Ethernet Controllers
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As an alternative to the IEEE 802.3z™ (GMII) Ethernet standard that discusses general Ethernet
interfacing, the RGMII Specification Reduced Pin-count Interface for Gigabit Ethernet Physical
Layer Devices provides a method for Gigabit throughput while saving pins/board space. The
RGMII Specification is managed by Broadcom, Marvell, and Hewlett-Packard, and is available
on the Hewlett-Packard website at:
http://www.hp.com/rnd/pdfs/RGMIIv2_0_final_hp.pdf
To maintain Gigabit speed while reducing the data signals in half, the RGMI specification makes
use of both the positive and negative edges of the clock. Because of this, meeting the RGMII
specification requires careful attention to timing and delays.
A second protocol that uses an even lower pin count was developed by Cisco Systems. The
Serial-GMH Specification defines a serial gigabit interface for Ethernet. The specification is
available from the Cisco website at:
ftp://ftp-eng.cisco.com/smii/sgmii.pdf
The MSC8144E implements the SGMII through a SerDes interface shared with the Serial
RapidIO signals. Refer to Chapter 16, Serial RapidIO
Controller for details on this shared
interface.
Refer to the QUICC Engine™ Block Reference Manual with Protocol Interworking (QEIWRM)
for complete functional and programming details.
Figure 18-10 illustrates the block diagram of the UCC Ethernet controller.
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