Tri-Speed Ethernet MAC IP User Guide
April 2015
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 5
Quick Facts ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
Features ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Chapter 2. Functional Description ........................................................................................................ 7
Configuration Options ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Classic TSMAC Option ................................................................................................................................ 7
1G or SGMII Configurable Options .............................................................................................................. 8
Functional Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 9
System Block Diagrams ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Core Signal Descriptions..................................................................................................................................... 14
Host Interface............................................................................................................................................. 19
Receive MAC (Rx MAC) ............................................................................................................................ 19
Transmit MAC (Tx MAC)............................................................................................................................ 22
Internal Data Buffer and FIFO Interfaces ................................................................................................... 24
(Optional) Media Independent Interface Management Module (MIIM) ...................................................... 24
Internal Registers ................................................................................................................................................ 25
Register Descriptions .......................................................................................................................................... 26
MODE (R/W) .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Transmit and Receive Control (R/W) ......................................................................................................... 27
Maximum Packet Size (R/W) ..................................................................................................................... 27
IPG (Inter-Packet Gap) (R/W) .................................................................................................................... 27
MAC Address Register {0,1,2} (R/W), Set of Three ................................................................................... 28
Transmit and Receive Status (RO) ............................................................................................................ 28
VLAN Tag (RO).......................................................................................................................................... 28
GMII Management Register Access Control (R/W) ................................................................................... 29
GMII Management Access Data (R/W)...................................................................................................... 29
Multicast Tables (R/W), Set of Eight .......................................................................................................... 29
Pause Opcode (R/W) ................................................................................................................................. 30
Timing Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 30
Reception of a 64-Byte Frame Without Error -Rx MAC Application Interface............................................ 30
Reception of a 64-byte Frame with Error(s) - Rx MAC Application Interface............................................. 31
Reception of a 64-Byte Frame with FIFO Overflow - Rx MAC Application Interface ................................. 31
Successful Transmission of a 64-Byte Frame -Tx MAC Application Interface........................................... 32
Successful Transmission of a 64-byte Frame with FIFO Empty - Tx MAC Application Interface .............. 33
Aborted Transmission Due to FIFO Empty - Tx MAC Application Interface .............................................. 34
Reception and Transmission of 64-byte Frames With SGMII Easy Connect Option ................................. 34
Host Interface Read/Write Operation .................................................................................................................. 35
Management Interface Read/Write Operation .................................................................................................... 36
GMII Transmit and Receive Operations (1G mode and Gigabit MAC Option)........................................... 36
MII Transmit and Receive Operations (10/100 Mode) ............................................................................... 37
Chapter 3. Parameter Settings ............................................................................................................ 38
TSMAC Configuration Dialog Box....................................................................................................................... 38
Parameter Descriptions....................................................................................................................................... 38
MIIM_MODULE.......................................................................................................................................... 38
Operation Mode ......................................................................................................................................... 38
Chapter 4. IP Core Generation and Evaluation .................................................................................. 39
IP Core Generation in IPexpress ........................................................................................................................ 39
Licensing the IP Core................................................................................................................................. 39
Getting Started ........................................................................................................................................... 39
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IPexpress-Created Files and Top Level Directory Structure...................................................................... 41
Instantiating the Core ................................................................................................................................. 42
IP Core Generation in Clarity Designer............................................................................................................... 43
Getting Started ........................................................................................................................................... 43
Clarity Designer Created Files and Top Level Directory Structure ............................................................ 45
Simulation Evaluation................................................................................................................................. 47
IP Core Implementation ............................................................................................................................. 47
Regenerating/Recreating the IP Core ........................................................................................................ 48
Regenerating an IP Core in Clarity Designer Tool ..................................................................................... 48
Recreating an IP Core in Clarity Designer Tool ......................................................................................... 48
Running Functional Simulation ........................................................................................................................... 49
Synthesizing and Implementing the Core in a Top-Level Design ....................................................................... 50
Using Project Files With Synplify in Diamond ............................................................................................ 50
Hardware Evaluation........................................................................................................................................... 51
Enabling Hardware Evaluation in Diamond:............................................................................................... 51
Updating/Regenerating the IP Core .................................................................................................................... 51
Regenerating an IP Core in Diamond ........................................................................................................ 51
Chapter 5. Application Support........................................................................................................... 52
Test Application Design ...................................................................................................................................... 52
The Test Logic Module............................................................................................................................... 53
The ORCAstra to Host Bus/USI module .................................................................................................... 53
The Register Interface Module................................................................................................................... 53
TSMAC Support Logic ............................................................................................................................... 53
Simulation of the Test Application.............................................................................................................. 53
Test Application Registers ......................................................................................................................... 55
Register Descriptions .......................................................................................................................................... 56
Version/Identification (RO) ......................................................................................................................... 56
Test Control Register (R/W)....................................................................................................................... 56
Test Control Register 2 (R/W).................................................................................................................... 56
MAC Control Register (R/W)...................................................................................................................... 57
Pause Timer Register - Low Byte (R/W) .................................................................................................... 57
Pause Timer Register - High Byte (R/W) ................................................................................................... 57
FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - Low (R/W)..................................................................................... 58
FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - High (R/W).................................................................................... 58
FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Register - Low (R/W) ................................................................................ 58
FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - High (R/W).................................................................................... 58
RX Status Register (RO/COR)................................................................................................................... 58
TXSTATUS (RO/COR)............................................................................................................................... 59
Code Listing for Multicast Bit Selection Hash Algorithm in C Language............................................................. 61
Chapter 6. Core Validation................................................................................................................... 63
Chapter 7. Support Resources ............................................................................................................ 64
Lattice Technical Support.................................................................................................................................... 64
IEEE ........................................................................................................................................................... 64
References.......................................................................................................................................................... 64
LatticeECP3 ............................................................................................................................................... 64
ECP5.......................................................................................................................................................... 64
DS1044, ECP5 Family Data Sheet ............................................................................................................ 64
Revision History .................................................................................................................................................. 65
Appendix H. Resource Utilization ....................................................................................................... 67
LatticeECP3 FPGAs............................................................................................................................................ 67
Ordering Part Number................................................................................................................................ 67
ECP5 (LFE5U) FPGAs........................................................................................................................................ 67
Ordering Part Number................................................................................................................................ 67
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ECP5 (LFE5UM) FPGAs..................................................................................................................................... 68
Ordering Part Number................................................................................................................................ 68
LatticeXP2 FPGAs .............................................................................................................................................. 68
Ordering Part Number................................................................................................................................ 68
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Chapter 1:
Introduction
This document provides technical information about the Lattice 10/100/1G Tri-Speed Ethernet Media Access Controller (TSMAC) IP core.
The TSMAC IP core supports the ability to transmit and receive data between a host processor and an Ethernet
network. The main function of the Ethernet MAC is to ensure that the Media Access rules specified in the 802.3
IEEE standard are met while transmitting a frame of data over Ethernet. On the receiving side, the Ethernet MAC
extracts the different components of a frame and transfers them to higher applications through the FIFO interface.
The TSMAC IP core comes with the following documentation and files:
• Protected netlist/database
• Behavioral RTL simulation model
• Source files for instantiating and evaluating the core
Quick Facts
Table 1-1 gives quick facts about the TSMAC IP core.
Table 1-1. TSMAC IP Core Quick Facts
TSMAC IP Configuration
Across All IP Configurations (Classic, Gigabit, SGMII, MIIM)
Core
Requirements
FPGA Families
Supported
Minimal Device
Needed
ECP5, LatticeECP3, LatticeXP2
LFE5UM-25F-6MG285C
LFE5U-25F-6MG285C
Data Path Width
Resource
Utilization
1400-1900
sysMEM EBRs
1-2
Lattice Diamond® 3.2
Synopsys® Synplify® Pro for Lattice I-2013.09L-SP1-1
Mentor Graphics® Precision® RTL
Aldec® Active-HDLTM 9.3 Lattice Edition
Simulation
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1100-1400
Lattice
Implementation
Synthesis
LFXP2-5E-5F132C
8
LUTs
Registers
Design Tool
Support
LFE3-17E-6FN256C
Mentor Graphics® ModelSim® SE (Verilog only)
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Features
• Compliant to IEEE 802.3-2005 standard
• Generic 8-bit host interface
• 8-bit wide internal data path
• Generic transmit and receive FIFO interface
• Full-duplex operation in 1G mode
• Full- and half-duplex operation in 10/100 mode
• Transmit and receive statistics vector
• Programmable Inter-Packet Gap (IPG)
• Multicast address filtering
• Selectable MAC operating options
– Classic TSMAC with G/MII
– Gigabit MAC with GMII
– SGMII Easy Connect MAC with GMII, configurable option available on ECP5 and LatticeECP3 devices
• Supports
– Full-duplex control using PAUSE frames
– VLAN tagged frames
– Automatic re-transmission on collision
– Automatic padding of short frames
– Multicast and Broadcast frames
– Optional FCS transmission and reception
– Optional MII management interface module
– Jumbo frames of any length
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Chapter 2:
Functional Description
The TSMAC IP core is a fully synchronous machine composed of Transmit and Receive MAC sections that operate
independently to support full duplex operation.
The block diagram of the TSMAC IP core is shown in Figure 2-1. The major functional modules are:
• Host Interface
• Receive MAC
• Transmit MAC
• Internal Buffers and FIFO Interfaces
• G/MII
• Management interface module (optional)
In the 1G mode, the 125 MHz system clock is supplied to the Transmit MAC. The system clock is used to clock the
GMII interface for data transmission. When receiving data, an external PHY device provides the 125 MHz clock to
the GMII receive section. The 125 MHz clock is used to clock the Receive MAC.
In the 10/100 mode, an external PHY device supplies the clock to the Transmit MAC and the Receive MAC.
Configuration Options
The TSMAC IP core supports three basic configuration options:
• Classic TSMAC with G/MII
• Gigabit MAC with GMII
• SGMII Easy Connect MAC with GMII.
Classic TSMAC Option
When the Classic TSMAC option is selected, the TSMAC IP core can be configured to operate in either the 1G
mode (1000Mbps data rate) or the Fast Ethernet mode (10/100 Mbps data rate). A block diagram of the Classic
TSMAC IP core option is shown in Figure 2-1. Operation in either 1G mode or Fast Ethernet mode is selected by
setting an internal register bit.
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Figure 2-1. Core Block Diagram for the Classic TSMAC IP Core Option
rxmac_clk
txmac_clk
cpu_if_gbit_en
reset_n
tx_fifodata
tx_fifoavail
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifoempty
tx_sndpaustim
tx_sndpausreq
tx_fifoctrl
tx_staten
tx_macread
tx_statvec
tx_done
tx_disfrm
rx_fifo_full
rx_write
rx_dbout
G/MII
txd_pos
txd_neg
txen
txer
rxdv_pos
rxdv_neg
rxd_pos
rxd_neg
rxer_pos
rxer_neg
col
crs
Receive and
Transmit MAC
Host
Interface
rx_stat_vector
rx_stat_en
ignore_next_pkt
rx_eof
rx_error
rx_fifo_error
Management
Interface
hcs_n
haddr
hdatain
hdataout
hwrite_n
hread_n
hready_n
hdataout_en_n
hclk
mdc
mdo
mdio_en
mdi
1G or SGMII Configurable Options
For the SGMII Easy Connect configuration option, the TSMAC operates at the Gigabit data rate and uses clock
enables provided by the SGMII PCS IP core to work at the three different speeds. For the Gigabit MAC configuration option, the TSMAC always operates at the Gigabit data rate and is effectively configured as a full-duplex Gigabit MAC only. A block diagram of the Gigabit MAC configuration or SGMII Easy Connect configuration is shown in
Figure 2-2.
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Figure 2-2. Core Block Diagram for the 1G or SGMII Configurable Options
rxmac_clk
txmac_clk
txd
txen
txer
cpu_if_gbit_en
reset_n
tx_fifodata
tx_fifoavail
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifoempty
tx_sndpaustim
tx_sndpausreq
tx_fifoctrl
tx_staten
tx_macread
tx_statvec
tx_done
tx_disfrm
rx_fifo_full
rx_write
rx_dbout
G/MII
rxdv
rxd
rxer
col**
crs**
Receive and
Transmit MAC
Host
Interface
rx_stat_vector
rx_stat_en
ignore_next_pkt
rx_eof
rx_error
rx_fifo_error
Management
Interface
rxmac_clk_en*
txmac_clk_en*
hcs_n
haddr
hdatain
hdataout
hwrite_n
hread_n
hready_n
hdataout_en_n
hclk
mdc
mdo
mdio_en
mdi
* These inputs are only present for the SGMII Easy Connect option.
** These inputs are not present for the Gigabit MAC option.
Functional Overview
The TSMAC IP core transmits and receives data between a client application and an Ethernet network. The main
function of the Ethernet MAC is to ensure that the Media Access rules specified in the 802.3 IEEE standard are met
while transmitting and receiving Ethernet frames. Figure 2-3, Figure 2-4, and Figure 2-5 show some of the frame
formats of data transmitted and received on the Ethernet network that the TSMAC IP core supports.
On the receiving side, the Ethernet MAC extracts the different components of a frame and transfers them to higher
applications through the client FIFO interface.
The data received from the G/MII interface is first buffered until sufficient data is available to be processed by the
Receive MAC (Rx MAC). The Preamble and the Start-of-Frame Delimiter (SFD) information are then extracted
from the incoming frame to determine the start of a valid frame. The Receive MAC checks the address of the
received packet and validates whether the frame can be received before transferring it into the FIFO. Only valid
frames are transferred into the FIFO (runts and fragments are discarded). The Rx MAC also provides a statistics
vector on a per packet basis that can be used by the application. The TSMAC IP core always calculates CRC to
check whether the frame was received error-free.
On the transmit side, the Tx MAC is responsible for controlling access to the physical medium. The Tx MAC reads
data from an external client Tx FIFO, formats this data into an Ethernet packet and passes it to the G/MII module.
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The Tx MAC reads data from the Tx Client FIFO when the client indicates a packet is available, and the Tx MAC is
in its appropriate state. The Tx MAC pre-fixes the Preamble and the Start-of-Frame Delimiter information to the
data and appends the Frame Check Sequence at the end of the data. In half-duplex operation, the Tx MAC stores
the first 64 bytes of data from the external FIFO in an internal buffer, to be used in re-transmitting data on collisions.
The SGMII Easy Connect configuration option adds pins and logic for seamless connection to the Lattice Gigabit
Ethernet PCS IP core.
Figure 2-3. Un-Tagged Ethernet Frame Format
PREAMBLE
SFD
DESTINATION
ADDRESS
SOURCE
ADDRESS
LENGTH/
TYPE
DATA/PAD
FRAME CHECK
SEQUENCE
7 bytes
1 byte
6 bytes
6 bytes
2 bytes
46-1500 bytes
4 bytes
Figure 2-4. VLAN-Tagged Ethernet Frame Format
PREAMBLE
SFD
DESTINATION
ADDRESS
SOURCE
ADDRESS
VLAN TAG
HEADER
LENGTH/
TYPE
DATA/PAD
FRAME CHECK
SEQUENCE
7 bytes
1 byte
6 bytes
6 bytes
4 bytes
2 bytes
46-1500 bytes
4 bytes
SOURCE
ADDRESS
LENGTH/TYPE
88-08
6 bytes
2 bytes
MAC CTL
OP_CODE
00-01
2 bytes
Figure 2-5. Ethernet Control Pause Frame Format
PREAMBLE
SFD
7 bytes
1 byte
DESTINATION
ADDRESS
01-80-C2-00-00-01
6 bytes
OP_CODE FRAME CHECK
PARAMS/RSV SEQUENCE
60 bytes
4 bytes
A Tagged frame includes a 4-byte VLAN Tag field, which is located between the Source Address field and the
Length/Type field. The VLAN Tag field includes the VLAN Identifier and other control information needed when
operating with Virtual Bridged LANs as described in IEEE P802.1Q.
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System Block Diagrams
Figure 2-6 shows an FPGA system-level block diagram of how the MAC core is instantiated and used when configured to support the Classic MAC mode of operation. Note that the MAC core needs a certain amount of support
logic like PLLs, I/O buffers, and I/O flip flops to meet the IEEE 802.3 I/O specifications (see Application Support for
more details).
Figure 2-6. System Block Diagram for the Classic TSMAC IP Core Option
G/MII
tx_clk_c
gtx_clk_c
cpu_if_gbit_en
125MHz
rx_clk_c
SYS_CLK
PLL
÷2
÷2
FB
PLL
FB
txd_pos[7:0]
FF
txd_1g[7:0]
soft oddrx
txd_10_100
FF
txd_pos[3:0]
txd_neg[3:0]
FF
txen
txer
rxmac_clk
FF
FF
txmac_clk
rxd_pos[7:0]
cpu_if_gbit_en
rxdc[7:0]
FF
G/MII
txd_neg[3:0]
reset_n
rxd_c[7:4]
FF
tx_fifodata
tx_fifoavail
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifoempty
rx_dv_pos
rx_er_pos
FF
rx_dv_neg
rx_er_neg
FF
rxdvc
rxerc
tx_sndpaustim
User
Application
Logic
tx_sndpausreq
tx_fifoctrl
tx_staten
tx_macread
col
crs
Receive
and Transmit
MAC
hcs_n
haddr
hdatain
tx_statvec
hdataout
tx_done
tx_discfrm
Host
Interface
rx_fifo_full
hwrite_n
hread_n
hready_n
rx_write
rx_dbout
User
Host
Logic
I/O
Buffers
HI
hdataout_en_n
hclk
rx_stat_vector
rx_stat_en
ignore_next_pkt
rx_eof
mdc
mdio_en
rx_error
Management
Interface
rx_fifo_error
SMI
mdo
mdi
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Figure 2-7 shows a FPGA system-level block diagram of how the MAC core is instantiated and used when configured to support the Gigabit MAC mode of operation.
Figure 2-7. System Block Diagram for the Gigabit MAC Configurable Option
GMII
gtx_clk_c
125MHz
rx_clk_c
(optional)
SYS_CLK
PLL
txd[7:0]
txen
txer
rxmac_clk
I/O
FF
I/O
FF
txmac_clk
rxd[7:0]
GMII
cpu_if_gbit_en
I/O
FF
txdc [7:0]
txenc
txerc
rxdc [7:0]
reset_n
tx_fifodata
rxdv
tx_fifoavail
rxer
I/O
FF
rxdvc
rxerc
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifoempty
tx_sndpaustim
tx_sndpausreq
User
Application
Logic
tx_fifoctrl
Receive and
Transmit
MAC
hcs_n
tx_staten
haddr
tx_macread
tx_statvec
hdatain
hdataout
tx_done
tx_discfrm
Host
Interface
rx_fifo_full
hwrite_n
hread_n
rx_write
hready_n
rx_dbout
hdataout_en_n
User
Host
Logic
I/O
Buffers
HI
hclk
rx_stat_vector
rx_stat_en
ignore_next_pkt
rx_eof
mdc
mdio_en
rx_error
Management
Interface
rx_fifo_error
SMI
mdo
mdi
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Figure 2-8 shows a FPGA system-level block diagram of how the MAC core is instantiated and used when configured to support the SGMII Easy Connect mode of operation.
Figure 2-8. System Block Diagram for the SGMII Easy Connect Option
SGMII_PCS_IP
and SERDES
125MHz
SYS_CLK
To Rx CDR and Tx PLL
Tx_RX_reference_clock
GMII
Rx/TxClk
(125 Mhz)
rxmac_clk_en
txmac_clk_en
SGMII_PCS
rxmac_clk
tx_clk_en
SERDES/
8B10B
hdout_P
hdout_N
txmac_clk
rx_clk_en
cpu_if_gbit_en
reset_n
txd[7:0]
tx_fifodata
tx_en
tx_d[7:0]
GMII
tx_fifoeof
rxd[7:0]
tx_fifoempty
rx_dv
GMII
rx_d[7:0]
User
Application
Logic
tx_sndpaustim
rx_er
tx_sndpausreq
col
crs
tx_fifoctrl
tx_staten
Receive and
Transmit
MAC
SERIAL
tx_en
tx_er
tx_er
tx_fifoavail
8B Tx
rx_dv
rx_er
col
8B Rx
Recov.
Clk
(125 Mhz)
hdin_P
hdin_N
crs
tx_macread
hcs_n
haddr
tx_statvec
hdatain
tx_done
HI
hdataout
tx_discfrm
Host
Interface
rx_fifo_full
rx_write
hwrite_n
hread_n
hready_n
User
Host
Logic
I/O
Buffers
hdataout_en_n
rx_dbout
hclk
rx_stat_vector
rx_stat_en
ignore_next_pkt
rx_eof
mdc
mdio_en
rx_error
Management
Interface
rx_fifo_error
mdo
SMI
mdi
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Core Signal Descriptions
Table 2-1 lists the I/O signals for the TSMAC IP core.
Table 2-1. TSMAC IP Core Input and Output Signals
Port Name
Type
Active State
Description
N/A
Receive MAC Application Interface Clock. This clock is used by the
client application and MAC. All outputs driven by the Rx MAC on the client side are synchronous to this clock. This clock’s frequency is 125,12.5
or 1.25 MHz depending on the mode 1G/100/10 respectively.
Note: this clock can be viewed as a “byte” clock, since all Rx MAC bytes
are aligned with this clock. This clock is derived from the system G/MII
rx_clk. Always 125 MHz in Easy Connect mode.
Clocks and Reset/Other
rxmac_clk
Input
txmac_clk
Input
N/A
Transmit MAC Application Interface Clock. This clock is used by the
client application and MAC. All inputs to the Tx MAC on the client side
should be synchronous to this clock. This clock’s frequency is 125,12.5
or 1.25 MHz depending on the mode 1G/100/10 respectively.
Note: this clock can be viewed as a “byte” clock, since all Tx MAC bytes
should be aligned with this clock. This clock is derived from the system
sys_clk or tx_clk. (1G or 10/100 respectively). Always 125 MHz in Easy
Connect mode.
hclk
Input
N/A
Host Clock. This is the Host Bus clock, and is used to clock the Host
Bus interface.
mdc
Input
N/A
Management Data Clock. This clock is used only when the Management Interface module is implemented.
reset_n
Input
Low
Reset. This is an active low asynchronous signal that resets the internal
registers and internal logic. When activated, the I/O signals are driven to
their inactive levels.
N/A
Tx Clock Enable. This input signal is a clock enable used only in the
SGMII Easy Connect option. The SGMII_PCS IP core drives this signal.
The clock enable is always high for 1G operation. For 100 Mbps operation the clock enable is asserted high once every ten (125MHz) clocks,
and for 10 Mbps operation the clock enable is asserted high once every
hundred (125MHz) clocks.
txmac_clk_en
Input
rxmac_clk_en
Input
N/A
Rx Clock Enable. This input signal is a clock enable used only in the
SGMII Easy Connect option. The SGMII_PCS IP core drives this signal.
The clock enable is always high for 1G operation. For 100 Mbps operation the clock enable is asserted high once every ten (125MHz) clocks,
and for 10 Mbps operation the clock enable is asserted high once every
hundred (125MHz) clocks.
cpu_if_gbit_en
Output
High
CPU Interface 1G Mode Enabled Indication. This signal, when high, is
an indication from the CPU interface that the 1G mode is enabled. This
signal reflects the state of bit 0 of the MAC mode register.
hcs_n
Input
Low
Chip Select. This is an active low signal used to select the core for register Read/Write operations.
haddr[7:0]
Input
N/A
Address. This selects one of the internal core registers.
hdatain[7:0]
Input
N/A
Data Bus Input. The CPU writes to the internal registers through the
data bus.
hwrite_n
Input
Low
Host Write. This active low signal is used to write data to the selected
register.
hread_n
Input
Low
Host Read. This active low signal is used to read data from the selected
register.
hready_n
Output
Low
Ready. This is an active low signal used to indicate the end of transfer.
For write operations, hready_n is asserted after data is accepted (written). For read operations hready_n is asserted after data on the
hdataout bus is ready to be driven out.
Host Interface
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Table 2-1. TSMAC IP Core Input and Output Signals
Port Name
Type
Active State
Description
hdataout_en_n
Output
Low
Data Out Enable. This signal is driven low whenever the TTSMAC IP
core outputs valid data onto the hdataout bus. This signal can be used to
build a bi-directional data bus.
hdataout[7:0]
Output
N/A
Data Bus Output. The CPU reads the internal registers through the
data bus.
N/A
Transmit FIFO Read Data Bus. The data from the FIFO is presented on
this bus.
Transmit MAC Application Interface
tx_fifodata[7:0]
Input
tx_fifoavail
Input
High
Transmit FIFO Data Available. When asserted, this signal indicates
that the TxFIFO has data ready for transmission on the G/MII interface.
Once this signal is asserted by the client, a short delay later the frame
will be transmitted. The client needs to use an appropriate threshold on
the client FIFO to indicate that a frame is ready to be sent and use that
threshold as the tx_fifo_avail signal.
tx_fifoeof
Input
High
Transmit FIFO End of Frame. This signal is asserted along with the last
byte of frame data indicating the end of the frame.
tx_fifoempty
Input
High
Transmit FIFO Empty. This signal indicates that the TxFIFO is empty.
When this signal is asserted and the TSMAC IP core is reading the
FIFO, the under-run condition is transferred to the network through the
txer signal.
tx_sndpaustim[15:0]
Input
N/A
PAUSE Frame Timer. This signal indicates the PAUSE time value that
should be sent in the PAUSE frame.
tx_sndpausreq
Input
High
PAUSE Frame Request. When asserted, the TSMAC IP core transmits
a PAUSE frame. This is also the qualifying signal for the tx_sndpausetim
bus.
tx_fifoctrl
Input
N/A
FIFO Control Frame. This signal indicates whether the current frame in
the Transmit FIFO is a control frame or a data frame. It is qualified by the
tx_fifoavail signal. The following values apply:
• 1 = Control frame
• 0 = Normal frame
tx_staten
Output
High
Transmit Statistics Vector Enable. When asserted, the contents of the
statistics vector bus tx_statvec are valid.
High
Transmit FIFO Read. This is the TSMAC IP core Transmit FIFO read
request, asserted by the TSMAC IP core when it intends to read the client FIFO. The MAC core will first assert the tx_macread signal if the client FIFO is not empty (i.e., tx_fifoempty = 0), after which the tx_macread
may de-assert (based on MAC processing) or re-assert (based on MAC
processing and if tx_fifoempty is still 0). The tx_macread signal should
be tied to the client FIFO read pin, and the FIFO empty pin should be
tied to the tx_fifoempty of the MAC core.
tx_macread
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Table 2-1. TSMAC IP Core Input and Output Signals
Port Name
Type
Active State
Description
tx_statvec[30:0]
Output
N/A
Transmit Statistics Vector. This bus includes useful information about
the frame that was just transmitted. The corresponding bit locations of
this bus are defined as follows:
• tx_statvec[0] - UNICAST frame
• tx_statvec[1] - Multicast frame
• tx_statvec[2] - BROACAST frame
• tx_statvec[3] - Bad FCS frame
• tx_statvec[4] - JUMBO frame
• tx_statvec[5] - FIFO under-run
• tx_statvec[6] - PAUSE frame
• tx_statvec[7] - VLAN tagged frame
• tx_statvec[21:8] - Number of bytes in the transmitted frame
• tx_statvec[22] - Deferred transmission
• tx_statvec[23] - Excessive deferred transmission
• tx_statvec[24] - Late collision
• tx_statvec[25] - Excessive collision
• tx_statvec[29:26] - Number of early collisions
• tx_statvec[30] - FCS generation is disabled and a short frame was
transmitted
tx_done
Output
High
Transmit Done. This signal is asserted for one clock cycle after transmitting a frame if no errors were present in transmission.
High
Discard Frame. This signal is asserted at the end of a frame transmit
process if the TSMAC IP core detected an error. The possible conditions
are:
• A FIFO under-run
• Late collision (10/100 Mode only)
• Excessive Collisions (10/100 Mode only)
The user application normally moves the pointer to next frame in these
conditions.
tx_discfrm
Output
Management Interface Signals
mdi
Input
High
Management Data Input. Used to transfer information from the PHY to
the management module.
mdo
Output
High
Management Data Output. Used to transmit information from the management module to the PHY.
mdio_en
Output
High
Management Data Out Enable. Asserted whenever mdo is valid. This
may be used to implement a bi-directional signal for mdi and mdo.
G/MII Signals
txd_pos[7:4] - Transmit Data Sent to the PHY Chip - High nibble. In
1G mode, these bits are used as the GMII txd[7:4] bits after they are
pipelined outside the core through some I/O flip-flops clocked at 125
MHz (txmac_clk). These bits are not used in the 10/100 mode. See
Figure 2-6.
txd_pos[7:0]1
txd_neg[3:0]1
txd[7:0]2
Output
High
txd_pos[3:0], txd_neg[3:0] - Transmit Data Sent to the PHY Chip Low nibble. In both 1G mode and 10/100 mode, both the txd_pos[3:0]
and txd_neg[3:0] bits are used to generate the G/MII txd[3:0] bits after
they are muxed outside the core through some I/O DDR cells. Note in
the 1G mode, txd_pos[3:0] and txd_neg[3:0] will always have the same
value, whereas in the 10/100 mode, the txd_pos[3:0] will have the high
nibble of the byte transmitted and txd_neg[3:0] will have the low nibble.
In the 1G mode, the txmac_clk rate is 125 MHz and in the 10/100 mode,
the clock rate is 1.25 MHz and 12.5 MHz respectively. See Figure 2-6.
txd[7:0] - Transmit Data Sent to the PHY Interface. These GMII Tx data
outputs go to the SGMII_PCS IP core (SGMII Easy Connect option) or to
the 1G GMII PHY interface (Gigabit interface option). See Figure 2-7 and
Figure 2-8.
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Table 2-1. TSMAC IP Core Input and Output Signals
Port Name
Type
Active State
txen
Output
High
Transmit Enable. Asserted by the TSMAC IP core to indicate the txd
bus contains valid frame.
txer
Output
High
Transmit Error. Asserted when the TSMAC IP core generates a coding
error on the byte currently being transferred.
High
Receive Data Valid. Indicates the data on the rxd bus is valid. Rxdv is
used in the SGMII Easy Connect MAC option and the Gigabit MAC
option. Rxdv_pos and rxdv_neg are used only in the Classic TSMAC IP
core interface option. This signal is pipelined before entering the core
with the rx_clk. Note the “_pos” signals are sampled on the rising edge
of the rxmac_clk and the “_neg” signals are sampled on the falling edge
of the rxmac_clk, before being presented to the MAC core.
See Figure 2-6.
rxdv_pos1
rxdv_neg1
rxdv2
rxd_pos[7:0]1
rxd_neg[3:0]1
rxd[7:0]2
rxer_pos1
rxer_neg1
rxer2
Input
Input
N/A
Description
Receive Data Bus. Data is driven by the PHY on these lines, and is
valid whenever rxdv is asserted. These signals are pipelined before
entering the core with the rxmac_clk. Note the “_pos” signals are sampled on the rising edge of the rxmac_clk and the “_neg” signals are sampled on the falling edge of the rxmac_clk, before being presented to the
MAC core. See Figure 2-6.
rxd[7:0] - Receive Data from the PHY Interface. These GMII Rx data
inputs (valid whenever rxdv is asserted) come from the SGMII_PCS IP
core (SGMII Easy Connect option) or from the 1G GMII PHY interface
(Gigabit MAC option). See Figure 2-7 and Figure 2-8.
Input
High
Receive Data Error. This signal is asserted by the external PHY device
when it detects an error during frame reception. This signal is pipelined
before entering the core with the rxmac_clk. Note the “_pos” signals are
sampled on the rising edge of the rxmac_clk and the “_neg” signals are
sampled on the falling edge of the rxmac_clk, before being presented to
the MAC core. See Figure 2-6.
rxer - Receive Data Error from the PHY Interface. This GMII Rx error
input comes from the SGMII_PCS IP core (SGMII Easy Connect option)
or from the 1G GMII PHY interface (Gigabit MAC option). See Figure 2-7
and Figure 2-8.
High
Collision. This active-high signal indicates a collision occurred during
transmission. This signal is valid for half-duplex operation in Fast Ethernet (10/100) for the Classic and SGMII Easy Connect options only. Otherwise, it is ignored.
High
Carrier Sense. This signal, when logic high, indicates the network has
activity. Otherwise, it indicates the network is idle. This signal is valid for
half-duplex operation in Fast Ethernet (10/100) for the Classic and
SGMII Easy Connect options only.
Input
High
Receive FIFO Full. This signal indicates the Rx FIFO is full and cannot
accept any more data. This is an error condition and should never happen.
rx_write
Output
High
Receive FIFO Write. This signal is asserted by the TSMAC IP core to
request a FIFO write.
rx_dbout[7:0]
Output
N/A
Receive FIFO Data Output. This bus contains the data that is to be written into the Receive FIFO.
col
crs
Input
Input
Receive MAC Application Interface
rx_fifo_full
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Table 2-1. TSMAC IP Core Input and Output Signals
Port Name
Type
Active State
Description
Receive Statistics Vector. This bus indicates the events encountered
during frame reception. This bus is qualified by the rx_stat_en signal.
The definition of each signal is explained in the Receive MAC section of
this user’s guide.
The corresponding bit locations of this bus are defined as follows:
rx_statvec[15:0] - Frame Byte Count
rx_statvec[16] - VLAN Tag Detected
rx_statvec[17] - Pause Frame
rx_statvec[18] - Control Frame
tx_statvec[19] - Unsupported Opcode
rx_statvec[20] - Dribble Nibble
rx_statvec[21] - Broadcast Address
rx_statvec[22] - Multicast Address
rx_statvec[23] - Receive OK
rx_statvec[24] - Length Check Error
rx_statvec[25] - CRC Error
rx_statvec[26] - Packet Ignored
rx_statvec[27] - Carrier Event Previously Seen
rx_statvec[28] – Unused
rx_statvec[29] - IPG Violation
rx_statvec[30] - Short Frame
rx_statvec[31] - Long Frame
rx_stat_vector[31:0]
Output
N/A
rx_stat_en
Output
High
Receive Statistics Vector Enable. When asserted, this signal indicates
that the contents of the rx_stat_vector bus is valid.
Input
High
Ignore Next Packet. This signal is asserted by the host to prevent a
Receive FIFO Full condition. The Receive MAC continues dropping
packets as long as this signal is asserted. This is an asynchronous signal.
Output
High
End Of Frame. Indicates all the data for the current packet has passed
on to the FIFO.
High
Receive Packet Error. When asserted, this signal indicates the packet
contains error(s). This signal is qualified with the rx_eof signal.
The rx_error signal will be asserted for any of the following three conditions:
• The rxer signal on the GMII is asserted by the PHY during frame reception.
• There are Rx FCS errors on received frames.
• There is a length check error on the received frame.
High
Receive FIFO Error. This signal is asserted when the external Rx FIFO
is full (rx_fifo_full signal asserted) and the Rx FIFO is being written to by
the Rx MAC (rx_write is asserted). When this error signal is asserted the
rx_write signal will be de-asserted as long as the rx_fifo_error signal is
asserted. The rx_fifo_error signal will be de-asserted when the end of
packet (rx_eof) exits the receive FIFO (Note: for this errored condition
data will continue to be pulled out of the receive FIFO, even while the
rx_write signal has been de-asserted).
ignore_next_pkt
rx_eof
rx_error
rx_fifo_error
Output
Output
1. Classic TSMAC IP core option.
2. Gigabit MAC or SGMII Easy Connect MAC options.
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Table 2-2 lists TSMAC IP core system input and output signals.
Table 2-2. TSMAC IP Core System Input and Output Signals
Port Name
Type
Active State
Description
N/A
System Clock. In the 1G mode, the Tx MAC is clocked by this signal. All the input
and the output signals of the Tx MAC are synchronous to this clock in the 1G
mode. The frequency is always at 125 MHz. Note in the 1G mode the core’s
txmac_clk is derived from this clock.
N/A
Transmit Clock. This clock is used in the 10/100 Mbps mode only. The Tx MAC,
Tx MAC application interface and the MII are synchronous to this signal. This
clock has a frequency of 2.5/25 MHz for 10/100 Mbps operation respectively. Note
in the 10/100 mode tx_clk is divided by two to provide the clock (txmac_clk) to the
transmit MAC section. In the 10/100 mode the transmit signals at the GMII interface are always synchronous to tx_clk.
N/A
Receive Clock. This clock is an input from the PHY device. In the 1G mode,
rx_clk frequency is 125 MHz while in the 10/100 mode, the corresponding rx_clk
frequency is 2.5/25 MHz respectively. In the 10/100 mode rx_clk is divided by two
to provide the clock (rxmac_clk) to the Receive MAC section. In the 1G mode this
clock is provided directly to the Receive MAC section. The receive signals at the
GMII interface are always synchronous to rx_clk.
N/A
Gigabit Transmit Clock. This clock is used in the 1G mode only. The transmit
signals that are outputs on the GMII interface are synchronous to this clock. This
clock has a frequency of 125 MHz. This clock is derived from the sys_clk. See
Figure 2-6.
Clocks and Reset
sys_clk
tx_clk
rx_clk
gtx_clk
Input
Input
Input
Output
Host Interface
The Host Interface module is a fully synchronous module that runs off the host clock. A number of registers are initialized via the Host interface to ensure that the TSMAC IP core functions as intended. The write operation to an
internal register is initiated when the hcs_n and hwrite_n signals are asserted and hread_n signal is deasserted.
The address of the targeted register is placed on the haddr bus, while the valid data is placed on the hdatain bus.
The contents of the address and data busses should remain unchanged until the TSMAC IP core asserts the
hready_n signal. The signals hcs_n, hwrite_n and hread_n must remain unchanged until hready_n is asserted.
A register read is initiated by asserting the hcs_n and hread_n signals, while keeping the hwrite_n signal deasserted. The address of the targeted register is placed on the haddr bus. The TSMAC IP core places the content of
the targeted register on the hdataout bus and qualifies it with the assertion of hready_n signal. The haddr bus
should not change until the hready_n signal is asserted.
Figure 2-17 shows the timing diagram associated with the host interface write and read operations.
Receive MAC (Rx MAC)
The main function of the Rx MAC is to accept the formatted data from the G/MII interface and pass it to the host
application through an external FIFO. In this process, the Rx MAC performs the following functions:
• Detect the start of frame
• Compare the MAC address
• Re-calculate CRC
• Process the control frame and pass it to the flow control module.
The Rx MAC operation is determined by programming the MODE and TX_RX_CTL registers. These register definitions and bit descriptions can be found in Table 2-4. Note that setting the Gbit_en bit in the MODE register to high
sets the TSMAC to operate in 1G mode whereas setting the Gbit_en bit to low sets the TSMAC to operate in
10/100 Mode.
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Programming the MODE and TX_RX_CTL registers can control the Receive MAC operation. The various events
that occur during the reception of a frame are logged into the rx_stat_vector signal and the TX_RX_STS register.
At the end of reception, the rx_stat_en signal is asserted to qualify the rx_stat_vector signal. The TSMAC IP core
can report a wealth of information such as
• FIFO overflow
• CRC error
• Receive error
• Short frame reception
• Long frame reception
• IPG violation
By default, the entire frame, except the preamble and SFD bytes, is sent to the FIFO via the Rx MAC application
interface signals. If the user does not want to receive the FCS, the core can be programmed to strip the FCS field
as well as any PAD bytes in the frame and send the rest to the FIFO.
The Rx MAC section operates on the rxmac_clk derived from the rx_clk sourced from the PHY. All the signals on
the Receive MAC FIFO interface are synchronous to this clock.
The Rx MAC is disabled while Rx_en is low (Bit_2 of the MODE register) and should only be enabled after the
associated registers are properly initialized.
Receiving Frames
The frames received by the Rx MAC are analyzed and the Preamble and SFD bytes are stripped off the frame
before it is transferred to an external FIFO. The client data interface between the MAC and the FIFO is eight bits
wide.
The default behavior of the MAC is to transfer the unmodified frame after stripping off the Preamble and SFD bytes.
This behavior can be changed by setting bit [1] of the TX_RX_CTL register. When bit [1] is set, the Rx MAC strips
the Preamble, SFD, FCS bytes and the PAD bytes, if any. Note that the Rx MAC assumes a received frame has
PAD bytes if a 64 byte packet is received with its Length/Type field set to a value of less than 46 bytes.
Once the frame is ready to be written into the FIFO, the Rx MAC asserts the rx_write signal, then presents the data
on the rx_dbout bus. The rx_write signal is asserted as long as the frame is being written. After transferring the
entire frame into the FIFO, the Rx MAC asserts rx_eof indicating the end of the frame. If the frame is received with
errors, rx_error is asserted along with rx_eof. If the frame is received with no errors, rx_error remains de-asserted.
In either case, a rich set of statistics vectors is presented, containing information about the frame that was
received. The statistics vector bus, rx_stat_vector, is qualified by the assertion of rx_stat_en.
If the RxFIFO becomes full, rx_fifo_full is asserted and the frame data is lost. Therefore, the FIFO full condition
must be avoided at all times. The rx_fifo_error signal will be asserted along with rx_eof for all frames written into
the FIFO while it is full.
The Rx MAC goes to the IDLE state when it is done receiving the frame. This is indicated by bit[10] of the
TX_RX_STS register. If the Rx MAC is disabled while it is in the process of receiving a frame, it goes to the IDLE
state after it completes the current frame reception.
Address Filtering
The Rx MAC offers several address filtering methods the user can employ to effectively block unwanted frames. It
also provides a Promiscuous mode, in which all supported filtering schemes are abandoned and the Rx MAC
transfers all the frames irrespective of the address they contain.
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By default, the Rx MAC is configured to filter and discard Broadcast frames (i.e. all bits of the received DA == 1)
and multicast frames (i.e. bit[0] of the received DA == 1). The MAC can be configured to receive broadcast frames
by setting bit [7] of the TX_RX_CTL register.
Multicast frames are received only when bit [4] of the TX_RX_CTL register is set. When set, multicast frames are
subject to filtering that is dependent on a 64-bit hash table lookup. The 64-bit hash table is organized as eight, 8-bit
registers. The six middle bits of the most significant byte of the CRC calculated for the destination address field of
the frame, are used to address one of the 64 bits of the hash table. The three most significant bits of the calculated
CRC select one of the eight tables, and the three least significant bits select a bit. The frame is received only if the
retrieved bit is set. The IP core registers specifying the hash tables contents are described in Internal Registers. An
example of C programming language code that can be used to determine hash table contents based on the multicast addresses to be received is given in Code Listing for Multicast Bit Selection Hash Algorithm in C Language.
All other regular frames are filtered based on the Rx MAC address programmed into the MAC_ADDR_0,
MAC_ADDR_1 and MAC_ADDR_2 registers.
Filtering Based on Frame Length
The default minimum Ethernet frame size is 64 bytes. Any frame smaller than 64 bytes could possibly be a collision
fragment. By default, the Rx MAC is configured to ignore bytes shorter than 64 bytes. The user can configure the
MAC to receive shorter frames by setting bit [8] of the TX_RX_CTL register. Whenever a short frame is received,
the appropriate bit is set in the statistics vector, marking it as a Short frame.
The Rx MAC has been designed to receive frames larger than the standard specified maximum as easily as any
other frame. This ensures the MAC can work in environments that can generate jumbo frames. However, for statistics purposes, the user can set the maximum length of the frame in the MAX_PKT_SIZE register. When a received
frame is larger than the number in this register, bit [31] of the Receive Statistics Vector bus is set, marking it as a
Long frame.
Receiving a PAUSE Frame
When the Rx MAC receives a PAUSE frame, the Tx MAC continues with the current transmission, then pauses for
the duration indicated in the PAUSE time. During this time, the Tx MAC can transmit Control frames.
Although PAUSE frames may contain the Multicast Address, Multicast filtering rules do not apply to them. If bit [3]
of the TX_RX_CTL register is set, the Rx MAC will signal the Tx MAC to stop transmitting for the duration specified
in the frame. If this bit is reset, the Rx MAC assumes the Tx MAC does not have the PAUSE capability and/or does
not wish to be paused and will not signal it to stop transmitting. If the drop control, bit[6] in the TX_RX_CTL register,
is set then the PAUSE frame is received but dropped internal to the MAC and is not transferred to the client FIFO
interface. Otherwise, the PAUSE frame is received and transferred to the FIFO.
Statistics Vector
By default, a Statistics Vector is generated for all received frames transferred to the external FIFO. If the user wants
the Rx MAC to ignore all incoming frames, then the input signal ignore_next_pkt must be asserted. In this case, a
frame that should have been received is ignored and the Rx MAC sets the Packet Ignored bit (bit 26) of the Statistics Vector.
The MAX_PKT_SIZE register is programmed by the user as a threshold for setting the Long Frame bit of the Statistics Vector. This value is used for un-tagged frames only. The Receive MAC will add “4” to the value specified in this
register for all VLAN tagged frames when checking against the number of bytes received in the frame. This is
because all VLAN tagged frames have an additional four bytes of data.
When a tagged frame is received, the entire VLAN tag field is stored in the VLAN_TAG register. Additionally, every
time a statistics vector is generated, some of the bits are written into the corresponding bit locations [9:1] of the
TX_RX_STS register. This is done so the user can get this information via the Host interface.
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The description of the bits in the Statistics Vector bus is shown in Table 2-3.
Table 2-3. Receive Statistics Vector Descriptions
Bit
Description
31
Long Frame. This bit is set when a frame longer than specified in the MAX_PKT_SIZE register is received.
30
Short Frame. This bit is set when a frame shorter than 64 bytes is received.
29
IPG Violation. This bit is set when a frame is received before the IPG timer runs out (96 bit times).
28
Not Used. This bit always returns a zero.
27
Carrier Event Previously Seen. When asserted, indicates that a carrier event was detected since the last
frame.
26
Packet Ignored. When set, this bit indicates the incoming packet is to be ignored.
25
CRC Error. This bit is set when a frame is received with an error in the CRC field.
24
Length Check Error. This bit is set if the number of data bytes in the incoming frame do not match the value in
the length field of the frame.
23
Receive OK. This bit is set if the frame is received without any error.
22
Multicast Address. This bit is set to indicate the received frame contains a Multicast Address.
21
Broadcast Address. This bit is set to indicate the received frame contains a Broadcast Address.
20
Dribble Nibble. This bit is set when only four bits of the data presented on the RS interface are valid.
19
Unsupported Opcode. This bit is set if the received control frame has an unsupported opcode. In this version of
the IP, only the opcode for PAUSE frame is supported.
18
Control Frame. This bit is set to indicate that a Control frame was received.
17
PAUSE Frame. This bit is set when the received Control frame contains a valid PAUSE opcode.
16
VLAN Tag Detected. This bit is set when the TSMAC IP core receives a VLAN Tagged frame.
15:0
Frame Byte Count. This bus contains the length of the frame that was received. The frame length includes the
DA, SA, L/T, TAG, DATA, PAD and FCS fields.
Transmit MAC (Tx MAC)
The Tx MAC is responsible for controlling access to the physical medium. The Tx MAC reads data from an external
Tx FIFO when the FIFO is not empty and it detects an active tx_fifoavail. The Tx MAC then formats this data into an
Ethernet packet and passes it to the G/MII module.
The Tx MAC is disabled while Tx_en is low (Bit_3 of the MODE register) and should only be enabled after the associated registers are properly initialized. Once enabled, the Tx MAC will continuously monitor the FIFO interface for
an indication that frame(s) are ready to be transmitted. In the 1G mode, Tx MAC and the Tx FIFO interface operations are synchronous to txmac_clk derived from sys_clk. In the 10/100 mode, the Tx MAC is clocked by txmac_clk
(derived from the tx_clk supplied from the PHY device). The Tx FIFO interface signals are always synchronous to
txmac_clk.
In 10/100 mode, the Tx MAC can be configured to operate in the half-duplex or full-duplex mode. This is done by
writing to bit[5] of the TX_RX_CTL register. In full-duplex operation, it is possible for the receiver’s buffer to fill up
rapidly. In such cases, the receiver sends flow control (PAUSE) frames to the transmitter, requesting that it stop
transmitting frames. When the receiver is able to free the buffers, the transmitter completes transmitting the current
frame and stops for the duration specified in the PAUSE frame.
Transmitting Frames
By default, the Transmit MAC is configured to generate the FCS pattern for the frame to be transmitted. However,
this can be prevented by setting bit[2] of the Tx_RX_CTL register. This feature is useful if the frames being presented for transmission already contain the FCS field. When FCS field generation by the MAC is disabled, it is the
user’s responsibility to ensure that short frames are properly padded before the FCS is generated. If the MAC
receives a frame shorter than 64 bytes when FCS generation is disabled, the frame is sent as is and a statistic vector for the condition is generated.
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The DA, SA, L/T, and DATA fields are derived from higher applications through the FIFO interface and then encapsulated into an Un-tagged Ethernet frame. This frame is not sent over the network until the network has been idle
for a minimum of Inter-Packet Gap (IPG) time. The Frame encapsulation consists of adding the Preamble bits, the
Start of Frame Data (SFD) bits and the CRC check sum to the end of the frame (FCS). If padding is not disabled, all
short frames are padded with hexadecimal 00.
The input signal tx_fifoeof is asserted along with the last set of data transfer to indicate the end of the frame. The
Tx MAC requires a continuous stream of data for the entire frame. There cannot be any bubbles of “no data transfer” within a frame. If the MAC is able to transmit the frame without any errors, the tx_done signal is asserted. Once
the transmission has ended, data on the tx_stat_vector bus is presented to the host, including all the statistical
information collected in the process of transmitting the frame. Data on this bus is qualified by assertion of the
tx_staten signal.
After the Transmit MAC is done transmitting a frame, it waits for more frames from the FIFO interface. During this
time, it goes to an idle state that can be detected by reading the TX_RX_STS register. Since the MODE register
can be written at any time, the Tx MAC can be disabled while it is actively transmitting a frame. In such cases, the
MAC will completely transmit the current frame and then return to the idle state. The control registers should be
programmed only after the MAC has returned to the IDLE state.
External Transmit FIFO
The interface between the Tx MAC and the external, client side FIFO is eight bits wide. The bit presented on position 0 is transmitted first and the bit in position 7 is transmitted last. In other words, bit[0] will be transmitted on the
txd[0] signal of GMII while the bit[7] will be transmitted on txd[7].
Logic inside the MAC signals if the frame ready for transmission at the head of the FIFO is a Control frame. This is
done so the Tx MAC can continue transmission of a Control frame while it is paused.
FIFO Under-flow
If a FIFO underflow occurs, the FIFO logic must assert tx_fifoempty. If at least 64 bytes have been transmitted, the
Tx MAC aborts the transmission by asserting tx_er. In addition, the Tx MAC inserts erroneous CRC bits into the
packet to guarantee the receiver will detect the error in the packet. If less than 64 bytes have been transmitted
when the FIFO underflow occurs, the MAC will pad the remaining bytes before ending the transmission. In either
case, the MAC asserts tx_discfrm indicating an error during transmission.
Transmitting PAUSE Frame
Two different methods are used for transmitting a PAUSE frame. In the first method, the application layer forms a
PAUSE frame and submits it for transmission via the FIFO. In the other method, the application layer signals the Tx
MAC directly to transmit a PAUSE frame. This is accomplished by asserting tx_sndpausreq. In this case the Tx
MAC will complete transmission of the current packet and then transmit a PAUSE frame with the PAUSE time value
supplied through the tx_sndpaustim bus.
Retries on Collision
When operating in the half-duplex mode, the Transmit MAC has the capability to perform re-transmission of frames
that have experienced in-window collision up to the specified maximum. This is possible because the MAC always
buffers the first 64 bytes of the frame.
If the MAC has been disabled while it is backing off (soon after a collision), it will only return to the IDLE state after
it has successfully transmitted the frame or has exceeded the retry limit.
In the 10/100 mode, the Tx MAC provides the following information:
• Whether the frame deferred before transmission
• The number of times the frame experiences collision before transmission.
This information is sent as a part of the statistics vector. For a frame transmitted without any errors, the statistics
vector, qualified by the enable signal, is asserted along with the tx_done signal.
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When the frame experiences excessive collision or late collision, the statistics bit for the appropriate condition is set
and the tx_discfrm signal is asserted. This indicates an error condition.
Internal Data Buffer and FIFO Interfaces
In the Classic TSMAC IP core and SGMII Easy Connect option, the transmit and receive sections each contain
internal FIFO buffers. In the Gigabit MAC option, only the Rx internal FIFO buffer is used. Note that External Transmit and Receive FIFOs (that interface to the MAC client side) are still required to store variable-length normal packets.
On the receive side, the internal FIFO buffer is used to support the dropping of packets less than 64 bytes and to
provide additional data buffering for normal packets. The core provides a feature where the user can block all the
frames that are shorter than the minimum frame length of 64 bytes in the TSMAC IP core itself (for example collision fragments, runt frames, and such). This prevents these frames from reaching the user's application.
On the transmit side, the internal FIFO buffer stores the first 64 bytes of the frame. This ensures that the TSMAC IP
core can re-transmit the frame automatically without help from the application software during an in-window collision. This important feature prevents the propagation of collision information into the application software.
The TSMAC IP core provides two independent interfaces for use with external Transmit and Receive FIFOs. This
feature enables the TSMAC IP core to support full duplex operation in either 10/100 or 1G modes.
G/MII Interface
The G/MII module uses the clock supplied by the external PHY. The core implements the standard G/MII interface
to connect to the PCS layer.
The module implementing the interface also converts the data to a format usable by the MAC. In the 1G mode, the
8-bit data at the interface is presented to the 8-bit data path of the MAC. In the 10/100 mode, the 4-bit MII data is
packed and input to the 8-bit data path of the MAC.
Although not implemented as a separate module, the Reconciliation Sub-layer is implemented as a part of the
G/MII interface. This module is responsible for passing the data from one clock domain (TSMAC IP core) to the
other G/MII.
(Optional) Media Independent Interface Management Module (MIIM)
The MIIM accesses management information from the PHY device and writes to or reads from the PHY registers.
A single MIIM can address up to 32 PHY devices. This module runs off its own clock called mdc. The standard
specifies this clock to be at 2.5MHz, but PHY devices can accept a 10MHz mdc clock. Therefore, the TSMAC IP
core can have a MIIM that is capable of running at up to 10MHz.
The MIIM read or write operations are specified in the GMII_MNG_CTL register. This register also specifies the
addressed PHY and the register within the PHY that needs to be accessed. The Command Finished bit in the
GMII_MNG_CTL register is reset as soon as a command to read or write is given. It is set only when the MIIM
module completes the operation. While the interface is busy, the GMII_MNG_CTL register cannot be overwritten,
and all write operations to the register are ignored. For a write operation, the data to be written is stored in the
GMII_MNG_DAT register. For a read operation, the data read from the addressed PHY is stored in this register.
The ready bit in the GMII_MNG_CTL is set at the end of the read/write operation.
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Internal Registers
The TSMAC IP core internal registers are initialized through the generic Host Interface. These rules apply when
accessing the internal registers:
• With the 8-bit Host Interface, the individual bytes of the registers are accessed through their corresponding
addresses, with the lower address pointing to the lower byte.
• The reserved bits should be programmed to 0. These bits are invalid, and should be discarded when read.
• All registers except the MODE and GMII Management registers can be written into only when the core is disabled, i.e., MAC is in the IDLE state (Tx_en and Rx_en low in the MODE register). The MODE and GMII Management registers are the only registers that can be written to after the TSMAC IP core is no longer disabled.
Table 2-4 lists the TSMAC IP core registers accessible via the Host Interface. The registers are either Read/Write
(R/W) or Read Only (RO) for status reporting purposes. The values of the registers immediately after the Reset
Condition is removed from the TSMAC IP core (POR Value in Hexadecimal format) are also given.
Table 2-4. TSMAC IP Core Internal Registers
Register Description
I/O Address
POR Value
MODE
00H - 01H
0000H
Transmit and Receive Control register
TX_RX_CTL
02H - 03H
0000H
Maximum Packet Size register
MAX_PKT_SIZE
04H - 05H
05EEH
Inter-Packet Gap register
IPG_VAL
08H - 09H
000CH
Mode register
Mnemonic
TSMAC IP core Address register 0
MAC_ADDR_0
0AH - 0BH
0000H
TSMAC IP core Address register 1
MAC_ADDR_1
0CH - 0DH
0000H
TSMAC IP core Address register 2
MAC_ADDR_2
0EH - 0FH
0000H
Transmit and Receive Status
TX_RX_STS
12H - 13H
0000H
GMII Management Interface Control register
GMII_MNG_CTL
14H - 15H
0000H
GMII Management Data register
GMII_MNG_DAT
16H - 17H
0000H
VLAN Tag Length/type register
VLAN_TAG
32H - 33H
0000H
Multicast_table_0
MLT_TAB_0
22H - 23H
0000H
Multicast_table_1
MLT_TAB_1
24H - 25H
0000H
Multicast_table_2
MLT_TAB_2
26H - 27H
0000H
Multicast_table_3
MLT_TAB_3
28H - 29H
0000H
Multicast_table_4
MLT_TAB_4
2AH - 2BH
0000H
Multicast_table_5
MLT_TAB_5
2CH - 2DH
0000H
Multicast_table_6
MLT_TAB_6
2EH - 2FH
0000H
Multicast_table_7
MLT_TAB_7
30H - 31H
0000H
Pause_opcode
PAUS_OP
34H - 35H
0080H
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Register Descriptions
MODE (R/W)
Mnemonic: MODE
POR Value = 0000H
Name
Rsvd
Range
15:4
Description
Reserved.
Tx_en
3
Transmit Enable. When this bit is set, the Tx MAC is enabled to transmit frames. When
reset, the Tx MAC completes transmission of the packet currently being processed, then
stops.
Rx_en
2
Receive Enable. When this bit is set, the Rx MAC is enabled to receive frames. When
reset, the Rx MAC completes reception of the packet currently being processed, then
stops.
FC_en
1
Flow-control Enable. When set, this bit enables the flow control functionality of the Tx
MAC. This bit should be set to enable the Tx MAC to transmit a PAUSE frame via the
tx_sndpausreq and tx_sndpaustim[15:0] MAC input ports.
Gigabit Enable. For the Classic Tri-speed MAC option, in order to operate in GbE mode,
this bit must be set high. For 10/100 mode, this bit must be set low.
Gbit_en
0
For the SGMII Easy Connect MAC option, this bit does not control anything (note the MAC
operation speed is determined by the clock enables provided by the SGMII IP core). This
bit will echo back what is written to it.
For the Gigabit MAC option, this bit is a read-only bit and will always read back as logic
high. This bit does not control anything in the core.
Note, the state of this bit is useful for system use, since the cpu_if_gbit_en output signal,
from the core, always reflects the state of this register bit.
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Transmit and Receive Control (R/W)
Mnemonic: TX_RX_CTL
POR Value = 0000H
This register can be overwritten only when the Rx MAC and the Tx MAC are disabled. This register controls the
various features of the MAC.
Name
Range
Rsvd
15:9
Description
Reserved.
Receive_short
8
Receive Short Frames. When high, enables the Rx MAC to receive frames shorter than
64 bytes.
Receive_brdcst
7
Receive Broadcast. When high, enables the Rx MAC to receive broadcast frames
Drop_control
6
Drop control. When high, received pause control frames are dropped internal to the MAC
and not transferred to the external Rx client FIFO.
Hden
5
Half-duplex Enable (10/100 mode only). When high, configures the Tx MAC to operate in
half-duplex mode.
Receive_mltcst
4
Receive Multicast. When high, the multicast frames will be received per the filtering rules
for such frames. When low, no Multicast (except PAUSE) frames will be received.
Receive_pause
3
Receive PAUSE. When set, the Rx MAC will indicate the Rx PAUSE frame reception to
the Tx MAC and thereby cause the Tx MAC to pause sending data frames for the period
specified within the Rx PAUSE frame. Note this indication is independent of the
Drop_control bit setting.
Tx_dis_fcs
2
Transmit Disable FCS. When set, the FCS field generation is disabled in the Tx MAC.
Discard_fcs
1
Rx Discard FCS and Pad. When set, the FCS and any of the padding bytes of an IEEE
802.3 frame are stripped off the frame before it is transferred to the Rx FIFO. When low,
the entire frame is transferred into the Rx FIFO. Note: Discarding padding bytes is only
applicable to pure IEEE 802.3 frames (such as in backplane applications) and will not
function on Ethernet frames (IP, UDP, ICMP, etc.) where the length field is now interpreted
as a protocol type field.
Prms
0
Promiscuous Mode. When asserted, all filtering schemes are abandoned and the Rx
MAC receives frames with any address.
Maximum Packet Size (R/W)
Mnemonic: MAX_PKT_SIZE
POR Value = 05EEH (1518 decimal)
This register can be overwritten only when the MAC is disabled. All frames longer than the value (number of bytes)
in this register will be tagged as long frames.
Name
Max_frame
Range
15:0
Description
Maximum size of the packet than can be handled by the core.
IPG (Inter-Packet Gap) (R/W)
Mnemonic: IPG_VAL
POR Value = 000CH
Name
Range
Description
Rsvd
15:5
Reserved.
IPG
4:0
Inter-packet gap value in units of (byte time).
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MAC Address Register {0,1,2} (R/W), Set of Three
Mnemonic: MAC_ADDR
POR Value = 0000H
The MAC Address Registers 0-2 contain the Ethernet address of the port. The MAC Address Register [0] has the
two bytes that are transmitted first and the MAC Address Register [2] has the two bytes that are transmitted last.
Bit[8] through Bit[15] are transmitted first while bit[0] through bit[7] are transmitted last.
Note that the MAC address is stored in the registers in Hexadecimal form. For example, setting the MAC Address
to AC-DE-48-00-00-80 would require writing 0xAC (octet 0) to address 0x0B (high byte of Mac_addr[15:0]), 0xDE
(octet 1) to address 0x0A (Low byte of Mac_addr[15:0]), 0x48 (octet 2) to address 0x0D (high byte of
Mac_addr[15:0]), 0x00 (octet 3) to address 0x0C (Low byte of Mac_addr[15:0]), 0x00 (octet 4) to address 0x0F
(high byte of Mac_addr[15:0]), and 0x80 (octet 5) to address 0x0E (Low byte of Mac_addr[15:0]). Note Octet 0 is
transmitted first and Octet 5 is transmitted last.
Name
Mac_addr
Range
15:0
Description
Ethernet address assigned to the port supported by the TSMAC IP core.
Transmit and Receive Status (RO)
Mnemonic: TX_RX_STS
POR Value = 0000H
This register reports events that have occurred during packet reception and transmission.
Name
Rsvd
Range
15:11
Rx_idle
10
Description
Reserved.
Receive MAC Idle. Receive MAC in idle condition used to reset configurations by CPU
interface.
Tagged_frame
9
Tagged Frame. Tagged frame received.
Brdcst_frame
8
Broadcast Frame. Indicates that a Broadcast packet was received.
Multcst_frame
7
Multicast Frame. Indicates that a Multicast packet was received.
IPG_shrink
6
IPG Shrink. Received frame with shrunk IPG (IPG < 96 bit time).
Short_frame
5
Short Packet. Indicates that a packet shorter than 64 bytes has been received.
Long_frame
4
Too Long Packet. Indicates receipt of a packet longer than the maximum allowable packet
size specified in the MAX_PKT_SIZE register.
Error frame
3
Rx_er Asserted. Indicates the frame was received with the rx_er signal asserted.
CRC
2
CRC Error. Indicates a packet was received with a CRC error.
Pause_frame
1
PAUSE Frame. Indicates a PAUSE frame was received.
Tx_idle
0
Transmit MAC Idle. Transmit MAC in idle condition, used to reset configurations by CPU
interface.
VLAN Tag (RO)
Mnemonic: VLAN_TAG
POR Value = 0000H.
The VLAN tag register has the VLAN TAG field of the most recent tagged frame that was received. This is a read
only register.
Name
VLAN
Range
15:0
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GMII Management Register Access Control (R/W)
Mnemonic: GMII_MNG_CTL
POR Value = 0000H.
The GMII Management Access register controls the Management Interface Module. This register can be overwritten only when the interface is not busy. A write operation will be ignored when the interface is busy.
Name
Range
Description
Rsvd
15
Reserved.
Cmd_fin
14
Command Finished. When high, it means the interface has completed the intended operation. This bit is set to 0 when the interface is busy.
RW_phyreg
13
Read/Write PHY Registers
• When ‘1’ -> write operation
• When ‘0’ -> read operation
Phy_add
12:8
GMII PHY Address. The address of the accessed PHY Bit 12 is the most significant bit,
and it is the first PHY address bit to be transmitted and received.
Rsvd
7:5
Reserved.
Reg_add
4:0
GMII Register Address. The address of the register accessed. Bit 4 is the most significant
bit and is the first register address bit to be transmitted or received.
GMII Management Access Data (R/W)
Mnemonic: GMII_MNG_DAT
POR Value = 0000H.
The contents of this register will be transmitted when a write operation is to be performed. When a read operation
is performed, this register will contain the value that was read from a PHY register. This register should be read
only after the cmd_fin bit in the control register is set.
Name
GMII_dat
Range
Description
15:0
GMII Data. Bit 15 is the most significant bit, corresponding to bit 15 of the accessed register.
Multicast Tables (R/W), Set of Eight
Mnemonic: MLT_TAB_[0-7]
POR Value = 0000H.
When the core is programmed to receive multicast frames, a filtering scheme is used to decide whether the frame
should be received or not. The six middle bits of the most significant byte of the CRC value, calculated for the destination address, are used as a key to the 64-bit hash table. The three most significant bits select one of the eight
tables, and the three least significant bits select a bit. The frame is received only if this bit is set.
Name
Multicast_table_[0-7]
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7:0
Description
Multicast Table. Eight tables that make a 64-bit hash.
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Pause Opcode (R/W)
Mnemonic: PAUS_OP
POR Value = 0001H
This register contains the PAUSE Opcode, This will be compared against the Opcode in the received PAUSE
frame. This value will also be included in any PAUSE frame transmitted by the TSMAC IP core. Bit 15 is transmitted
first and bit 0 is transmitted last.
Name
Range
Pause_OpCode
Description
15:0
PAUSE Opcode.
Timing Specifications
This section contains operational timing diagrams applicable to the TSMAC IP core interfaces.
Reception of a 64-Byte Frame Without Error -Rx MAC Application Interface
Figure 2-9. Reception of a 64-byte Frame Without Error
rxmac_clk
rx_dbout[7:0]
1
2
3
62
63
64
rx_write
rx_stat_en
Valid
rx_stat_vector[31:0]
rx_eof
rx_error
rx_fifo_error
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Reception of a 64-byte Frame with Error(s) - Rx MAC Application Interface
The signal rx_error is asserted to indicate that the 64-byte frame was received with error(s).
Figure 2-10. Reception of a 64-byte Frame with Error
rxmac_clk
rx_dbout[7:0]
1
2
3
62
63
64
rx_write
rx_stat_en
Valid
rx_stat_vector[31:0]
rx_eof
rx_error
rx_fifo_error
Reception of a 64-Byte Frame with FIFO Overflow - Rx MAC Application Interface
The FIFO writing operation is suspended whenever an overflow condition occurs. When this condition occurs, the
TSMAC IP core asserts rx_fifo_error. This signal should be sampled along with rx_eof in order to process the error
condition.
Figure 2-11. Reception of a 64-byte Frame with FIFO Overflow
rxmac_clk
rx_dbout[7:0]
1
2
3
62
63
64
rx_write
rx_stat_en
rx_stat_vector[31:0]
Valid
rx_eof
rx_error
rx_fifo_full
rx_fifo_error
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Successful Transmission of a 64-Byte Frame -Tx MAC Application Interface
The assertion of tx_fifoavail indicates a frame is ready to be transmitted. It does not trigger the MAC transmit process. The MAC actually pre-reads the FIFO as soon as tx_fifoempty goes low (indicating data is present in the Tx
FIFO). The tx_fifoempty signal, the tx_fifoavail signal and the MAC Tx state machine all determine when to read the
Tx FIFO. The TSMAC IP core reads the FIFO and the data is transmitted until tx_fifoeof is asserted. Once the
frame is transmitted, tx_staten is asserted to qualify the statistic vector, tx_statvec. The signal tx_done is asserted
to indicate a successful transmission. This is shown in Figure 2-12, and described as follows in detail.
Figure 2-12. Transmission of a 64-Byte Frame without Error
txmac_clk
tx_fifoavail
4
tx_fifodata[7:0]
1
tx_macread
2
2
62
63
64
3
tx_staten
6
tx_staten[31:0]
Valid
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifoempty
5
1
tx_discfrm
tx_done
1. The Tx FIFO is initially empty (tx_fifoempty is asserted) and the MAC Tx state machine is in an idle state.
2. The client interface begins loading the Tx FIFO. Once the tx_fifoempty signal is de-asserted the tx_macread is
asserted and the MAC Tx state machine goes into a transmit state. The MAC performs a “pre-read” and continues to assert the tx_macread as long as the Tx FIFO is not empty (tx_fifoempty stays low). The pre-read typically is 7 to 8 bytes.
3. If tx_fifoavail is low after the pre-read, the Tx MAC will de-assert the tx_macread until the tx_fifoavail is
asserted.
4. tx_fifoavail is set high by the client interface indicating all bytes of the packet are now available for transmission.
The Tx MAC re-asserts tx_macread and reads all bytes until tx_fifoeof indicates the last byte.
5. Once the complete packet is read out by the Tx MAC, it checks the status of tx_fifoempty and tx_fifoavail again.
If either tx_fifoavail is low or tx_fifoempty is high at the end of the packet, the MAC de-asserts tx_macread. If
tx_fifoavail is high and tx_fifoempty is low, (FIFO is not empty) the Tx MAC will do another pre-read (not shown
in this figure) and start the transmit process over.
6. Once the frame is transmitted, tx_staten is asserted to qualify the statistic vector, tx_statvec. The signal tx_done
is asserted to indicate a successful transmission.
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Additional Notes:
• The MAC Tx state machine may do other processing, such as inserting IPG after a previous packet is transmitted, so even if tx_fifoempty is low and tx_fifoavail is high the MAC may not assert the tx_macread right away.
• There are many ways to interface client logic and FIFOs to the MAC - here are two examples:
1.) An appropriate threshold level for the Tx FIFO is chosen which indicates that a full frame is ready to be
sent. This is used as the tx_fifoavail signal. If there are variable size packets (some small) one may want to
OR this threshold with a frames_present signal. frames_present is a frames counter that keeps track of
EOPs into and out of the FIFO. Whenever the FIFO is Not Almost Empty and there is at least one full
packet in the FIFO tx_fifoavail is set high to indicate it is safe to transmit a packet.
2.) Decouple the tx_fifoempty and tx_fifoavail signals from the actual Tx FIFO and generate tx_fifoavail and
tx_fifoempty signals from a simple state machine:
I) Keep tx_fifoavail low and tx_fifoempty high - load Tx FIFO
II) When packet is fully loaded into Tx FIFO assert tx_fifoavail high and de-assert tx_fifoempty (set to
not empty)
III) When packet is completely pulled out of FIFO, de-assert tx_fifoavail and force tx_fifoempty high
Successful Transmission of a 64-byte Frame with FIFO Empty - Tx MAC Application Interface
tx_fifoempty is asserted along with tx_fifoeof to indicate that the complete 64-byte frame has been read.
The frame is transmitted as a valid frame and tx_done is asserted at the end of transmission.
Figure 2-13. Successful Transmission of a 64-byte Frame with FIFO Empty
txmac_clk
tx_fifoavail
tx_fifodata[7:0]
1
62
2
63
64
tx_macread
tx_staten
tx_staten[31:0]
Valid
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifoempty
tx_discfrm
tx_done
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Aborted Transmission Due to FIFO Empty - Tx MAC Application Interface
If the tx_fifoempty is asserted while the Tx MAC is in the process of reading a frame, the MAC will stop reading the
frame and assert tx_disfrm to indicate an erroneous transmission. The frame transmission is abandoned when this
occurs. Note in Figure 2-14 the tx_fifoempty was asserted before the end of the frame (no tx_fifoeof asserted).
Figure 2-14. Aborted Transmission Due to FIFO Empty
txmac_clk
tx_fifoavail
tx_fifodata[7:0]
1
62
2
63
64
tx_macread
tx_staten
tx_staten[31:0]
Valid
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifoempty
tx_discfrm
tx_done
Reception and Transmission of 64-byte Frames With SGMII Easy Connect Option
Figure 2-15 and Figure 2-16 illustrate how clock enables are used on the MAC client interface when the MAC is
configured with SGMII Easy connect option. Note: the SGMII PCS IP sources the appropriate clock enables to the
MAC. For one Gbps operation the clock enables are always high, for 100 Mbps operation the clock enables are
asserted high once every 10 (125 Mhz) clock cycles, and for 10 Mbps operation the clock enable is asserted high
once every 100 (125 Mhz) clock cycles.
Figure 2-15. Transmission of a 64-byte Frame at 100 Mbs Data Rate
tx_clk_en
sys_clk_125
tx_macread
tx_fifoeof
tx_fifodata[7:0]
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Figure 2-16. Reception of a 64-byte Frame at 100 Mbs Data Rate
rx_clk_en
sys_clk_125
rx_write
rx_eof
tx_dbout[7:0]
1
2
64
3
Host Interface Read/Write Operation
During a write operation, haddr associated with hdatain, hcs_n and hwrite_n performs a write operation to an internal register. The end of transaction is indicated by assertion of hready_n. During a read operation, haddr associated with hcs_n and hread_n forms a write operation. The end of transaction is indicated by the assertion of
hready_n and hdataout_en_n along with the valid read data on hdataout.
Figure 2-17. Host Interface Read/Write Operation
hclk
haddr
[addr_width-1:0]
ADDR
hdatain
[data_width-1:0]
DATA
A
ADDR
B
A
hdataout
[data_width-1:0]
DATA B
hcs_n
hread_n
hwrite_n
hready_n
hdataout_en_n
READ OPERATION
WRITE OPERATION
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Management Interface Read/Write Operation
During a write operation, mdio_en is asserted and the data is transmitted on mdo. During a read operation,
mdio_en is asserted while the address is being transferred. Once this is done, it is de-asserted for rest of the transfer enabling the PHY to deliver data on mdi.
Figure 2-18. Management Interface Read and Write Operations
mdc
mdio_en
mdo
address and write data
address of register being read
mdi
read data
WRITE
OPERATION
READ
OPERATION
GMII Transmit and Receive Operations (1G mode and Gigabit MAC Option)
txd and tx_en are driven synchronous to the gtx_clk during transmit operations. When the frame being transmitted
has an error, tx_er is asserted.
When receiving data, rxd and rx_en are sampled on the rising edge of rx_clk. An error in the frame is indicated
when rx_er is asserted.
Figure 2-19. GMII Transmit and Receive Operations
gtx_clk
tx_en
txd[0:7]
VALID FRAME DATA
VALID FRAME DATA
tx_er
FRAME WITH
ERROR
FRAME WITHOUT
ERROR
rx_clk
rx_en
rxd[0:7]
VALID FRAME DATA
VALID FRAME DATA
rx_er
FRAME WITH
ERROR
FRAME WITHOUT
ERROR
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MII Transmit and Receive Operations (10/100 Mode)
On the transmit side, txd and tx_en are driven synchronous to the gtx_clk. tx_er is asserted to indicate that the
frame being transmitted has an error.
On the receive interface, rxd and rx_en are sampled on the rising edge of rx_clk. An error in the frame is indicated
when rx_er is high when sampled on the rising clock edge.
col and crs are asynchronous signals, useful in the half-duplex mode only.
Figure 2-20. MII Transmit and Receive Operations
tx_clk
tx_en
txd[0:3]
VALID FRAME DATA
VALID FRAME DATA
FRAME WITHOUT
COLLISION
FRAME WITH
COLLISION
col
crs
tx_er
rx_clk
rx_en
rxd[0:3]
VALID FRAME DATA
VALID FRAME DATA
rx_er
FRAME WITH
ERROR
FRAME WITHOUT
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Chapter 3:
Parameter Settings
The IPexpress™ tool is used to create IP and architectural modules in the Diamond software. Refer to IP Core
Generation and Evaluation for a description on how to generate the IP.
Table 3-1 provides the list of user configurable parameters for the TSMAC IP core. The parameter settings are
specified using the TSMAC IP core Configuration GUI in IPexpress.
Table 3-1. TSMAC IP Core Configuration Parameters
Range/Options
Default
CLASSIC_TSMAC1
Parameter
Selected/Not Selected
Selected
SGMII_TSMAC1
Selected/Not Selected
Not Selected
GBE_MAC1
Selected/Not Selected
Not Selected
MIIM_MODULE
Include/Do Not Include
Include
1. The first three parameters are mutually exclusive
TSMAC Configuration Dialog Box
Figure 3-1 shows the TSMAC Configuration dialog box.
Figure 3-1. TSMAC Configuration Dialog Box
Parameter Descriptions
This section describes the available parameters for the TSMAC IP core.
MIIM_MODULE
This parameter determines whether the optional MIIM Module will be included in the core’s implementation.
Operation Mode
CLASSIC_TSMAC
This parameter determines whether the core will be implemented as a Classic TSMAC IP core.
SGMII_TSMAC
This parameter determines whether the core will be implemented as a TSMAC with the SGMII Easy Connect GMII
interface.
GBE_MAC
This parameter determines whether the TSMAC IP core will be implemented as a Gigabit MAC core.
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IP Core Generation and Evaluation
IP Core Generation in IPexpress
This chapter provides information on how to generate the Lattice TSMAC IP core using the Diamond software IPexpress tool, and how to include the core in a top-level design.
Licensing the IP Core
An IP core- and device-specific license is required to enable full, unrestricted use of the TSMAC IP core in a complete, top-level design. Instructions on how to obtain licenses for Lattice IP cores are given at:
http://www.latticesemi.com/Products/DesignSoftwareAndIP.aspx
Users may download and generate the TSMAC IP core and fully evaluate the core through functional simulation
and implementation (synthesis, map, place and route) without an IP license. The TSMAC IP core also supports
Lattice’s IP hardware evaluation capability, which makes it possible to create versions of the IP core that operate in
hardware for a limited time (approximately four hours) without requiring an IP license. See “Hardware Evaluation”
on page 51 for further details. However, a license is required to enable timing simulation, to open the design in the
Diamond EPIC tool, and to generate bitstreams that do not include the hardware evaluation timeout limitation.
Getting Started
The TSMAC IP core is available for download from the Lattice IP Server using the IPexpress tool. The IP files are
automatically installed using ispUPDATE technology in any customer-specified directory. After the IP core has
been installed, the IP core will be available in the IPexpress GUI dialog box shown in Figure 4-1.
The IPexpress tool GUI dialog box for the TSMAC IP core is shown in Figure 4-1. To generate a specific IP core
configuration the user specifies:
• Project Path – Path to the directory where the generated IP files will be located.
• File Name – “username” designation given to the generated IP core and corresponding folders and files.
• Module Output – Verilog or VHDL.
• Device Family – Device family to which IP is to be targeted (such as ECP5 or LatticeECP3). Only families that
support the particular IP core are listed.
• Part Name – Specific targeted part within the selected device family.
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Figure 4-1. IPexpress Tool Dialog Box (Diamond Version)
Note that if the IPexpress tool is called from within an existing project, Project Path, Module Output, Device Family
and Part Name default to the specified project parameters. Refer to the IPexpress tool online help for further information.
To create a custom configuration, the user clicks the Customize button in the IPexpress tool dialog box to display
the TSMAC IP core Configuration GUI, as shown in Figure 4-2. From this dialog box, the user can select the IP
parameter options specific to their application. Refer to Parameter Settings for more information on the TSMAC IP
core parameter settings.
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Figure 4-2. TSMAC IP Core - Configuration GUI (Diamond Version)
IPexpress-Created Files and Top Level Directory Structure
When the user clicks the Generate button in the IP Configuration dialog box, the IP core and supporting files are
generated in the specified “Project Path” directory. The directory structure of the generated files is shown in
Figure 4-3.
Figure 4-3. LatticeECP3 TSMAC IP Core Directory Structure
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The design flow for IP created with the IPexpress tool uses a post-synthesized module (NGO) for synthesis and a
protected model for simulation. The post-synthesized module is customized and created during the IPexpress tool
generation.
Table 4-1 provides a list of key files and directories created by the IPexpress tool and how they are used. The IPexpress tool creates several files that are used throughout the design cycle. The names of most of the created files
are customized to the user’s module name specified in the IPexpress tool. These are all of the files needed to
implement and verify the TSMAC IP core in a top-level design.
Table 4-1. File List
File
Description
.lpc
This file contains the IPexpress tool options used to recreate or modify the core in the IPexpress
tool.
.ipx
The IPX file holds references to all of the elements of an IP or Module after it is generated from the
IPexpress tool (Diamond version only). The file is used to bring in the appropriate files during the
design implementation and analysis. It is also used to re-load parameter settings into the IP/Module generation GUI when an IP/Module is being re-generated.
.ngo
This file provides the synthesized IP core.
_bb.v
This file provides the synthesis black box for the user’s synthesis.
_inst.v
This file provides an instance template for the TSMAC IP core.
_beh.v
This file provides the front-end simulation library for the TSMAC IP core.
Table 4-2 provides a list of key additional files providing IP core generation status information and command line
generation capability are generated in the user's project directory.
Table 4-2. Additional Files
File
_generate.tcl
Description
Created when GUI “Generate” button is pushed, invokes generation, may be run from command
line.
_generate.log Diamond synthesis and map log file.
_gen.log
IPexpress IP generation log file
The \ and subtending directories provide files supporting TSMAC IP core evaluation. The
\ directory shown in Figure 4-3 contains files and folders with content that is constant for all configurations of the TSMAC. The \ subfolder (\tri_speed_mac_core0 in this example) contains
files and folders with content specific to the username configuration.
The \ts_mac_eval directory is created by IPexpress the first time the core is generated and updated each time
the core is regenerated. A \ directory is created by IPexpress each time the core is generated and
regenerated each time the core with the same file name is regenerated. A separate \ directory is generated for cores with different names, e.g. \, \, etc.
Instantiating the Core
The generated TSMAC IP core package includes black-box (_bb.v/vhd) and instance (_inst.v/vhd) templates (Verilog or VHDL) that can be used to instantiate the core in a top-level design. An
example RTL top-level reference source file that can be used as an instantiation template for the IP core is provided
in \\ts_mac_eval\\src\rtl\top. Users may also use this top-level reference
as the starting template for the top-level for their complete design.
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IP Core Generation in Clarity Designer
Getting Started
The first step in generating an IP Core in Clarity Designer is to start a project in Diamond software with the ECP5
device. Clicking the Clarity Designer button opens the Clarity Designer tool.
Figure 4-4. Starting a Project in Clarity Designer
As shown in Figure 4-4, you can create a new design or open an existing one. You can specify the design location,
design name and HDL output format. Click Create to open the Clarity Designer main window.
The TSMAC IP core is available for download from the Lattice IP Server using the Clarity Designer tool. The IP files
are automatically installed using ispUPDATE technology in any customer-specified directory. After the IP core has
been installed, the IP core will be available in the Clarity Designer GUI Catalog box shown in Figure 4-5.
Figure 4-5. Clarity Designer Catalog Box
Double-click the IP name to open a dialog box as shown in Figure 4-5.
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Figure 4-6. Clarity Designer Dialog Box
To generate a specific IP core configuration the user specifies:
• Instance Path – Path to the directory where the generated IP files will be located.
• Instance Name – “username” designation given to the generated IP core and corresponding folders and files.
• Module Output – Verilog or VHDL.
• Device Family – Device family to which IP is to be targeted.
• Part Name – Specific targeted part within the selected device family.
Note that because the Clarity Designer tool must be called from within an existing project, Project Path, Module
Output, Device Family and Part Name default to the specified project parameters. Refer to the IPexpress tool online
help for further information.
To create a custom configuration:
1. Click the Customize button in the Clarity Designer dialog box to display the TSMAC IP core Configuration GUI,
as shown in Figure 4-6.
2. Select the IP parameter options specific to your application. Refer to Parameter Settings for more information
on the SGMII IP core parameter settings.
3. After setting the parameters, click Configure.
4. A dialog box, shown in Figure 4-7, displays logs, errors and warnings. Click Close.
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Figure 4-7. Clarity Designer Generate Log Tab
5. The Clarity Designer Builder tab, shown in Figure 4-8, opens with the defined component displayed.
Figure 4-8. Clarity Designer Builder Tab
Clarity Designer Created Files and Top Level Directory Structure
The directory structure of the generated files is shown in Figure 4-9.
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Figure 4-9. ECP5 TSMAC IP Core Directory Structure
The design flow for IP created with the Clarity Designer tool uses post-synthesized modules (NGO) for synthesis
and a protected model for simulation. The post-synthesized module are customized and created during the Clarity
Designer tool generation.
Table 4-3 provides a list of key files and directories created by the Clarity Designer tool and how they are used. The
Clarity Designer tool creates several files that are used throughout the design cycle. The names of most of the created files are customized to the user’s module name specified in the Clarity Designer tool.
Table 4-3. File List
Description
File
_inst.v
This file provides an instance template for the TSMAC IP core.
_beh.v
This file provides a behavioral simulation model for the TSMAC IP core.
_bb.v
This file provides the synthesis black box for the user’s synthesis.
.ngo
The ngo files provide the synthesized IP core.
.pc
This file contains the IPexpress tool options used to recreate or modify the core in the IPexpress tool.
.ipx
The IPX file holds references to all of the elements of an IP or Module after it is generated from
the IPexpress tool (Diamond version only). The file is used to bring in the appropriate files during the design implementation and analysis. It is also used to reload parameter settings into
the IP/Module generation GUI when an IP/Module is being re-generated.
_generate.tcl
This file is created when you click the Generate button. This file may be run from command
line.
_generate.log
This is the IPexpress scripts log file.
_gen.log
This is the IPexpress IP generation log file.
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Simulation Evaluation
Please refer to Running Functional Simulation.
IP Core Implementation
After completing the Configuration step, perform the procedure below. Please refer to Figure 4-10.
1. Click the Planner tab.
2. Expand the configured IP instance to Lane level.
3. Drag the lanes of the IP to the DCU channel(s).
4. Click the Generate button to create the Clarity Designer (.sbx) file.
Clarity Designer (.sbx) files can be used in design projects such as an HDL file or an IPexpress generated (.ipx)
file. A key difference between IPexpress generated files and Clarity Designer generated files is that the latter may
contain not only a single block but multiple modules or IP blocks and may represent a subsystem. In IPexpress, the
process generates a single module or IP. This is a one step process since an IPexpress file can only contain one
module or IP. In Clarity Designer, saving a file is a separate step. Modules or IP are configured and multiple modules or IP can optionally be added within the same file. Additionally, since building and planning can also be done,
saving the file and generating the blocks may be performed later.
After the Generate step is completed, the “.sbx” file is automatically added to current Diamond Project Input Files
list as shown in Figure 4-10.
Figure 4-10. File List in Report Dialog Box
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After this step, click Process at the bottom of window, then double-click Place & Route Design to Start PAR. This
is similar to a standard Diamond PAR flow.
Regenerating/Recreating the IP Core
By regenerating an IP core with the Clarity Designer tool, you can modify any of the options specific to an existing
IP instance. By recreating an IP core with Clarity Designer tool, you can create (and modify if needed) a new IP
instance with an existing LPC/IPX configuration file.
Regenerating an IP Core in Clarity Designer Tool
To regenerate an IP core in Clarity Designer:
1. In the Clarity Designer Builder tab, right-click on the existing IP instance and choose Config.
2. In the module dialog box, choose the desired options.
For more information about the options, click Help. You may also click the About tab in the Clarity Designer window for links to technical notes and user guides. The IP may come with additional information.
As the options change, the schematic diagram of the module changes to show the I/O and the device resources
the module needs.
3. Click Configure.
Recreating an IP Core in Clarity Designer Tool
To recreate an IP core in Clarity Designer:
1. In Clarity Designer click the Catalog tab.
2. Click the Import IP tab (at the bottom of the view).
3. Click Browse.
4. In the Open IPX File dialog box, browse to the .ipx or .lpc file of the module or IP to generate.
5. Click Open.
6. Type in a name for Target Instance. Note that this instance name should not be the same as any of the existing
IP instances in the current Clarity Designer project.
7. Click Import. The module's dialog box opens.
8. In the dialog box, choose desired options.
For more information about the options, click Help. You may also check the About tab in the Clarity Designer
window for links to technical notes and user guides. The IP may come with additional information.
As the options change, the schematic diagram of the module changes to show the ports and the device
resources the module needs.
9. Click Configure.
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Running Functional Simulation
Simulation support for the TSMAC IP core is provided for Aldec Active-HDL (Verilog and VHDL) simulator, Mentor
Graphics ModelSim (Verilog only) simulator.
The functional simulation includes a configuration-specific behavioral model of the TSMAC IP core, which is instantiated in an FPGA top level along with some test logic (MAC client side FIFO loop back logic, PLLs, and registers
with Read/Write Interface). This FPGA top, which is referred to as the Test Application Design, is instantiated in an
evaluation test bench that configures FPGA test logic registers and TSMAC IP core registers. The test bench also
sources Ethernet packets to the Test Application, and monitors packets from Test Application.
More information on the simulation and the Test Application Design can be found in Application Support.
The generated IP core package includes the configuration-specific behavior model (_beh.v) for functional simulation in the “Project Path” root directory. Lattice does not provide a test bench for evaluating this IP core
in isolation. However, a functional simulation capability is provided in which _beh.v is instantiated in
the Test Application Design described in Application Support section of this document.
The simulation script supporting ModelSim evaluation simulation is provided in
\\ts_mac_eval\\sim\modelsim.
The simulation script supporting Aldec evaluation simulation is provided in
\\ts_mac_eval\\sim\aldec.
The Test Application Design is instantiated in a test-bench provided in
\\ts_mac_eval\testbench.
Both ModelSim and Aldec simulation is supported via test bench files provided in
\\ts_mac_eval\testbench. Models required for simulation are provided in the corresponding
\models folder.
Users may run the Aldec evaluation simulation by doing the following:
1. Open Active-HDL.
2. Under the Tools tab, select Execute Macro.
3. Browse to folder
\\ts_mac_eval\\sim\aldec and execute one of the “do” scripts shown.
Users may run the ModelSim evaluation simulation by doing the following:
1. Open ModelSim.
2. Under the File tab, select Change Directory and choose the folder
\ts_mac_eval\\sim\modelsim.
3. Under the Tools tab, select Execute Macro and execute the ModelSim “do” script shown.
Note: When the simulation completes, a pop-up window will appear asking “Are you sure you want to finish?”
Answer “No” to analyze the results (answering “Yes” closes ModelSim).
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Synthesizing and Implementing the Core in a Top-Level Design
Synthesis support for the TSMAC IP core is provided for Mentor Graphics Precision or Synopsys Synplify. The
TSMAC IP core itself is synthesized and is provided in NGO format when the core is generated in IPexpress. Users
may synthesize the core in their own top-level design by instantiating the core in their top-level as described previously and then synthesizing the entire design with either Synplify or Precision RTL Synthesis.
The following text describes the evaluation implementation flow for Windows platforms. The flow for Linux and
UNIX platforms is described in the Readme file included with the IP core.
Two example top-level reference source files are provided to support TSMAC top-level synthesis and implementation.
One top file is for a TSMAC IP core only implementation in isolation. This design is intended only to provide an
accurate indication of the device utilization associated with the TSMAC IP core itself and should not be used as an
actual implementation example.
The other top file is for the Test Application Design, and includes both the TSMAC IP core and additional loop back
test logic. This is the same top used in the functional simulation described in the previous section.
Both top-level files ts_mac_core_only_top.v (core only) and ts_mac_top.v (Application) are provided in
\\ts_mac_eval\\src\rtl\top.
Push-button implementation of both reference designs is supported via the project files,
_reference_eval.ldf and _core_only_eval.ldf located in
\\ts_mac_eval\\impl\(synplify or precision).
Using Project Files With Synplify in Diamond
1. Choose File > Open > Project.
2. Browse to \\ts_mac_eval\\impl\synplify in the Open Project dialog
box.
3. Select and open _reference_eval.ldf or _core_only_eval.ldf. At this point, all of the files
needed to support top-level synthesis and implementation will be imported to the project.
4. In the Diamond Toolbar, choose Project > Active Strategy >Synplify Pro Settings.
5. Set the Frequency (MHz) to 125 in the Synplify Pro pop-up window and close the window.
6. Select the device top-level entry in the left-hand GUI window.
7. Implement the complete design via the standard Diamond GUI flow.
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Hardware Evaluation
The TSMAC IP core supports Lattice’s IP hardware evaluation capability, which makes it possible to create versions of the IP core that operate in hardware for a limited period of time (approximately four hours) without requiring
the purchase of an IP license. It may also be used to evaluate the core in hardware in user-defined designs.
Enabling Hardware Evaluation in Diamond:
Choose Project > Active Strategy > Translate Design Settings. The hardware evaluation capability may be
enabled/disabled in the Strategy dialog box. It is enabled by default.
Updating/Regenerating the IP Core
By regenerating an IP core with the IPexpress tool, you can modify any of its settings including: device type, design
entry method, and any of the options specific to the IP core. Regenerating can be done to modify an existing IP
core or to create a new but similar one.
Regenerating an IP Core in Diamond
To regenerate an IP core in Diamond:
1. In IPexpress, click the Regenerate button.
2. In the Regenerate view of IPexpress, choose the IPX source file of the module or IP you wish to regenerate.
3. IPexpress shows the current settings for the module or IP in the Source box. Make your new settings in the Target box.
4. If you want to generate a new set of files in a new location, set the new location in the IPX Target File box. The
base of the file name will be the base of all the new file names. The IPX Target File must end with an .ipx extension.
5. Click Regenerate. The module’s dialog box opens showing the current option settings.
6. In the dialog box, choose the desired options. To get information about the options, click Help. Also, check the
About tab in IPexpress for links to technical notes and user guides. IP may come with additional information. As
the options change, the schematic diagram of the module changes to show the I/O and the device resources
the module will need.
7. To import the module into your project, if it’s not already there, select Import IPX to Diamond Project (not
available in stand-alone mode).
8. Click Generate.
9. Check the Generate Log tab to check for warnings and error messages.
10.Click Close.
The IPexpress package file (.ipx) supported by Diamond holds references to all of the elements of the generated IP
core required to support simulation, synthesis and implementation. The IP core may be included in a user's design
by importing the .ipx file to the associated Diamond project. To change the option settings of a module or IP that is
already in a design project, double-click the module’s .ipx file in the File List view. This opens IPexpress and the
module’s dialog box showing the current option settings. Then go to step 6 above.
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Chapter 5:
Application Support
This chapter provides application support information for the TSMAC IP core.
Test Application Design
The TSMAC IP core evaluation package includes a reference design that can be used to instantiate, simulate, map,
place and route the Lattice TSMAC IP core in an example working design. This reference design provides a loop
back path for packets on the MAC Rx/Tx client interface, through a FIFO and associated logic. Ethernet packets
are sourced to the Rx G/MII and looped back on the MAC Rx/Tx client FIFO interface. Source and destination
addresses in the ethernet frame can be swapped so the looped back packets on the Tx G/MII have the correct
source and destination addresses. This design also provides connections to the other interfaces of the Lattice
TSMAC IP core, including the SMI, Host Bus and Rx/Tx Statistics interfaces. Figure 5-1 shows a block diagram of
the test application design. This loopback design should be able to sustain a 1 Gbps throughput with minimum
sized Ethernet frames.
Figure 5-1. Test Application Design
ts_mac_top.v
gtx_clk
TSMAC Support Logic
(buffers, PLLs, dividers, muxes, etc.)
sys_clk
G/MII
tx_clk
rx_clk
JTAG
Pkt_loop_clksel
rxmac_clk
txmac_clk
cpu_if_gbit_en
TDO
clk
reset_n
data_in
FIFO
ready
Tx Client Intf.
TX G/MII
reset
JTAG/
PAR
2048 x 9
RX G/MII
Rx Client Intf.
TriSpeed
MAC
Core
Address
Swap
Host Bus
Add_swap
NULL
Misc. Client signals
loop_enb
Addres Swap
and Loop Back
Test Logic
data_out
ack
error
retry
Orcastra
Bus
mdc
mdio_en
mdo
SMI
mdi
Rx/Tx Statistics
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User Slave
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hclk
Control
and Status
TDI
TMS
TCK
User Slave Bus
Register Interface Module
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The main blocks and functions of the test application design are as follows:
The Test Logic Module
This module includes the address swap logic, loop back FIFO and associated control logic, and miscellaneous control and status glue logic between the MAC Rx/Tx Client interface and the register interface module.
The ORCAstra to Host Bus/USI module
This module converts the ORCAstra™ bus (a Lattice defined slow speed serial bus) to the host bus and a user
slave interface bus. Using the ORCAstra bus, a user can access the internal TSMAC IP core registers, as well as
the test application registers. Note that external PHY registers can also be accessed via the ORCAstra interface
through the internal TSMAC IP core registers and the SMI interface in the TSMAC IP core. The MAC registers
(accessed via the host bus) and test logic registers (accessed via the USI) are memory mapped as described in
Test Application Registers. An ORCAstra Bus Test bench driver is provided to ease simulation with this interface.
The Register Interface Module
This module is accessed through the ORCAstra bus via the user slave interface (USI). The module contains registers used by the test application for control and status of the TSMAC IP core and external PHY. In addition this
module contains 16 bit statistics counters fed by the TSMAC IP core’s Rx/Tx statistics interfaces. These counters
can be read and cleared through the ORCAstra bus. An address map and description of these registers is given in
Test Application Registers.
TSMAC Support Logic
This logic includes IO buffers, PLLs, clock dividers and multiplexers used by the TSMAC IP core and test application. Use of technology-specific modules (like the I/O and PLLs) and their settings are pre-defined for this application. They are based on the user configuration option selected. Information can be found in the downloaded files
(e.g. the _pll.v files in the models directory) that come with the IPexpress IP core installed package.
Simulation of the Test Application
Figure 5-2 shows a block diagram of the test bench setup provided with the Test Application Design. All Accesses
to the internal TSMAC registers and test application design registers can be accomplished through the testcase.v
file (via an Orcastra driver). In addition, variable size and types of ethernet frames can be sourced to the TSMAC
Rx G/MII port through the testcase.v file (via the Rx frame generator). These received packets get looped back
inside the test application design and are monitored on the TSMAC Tx G/MII port by a packet monitor. The monitored packets are logged in a file named ethernet_pkts_sink. The testcase.v file can be found in
\\ts_mac_eval\testbench\tests\. While the ethernet_pkts_sink file will be created and
placed in \\ts_mac_eval\tsmac\sim\(modelsim or aldec) directory once the simulation is run and completed.
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Figure 5-2. Block Diagram of Testbench Setup
test_ts_mac.v
G/MII
Interface
MAC FIFO Client
Interface
ts_mac_top.v
Add Swap
and
Loopback
Tx
pkt_mon
ethernet_pkts_sink
TSMAC
Core Rx
Rx_frame
Generator
Register
Interface
Orcastra
Interface
testcase.v
Orcastra
Driver
Note that the user can easily edit the testcase.v file to configure and monitor any registers they desire in the test
application design, as well modify the type or number of packets they wish to drive to the test application design.
Also note that the destination and source addresses can be swapped by enabling the swap control bit in the test
control register. Figure 5-3 shows a timing waveform of data and control signals on the ingress and egress sides of
the address swap module (when address swap is enabled).
Figure 5-3. Timing Waveform
rx_dbout
DST_ADD
SRC_ADD
Len/
Type
DST_ADD
FCS
rx_write
eof
rx_dbout
add_swap
SRC_ADD
DST_ADD
Len/
Type
DATA/PAD
FCS
rx_write_dly
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Test Application Registers
There are two address spaces in the test application design. Refer to Table 2-4 for a listing of TSMAC IP Core internal registers. The first address in Table 2-4 starts at offset 0x00 and ends at 0x35. This space contains the TSMAC
IP core internal registers.
The second address space shown in Table 5-1 starts at offset 0x8000 and ends at 0x8031. This space contains ID,
control, status and statistics registers used by the test application.
The REGINTF logic block in the test application provides the address decoding, for the RO and R/W registers used
by the test logic and statistics counters. All registers are 8 bits wide and are byte addressable. Note that the statistics counter registers are composed of two 8 bit registers, a low and a high byte register, therefore, in order to
access these registers, two byte accesses must be made. For example, to access to all 16 bits of the RXOKCNT
would require an access to both 0x8019 (high byte) and 0x8018 (low byte). Note that since the statistics counter
registers are clear on read (COR), the high byte should be read first before reading the low byte, since a read of the
low byte clears all the combined 16 bits of the low and high registers. The address map for the test application
related resisters are listed in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1. Test Application Related Registers
Address
Register Description
0x08000
VERsion/IDentification Register
0x08001
TeST CoNTroL Register
0x08002
TeST CoNTroL Register 2
0x08003
MAC CoNTroL Register
0x08004
0x08005
0x08006
0x08007
Mnemonic
Type
VERID
RO
TSTCNTL
RW
TSTCNTL_2
RW
MACCNTL
RW
PAUSe TiMeR Register - Low byte
PAUSTMRL
RW
PAUSe TiMeR Register - High byte
PAUSTMRH
RW
FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - Low
FIFOAFTL
RW
FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - High
FIFOAFTH
RW
0x08008
FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Register - Low
FIFOAETL
RW
0x08009
FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Register - High
FIFOAETH
RW
0x0800a
RX Status Register
RXSTATUS
RO/COR
0x0800b
TX Status Register
TXSTATUS
RO/COR
0x0800c, 0x0800d
RX Packet Ignored Counter Register (L,H)
RXPICNT
RO/COR
RXLCECNT
RO/COR
RXLFCNT
RO/COR
0x0800e, 0x0800f
RX Length Check Error CouNTer (L,H)
0x08010, 0x08011
RX Long Frames CouNTer Register (L,H)
0x08012, 0x08013
RX Short Frames CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXSFCNT
RO/COR
0x08014, 0x08015
RX IPG violations CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXIPGCNT
RO/COR
0x08016, 0x08017
RX CRC errors CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXCRCCNT
RO/COR
0x08018, 0x08019
RX OK packets CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXOKCNT
RO/COR
0x0801a, 0x0801b
RX Control Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXCFCNT
RO/COR
0x0801c, 0x0801d
RX Pause Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXPFCNT
RO/COR
0x0801e, 0x0801f
RX Multicast Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXMFCNT
RO/COR
0x08020, 0x08021
RX Broadcast Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXBFCNT
RO/COR
0x08022, 0x08023
RX VLAN tagged Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
RXVFCNT
RO/COR
0x08024, 0x08025
TX Unicast Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
TXUFCNT
RO/COR
0x08026, 0x08027
TX Pause Frame CouNTer Register
TXPFCNT
RO/COR
0x08028, 0x08029
TX Multicast Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
TXMFCNT
RO/COR
0x0802a, 0x0802b
TX Broadcast Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
TXBFCNT
RO/COR
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Table 5-1. Test Application Related Registers
Address
0x0802c, 0x0802d
Register Description
TX VLAN tagged Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
0x0802e, 0x0802f
TX BAD FCS Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
0x08030, 0x08031
TX Jumbo Frame CouNTer Register (L,H)
0x08032 - 0x0FFFF
UNUSED
Mnemonic
Type
TXVFCNT
RO/COR
TXBFCCNT
RO/COR
TXJFCNT
RO/COR
Register Descriptions
Version/Identification (RO)
Mnemonic: VERID
POR Value = A2H
Name
Version_ID [7:0]
Range
7:0
Description
Version ID: Echoes back the version and ID of the application (A2H).
Test Control Register (R/W)
Mnemonic: TSTCNTL
POR Value = 00H
Name
Range
Rsvd
7:4
Description
Reserved
pkt_loop_clksel
3
Packet Loop Clock Select: When this bit is set High, sys_clk is tied to
rx_clk. When the bit is Low sys_clk is sourced from an external IO pin.
reset_phy_n
2
Reset PHY: When this bit is set High, the phy_reset_n pin is de-asserted
(High). When this bit is Low the phy_reset_n pin is asserted (Low). This pin
can be used to reset an External PHY device.
loop back enable
1
Loop back Enable: When this bit is set High the client side loop back is
enabled. When the bit is Low the Loop back is disabled.
destination/source
address swap
0
Swap Destination and Source Addresses: When this bit is set High the
Ethernet Destination and source addresses are swapped. When the bit is
Low there is no address swapping.
Test Control Register 2 (R/W)
Mnemonic: TSTCNTL 2
POR Value = 00H
Name
testcontrol[7:0]
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Description
Reserved.
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MAC Control Register (R/W)
Mnemonic: MACCNTL
POR Value = 00H
Name
Rsvd [7:5]
ignore next packet
Range
7-5
4
Description
Reserved
ignore next packet: This bit asserts the ignore_next_pkt pin on the TSMAC
IP core. See Table 2-1 for more information.
3
tx_fifo_empty: This bit gets ORed with the FIFO empty signal. The ORed
output sets the tx_fifoempty pin on the TSMAC IP core. See Table 2-1 for
more information on this TSMAC IP core signal. Note by setting this bit you
can mimic the Tx FIFO being empty. Also note that the application design
only has one loopback FIFO. So the Tx FIFO is the same as the Rx FIFO.
rx_fifo full
2
rx_fifo full: This bit gets ORed with the FIFO full signal. The ORed output
sets the rx_fifo_full pin on the TSMAC IP core. See Table 2-1 for more information on this TSMAC IP core signal. Note by setting this bit you can mimic
the rx fifo being full. Also note that the application design only has one loopback FIFO. So the Tx FIFO is the same as the Rx FIFO.
fifo control frame
1
fifo control frame: This bit sets the tx_fifoctrl pin on the TSMAC IP core.
See Table 2-1 for more information on this TSMAC IP core signal.
0
send pause request: This bit gets ORed with the Tx FIFO almost full signal.
The ORed output sets the tx_sndpausreq pin on the TSMAC IP core. See
Table 2-1 for more information on this TSMAC IP core signal. When this bit
is set High OR the FIFO is almost full tx_sndpausreq is asserted, otherwise
tx_sndpausreq is de-asserted.
tx_fifo_empty
send pause request
Pause Timer Register - Low Byte (R/W)
Mnemonic: PAUSTMRL
POR Value = 00H
Name
pause timer Low bits
[7:0]
Range
7:0
Description
Pause Timer Low bits: These reg bits set the tx_sndpaustim[7:0] pins on
the TSMAC IP core. See Table 2-1 for more information on this TSMAC IP
core signal.
Pause Timer Register - High Byte (R/W)
Mnemonic: PAUSTMRH
POR Value = 00H
Name
pause timer High bits
[7:0]
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Description
7:0
Pause Timer High bits: These bits set the tx_sndpaustim[15:8] pins on the
TSMAC IP core. See Table 2-1 for more information on this TSMAC IP core
signal.
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FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - Low (R/W)
Mnemonic: FIFOAFTL
POR Value = 00H
Name
FIFO almost Full Low
bits [7:0]
Range
Description
7:0
FIFO almost Full Low bits: These bits set the loop back FIFO Almost Full
threshold [7:0] bits
FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - High (R/W)
Mnemonic: FIFOAFTH
POR Value = 00H
Name
Rsvd [7:1]
FIFO almost Full High
bit [0]
Range
7-1
0
Description
Reserved.
FIFO almost Full High bit: This bit sets the loop back FIFO Almost Full
threshold [8] bit.
FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Register - Low (R/W)
Mnemonic: FIFOAETL
POR Value = 00H
Name
FIFO almost Empty Low
bits [7:0]
Range
7:0
Description
FIFO almost Empty Low bits: These bits set the loop back FIFO Almost
Empty threshold [7:0] bits
FIFO Almost Full Threshold Register - High (R/W)
Mnemonic: FIFOAETH
POR Value = 00H
Name
Rsvd [7:1]
FIFO almost Empty
High bit [0]
Range
7-1
0
Description
Reserved.
FIFO almost Empty High bit: This bit sets the loop back FIFO Almost
Empty threshold [8] bit.
RX Status Register (RO/COR)
Mnemonic: RXSTATUS
POR Value = 00H
Name
Rsvd [7:2]
Range
7:2
Description
Reserved.
rx_error
1
rx_error: This bit is set high and latched if the rx_fifo_error signal is
asserted on TSMAC IP core pin. See Table 2-1 for more information on this
TSMAC IP core signal.
rx_fifo_error
0
rx_fifo_error: This bit is set high and latched if the rx_error signal is
asserted on TSMAC IP core pin. See Table 2-1 for more information on this
TSMAC IP core signal.
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TXSTATUS (RO/COR)
Mnemonic: TXSTATUS
POR Value = 00H
Name
Range
Rsvd [7:2]
Description
7:2
Reserved.
tx_fifo_full
1
tx_fifo_full: This bit is set high and latched if the tx_fifo_full signal from the
Loop back FIFO is asserted.
tx_discfrm
0
tx_discfrm: This bit is set high and latched if the tx_discfrm signal is
asserted on TSMAC IP core pin. See Table 2-1 for more information on this
TSMAC IP core signal.
The counter registers listed in Table 5-2 are all 16 bits with 8 bit low and 8 bit high address locations. The counters
count different Rx and Tx statistics as defined by the tx_statvec and rx_statvec statistics vectors defined in Table 21. All counters have a power-on reset (POR) value of 0x0000.
Table 5-2. Counter Registers
Address
Register Description
Mnemonic
Type
0x0800c
RX Packet Ignored Counter Register
RXPICNT
(RO/COR)
0x0800e
RX Length Check Error CouNTer
RXLCECNT
(RO/COR)
0x08010
RX Long Frames CouNTer Register
RXLFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08012
RX Short Frames CouNTer Register
RXSFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08014
RX IPG violations CouNTer Register
RXIPGCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08016
RX CRC errors CouNTer Register
RXCRCCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08018
RX OK packets CouNTer Register
RXOKCNT
(RO/COR)
0x0801a
RX Control Frame CouNTer Register
RXCFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x0801c
RX Pause Frame CouNTer Register
RXPFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x0801e
RX Multicast Frame CouNTer Register
RXMFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08020
RX Broadcast Frame CouNTer Register
RXBFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08022
RX VLAN tagged Frame CouNTer Register
RXVFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08024
TX Unicast Frame CouNTer Register
TXUFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08026
TX Pause Frame CouNTer Register
TXPFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08028
TX Multicast Frame CouNTer Register
TXMFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x0802a
TX Broadcast Frame CouNTer Register
TXBFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x0802c
TX VLAN tagged Frame CouNTer Register
TXVFCNT
(RO/COR)
0x0802e
TX BAD FCS Frame CouNTer Register
TXBFCCNT
(RO/COR)
0x08030
TX Jumbo Frame CouNTer Register
TXJFCNT
(RO/COR)
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Table 5-3 lists test application I/Os.
Table 5-3. Counter Registers
FPGA Signal Name
FPGA Pin
Notes
col
Input
Collision detect signal
crs
Input
Carrier sense signal
gtx_clk
Output
Tx GMII clock used only in 1 G mode
mdc
Input
SMI clock sourced to PHY from FPGA
mdio
Bi-directional
Bi-directional SMI data to/from PHY from/to MAC
pc_ack
Output
Orcastra parallel signals – only valid if jtag_parallel is Low
pc_clk
Input
Orcastra parallel signals – only valid if jtag_parallel is Low
pc_datain
Input
Orcastra parallel signals – only valid if jtag_parallel is Low
pc_dataout
Output
Orcastra parallel signals – only valid if jtag_parallel is Low
pc_error
Output
Orcastra parallel signals – only valid if jtag_parallel is Low
pc_ready
Input
Orcastra parallel signals – only valid if jtag_parallel is Low
pc_retry
Output
Orcastra parallel signals – only valid if jtag_parallel is Low
jtag_present
Output
JTAG is present
jtag_parallel
Input
Used to select Orcastra interface
1 = JTAG (for HW testing)
0 = Parallel (used during simulation)
reset_n
Input
Active Low
rx_clk
Input
Rx GMII clock
rx_dv
Input
Rx GMII data valid
rx_er
Input
Rx GMII error
rxd_0
Input
Rx GMII eata bit 0
rxd_1
Input
Rx GMII data bit 1
rxd_2
Input
Rx GMII data bit 2
rxd_3
Input
Rx GMII data bit 3
rxd_4
Input
Rx GMII data bit 4
rxd_5
Input
Rx GMII data bit 5
rxd_6
Input
Rx GMII data bit 6
rxd_7
Input
Rx GMII data bit 7
sys_clk
Input
Not needed if pkt_loop_clksel is set to 1
tx_clk
Input
Tx GMII clock
tx_en
Output
Tx GMII enable
tx_er
Output
Tx GMII error
txd_0
Output
Tx GMII data bit 0
txd_1
Output
Tx GMII data bit 1
txd_2
Output
Tx GMII data bit 2
txd_3
Output
Tx GMII data bit 3
txd_4
Output
Tx GMII data bit 4
txd_5
Output
Tx GMII data bit 5
txd_6
Output
Tx GMII data bit 6
txd_7
Output
Tx GMII data bit 7
rxmac_clk
Output
Rx MAC clock – used internally can be brought out
txmac_clk
Output
Tx MAC Clock – used internally can be brought out
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Table 5-3. Counter Registers
FPGA Signal Name
FPGA Pin
Notes
hclk
Input
Host bus clock
phy_reset_n
Output
Reset to external PHY (optional signal)
Code Listing for Multicast Bit Selection Hash Algorithm in C Language
The code listing below is to aid software developers in programming the multicast tables in the TSMAC IP core
when the core is programmed to receive multicast frames.
When a software developer wishes to accept a specific multicast address, they should follow the hash algorithm
illustrated in the C language code listing to determine which filter bit in the multicast registers to set. The C algorithm returns the multicastcast_table register index (0 to 7) as well as the bit within the register that needs to be set
(0 to 7) based on a given multicast destination address input to the algorithm. Several bits can be set to accept several multicast addresses. If all 64 multicast filter register bits are set to 1, then all received multicast addresses will
be passed to the MAC client interface.
#include
#include
//Hexadecimal equivalent of the CRC
//equn.
#define CRC_POLYNOMIAL 0x04c11db6
int main(int argc, unsigned char *argv[])
{
//The Multicast address is held in a 6 byte
//array
unsigned char multi_addr[6];
// variables
unsigned long int crc;
unsigned int val;
int i, j, bit;
int carry;
int register_no, register_bit;
crc = 0xffffffff;
// check number of arguments
if (argc != 7) {
printf("Invoke eth_crc with arguments specifying a MAC Address.\n");
printf("Use hex format and blanks.\n");
printf("Example:\n");
printf("eth_crc 01 A2 B3 C4 D5 E6\n");
system("PAUSE");
return 1;
}
printf("\n DA
");
// Input data from command line
for (j=0; j bit);
crc = 25; // TSMAC refers to Bit 30..25
crc &= 0x3F; // mask six bit
//Find the multicast register number and
//bit of that register to set.
printf(" hash %lx \n", crc);
register_no = crc >> 3;
register_bit = crc & 7;
printf (" register_no %lx\n register_bit %lx \n\n", register_no, register_bit);
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
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Chapter 6:
Core Validation
The Lattice TSMAC IP core has been validated through interoperability tests with several external PHY devices. An
external ethernet protocol generator/analyzer, such as the Spirent Smartbits tester, was used to drive/monitor ethernet traffic through the IP core test circuit.
The IP core was also tested in a real ethernet network environment. Refer to the following Lattice interoperability
Technical Notes and documents:
• TN1196, LatticeECP3 Marvell 1 GbE (1000BASE-X) Physical/MAC Layer Interoperability
• TN1197, LatticeECP3/Marvell SGMII Physical/MAC Layer Interoperability
• LatticeMico32 Tri-Speed Ethernet MAC Demo web site
(http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32trispeedethernetmac.cfm)
• LatticeMico32 Ethernet Gigabit MAC Demo web site:
(http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32ethernetgigabitmacd.cfm)
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Chapter 7:
Support Resources
This chapter contains information about Lattice Technical Support, additional references, and document revision
history.
Lattice Technical Support
Submit a technical support case via www.latticesemi.com/techsupport.
IEEE
IEEE offers publications and technology standards on its web site at http://www.ieee.org.
References
• LatticeMico32 Tri-Speed Ethernet MAC Demo web site
(http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32trispeedethernetmac.cfm)
• LatticeMico32 Ethernet Gigabit MAC Demo web site:
(http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32ethernetgigabitmacd.cfm)
LatticeECP3
• DS1021, LatticeECP3 Family Data Sheet
• TN1196, LatticeECP3 Marvell 1 GbE (1000BASE-X) Physical/MAC Layer Interoperability
• TN1197, LatticeECP3/Marvell SGMII Physical/MAC Layer Interoperability
ECP5
DS1044, ECP5 Family Data Sheet
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Revision History
Date
Document
Version
IP Core
Version
April 2015
3.3
4.0
Change Summary
Updated TSMAC Configuration Dialog Box section. Changed
Figure 3-1, TSMAC Configuration Dialog Box.
Removed Synthesis/Simulation Tools Selection.
Updated Lattice Technical Support section.
Updated References section.
June 2014
03.2
3.7ea
Added support for ECP5 FPGA family.
Added support for Diamond 3.2 software.
Removed support for Lattice ispLEVER.
Removed information on LatticeECP, LatticeEC, LatticeECP2,
LatticeECP2M, and LatticeXP
July 2013
03.1
3.3
Updated the File List table.
Updated document with new corporate logo.
Updated Lattice Technical Support information.
December 2010
03.0
3.3
Updated the Receiving Frames text section.
July 2010
02.9
3.3
Added support for Diamond software.
April 2010
02.8
3.2
Divided the document into chapters and added table of contents.
Added Quick Facts Table in Chapter 1, Introduction.
Added Chapter 5, “Application Support.”
Added Chapter 6, “Core Validation.”
November 2009
02.7
3.1
September 2009
02.6
3.0
Updated for ispLEVER 8.0.
Updated Address Filtering text section.
Added Appendix H. Code Listing for Multicast Bit Selection Hash
Algorithm in C Language.
April 2009
02.5
3.0
Updated to include support for LatticeECP3 family.
September 2008
02.4
2.7
Added the Instantiating the Core text section.
Updated appendices.
Added the Running Functional Simulation text section.
Added the Synthesizing and Implementing the Core in a Top-Level
Design text section.
Updated results in utilization tables.
September 2008
02.3
2.7
Expanded Feature list.
Updated General Description text section.
Added Tri-Speed 10/100/1G Ethernet MAC Core Block Diagram
(Gigabit MAC or SGMII Easy Connect options).
Added VLAN-Tagged Ethernet Frame Format diagram.
Added Ethernet Control Pause Frame Format diagram.
Added Tri-Speed 10/100/1G Ethernet MAC Core System Block Diagram (Gigabit MAC option).
Added Tri-Speed 10/100/1G Ethernet MAC Core System Block Diagram (SGMII Easy Connect option).
Updated Signal Descriptions table.
Updated Parameter Descriptions table.
Updated Receiving a PAUSE Frame text section.
Updated Receive Statistics Vector Description table.
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Date
Document
Version
IP Core
Version
Change Summary
Updated Internal Data Buffer and FIFO Interfaces text section.
Updated Internal Registers text section.
Updated MODE (R/W) Register Descriptions table.
Updated Transmit and Receive Control (R/W) Register Descriptions
table.
Added the Core Generation text section.
June 2008
02.2
2.6
TSMAC IP core Internal Registers table - Corrected the POR value
for Inter-Packet Gap Register. Value changed to 000CH.
January 2008
02.1
2.5
Updated part numbers listed in appendices. U2 changed to U3.
January 2008
02.0
2.5
Updated the Core Generation and Simulation section.
January 2008
01.9
2.5
Added Software Requirements text section.
November 2007
01.8
2.4
Updated Performance and Resource Utilization table in the
LatticeXP2 appendix.
September 2007
01.7
2.4
Updated MAC Address Register mnemonic and POR.
September 2007
01.6
2.4
Updated description for Bit 30 in the Receive Statistics Vector
Description table.
August 2007
01.5
2.4
Revised Transmit and Receive Control Register Description.
Updated description and diagram for Successful Transmission of a
64-Byte Frame -Tx MAC Application Interface.
May 2007
01.4
2.4
Added support for LatticeXP2 family.
November 2006
01.3
2.3
Added support for LatticeECP2M family.
July 2006
01.2
2.2
Added support for LatticeSC family.
May 2006
01.1
2.1
Added support for LatticeECP2 family.
February 2006
01.0
2.0
Initial release.
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Appendix A:
Resource Utilization
This appendix gives resource utilization information for Lattice FPGAs using the TSMAC IP core. The IP configurations shown in this chapter were generated using the IPexpress software tool. IPexpress is the Lattice IP configuration utility, and is included as a standard feature of the Diamond design tools. Details regarding the usage of
IPexpress can be found in the IPexpress and Diamond help systems. For more information on the Diamond design
tools, visit the Lattice web site at: www.latticesemi.com/software.
LatticeECP3 FPGAs
Table 8-1. Performance and Resource Utilization1
Configuration
MIIM Module
Operational
Option
SLICEs
LUTs
Registers
EBRs
External Pins
fMAX (MHz)
No
Classic
1232
1721
1193
2
25
125
No
Gigabit
1037
1427
1061
1
22
125
No
SGMII
1227
1718
1173
2
4
125
Yes
Classic
1355
1872
1345
2
27
125
Yes
Gigabit
1186
1596
1213
1
24
125
Yes
SGMII
1371
1881
1325
2
6
125
1. Performance and utilization data are generated targeting an LFE3-95EA-8FN484C device using Lattice Diamond 3.2 and Synplify Pro for
Lattice I-2013.09L-SP1-1 software. Performance may vary when using a different software version or targeting a different device density or
speed grade within the LatticeECP3 family.
Ordering Part Number
The Ordering Part Number (OPN) for the Tri-Speed Ethernet Media Access Controller IP core targeting
LatticeECP3 devices is TS-MAC-E3-U4.
ECP5 (LFE5U) FPGAs
Table 8-2. Performance and Resource Utilization1
Configuration
MIIM Module
Operational
Option
SLICEs
LUTs
Registers
EBRs
External Pins
fMAX (MHz)
No
Classic
1245
1694
1193
2
25
125
No
Gigabit
1080
1430
1061
1
22
125
No
SGMII
1249
1696
1173
2
4
125
Yes
Classic
1408
1849
1345
2
27
125
Yes
Gigabit
1263
1582
1213
1
24
125
Yes
SGMII
1423
1857
1325
2
6
125
1. Performance and utilization data are generated targeting an LFE5U-85F-8BG756C device using Lattice Diamond 3.2 and Synplify Pro for
Lattice I-2013.09L-SP1-1 software. Performance may vary when using a different software version or targeting a different device density or
speed grade within the Sapphire family.
Ordering Part Number
The Ordering Part Number (OPN) for the Tri-Speed Ethernet Media Access Controller IP core targeting LFE5U
devices is TS-MAC-E5-U/TS-MAC-E5-UT.
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Resource Utilization
ECP5 (LFE5UM) FPGAs
Table 8-3. Performance and Resource Utilization1
Configuration
MIIM Module
Operational
Option
SLICEs
LUTs
Registers
EBRs
External Pins
fMAX (MHz)
No
Classic
1245
1694
1193
2
25
125
No
Gigabit
1080
1430
1061
1
22
125
No
SGMII
1249
1696
1173
2
4
125
Yes
Classic
1408
1849
1345
2
27
125
Yes
Gigabit
1263
1582
1213
1
24
125
Yes
SGMII
1423
1857
1325
2
6
125
1. Performance and utilization data are generated targeting an LFE5UM-85F-8BG756C device using Lattice Diamond 3.2 and Synplify Pro for
Lattice I-2013.09L-SP1-1 software. Performance may vary when using a different software version or targeting a different device density or
speed grade within the Sapphire family.
Ordering Part Number
The Ordering Part Number (OPN) for the Tri-Speed Ethernet Media Access Controller IP core targeting LFE5UM
devices is TS-MAC-E5-U/TS-MAC-E5-UT.
LatticeXP2 FPGAs
Table 8-4. Performance and Resource Utilization1
Configuration
MIIM Module
Operational
Option2
SLICEs
LUTs
Registers
EBRs
External Pins
fMAX (MHz)
No
Classic
1328
1823
1197
2
25
125
No
Gigabit
1110
1510
1061
1
22
125
Yes
Classic
1482
2000
1352
2
27
125
Yes
Gigabit
1285
1668
1213
1
24
125
1. Performance and utilization data are generated targeting an LFXP2-17E-6F484C device using Lattice Diamond 3.2 and Synplify Pro for Lattice I-2013.09L-SP1-1 software. Performance may vary when using a different software version or targeting a different device density or
speed grade within the LatticeXP2 family.
2. The SGMII Easy Connect option is only available on device families with SERDES I/O.
Ordering Part Number
The Ordering Part Number (OPN) for the Tri-Speed Ethernet Media Access Controller IP core targeting LatticeXP2
devices is TS-MAC-X2-U4.
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