lan9311 Standard Microsystems Corp., lan9311 Datasheet - Page 122

• Manufacturer Part Number: lan9311
• Description: Lan9311/lan9311i Two Port 10/100 Managed Ethernet Switch With 16-bit Non-pci Cpu Interface
• Manufacturer: Standard Microsystems Corp.

Revision 1.2 (04-08-08)
9.7.3
RX Status
TX Status
As space in the TX MIL FIFO frees, data is moved into it from the TX Data FIFO. Depending on the
size of the frames to be transmitted, the Host MAC can hold up to two Ethernet frames. This is in
addition to any TX data that may be queued in the TX Data FIFO.
Conversely, as data is received, it is moved from the Host MAC to the RX MIL FIFO, and then into
the RX Data FIFO. When the RX Data FIFO fills up, data will continue to collect in the RX MIL FIFO.
If the RX MIL FIFO fills up and overruns, subsequent RX frames will be lost until room is made in the
RX Data FIFO. For each frame of data that is lost, the
Register (RX_DROP)
RX and TX MIL FIFO levels are not visible to the host processor and operate independent of the
TX/RX FIFOs. FIFO levels set for the TX/RX Data and Status FIFOs do not take into consideration the
MIL FIFOs.
FIFO Memory Allocation Configuration
TX and RX FIFO space is configurable through the
user must select the FIFO allocation by setting the
Configuration Register
path, including the TX Status FIFO size. The TX Status FIFO size is fixed at 512 Bytes (128 TX Status
DWORDs). The TX Status FIFO length is subtracted from the total TX FIFO size with the remainder
being the TX Data FIFO Size. The minimum size of the TX FIFOs is 2KB (TX Data and TX Status
FIFOs combined). Note that TX Data FIFO space includes both commands and payload data.
RX FIFO Size is the remainder of the unallocated FIFO space (16384 bytes – TX FIFO Size). The RX
Status FIFO size is always equal to 1/16 of the RX FIFO size. The RX Status FIFO length is subtracted
from the total RX FIFO size with the remainder being the RX Data FIFO Size.
For example, if TX_FIF_SZ = 6 then:
Total TX FIFO Size = 6144 Bytes (6KB)
TX Status FIFO Size = 512 Bytes (Fixed)
TX Data FIFO Size = 6144 – 512 = 5632 Bytes
RX FIFO Size = 16384 – 6144 = 10240 Bytes (10KB)
RX Status FIFO Size = 10240 / 16 = 640 Bytes (160 RX Status DWORDs)
RX Data FIFO Size = 10240 – 640 = 9600 Bytes
Table 9.8
every valid setting for the TX_FIF_SZ field and the resulting FIFO sizes. Note that settings not shown
in this table are reserved and should not be used.
Note: The RX Data FIFO is considered full 4 DWORDs before the length that is specified in the
RX Data
TX Data
FIFO
HW_CFG register.
contains an overview of the configurable TX/RX FIFO sizes and defaults.
Table 9.8 TX/RX FIFO Configurable Sizes
is incremented.
(HW_CFG). The TX_FIF_SZ field selects the total allocation for the TX data
DATASHEET
SIZE RANGE
1536-13824
1920-13440
128-892
512
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Two Port 10/100 Managed Ethernet Switch with 16-Bit Non-PCI CPU Interface
Hardware Configuration Register
TX FIFO Size (TX_FIF_SZ)
Host MAC RX Dropped Frames Counter
DEFAULT
10560
SMSC LAN9311/LAN9311i
4608
512
704
field in the
(HW_CFG). The
Table 9.9
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