Figure 19: Relationships Between All Components Of A Send Ring - Broadcom NetXtreme/NetLink BCM5718 Series Programmer's Manual

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When the producer and consumer indices are equal, the ring is empty. When the producer index is one behind
the consumer, the ring is full. Because of this configuration, the producer index always points to an empty slot.
Thus, there will always be at least one empty slot in a ring.
Figure 19 illustrates the relationships between all the components of a send ring.

Figure 19: Relationships Between All Components of a Send Ring

Send
RCB
Consumer
Producer
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Send BD 1
Send BD 2
Send BD 3
Send BD 4
Send BD 5
Send BD 6
Send BD 7
Send BD 8
Send BD 512
Send Rings
Buffer
Buffer
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