SMC91C100

SMC91C100 ADVANCE INFORMATION FEAST™ Fast Ethernet Controller FEATURES         Dual Speed CSMA/CD Engine (10 Mbps and 100 Mbps) Compliant with IEEE 802.3 100BASE-T Specification Supports 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4, and 10BASE-T Physical Interfaces 32 Bit Wide Data Path (Into Packet Buffer Memory) Support for 32 and 16 Bit Buses Support for 32, 16 and 8 Bit CPU Accesses Synchronous, Asynchronous and Burst DMA Interface Mode Options 128 Kbyte External Memory        Built-in Transparent Arbitration for Slave Sequential Access Architecture Flat MMU Architecture with Symmetric Transmit and Receive Structures and Queues MII (Media Independent Interface) Compliant MAC-PHY Interface (Compliant with Emerging MII Standard Interface) MII Management Serial Interface Seven Wire Interface to 10 Mbps ENDEC (SMC83C694) EEPROM-Based Setup 208 Pin QFP Package GENERAL DESCRIPTION The SMC91C100 FEAST is a high-speed network controller designed to facilitate the implemetation of Fast Ethernet adapters and connectivity products. It contains a dual speed CSMA/CD engine that implements the MAC portion of the CSMA/CD protocol at 10 and 100 Mbps and couples it with a lean and fast data and control path system architecture to ensure data movement with no bottlenecks at 100 Mbps. Memory management is handled using a unique MMU (Memory Management Unit) architecture and a 32-bit wide data path. This I/O mapped architecture can sustain back-to-back frame transmission and reception for superior data throughput and optimal performance. It also dynamically allocates buffer memory in an efficient buffer utilization scheme, reducing software tasks and relieving the host CPU from performing these housekeeping functions. The total memory size is 128 Kbytes (external), equivalent to a total chip storage (transmit and receive) of 64 outstanding packets. FEAST provides a flexible slave interface for easy connectivity with industry-standard buses. The Bus Interface Unit (BIU) can handle synchronous as well as asynchronous buses, with different signals being used for each one. FEAST's bus interface supports synchronous buses like the VESA local bus, as well as burst mode DMA for EISA environments. Asynchronous bus support for ISA is supported even though ISA cannot sustain 100 Mbps traffic. Fast Ethernet could be adopted for ISA- TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PIN CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DESCRIPTION OF PIN FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DATA STRUCTURES AND REGISTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 BOARD SETUP INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 APPLICATION CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 OPERATIONAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 MAXIMUM GUARANTEED RATINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 DC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 TIMING DIAGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 300 Kennedy Drive Hauppauge, NY 11788 (516) 435-6000 FAX (516) 231-6004 2 based nodes on the basis of the aggregate traffic benefits. FEAST is software-compatible with the existing SMC9000 family of products and can use current SMC9000 drivers in 16- and 32-bit Intel X86-based environments. Two different interfaces are supported on the network side. The first is a conventional seven wire ENDEC interface that connects to the SMC83C694 for 10BASE-T and coax 10 Mbps Ethernet networks. The second interface follows the MII (Media Independent Interface) specification draft standard, consisting of 4 bit wide data transfers at the nibble rate. FEAST also interfaces to the MII serial management protocol. Four I/O ports (one input and three output pins) are provided for SMC83C694 configuration. PIN CONFIGURATION Q' 7$ $ &6 Q&