TABLE 3-14TX and RX MAC Counters (Continued)

Parameter

Description

Stable or Unstable

 

 

 

tx-underrun

16-bit loadable counter increments after

Unstable

 

a valid frame has been received from

 

 

the network.

 

rx-length-err

16-bit loadable counter increments after

Unstable

 

a frame, whose length is greater than

 

 

the value that was programmed in the

 

 

Maximum Frame Size Register, has

 

 

been received from the network.

 

rx-alignment-err

16-bit loadable counter increments

Unstable

 

when an alignment error is detected in

 

 

a receive frame. An alignment error is

 

 

reported when a receive frame fails the

 

 

CRC checking algorithm, AND the

 

 

frame contains a noninteger number of

 

 

bytes (that is, the frame size in bits

 

 

modulo 8 is not equal to zero).

 

rx-crc-err

16-bit loadable counter increments

Unstable

 

when a receive frame fails the CRC

 

 

checking algorithm, AND the frame

 

 

contains an integer number of bytes

 

 

(that is, the frame size in bits modulo 8

 

 

is equal to zero).

 

rx-code-violations

16-bit loadable counter increments

Unstable

 

when an Rx_Err indication is generated

 

 

by the XCVR over the MII, while a

 

 

frame is being received. This indication

 

 

is generated by the transceiver when it

 

 

detects an invalid code in the received

 

 

data stream. A receive code violation is

 

 

not counted as an FCS or an Alignment

 

 

error.

 

rx-overflows

Number of Ethernet frames dropped

Unstable

 

due to lack of resources.

 

rx-no-buf

Number of times the hardware cannot

Unstable

 

receive data because there is no more

 

 

receive buffer space.

 

rx-no-comp-wb

Number of times the hardware cannot

Unstable

 

post completion entries for received

 

 

data.

 

rx-len-mismatch

Number of received frames where the

Unstable

 

asserted length does not match the

 

 

actual frame length.

 

 

 

 

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