started 3. Parameter Settings 4. Functional Description 5. Configuration Register Space 6. Interface Signals 7. Design Considerations 8. Timing Constraints 9. Testbench 10. Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives 11. Document Revision History for the Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs A. Ethernet Frame Format B. Simulation Parameters
1. About Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP for Agilex™ 5 devices x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. Device Family Support 1.3. Features 1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Versus Small MAC 1.5. High-Level Block Diagrams 1.6. Performance and Resource Utilization
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IPs 2.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 2.4. IP Core Generation Output 2.5. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores
2.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IPs x
2.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.4. IP Core Generation Output x
2.4.1. Design Constraint File
3. Parameter Settings x
3.1. Core Configuration 3.2. Ethernet MAC Options 3.3. FIFO Options 3.4. PCS/Transceiver Options 3.5. Analog Parameter Settings
4. Functional Description x
4.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC 4.2. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS With Optional Embedded PMA (GTS)
4.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC x
4.1.1. MAC Architecture 4.1.2. MAC Interfaces 4.1.3. MAC Transmit Datapath 4.1.4. MAC Receive Datapath 4.1.5. MAC Transmit and Receive Latencies 4.1.6. FIFO Buffer Thresholds 4.1.7. Congestion and Flow Control 4.1.8. Magic Packets 4.1.9. MAC Local Loopback 4.1.10. MAC Reset 4.1.11. PHY Management (MDIO) 4.1.12. Connecting MAC to External PHYs
4.1.3. MAC Transmit Datapath x
4.1.3.1. IP Payload Re-alignment 4.1.3.2. Address Insertion 4.1.3.3. Frame Payload Padding 4.1.3.4. CRC-32 Generation 4.1.3.5. Interpacket Gap Insertion 4.1.3.6. Collision Detection in Half-Duplex Mode
4.1.4. MAC Receive Datapath x
4.1.4.1. Preamble Processing 4.1.4.2. Collision Detection in Half-Duplex Mode 4.1.4.3. Address Checking 4.1.4.4. Frame Type Validation 4.1.4.5. Payload Pad Removal 4.1.4.6. CRC Checking 4.1.4.7. Length Checking 4.1.4.8. Frame Writing 4.1.4.9. IP Payload Alignment
4.1.4.3. Address Checking x
4.1.4.3.1. Unicast Address Checking 4.1.4.3.2. Multicast Address Resolution
4.1.6. FIFO Buffer Thresholds x
4.1.6.1. Receive Thresholds 4.1.6.2. Transmit Thresholds 4.1.6.3. Transmit FIFO Buffer Underflow
4.1.7. Congestion and Flow Control x
4.1.7.1. Remote Device Congestion 4.1.7.2. Receive FIFO Buffer and Local Device Congestion
4.1.8. Magic Packets x
4.1.8.1. Sleep Mode 4.1.8.2. Magic Packet Detection
4.1.11. PHY Management (MDIO) x
4.1.11.1. MDIO Connection 4.1.11.2. MDIO Frame Format
4.1.12. Connecting MAC to External PHYs x
4.1.12.1. Gigabit Ethernet 4.1.12.2. Programmable 10/100 Ethernet 4.1.12.3. Programmable 10/100/1000 Ethernet Operation
4.2. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS With Optional Embedded PMA (GTS) x
4.2.1. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Architecture 4.2.2. Transmit Operation 4.2.3. Receive Operation 4.2.4. Transmit and Receive Latencies 4.2.5. GMII Converter 4.2.6. SGMII Converter 4.2.7. Auto-Negotiation 4.2.8. Ten-bit Interface 4.2.9. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Reset
4.2.2. Transmit Operation x
4.2.2.1. Frame Encapsulation 4.2.2.2. 8b/10b Encoding
4.2.3. Receive Operation x
4.2.3.1. Comma Detection 4.2.3.2. 8b/10b Decoding 4.2.3.3. Frame De-encapsulation 4.2.3.4. Synchronization 4.2.3.5. Carrier Sense 4.2.3.6. Collision Detection
4.2.6. SGMII Converter x
4.2.6.1. Transmit 4.2.6.2. Receive
4.2.7. Auto-Negotiation x
4.2.7.1. 1000BASE-X Auto-Negotiation 4.2.7.2. SGMII Auto-Negotiation
5. Configuration Register Space x
5.1. MAC Configuration Register Space 5.2. PCS Configuration Register Space 5.3. Register Initialization
5.1. MAC Configuration Register Space x
5.1.1. Base Configuration Registers (Dword Offset 0x00 – 0x17) 5.1.2. Statistics Counters (Dword Offset 0x18 – 0x38) 5.1.3. Transmit and Receive Command Registers (Dword Offset 0x3A – 0x3B) 5.1.4. Supplementary Address (Dword Offset 0xC0 – 0xC7)
5.1.1. Base Configuration Registers (Dword Offset 0x00 – 0x17) x
5.1.1.1. Command_Config Register (Dword Offset 0x02)
5.2. PCS Configuration Register Space x
5.2.1. Control Register (Word Offset 0x00) 5.2.2. Status Register (Word Offset 0x01) 5.2.3. Dev_Ability and Partner_Ability Registers (Word Offset 0x04 – 0x05) 5.2.4. An_Expansion Register (Word Offset 0x06) 5.2.5. If_Mode Register (Word Offset 0x14)
5.2.3. Dev_Ability and Partner_Ability Registers (Word Offset 0x04 – 0x05) x
5.2.3.1. 1000BASE-X 5.2.3.2. SGMII MAC Mode Auto Negotiation 5.2.3.3. SGMII PHY Mode Auto Negotiation
5.3. Register Initialization x
5.3.1. Triple-Speed Ethernet System with MII/GMII or RGMII 5.3.2. Triple-Speed Ethernet System with SGMII 5.3.3. Triple-Speed Ethernet System with 1000BASE-X Interface
6. Interface Signals x
6.1. Interface Signals 6.2. Timing
6.1. Interface Signals x
6.1.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Signals 6.1.2. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC Signals 6.1.3. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 6.1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with Internal FIFO Buffers, and 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS with Embedded PMA (GTS) Signals 6.1.5. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 6.1.6. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 6.1.7. 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS Signals
6.1.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Signals x
6.1.1.1. Clock and Reset Signals 6.1.1.2. Clock Enabler Signals 6.1.1.3. MAC Control Interface Signals 6.1.1.4. MAC Status Signals 6.1.1.5. MAC Receive Interface Signals 6.1.1.6. MAC Transmit Interface Signals 6.1.1.7. Pause and Magic Packet Signals 6.1.1.8. MII/GMII/RGMII Signals 6.1.1.9. PHY Management Signals
6.1.2. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC Signals x
6.1.2.1. Multiport MAC Clock and Reset Signals 6.1.2.2. Multiport MAC Receive Interface Signals 6.1.2.3. Multiport MAC Transmit Interface Signals 6.1.2.4. Multiport MAC Packet Classification Signals 6.1.2.5. Multiport MAC FIFO Status Signals
6.1.3. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals x
6.1.3.1. TBI Interface Signals 6.1.3.2. Status LED Control Signals 6.1.3.3. SERDES Control Signals
6.1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with Internal FIFO Buffers, and 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS with Embedded PMA (GTS) Signals x
6.1.4.1. GMII Clock Signals 6.1.4.2. GTS Transceiver Direct PHY Signals 6.1.4.3. GTS Reset Sequencer Signals 6.1.4.4. PMA Reconfiguration Interface Signals
6.1.6. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals x
6.1.6.1. PCS Control Interface Signals 6.1.6.2. PCS Reset Signals 6.1.6.3. MII/GMII Clocks and Clock Enablers 6.1.6.4. GMII 6.1.6.5. MII 6.1.6.6. SGMII Status Signals
6.1.7. 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS Signals x
6.1.7.1. Clock Enablers 6.1.7.2. PCS Reset Signals 6.1.7.3. TBI Interface Signals
6.2. Timing x
6.2.1. Avalon Streaming Receive Interface 6.2.2. Avalon Streaming Transmit Interface 6.2.3. GMII Transmit 6.2.4. GMII Receive 6.2.5. RGMII Transmit 6.2.6. RGMII Receive 6.2.7. MII Transmit 6.2.8. MII Receive
7. Design Considerations x
7.1. Exposed Ports in the New User Interface 7.2. Clocking Scheme of MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA (GTS)
8. Timing Constraints x
8.1. Creating Clock Constraints 8.2. Recommended Clock Frequency
9. Testbench x
9.1. Triple-Speed Ethernet Testbench Architecture 9.2. Testbench Components 9.3. Testbench Verification 9.4. Testbench Configuration 9.5. Test Flow 9.6. Simulation Model
9.6. Simulation Model x
9.6.1. Generate the Simulation Model 9.6.2. Simulate the IP 9.6.3. Simulation Model Files
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 Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP for Agilex™ 5 devices
2. Getting Started
3. Parameter Settings
4. Functional Description
5. Configuration Register Space
6. Interface Signals
7. Design Considerations
8. Timing Constraints
9. Testbench
10. Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives
11. Document Revision History for the Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
A. Ethernet Frame Format
B. Simulation Parameters

7.2. Clocking Scheme of MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA (GTS)

The following is the clocking scheme of the design that contains MAC with 2XTBI and Embedded PMA (GTS):
  • 2XTBI PCS runs on 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks while the same 125 MHz clock is used by MAC.
  • The 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks must be synchronous, in which their rising edges must align and must have 0 ppm and phase shift.
  • The GTS Direct PHY is the embedded PMA in this variant. The tx_clkout and rx_clkout on the GTS Direct PHY are used as clock sources for 2XTBI PCS tbi2x_tx_clk and tbi2x_rx_clk.
  • Logic is implemented in the PCS block for clock rate matching by default regardless whether the ENABLE_SGMII option is selected. Therefore, the 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks do not need to be at 0 ppm in comparison with tx_clkout and rx_clkout, which are usually provided by Embedded PMA (GTS).
  • The GTS Direct PHY Transceivers are driven by the 156.25 MHz clock.
  • The reference clock input to the GTS Direct PHY Transceivers, tx_pll_refclk and rx_cdr_refclk, should be driven by the 156.25 MHz external clock.
  • i_pma_cu_clk frequency runs at 250Mhz and it comes from the GTS Reset Sequencer block.
Table 78.  Clock Signals Visible at Top-Level DesignClock signals that are visible at the top-level design for each possible configuration.
Clocks Configurations 12
MAC and 2XTBI PCS with Embedded PMA (GTS)

PMA Clocking Mode
clk Yes
reg_clk No
ff_tx_clk Yes
ff_rx_clk Yes
tx_clk_125 Yes
rx_clk_125 Yes
tx_clk_62_5 Yes
rx_clk_62_5 Yes
tbi2x_tx_clk No
tbi2x_rx_clk No
tx_pll_refclk_p 13 Yes
rx_cdr_refclk_p13 Yes
i_pma_cu_clk Yes
Figure 57. Clock Connectivity for MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA (GTS)
Notes to Clock Connectivity for MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA (GTS):
  1. Altera recommends that the rx_clk_125, tx_clk_125, rx_clk_62_5, and tx_clk_62_5 share the same clock source.
  2. Therefore, Altera recommends you use one IOPLL with two output clocks to get the 125 MHz and 62.5 MHz clocks and connect to both the TX and RX datapaths.
  3. rx_clkout and tx_clkout are output clocks generated by the GTS Direct PHY transceivers and internally connected to tbi2x_rx_clk and tbi2x_tx_clk in the variant MAC with 2XTBI and Embedded PMA (GTS).
  4. The reg_clk clock is internally connected to clk in the variant MAC with 2XTBI and Embedded PMA (GTS).
  5. Altera recommends 156.25 MHz frequency for this clock source when the Agilex™ 5 Reference and System PLL clocks is used to drive the Triple-Speed Ethernet IP only.
12 Yes indicates that the clock is visible at the top-level design.

No indicates that the clock is not visible at the top-level design.

13 Clock signals of GTS Direct PHY Transceivers.
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