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4.1.1. MAC Synchronous Clock Connections to Single Instance
4.1.2. MAC Synchronous Clock Connections to Multiple Instances
4.1.3. Clock Connections to MAC Asynchronous Operation
4.1.4. Clock Connections in PTP-Based Synchronous Operation
4.1.5. Clock Connections in Synchronous Ethernet Operation (Sync-E)
4.1.6. I/O PLL as System PLL
5.2.2. MAC RX Datapath
When the RX MAC in the channel is enabled, it receives Ethernet frames from the PHY and forwards them to the client with framing information together with the results of header and error checking functions.
You can configure whether to include or remove the PAD bytes and FCS using the Bytes to remove from RX Frames parameter.
Figure 51. Flow of Frame Through the MAC Avalon® streaming interface RX Without Preamble Pass-ThroughThe figure illustrates the typical flow of frame through the MAC RX when the preamble pass-through feature is turned off. In this figure, <p> is payload size, and <s> is the number of pad bytes (0–46 bytes).
Figure 52. Flow of Frame Through the MAC Avalon® streaming interface RX With Preamble Pass-Through The figure illustrates the typical flow of frame through the MAC RX when the preamble pass-through feature is turned on. In this figure, <p> is payload size, and <s> is the number of pad bytes (0–46 bytes).
The following sections describe the functions performed by the RX MAC:
- RX Preamble Processing
- RX Strict SFD Checking
- RX FCS Checking
- RX Malformed Packet Handling
- Removing PAD Bytes and FCS Bytes from RX Frames
- RX Undersized Frames, Oversized Frames, and Frames with Length Errors
- Inter-Packet Gap