Hardware Design Guidelines—Intel®IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors

 

 

Type

Pull

 

 

Name

Up/

Description

 

Field

 

 

Down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTOPIA Level 2 Input Data flow control input signal. Also known as RXEMPTY/

 

 

 

 

CLAV.

 

 

 

 

Used to inform the processor of the ability of each polled PHY to send a complete

 

 

 

 

cell. For cell-level flow control in an MPHY environment, RxClav is an active high

 

 

 

 

tri-stateable signal from the MPHY to ATM layer. The UTP_IP_FCI, which is

 

 

 

 

connected to multiple MPHY devices, sees logic high generated by the PHY, one

 

 

 

 

clock after the given PHY address is asserted, when a full cell can be received by

 

 

 

 

the PHY. The UTP_IP_FCI sees a logic low generated by the PHY, one clock cycle

UTP_IP_FCI

I

Yes

after the PHY address is asserted if a full cell cannot be received by the PHY.

 

 

 

 

In a SPHY mode, this signal is used to indicate to the processor that the PHY has

 

 

 

 

an octet or cell available for transferring to the processor.

 

 

 

 

When this interface/signal is enabled and is not being used in a system design,

 

 

 

 

the interface/signal should be pulled high with a 10-KΩresistor. When this

 

 

 

 

interface is disabled through the UTOPIA Level 2 and/or the NPE-A Ethernet soft

 

 

 

 

fuse (refer to Expansion Bus Controller chapter of the Intel® IXP43X Product Line

 

 

 

 

of Network Processors Developer’s Manual) and is not being used in a system

 

 

 

 

design, the interface/signal is not required for any connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start of Cell. RX_SOC

 

 

 

 

Active-high signal that is asserted when UTP_IP_DATA contains the first valid

 

 

 

 

byte of a transmitted cell.

UTP_IP_SOC

I

Yes

When this interface/signal is enabled and is not being used in a system design,

the interface/signal should be pulled high with a 10KΩ resistor. When this

 

 

 

 

interface is disabled through the UTOPIA Level 2 and/or the NPE-A Ethernet soft

 

 

 

 

fuse and is not being used in a system design, it is not required for any

 

 

 

 

connection. Refer to Expansion Bus Controller chapter of the Intel® IXP43X

 

 

 

 

Product Line of Network Processors Developer’s Manual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTOPIA Level 2 Mode of Operation:

 

 

 

 

UTOPIA Level 2 input data. Also known as RX_DATA.

 

 

 

 

Used by the processor to receive data from an ATM UTOPIA Level 2-compliant

 

 

 

 

PHY.

 

 

 

 

MII Mode of Operation:

UTP_IP_DATA[3:0] /

I

Yes

Receives data bus from the PHY; asserted synchronously with respect to

ETHA_RXDATA[3:0]

ETHA_RXCLK.

 

 

When the interface/signal is enabled and is not being used in a system design, it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

should be pulled high with a 10KΩ resistor.

 

 

 

 

When the interface is disabled through the UTOPIA Level 2 and/or the NPE-A

 

 

 

 

Ethernet soft fuse and is not being used in a system design, it is not required for

 

 

 

 

any connection. (Refer to Expansion Bus Controller chapter of the Intel® IXP43X

 

 

 

 

Product Line of Network Processors Developer’s Manual).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTOPIA Level 2 Mode of Operation:

 

 

 

 

UTOPIA Level 2 input data. Also known as RX_DATA.

 

 

 

 

Used by to the processor to receive data from an ATM UTOPIA Level 2-compliant

 

 

 

 

PHY.

 

 

 

 

MII Mode of Operation:

 

 

 

 

Receive data valid used to inform the MII interface about data that is being sent

UTP_IP_DATA[4] /

I

Yes

by the Ethernet PHY.

ETHA_RXDV

This MAC does not contain hardware hashing capabilities that are local to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

interface.

 

 

 

 

When the interface/signal is enabled and is not being used in a system design,

 

 

 

 

the interface/signal should be pulled high with a 10-KΩresistor. When this

 

 

 

 

interface is disabled through the UTOPIA Level 2 and/or the NPE-A Ethernet soft

 

 

 

 

fuse (and is not being used in a system design, it is not required for any

 

 

 

 

connection. Refer to Expansion Bus Controller chapter of the Intel® IXP43X

 

 

 

 

Product Line of Network Processors Developer’s Manual.

 

 

 

 

 

††

Refer to the Intel® IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors Developer’s Manual for information on how to select an

 

interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel® IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors

April 2007

HDG

Document Number: 316844; Revision: 001US

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Intel IXP43X manual Clav, Utpipfci, Utpipsoc, ETHARXDATA30 Etharxclk, UTPIPDATA4