
RM0008
Ethernet (ETH): media access control (MAC) with DMA controller
Doc ID 13902 Rev 12
989/1096
Bit 20
TCH:
Second address chained
When set, this bit indicates that the second address in the descriptor is the next descriptor
address rather than the second buffer address. When TDES0[20] is set, TBS2 (TDES1[28:16])
is a “don’t care” value. TDES0[21] takes precedence over TDES0[20].
Bits 19:18 Reserved
Bit 17
TTSS:
Transmit time stamp status
This field is used as a status bit to indicate that a time stamp was captured for the described
transmit frame. When this bit is set, TDES2 and TDES3 have a time stamp value captured for the
transmit frame. This field is only valid when the descriptor’s Last segment control bit (TDES0[29]) is
set.
Bit 16
IHE:
IP header error
When set, this bit indicates that the MAC transmitter detected an error in the IP datagram
header. The transmitter checks the header length in the IPv4 packet against the number of
header bytes received from the application and indicates an error status if there is a mismatch.
For IPv6 frames, a header error is reported if the main header length is not 40 bytes.
Furthermore, the Ethernet length/type field value for an IPv4 or IPv6 frame must match the IP
header version received with the packet. For IPv4 frames, an error status is also indicated if
the Header Length field has a value less than 0x5.
Bit 15
ES:
Error summary
Indicates the logical OR of the following bits:
– TDES0[14]: Jabber timeout
– TDES0[13]: Frame flush
– TDES0[11]: Loss of carrier
– TDES0[10]: No carrier
– TDES0[9]: Late collision
– TDES0[8]: Excessive collision
– TDES0[2]:Excessive deferral
– TDES0[1]: Underflow error
– TDES0[16]: IP header error
– TDES0[12]: IP payload error
Bit 14
JT:
Jabber timeout
When set, this bit indicates the MAC transmitter has experienced a jabber timeout. This bit is
only set when the MAC configuration register’s JD bit is not set.
Bit 13
FF:
Frame flushed
When set, this bit indicates that the DMA/MTL flushed the frame due to a software Flush
command given by the CPU.
Bit 12
IPE:
IP payload error
When set, this bit indicates that MAC transmitter detected an error in the TCP, UDP, or ICMP
IP datagram payload. The transmitter checks the payload length received in the IPv4 or IPv6
header against the actual number of TCP, UDP or ICMP packet bytes received from the
application and issues an error status in case of a mismatch.
Bit 11
LCA:
Loss of carrier
When set, this bit indicates that a loss of carrier occurred during frame transmission (that is,
the MII_CRS signal was inactive for one or more transmit clock periods during frame
transmission). This is valid only for the frames transmitted without collision when the MAC
operates in Half-duplex mode.