Adapter Internal Registers

A.3.1 Network Command Register±NetCmd @ 0x00 (DIO)

All bits in this register are set to 0 on an Ad_Rst or when PRST# is asserted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Byte 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

6

5

 

4

3

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

NRESET

NWRAP

CSF

 

CAF

 

NOBRX

DUPLEX

TRFRAM

TXPACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table A±8. Network Command Register Bits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

Name

Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

NRESET

ThunderLAN controller not reset: This bit is set to a 1 or a 0 by DIO. This bit is set to a

 

 

 

0 (active) by an Ad_Rst or a PCI reset. When this bit is set to a 0, the ThunderLAN con-

 

 

 

troller is kept in a reset state. Network configuration in the NetConfig register can only

 

 

 

be altered while this bit is set to a 0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

NWRAP

Not wrap: This bit determines the flow of data to and from the adapter. This bit is set to

 

 

 

a 0 (active) by an Ad_Rst or by a PCI reset. If this bit is set to a 0, data is internally

 

 

 

wrapped by the adapter and does not pass through the MII or internal PHY. If this bit is

 

 

 

set to 1, network Rx and Tx data pass the selected network PHY.

 

 

 

 

 

In internal wrap mode, the adapter media access control (MAC) logic is clocked by the

 

 

 

PCI bus clock. All network clocks are ignored, and all MII pins, except MDCLK/MDIO,

 

 

 

are placed in the high-impedance state.²

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

CSF

Copy short frames/copy routed frames: The function of this bit depends on the MAC pro-

 

 

 

tocol in use:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-CSMA/CD mode: If this bit is set, the receiver does not discard frames that are shorter than a slottime (64 bytes).

-Demand priority/token ring mode: This bit has no function.

4

CAF

Copy all frames: When this bit is set to 1, the ThunderLAN controller receives frames

 

 

indiscriminantly, without regard to destination address. CAF does not copy error frames

 

 

unless the PEF bit in the NetConfig register is set.

3

NOBRX

No broadcast Rx: When this bit is set to 1, the ThunderLAN controller does not receive

 

 

frames with broadcast addresses (such as 0xffff.ffff.ffff, the all nodes broadcast address;

 

 

or 0xC000.ffff.ffff, the token ring all nodes for this ring broadcast address). When this bit

 

 

is set to 0, broadcast frames are received by the adapter.

2

DUPLEX

Full duplex: When this bit is set to 1³ , the ThunderLAN controller transmits and receives

 

 

frames simultaneously in full duplex. When this bit is set to 0, the ThunderLAN controller

 

 

transmits and receives frames in half duplex.

1

TRFRAM

Token ring frame format: When this bit is set to 1, the ThunderLAN controller uses the

 

 

token ring frame format for all frames transmitted or received. When this bit is set to 0,

 

 

the ThunderLAN controller uses the Ethernet frame format for all frames transmitted or

 

 

received.

²Because this bit directly switches the network logic clocks, it should only be changed while NRESET is active.

³ Collision statistics are disabled in full duplex.

Register Definitions

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Texas Instruments TNETE110A, TNETE211 Network Command Register±NetCmd @ 0x00 DIO, Table A±8. Network Command Register Bits

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