Figure 378. Txdma Operation In Osf Mode - STMicroelectronics STM32F405 Reference Manual

Ethernet (ETH): media access control (MAC) with DMA controller
No
No
Transmit frame processing
The transmit DMA expects that the data buffers contain complete Ethernet frames,
excluding preamble, pad bytes, and FCS fields. The DA, SA, and Type/Len fields contain
valid data. If the transmit descriptor indicates that the MAC core must disable CRC or pad
insertion, the buffer must have complete Ethernet frames (excluding preamble), including
the CRC bytes. Frames can be data-chained and span over several buffers. Frames have to
be delimited by the first descriptor (TDES0[28]) and the last descriptor (TDES0[29]). As the
transmission starts, TDES0[28] has to be set in the first descriptor. When this occurs, the
frame data are transferred from the memory buffer to the Transmit FIFO. Concurrently, if the
last descriptor (TDES0[29]) of the current frame is cleared, the transmit process attempts to
acquire the next descriptor. The transmit process expects TDES0[28] to be cleared in this
descriptor. If TDES0[29] is cleared, it indicates an intermediary buffer. If TDES0[29] is set, it
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Figure 378. TxDMA operation in OSF mode

Poll
demand
TxDMA suspended
Previous frame
status available
Time stamp
present?
Yes
Write time stamp to
TDES2 & TDES3
for previous frame
(AHB)
Yes
error?
No
Write status word to
prev. frame's TDES0
(AHB)
error?
Yes
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Start TxDMA
(Re-)fetch next
descriptor
(AHB)
error?
No
Own
No
bit set?
Yes
Transfer data from
buffer(s)
(AHB)
error?
No
Frame xfer
complete?
No
Close intermediate
descriptor
Time stamp
present?
No
Write status word to
prev. frame's TDES0
(AHB)
No
error?
Yes
RM0090
Stop TxDMA
Start
Yes
Yes
No
Second
Yes
frame?
Yes
Wait for previous
frame's Tx status
Write time stamp to
TDES2 & TDES3
Yes
for previous frame
(AHB)
Yes
No
error?
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