GTS Ethernet Hard IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
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817676
Date
8/04/2025
Public
1. Overview
2. Install and License the GTS Ethernet Hard IP
3. Configure and Generate Ethernet Hard IP variant
4. Integrate GTS Ethernet Hard IP into Your Application
5. Simulate, Compile, and Validate (MAC+PCS) - Single Instance
6. Simulate, Compile, and Validate (MII PCS Only/PCS66 OTN/PCS66 FlexE) - Single Instance
7. Simulate, Compile, and Validate SyncE - Single Instance
8. Simulate and Compile PTP1588 - Single Instance
9. Simulate, Compile, and Validate - Multiple Instance
10. Simulate, Compile, and Validate (Dynamically Reconfigurable Ethernet Mode)
11. Simulate, Compile, and Validate - Auto-Negotiation and Link Training
12. Troubleshoot and Diagnose Issues
13. Appendix A: Functional Description
14. Appendix B: Configuration Registers
15. Appendix C: Document Revision History for the GTS Ethernet Hard IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
4.1. Implement Required Clocking
4.2. Implement Required Resets
4.3. Connect the Status Interface
4.4. Connect the MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface
4.5. Connect the MII PCS Only Client Interface
4.6. Connect the PCS66 Client Interface – FlexE and OTN
4.7. Connect the Precision Time Protocol Interface
4.8. Connect the Ethernet Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface
4.9. Connect the Auto-Negotiation and Link Training
4.10. Connect the Multirate Auto-Negotiation and Link Training
4.11. Connect the Dynamically Reconfigurable Ethernet Mode
4.1.1. Implement MAC Synchronous Clock Connections to Single Instance
4.1.2. Implement MAC Synchronous Clock Connections to Multiple Instances
4.1.3. Implement Clock Connections to MAC Asynchronous Operation
4.1.4. Implement Clock Connections in Synchronous Ethernet Operation (Sync-E)
4.1.5. Implement Clock Connections in PTP-Based Design
4.4.1.1. Drive the Ethernet Packet to the TX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface with Disabled Preamble Passthrough
4.4.1.2. Drive the Ethernet Packet on the TX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface with Enabled Preamble Passthrough
4.4.1.3. Use i_tx_skip_crc to Control Source Address, PAD, and CRC Insertion
4.4.1.4. Assert the i_tx_error to Invalidate a Packet
4.4.2.1. Receive Ethernet Frame on the RX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface with Preamble Passthrough Disabled
4.4.2.2. Receive Ethernet Frame with Preamble Passthrough Enabled
4.4.2.3. Receive Ethernet Frame with Remove CRC bytes Disabled
4.4.2.4. Monitor Status and Errors on the RX MAC Avalon Streaming Client Interface
11.1. Auto-Negotiation and Link Training for General Ethernet Mode
11.2. Multirate Auto-Negotiation and Link Training for Reconfigurable Mode AN/LT
11.3. Design Example Features
11.4. Design Example Components
11.5. Simulate the Design Example
11.6. Compile the Design Example
11.7. Validate the Design Example
13.2.3.3. Pause Control and Generation Interface
The flow control interface implements PAUSE as specified by the IEEE 802.3ba 2010 High Speed Ethernet Standard, PFC as specified by the IEEE Standard 802.1Qbb.
You can configure the PAUSE logic to automatically stop local packet transmission when the link partner sends a PAUSE XOFF packet. The PAUSE logic can pass the PAUSE packets through as normal packets or drop the packets before they reach the RX client.
As for PFC frames, you can configure the PFC logic to pass the PFC packets through as normal packets or drop them before they reach the RX client. However, you don't have an option to stop traffic automatically when a PFC XOFF frame arrives.
Signal Name | Direction | Description |
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i_tx_pause (PAUSE) i_tx_pfc (PFC) |
Input | Level signal which directs the IP core to insert a PAUSE or PFC frame for priority traffic class [n] on the Ethernet link. If bit [n] of the TX_PAUSE_ENregister has the value of 1, the IP core transmits an XOFF frame when this signal is first asserted. If you enable retransmission, the IP core continues to transmit XOFF frames periodically until the signal is de-asserted. When the signal is deasserted, the IP core inserts an XON frame. |
o_rx_pause (PAUSE) o_rx_pfc (PFC) |
Output | Asserted to indicate an RX PAUSE or PFC signal match. The IP core asserts bit [n] of this signal when it receives a pause request with an address match, to signal the TX MAC to throttle its transmissions from priority queue [n] on the Ethernet link |