TMS320TCI6487
TMS320TCI6488
Communications Infrastructure Digital Signal Processor
SPRS358F–APRIL 2007–REVISED AUGUST 2008
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8.12 Ethernet MAC (EMAC)
The Ethernet Media Access Controller (EMAC) module provides an efficient interface between the
TCI6487/8 DSP core processor and the networked community. The EMAC supports 1000BaseT (1000
Mbps) in full-duplex mode, with hardware flow control and quality-of-service (QOS) support.
The EMAC module conforms to the IEEE 802.3-2002 standard, describing the “Carrier Sense Multiple
Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer” specifications. The IEEE
802.3 standard has also been adopted by ISO/IEC and re-designated as ISO/IEC 8802-3:2000(E).
Deviation from this standard, the EMAC module does not use the Transmit Coding Error signal MTXER.
Instead of driving the error pin when an underflow condition occurs on a transmitted frame, the EMAC will
intentionally generate an incorrect checksum by inverting the frame CRC, so that the transmitted frame
will be detected as an error by the network.
The EMAC control module is the main interface between the device core processor, the MDIO module,
and the EMAC module. The relationship between these three components is shown in Figure 8-30. The
EMAC control module contains the necessary components to allow the EMAC to make efficient use of
device memory, plus it controls device interrupts. The EMAC control module incorporates 8K-bytes of
internal RAM to hold EMAC buffer descriptors.
Figure 8-30. EMAC, MDIO, and EMAC Control Modules
For more detailed information on the EMAC/MDIO, see the TMS320TCI6487/8TMS320C6474 DSP
EMAC/MDIO Module Reference Guide (literature number SPRUEF0).
8.12.1 EMAC Device-Specific Information
The EMAC module on the device supports Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface (SGMII). The
SGMII interface conforms to version 1.8 of the industry standard specification.
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