F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide 2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview 3. Getting Started 4. Functional Description 5. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Parameters 6. Interface Signals 7. Configuration Registers 8. Document Revision History for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview x
2.1. Release Information 2.2. Features 2.3. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Operating Modes 2.4. Device Family Support 2.5. Performance and Resource Utilization
2.5. Performance and Resource Utilization x
2.5.1. Resource Utilization 2.5.2. TX and RX Latency
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.4. Generated File Structure 3.5. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.6. Upgrading the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core 3.7. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Examples
3.6. Upgrading the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Core x
3.6.1. Designing Considerations for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP
3.6.1. Designing Considerations for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP x
3.6.1.1. Timing Constraints
3.6.1.1. Timing Constraints x
3.6.1.1.1. Pseudo-Static CSR Fields 3.6.1.1.2. Clock Crosser 3.6.1.1.3. Dual Clock FIFO
3.7. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Examples x
3.7.1. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Design Example for Intel® Agilex™ Devices
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Architecture 4.2. Interfaces 4.3. Frame Types 4.4. TX Datapath 4.5. RX Datapath 4.6. Flow Control 4.7. Reset Requirements 4.8. Supported PHYs 4.9. XGMII Error Handling (Link Fault)
4.4. TX Datapath x
4.4.1. Padding Bytes Insertion 4.4.2. Address Insertion 4.4.3. CRC-32 Insertion 4.4.4. XGMII Encapsulation 4.4.5. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 4.4.6. XGMII Transmission 4.4.7. TX Promiscuous (Transparent) Mode 4.4.8. TX Timing Diagrams
4.4.4. XGMII Encapsulation x
4.4.4.1. Transmit Path
4.5. RX Datapath x
4.5.1. XGMII Decapsulation 4.5.2. CRC Checking 4.5.3. Address Checking 4.5.4. Frame Type Checking 4.5.5. CRC and Padding Bytes Removal 4.5.6. Frame Length Checking 4.5.7. Overflow Handling 4.5.8. RX Promiscuous (Transparent) Mode 4.5.9. RX Timing Diagrams
4.5.3. Address Checking x
4.5.3.1. Unicast Frame Filtering 4.5.3.2. Multicast Frame Filtering
4.5.4. Frame Type Checking x
4.5.4.1. Malformed RX Packets 4.5.4.2. CRC Error 4.5.4.3. Address Check Error
4.5.6. Frame Length Checking x
4.5.6.1. Frame Length 4.5.6.2. Payload Length
4.6. Flow Control x
4.6.1. IEEE 802.3 Flow Control
4.6.1. IEEE 802.3 Flow Control x
4.6.1.1. Pause Frame Reception 4.6.1.2. Pause Frame Transmission
6. Interface Signals x
6.1. Clock and Reset Signals 6.2. Speed Selection Signal 6.3. Error Correction Signals 6.4. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface Programming Signals 6.5. Avalon® Streaming Data Interfaces 6.6. Avalon® Streaming Flow Control Signals 6.7. Avalon® Streaming Status Interface 6.8. PHY-side Interfaces
6.5. Avalon® Streaming Data Interfaces x
6.5.1. Avalon® Streaming TX Data Interface Signals 6.5.2. Avalon® Streaming RX Data Interface Signals 6.5.3. Avalon® Streaming Data Interface Clocks
6.7. Avalon® Streaming Status Interface x
6.7.1. Avalon® Streaming Interface TX Status Signals 6.7.2. Avalon® Streaming Interface RX Status Signals
6.8. PHY-side Interfaces x
6.8.1. XGMII TX Signals 6.8.2. XGMII RX Signals
7. Configuration Registers x
7.1. Register Map 7.2. Register Access Definition 7.3. Primary MAC Address 7.4. TX Configuration and Status Registers 7.5. Flow Control Registers 7.6. RX Configuration and Status Registers 7.7. ECC Registers 7.8. Statistics Registers
1. About the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview
3. Getting Started
4. Functional Description
5. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Parameters
6. Interface Signals
7. Configuration Registers
8. Document Revision History for the F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

4.4.1. Padding Bytes Insertion

By default, the MAC TX inserts padding bytes (0x00) into TX frames to meet the following minimum payload length:

  • 46 bytes for basic frames
  • 42 bytes for VLAN tagged frames
  • 38 bytes for stacked VLAN tagged frames

Ensure that CRC-32 insertion is enabled when padding bytes insertion is enabled.

You can disable padding bytes insertion by setting the tx_pad_control register to 0. When disabled, the MAC IP core forwards the frames to the PHY-side interface without padding. Ensure that the minimum payload length is met; otherwise the current frame may get corrupted. You can check for undersized frames by referring to the statistics collected.

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