Altera 40-Gbps Ethernet MAC and PHY MegaCore Function User Manual
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Signal Name
Direction
Description
l
Output
When asserted, the MAC is ready to receive data. The
l
signal acts as an acknowledge. The source
drives
l
and
l
,
then waits for the sink to assert
l
. The
readyLatency
is zero cycles, so that the IP core accepts
valid data in the same cycle in which it asserts
l
ready
.
The
tx_ready
signal indicates the MAC is ready to receive
data in normal operational model. However, the
tx_ready
signal might not be an adequate indication following reset.
To avoid sending packets before the Ethernet link is able
to transmit them reliably, you should ensure that the
application does not send packets on the TX client
interface until after the
lanes_deskewed
signal is asserted.
l
Input
When asserted
l
is valid. This signal must be
continuously asserted between the assertions of
l
startofpacket
and
l
for the same
packet.
Figure 3-4: Traffic on the TX and RX Client Interface for 40GbE IP Core Using the Four- to Two-Word
Adapters
Shows typical traffic for the TX and RX Avalon-ST interface 40GbE IP core. This example shows a part of
a ModelSim simulation of the parallel testbench provided with the IP core.
l4_tx_data[255:0]
l4_tx_startofpacket
l4_tx_endofpacket
l4_tx_empty[4:0]
l4_tx_ready
l4_tx_valid
l4_rx_data[255:0]
l4_rx_startofpacket
l4_rx_endofpacket
l4_rx_empty[4:0]
l4_rx_valid
l4_rx_error
2 . 2 . 2 . 2C83 . 2C8300392C8300382C
. 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3EF9 . 3EF900553EF90054
. 3EF9 . 3EF9
00
0D
00
.. 7B44 . 7B44 . 7B44 . E . EFB8 . EFB8 . EFB8 . EFB8 . EFB8 . EFB8 . E . EAD . EAD2 . EAD2 . EAD
.
1E
02
1A
3-8
40-100GbE IP Core TX Data Bus with Adapters (Avalon-ST Interface)
UG-01088
2014.12.15
Altera Corporation
Functional Description