Achronix Speedster22i 10G/40G/100G Ethernet User Manual
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the bit in the device ability advertisement register is not relevant 
to the operation of the autonegotiation function. The bit is 
typically set in the received partner ability register upon 
successful completion of autonegotiation. 
15
NP
RW
Next page capa
ble. Set to ‘1’ to indicate next page capability.
Table 40
– (SGMII PCS) DEVICE/PARTNER_ABILITY Register Description -
SGMII Mode
Bit(s)
Name
Type Description
0 to 9
Reserved
RW
reserved. Bit 0 should be set to 1.
10 to
11
Copper
Speed
RW
Read only bits, used to by the SGMII PHY to advertise the 
Copper interface speed (Bit 11:10): 
00: Copper Interface Speed is 10Mbps 
01: Copper Interface Speed is 100Mbps 
10: Copper Interface Speed is Gigabit 
11: Reserved 
12
Copper
Duplex
Status
RW
Read only bit, used by the SGMII PHY to advertise the Link 
Partner Copper duplex capability: 
0: Copper Interface resolved to Half-Duplex 
1: Copper Interface resolved to Full-Duplex 
13
Reserved
RW
-
14
ACK
RO
Acknowledgement bit used during autonegotiation. Setting 
of the bit in the device ability advertisement register is not 
relevant to the operation of the autonegotiation function. The 
bit is typically set in the received partner ability register upon 
successful completion of autonegotiation. 
15
Copper
Link Status
RW
Read only bit, used by the SGMII PHY to advertise the Link 
Partner Copper status: 
1: Copper interface link is up 
0: Copper interface link is down 
Note: Note: The device ability register (DEV_ABILITY) in SGMII mode is normally not relevant to 
the PHY and can contain any value, however must never be 0. The default should be left unchanged if 
not specifically required by the PHY device. 
Table 41
– (SGMII PCS) AN_EXPANSION Register Description
Bit(s)
Name
Type
Description
0
Real-time
Page
Receive
RO
Set to ‘1’ to indicate that a new page has been received. 
This bit is a real-time indication of the page received 
status. 
1
Page
Receive
RO
(LH)
Set to ‘1’ to indicate that a new page has been received 
with new partner ability available in the PCS register 
PARTNER_ABILITY. The bit is set to ‘0’ (Reset value) 
when the register is read. 
2:15
Reserved
RO
-
