CS8900A
Crystal LAN™ ISA Ethernet Controller
4.4 Status and Control Registers
read-only. The second location, PacketPage base +
0144h, is where the actual transmit commands are
issued and is write-only. See Section 4.4.4 on
page 49 (Register 9) and Section 5.7 on page 99 for
a more detailed description of the TxCMD register.
The Status and Control registers are the primary
registers used to control and check the status of the
CS8900A. They are organized into two groups:
Configuration/Control Registers and Status/Event
Registers. All Status and Control Registers are 16-
bit words as shown in Figure 16. Bit 0 indicates
whether it is a Configuration/Control Register
(Bit 0 = 1) or a Status/Event Register (Bit 0 = 0).
Bits 0 through 5 provide an internal address code
that describes the exact function of the register.
Bits 6 through F are the actual Configuration/Con-
trol and Status/Event bits.
4.4.2 Status and Event Registers
Status and Event registers report the status of trans-
mitted and received frames, as well as information
about the configuration of the CS8900A. They are
read-only and are designated by even numbers (e.g.
Register 2, Register 4, etc.).
The Interrupt Status Queue (ISQ) is a special type
of Status/Event register. It is located at PacketPage
base + 0120h and is the first register the host reads
when responding to an Interrupt.
4.4.1 Configuration and Control Registers
Configuration and Control registers are used to set-
up the following:
A more detailed description of the ISQ can be
found in Section 5.1 on page 79.
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how frames will be transmitted and received;
which frames will be transmitted and received;
Three 10-bit counters are included with the Status
and Event registers. RxMISS counts missed re-
ceive frames, TxCOL counts transmit collisions,
and TDR is a time domain reflectometer useful in
locating cable faults. The following sections con-
tain more information about these counters.
which events will cause interrupts to the host
processor; and,
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how the Ethernet physical interface will be
configured.
These registers are read/write and are designated
by odd numbers (e.g. Register 1, Register 3, etc.).
Table 13 provides a summary of PacketPage Reg-
ister types.
The Transmit Command Register (TxCMD) is a
special type of register. It appears in two separate
locations in the PacketPage memory map. The first
location, PacketPage base + 0108h, is within the
block of Configuration/Control Registers and is
16-bit Register Word
4.4.3 Status and Control Bit Definitions
This section provides a description of the special
bit types used in the Status and Control registers.
Bit Number
F
E
D
C
B
A
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Internal Address
(bits 0 - 5)
1 = Control/Configuration
0 = Status/Event
10 Register Bits
Figure 16. Status and Control Register Format
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