Table of Contents
BCM5718 Programmer’s Guide
Broadcom
®
January 29, 2016 • 5718-PG108-R
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Table of Contents
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Purpose and Audience.......................................................................................................................... 44
Acronyms and Abbreviations................................................................................................................. 44
Document Conventions ......................................................................................................................... 44
References............................................................................................................................................ 45
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Programming the Ethernet Controllers
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RX Engine ............................................................................................................................................. 54
RX FIFO ................................................................................................................................................ 54
Rules Checker....................................................................................................................................... 55
RX List Initiator ...................................................................................................................................... 55
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TX MAC................................................................................................................................................. 56
TX FIFO................................................................................................................................................. 56
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Read Engine.......................................................................................................................................... 57
Read FIFO............................................................................................................................................. 57
Buffer Manager...................................................................................................................................... 58
DMA Write
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Write Engine.......................................................................................................................................... 58
Write FIFO............................................................................................................................................. 58
Buffer Manager...................................................................................................................................... 59
LED Control
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Host Coalescing Engine........................................................................................................................ 60
MSI FIFO............................................................................................................................................... 61
Status Block .......................................................................................................................................... 61
10BT/100BTx/1000BASE-T Transceiver
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