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Chapter 3. Fast Ethernet Controller Operation

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Chapter 3 Fast Ethernet Controller Operation

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This chapter discusses the operation of the FEC.

3.1 Transceiver Connection

The FEC supports both an MII interface for 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and a seven-wire serial

interface for 10-Mbps Ethernet. The interface mode is selected by

R_CNTRL[MII_MODE], described in Section 6.2.20, ÒReceive Control Register

(R_CNTRL).Ó Table 3-1 shows the 18 MII interface signals that are deÞned by the 802.3

standard.

Serial-mode connections to the external transceiver are shown in Table 3-2.

Table 3-1. MII Signals
Signal Description FEC Signal Name
Transmit clock TX_CLK
Transmit enable TX_EN
Transmit data TXD[3:0]
Transmit error TX_ER
Collision COL
Carrier sense CRS
Receive clock RX_CLK
Receive enable RX_DV
Receive data RXD[3:0]
Receive error RX_ER
Management channel clock MDC
Management channel serial data MDIO
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