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Ethernet Statistics Core

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The management interfaces of the two cores can be shared by avoiding bus conflict, as follows:

•Selecting a different address range for the statistics to that of the MAC configuration registers. This is achieved by setting host_addr[9] to logic 0 when reading from the statistics and logic 1 when writing and reading to the MAC configuration registers.

•Using the host_miim_sel signal to differentiate between a statistical counter read and a MAC initiated MDIO transaction. This is achieved by setting host_miim_sel to logic 0 for a statistical counter read and logic 1 for a MAC initiated MDIO transaction.

Table 11-1describes the type of host transactions that occur if the host interface is shared (as illustrated in Figure 11-5).

Table 11-1:Management Interface Transaction Types

Transaction

host_miim_sel

host_addr[9]

 

 

 

Configuration

0

1

 

 

 

MIIM access

1

X

 

 

 

Statistics Read

0

0

 

 

 

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