MII Management Register Descriptions
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SPRUH22I – April 2012 – Revised November 2019
Copyright © 2012–2019, Texas Instruments Incorporated
M3 Ethernet Media Access Controller (EMAC)
19.7.6 Ethernet PHY Management Register 5 – Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Base Page
Ability (MR5) Register, address 0x05
The Ethernet PHY Management Register 5 – Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Base Page Ability (MR5)
register provides the advertised abilities of the link partner’s Ethernet PHY that are received and stored
during auto-negotiation.
Figure 19-26. Ethernet PHY Management Register 5 – Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Base Page
Ability (MR5) Register
15
14
13
12
9
8
NP
ACK
RF
A
R-0
R-0
R-0
R-0
7
5
4
0
A
S
R-0
R-1
LEGEND: R/W = Read/Write; R = Read only; -
n
= value after reset
Table 19-25. Ethernet PHY Management Register 5 – Auto-Negotiation Link Partner Base Page
Ability (MR5) Register Field Descriptions
Bit
Field
Value
Description
15
NP
Next Page
0
The link partner's Ethernet PHY is not capable of Next Page exchanges.
1
The link partner's Ethernet PHY is capable of Next Page exchanges to provide more detailed
information on the PHY’s capabilities.
14
ACK
Acknowledge
0
The Ethernet PHY has not received the link partner’s advertised abilities during auto-negotiation.
1
The Ethernet PHY has successfully received the link partner’s advertised abilities during auto-
negotiation.
13
RF
Remote Fault
0
The link partner is not indicating that a Remote Fault condition has been encountered.
1
The link partner is indicating that a Remote Fault condition has been encountered.
12-5
A
ReservedTechnology Ability Field
This field encodes individual technologies that are supported by the Ethernet PHY. See the MR4
register for definitions. Refer to the IEEE 802.3 standard for definitions.
4-0
S
Selector Field
This field encodes possible messages for communicating between Ethernet PHYs.
00
Reserved
01
IEEE Std 802.3
02
IEEE Std 802.9 ISLAN-16T
03
IEEE Std 802.5
04
IEEE Std 1394
05-1F
Reserved