XAUI v12.3 Product Guide
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PG053 April 6, 2016
Chapter 5:
Interfacing to the Core
MDIO Ports
The core ports associated with MDIO are shown in
If implemented, the MDIO interface is implemented as four unidirectional signals. These can
be used to drive a 3-state buffer either in the FPGA SelectIO™ interface buffer or in a
separate device.
illustrates the use of a Virtex®-7 FPGA SelectIO interface
3-state buffer as the bus interface.
Table 5
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MDIO Management Interface Port Description
Signal Name
Direction
Description
mdc
IN
Management clock
mdio_in
IN
MDIO input
mdio_out
OUT
MDIO output
mdio_tri
OUT
MDIO 3-state. 1 disconnects the output driver from the MDIO
bus.
type_sel[1:0]
IN
Type select
prtad[4:0]
IN
MDIO port address
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Figure 5
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Using a SelectIO Interface 3-State Buffer to Drive MDIO
XAUI Core
T
I
IO
O
IOBUF
mdio_tri
mdio_out
mdio_in
Virtex-7
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