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The EMAC write to the completion pointer actually stores the value in the state RAM. The CPU written value does not actually change the register value. The host written value is compared to the register content (which was written by the EMAC) and if the two values are equal then the interrupt is removed; otherwise, the interrupt remains asserted. The host may process multiple packets prior to acknowledging an interrupt, or the host may acknowledge interrupts for every packet.
2.16.1.4Statistics Interrupt
The statistics level interrupt (STATPEND) is issued when any statistics value is greater than or equal to 8000 0000h, if enabled by setting the STATMASK bit in the MAC interrupt mask set register (MACINTMASKSET) to 1. The statistics interrupt is removed by writing to decrement any statistics value greater than 8000 0000h. As long as the
2.16.1.5Host Error Interrupt
The host error interrupt (HOSTPEND) is issued, if enabled, under error conditions dealing with the handling of buffer descriptors, detected during transmit or receive DMA transactions. The failure of the software application to supply properly formatted buffer descriptors results in this error. The error bit can only be cleared by resetting the EMAC module in hardware.
The host error interrupt is enabled by setting the HOSTMASK bit in the MAC interrupt mask set register (MACINTMASKSET) to 1. The host error interrupt is disabled by clearing the appropriate bit in the MAC interrupt mask clear register (MACINTMASKCLEAR) to 0. The raw and masked host error interrupt status may be read by reading the MAC interrupt status (unmasked) register (MACINTSTATRAW) and the MAC interrupt status (masked) register (MACINTSTATMASKED), respectively.
The transmit host error conditions are:
∙SOP error
∙Ownership bit not set in SOP buffer
∙Zero next buffer descriptor pointer with EOP
∙Zero buffer pointer
∙Zero buffer length
∙Packet length error
The receive host error conditions are:
∙Ownership bit not set in input buffer
∙Zero buffer pointer
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