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3 ethernet, Ethernet – Intel IQ80219 User Manual

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Intel® IQ80219 General Purpose PCI Processor Evaluation Platform

Software Reference

5.3

Ethernet

The 82544EI utilizes a 32/64-bit, 33/66 MHz direct-interface to the PCI bus. The controller interfaces
with the 80219 through on-chip command/status registers and using a shared memory area.

The intended usage of this chip is for high speed upload, download, and debugging. It is also used for
developing network storage applications. ARM-AFS, Redboot, VxWorks* and other standard OSs
come with support for this chip.

For more detail see

Section 3.8.2

of this manual for a detailed description of the onboard Ethernet

controller. For programming information please refer to the Intel® 82544EI/82544GC Gigabit
Ethernet Controller Software Developer’s Manual
.