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2.15.4EMAC Module Initialization
The EMAC module is used to send and receive data packets over the network. This is done by maintaining up to eight transmit and receive descriptor queues. The EMAC module configuration must also be kept
The following is the initialization procedure a device driver would follow to get the EMAC to the state where it is ready to receive and send Ethernet packets. Some of these steps are not necessary when performed immediately after device reset.
1.If enabled, clear the device interrupt enable bits in the EMAC control module interrupt control registers CnRXTHRESHEN, CnRXEN, CnTXEN, and CnMISCEN.
2.Clear the MAC control register (MACCONTROL), receive control register (RXCONTROL), and transmit control register (TXCONTROL) (not necessary immediately after reset).
3.Initialize all 16 header descriptor pointer registers (RXnHDP and TXnHDP) to 0.
4.Clear all 36 statistics registers by writing 0 (not necessary immediately after reset).
5.Setup the local Ethernet MAC address by programming the MAC index register (MACINDEX), MAC address high bytes register (MACADDRHI), and MAC address low bytes register (MACADDRLO). Be sure to program all eight MAC address registers - whether the receive channel is to be enabled or not. Duplicate the same MAC address across all unused channels. When using more than one receive channel, start with channel 0 and progress upwards.
6.If buffer flow control is to be enabled, initialize the receive channel n free buffer count registers (RXnFREEBUFFER), receive channel n flow control threshold register (RXnFLOWTHRESH), and receive filter low priority frame threshold register (RXFILTERLOWTHRESH).
7.Most device drivers open with no multicast addresses, so clear the MAC address hash registers (MACHASH1 and MACHASH2) to 0.
8.Write the receive buffer offset register (RXBUFFEROFFSET) value (typically zero).
9.Initially clear all unicast channels by writing FFh to the receive unicast clear register (RXUNICASTCLEAR). If unicast is desired, it can be enabled now by writing the receive unicast set register (RXUNICASTSET). Some drivers will default to unicast on device open while others will not.
10.Setup the receive multicast/broadcast/promiscuous channel enable register (RXMBPENABLE) with an initial configuration. The configuration is based on the current receive filter settings of the device driver. Some drivers may enable things like broadcast and multicast packets immediately, while others may not.
11.Set the appropriate configuration bits in MACCONTROL (do not set the GMIIEN bit yet).
12.Clear all unused channel interrupt bits by writing the receive interrupt mask clear register (RXINTMASKCLEAR) and the transmit interrupt mask clear register (TXINTMASKCLEAR).
13.Enable the receive and transmit channel interrupt bits in the receive interrupt mask set register (RXINTMASKSET) and the transmit interrupt mask set register (TXINTMASKSET) for the channels to be used, and enable the HOSTMASK and STATMASK bits using the MAC interrupt mask set register
(MACINTMASKSET).
14.Initialize the receive and transmit descriptor list queues.
15.Prepare receive by writing a pointer to the head of the receive buffer descriptor list to RXnHDP.
16.Enable the receive and transmit DMA controllers by setting the RXEN bit in RXCONTROL and the TXEN bit in TXCONTROL. Then set the GMIIEN bit in MACCONTROL.
17.Enable the device interrupt in EMAC control module registers CnRXTHRESHEN, CnRXEN, CnTXEN, and CnMISCEN.
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