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E T H E R N E T C O M M U N I C A T I O N M O D U L E
Transmit packet processor
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reside in different buffers in system memory, several buffer descriptors can be used
to transfer the frame.
Transmit buffer
descriptor format
All buffer descriptors (that is, up to 64) are found in a local TX buffer descriptor
RAM. This is the transmit buffer descriptor format.
Transmit buffer
descriptor field
definitions
Destination Address (not used)
Buffer Length (11-bits used)
Status
Source Address
0
0
4
8
C
F I L W Reserved
31 15 16 30 29 28
Field Description
W
WRAP
bit, which, when set, tells the
TX_WR
logic that this is the last buffer descriptor
within the continuous list of descriptors in the TX buffer descriptor RAM. The next
buffer descriptor is found using the initial buffer descriptor pointer in the TX Buffer
Descriptor Pointer register (TXPTR).
When the
WRAP
bit is not set, the next buffer descriptor is located at the next entry
in the TX buffer descriptor RAM.
I When set, tells the
TX_WR
logic to set
TXBUFC
in the Ethernet Interrupt Status
register when the buffer is closed due to a normal channel completion.
Buffer pointer 32-bit pointer to the start of the buffer in system memory. This pointer can be aligned
on any byte of a 32-bit word.
Status Lower 16 bits of the Ethernet Transmit Status register. The status is returned from
the Ethernet MAC at the end of the frame and written into the last buffer descriptor
of the frame.
L When set, tells the
TX_WR
logic that this buffer descriptor is the last descriptor that
completes an entire frame. This bit allows multiple descriptors to be chained together
to make up a frame.