244 Software Developer’s Manual
Register Descriptions

13.4.7.1.2 PHY Status Register

PSTATUS (01d; R)

Table 13-17. PHY Status Register Bit Description

Field Bit(s) Description Mode HW Rst SW Rst
Extended Capability 01b = Extended register capabilities. RO Always 1b
Jabber Detect 11b = Jabber condition detected.
0b = Jabber condition not detected.
RO,L
H0b 0b
Link Status 2
1b = Link is up.
0b = Link is down.
This register indicates whether link was
lost after the last read. For the current
link status, either read this register
back-to-back or read the Link Real Time
bit 17 in the PHY Specific Status
Register.
RO,
LL 0b 0b
Auto-Negotiation
Ability 31b = PHY able to perform Auto-
Negotiation. RO Always 1b
Remote Fault 4
1b = Remote fault condition detected.
0b = Remote fault condition not
detected.
RO,L
H0b 0b
Auto-Negotiation
Complete 5
1b = Auto-Negotiation process
complete.
0b = Auto-Negotiation process not
complete.
RO 0b 0b
MF Preamble
Suppression 61b = PHY accepts management frames
with preamble suppressed. RO
Always 1b
(0b for the 82541xx
and 82547GI/EI)
Reserved 7Reserved. Should be set to 0b RO Always 0b
Extended Status 81b = Extended status information in the
Extended PHY Status Register (15d). RO Always 1b
100BASE-T2 Half
Duplex 90b = PHY not able to perform half
duplex 100BASE-T2. RO Always 0b
100BASE-T2 Full
Duplex 10 0b = PHY not able to perform full duplex
100BASE-T2. RO Always 0b
10 Mb/s Half Duplex 11
1b = PHY able to perform half duplex
10BASE-T.
0b = PHY not able to perform half
duplex 10BASE-T.
82544GC/EI only:
Bit 14 = Bit 13 = Bit 12 = Bit 11 =
(MODE[3:0] is not any of xx01b, 1x00b,
001xb, 0111b).
RO
RO
1b
MODE[3:0]