82543GC Gigabit Ethernet Controller Specification Update

 

27.

Link Status Change Interrupt Only Occurs If Link is Up ....................................................................

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28.

Early Transmit Feature Does Not Operate Correctly.........................................................................

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29.

TDO Output Not Floated When JTAG TAP Controller Inactive .........................................................

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30.

Initialization Ignores Incorrect EEPROM Signature...........................................................................

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31.

Internal Loopback Difficulties.............................................................................................................

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32.

Collision Pin Not Ignored in TBI Mode...............................................................................................

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33.

Receive Descriptor Writeback Problems for Packets Spanning Multiple Buffers ..............................

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34.

Illegal Oversize Packets Overflow Receive FIFO..............................................................................

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35.

Transmit Descriptor Writeback Problems with Non-Zero WTHRESH ...............................................

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36.

Bus Initialization with Some Chipsets................................................................................................

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37.

Use of Receive Delay Timer Ring Register (RDTR) Causes Occasional Lockups ...........................

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38.

Transmit TCP Checksum Incorrectly Modified if Calculated as 0x0000............................................

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SPECIFICATION CLARIFICATIONS................................................................................................................

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1.

0-70C Ambient Temperature Range .................................................................................................

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2.

Receiver Enabling and Disabling.......................................................................................................

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DOCUMENTATION CHANGES ........................................................................................................................

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1.

TX/RX Descriptor Register Addresses ..............................................................................................

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2.

Auto Speed Detect Function Requires CTRL.SLU Bit to Be Set.......................................................

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3.

Values Programmed to Some Registers While in Reset Do Not Persist...........................................

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4.

JTAG Port Operation .........................................................................................................................

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5.

Register Summary Uses Improper Page Reference Format.............................................................

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6.

Change O_EN_CDET Output to NO_CONNECT .............................................................................

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7.

Change Recommended Transmit IPG Programming Value for 10/100/1000BASE-T ......................

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8.

Remove Transmit Report Status Sent Function ................................................................................

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9.

Remove Transmit DMA Pre-fetching and Preemption Functions......................................................

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10.

Remove Gigabit Half-Duplex Transmit Burst Timer Control Function (TBT).....................................

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11.

Remove Adaptive IFS Throttle Function (AIT)...................................................................................

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