GTS Ethernet Intel® FPGA Hard IP User Guide

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Date 10/12/2024
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Document Table of Contents

A.2.1.1. Insert TX Preamble, Start, and SFD

I the TX Datapath the MAC appeds a eight-byte peamble that begis with a Stat byte (0xFB) to the cliet fame. If you tu o Lik fault geeatio optio, this MAC module also icopoates the fuctios of the ecociliatio sublaye.

The souce of the peamble depeds o whethe you eable the peamble passthough featue by tuig o Eable peamble passthough i the GTS Etheet Itel® FPGA Had IP paamete edito.

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