Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP for Agilex™ 5 devices 2. Getting Started 3. Parameter Settings 4. Functional Description 5. Configuration Register Space 6. Interface Signals 7. Design Considerations 8. Timing Constraints 9. Testbench 10. Document Revision History for the Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs A. Ethernet Frame Format B. Simulation Parameters
1. About Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP for Agilex™ 5 devices x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. Device Family Support 1.3. Features 1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Versus Small MAC 1.5. High-Level Block Diagrams 1.6. Performance and Resource Utilization
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IPs 2.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 2.4. IP Core Generation Output 2.5. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores
2.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IPs x
2.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.4. IP Core Generation Output x
2.4.1. Design Constraint File
3. Parameter Settings x
3.1. Core Configuration 3.2. Ethernet MAC Options 3.3. FIFO Options 3.4. PCS/Transceiver Options
4. Functional Description x
4.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC 4.2. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS With Optional Embedded PMA (GTS)
4.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC x
4.1.1. MAC Architecture 4.1.2. MAC Interfaces 4.1.3. MAC Transmit Datapath 4.1.4. MAC Receive Datapath 4.1.5. MAC Transmit and Receive Latencies 4.1.6. FIFO Buffer Thresholds 4.1.7. Congestion and Flow Control 4.1.8. Magic Packets 4.1.9. MAC Local Loopback 4.1.10. MAC Reset 4.1.11. PHY Management (MDIO) 4.1.12. Connecting MAC to External PHYs
4.1.3. MAC Transmit Datapath x
4.1.3.1. IP Payload Re-alignment 4.1.3.2. Address Insertion 4.1.3.3. Frame Payload Padding 4.1.3.4. CRC-32 Generation 4.1.3.5. Interpacket Gap Insertion 4.1.3.6. Collision Detection in Half-Duplex Mode
4.1.4. MAC Receive Datapath x
4.1.4.1. Preamble Processing 4.1.4.2. Collision Detection in Half-Duplex Mode 4.1.4.3. Address Checking 4.1.4.4. Frame Type Validation 4.1.4.5. Payload Pad Removal 4.1.4.6. CRC Checking 4.1.4.7. Length Checking 4.1.4.8. Frame Writing 4.1.4.9. IP Payload Alignment
4.1.4.3. Address Checking x
4.1.4.3.1. Unicast Address Checking 4.1.4.3.2. Multicast Address Resolution
4.1.6. FIFO Buffer Thresholds x
4.1.6.1. Receive Thresholds 4.1.6.2. Transmit Thresholds 4.1.6.3. Transmit FIFO Buffer Underflow
4.1.7. Congestion and Flow Control x
4.1.7.1. Remote Device Congestion 4.1.7.2. Receive FIFO Buffer and Local Device Congestion
4.1.8. Magic Packets x
4.1.8.1. Sleep Mode 4.1.8.2. Magic Packet Detection
4.1.11. PHY Management (MDIO) x
4.1.11.1. MDIO Connection 4.1.11.2. MDIO Frame Format
4.1.12. Connecting MAC to External PHYs x
4.1.12.1. Gigabit Ethernet 4.1.12.2. Programmable 10/100 Ethernet 4.1.12.3. Programmable 10/100/1000 Ethernet Operation
4.2. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS With Optional Embedded PMA (GTS) x
4.2.1. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Architecture 4.2.2. Transmit Operation 4.2.3. Receive Operation 4.2.4. Transmit and Receive Latencies 4.2.5. GMII Converter 4.2.6. SGMII Converter 4.2.7. Auto-Negotiation 4.2.8. Ten-bit Interface 4.2.9. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Reset
4.2.2. Transmit Operation x
4.2.2.1. Frame Encapsulation 4.2.2.2. 8b/10b Encoding
4.2.3. Receive Operation x
4.2.3.1. Comma Detection 4.2.3.2. 8b/10b Decoding 4.2.3.3. Frame De-encapsulation 4.2.3.4. Synchronization 4.2.3.5. Carrier Sense 4.2.3.6. Collision Detection
4.2.6. SGMII Converter x
4.2.6.1. Transmit 4.2.6.2. Receive
4.2.7. Auto-Negotiation x
4.2.7.1. 1000BASE-X Auto-Negotiation 4.2.7.2. SGMII Auto-Negotiation
5. Configuration Register Space x
5.1. MAC Configuration Register Space 5.2. PCS Configuration Register Space 5.3. Register Initialization
5.1. MAC Configuration Register Space x
5.1.1. Base Configuration Registers (Dword Offset 0x00 – 0x17) 5.1.2. Statistics Counters (Dword Offset 0x18 – 0x38) 5.1.3. Transmit and Receive Command Registers (Dword Offset 0x3A – 0x3B) 5.1.4. Supplementary Address (Dword Offset 0xC0 – 0xC7)
5.1.1. Base Configuration Registers (Dword Offset 0x00 – 0x17) x
5.1.1.1. Command_Config Register (Dword Offset 0x02)
5.2. PCS Configuration Register Space x
5.2.1. Control Register (Word Offset 0x00) 5.2.2. Status Register (Word Offset 0x01) 5.2.3. Dev_Ability and Partner_Ability Registers (Word Offset 0x04 – 0x05) 5.2.4. An_Expansion Register (Word Offset 0x06) 5.2.5. If_Mode Register (Word Offset 0x14)
5.2.3. Dev_Ability and Partner_Ability Registers (Word Offset 0x04 – 0x05) x
5.2.3.1. 1000BASE-X 5.2.3.2. SGMII MAC Mode Auto Negotiation 5.2.3.3. SGMII PHY Mode Auto Negotiation
5.3. Register Initialization x
5.3.1. Triple-Speed Ethernet System with MII/GMII or RGMII 5.3.2. Triple-Speed Ethernet System with SGMII 5.3.3. Triple-Speed Ethernet System with 1000BASE-X Interface
6. Interface Signals x
6.1. Interface Signals 6.2. Timing
6.1. Interface Signals x
6.1.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Signals 6.1.2. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC Signals 6.1.3. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 6.1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with Internal FIFO Buffers, and 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS with Embedded PMA (GTS) Signals 6.1.5. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 6.1.6. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals 6.1.7. 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS Signals
6.1.1. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC Signals x
6.1.1.1. Clock and Reset Signals 6.1.1.2. Clock Enabler Signals 6.1.1.3. MAC Control Interface Signals 6.1.1.4. MAC Status Signals 6.1.1.5. MAC Receive Interface Signals 6.1.1.6. MAC Transmit Interface Signals 6.1.1.7. Pause and Magic Packet Signals 6.1.1.8. MII/GMII/RGMII Signals 6.1.1.9. PHY Management Signals
6.1.2. 10/100/1000 Multiport Ethernet MAC Signals x
6.1.2.1. Multiport MAC Clock and Reset Signals 6.1.2.2. Multiport MAC Receive Interface Signals 6.1.2.3. Multiport MAC Transmit Interface Signals 6.1.2.4. Multiport MAC Packet Classification Signals 6.1.2.5. Multiport MAC FIFO Status Signals
6.1.3. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals x
6.1.3.1. TBI Interface Signals 6.1.3.2. Status LED Control Signals 6.1.3.3. SERDES Control Signals
6.1.4. 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC with Internal FIFO Buffers, and 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS with Embedded PMA (GTS) Signals x
6.1.4.1. GMII Clock Signals 6.1.4.2. GTS Transceiver Direct PHY Signals 6.1.4.3. GTS Reset Sequencer Signals
6.1.6. 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS Signals x
6.1.6.1. PCS Control Interface Signals 6.1.6.2. PCS Reset Signals 6.1.6.3. MII/GMII Clocks and Clock Enablers 6.1.6.4. GMII 6.1.6.5. MII 6.1.6.6. SGMII Status Signals
6.1.7. 1000BASE-X/SGMII 2XTBI PCS Signals x
6.1.7.1. Clock Enablers 6.1.7.2. PCS Reset Signals 6.1.7.3. TBI Interface Signals
6.2. Timing x
6.2.1. Avalon Streaming Receive Interface 6.2.2. Avalon Streaming Transmit Interface 6.2.3. GMII Transmit 6.2.4. GMII Receive 6.2.5. RGMII Transmit 6.2.6. RGMII Receive 6.2.7. MII Transmit 6.2.8. MII Receive
7. Design Considerations x
7.1. Exposed Ports in the New User Interface 7.2. Clocking Scheme of MAC with 2XTBI PCS and Embedded PMA (GTS)
8. Timing Constraints x
8.1. Creating Clock Constraints 8.2. Recommended Clock Frequency
9. Testbench x
9.1. Triple-Speed Ethernet Testbench Architecture 9.2. Testbench Components 9.3. Testbench Verification 9.4. Testbench Configuration 9.5. Test Flow 9.6. Simulation Model
9.6. Simulation Model x
9.6.1. Generate the Simulation Model 9.6.2. Simulate the IP 9.6.3. Simulation Model Files
A. Ethernet Frame Format x
A.1. Basic Frame Format A.2. VLAN and Stacked VLAN Frame Format A.3. Pause Frame Format
A.3. Pause Frame Format x
A.3.1. Pause Frame Generation
B. Simulation Parameters x
B.1. Functionality Configuration Parameters B.2. Test Configuration Parameters
1. About Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP for Agilex™ 5 devices
2. Getting Started
3. Parameter Settings
4. Functional Description
5. Configuration Register Space
6. Interface Signals
7. Design Considerations
8. Timing Constraints
9. Testbench
10. Document Revision History for the Triple-Speed Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
A. Ethernet Frame Format
B. Simulation Parameters

9.4. Testbench Configuration

The testbench is configured, by default, to operate in loopback mode. Frames sent through the transmit path are looped back into the receive path.

In this configuration, the MII/GMII Ethernet frame generator is enabled and the testbench control block simulates independent yet complete receive and transmit datapaths.

You can also customize other aspects of the testbench using the testbench simulation parameters.

The device under test is configured with the following default settings:

  • Link speed is set to Gigabit except for configurations that contain 10/100 Small Mac.
  • Five Ethernet frames of payload length 100, 101, 102, 103 and 104 bytes are transmitted to the system-side interface and looped back on the ethernet-side interface.
  • Default settings for the MAC function:
    • The command_config register is set to 0x0408003B.
    • Promiscuous mode is enabled.
    • The maximum frame length, register frm_length, is configured to 1518.
    • For a single-channel MAC with internal FIFO buffers, the transmit FIFO buffer is set to start data transmission as soon as its level reaches tx_section_full. The receive FIFO buffer is set to begin forwarding Ethernet frames to the Avalon streaming receive interface when its level reaches rx_section_full.
  • Default setting for the PCS function:
    • The if_mode register is set to 0x0000.
    • Auto-negotiation between the local PHY and remote link PHY is bypassed.
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