About This Document; Purpose And Audience; Acronyms And Abbreviations; Document Conventions - Broadcom NetXtreme/NetLink BCM5718 Series Programmer's Manual

BCM5718 Programmer's Guide

About This Document

Purpose and Audience

This document covers the Broadcom
family of controllers includes the following devices:
• BCM5717
• BCM5718
• BCM5719
• BCM5720
The document focuses on the registers, control blocks, and software interfaces necessary for host software
programming. It is intended to complement the data sheet for the appropriate member of the NetXtreme/NetLink
Ethernet controller family. The errata documentation (see
document.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

In most cases, acronyms and abbreviations are defined on first use.
For a comprehensive list of acronyms and other terms used in Broadcom documents, go to:
http://www.broadcom.com/press/glossary.php.

Document Conventions

The following conventions may be used in this document:
Convention Description
User input and actions: for example, type exit, click OK, press Alt+C
Bold
Code:
Monospace
HTML:
Command line commands and parameters:
< > Placeholders for required elements: enter your <username> or
[ ] Indicates optional command-line parameters:
Indicates bit and byte ranges (inclusive): [0:3] or [7:0]
Convention Description
A/C Clear contents after read
RO Read-Only access, Write has no effect
RW Full Read and Write access
WO Write-Only access, Read returns garbage
Broadcom
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BCM5718 family of NetXtreme
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Table 1: Register Access Methods

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