5.3 Operation
5.3.1 Initialization
After a power on reset or a software reset, V
i) Interrupt Mask Registers
ii) Configuration Registers
iii) MII Management Registers
iv) Pool/Buffer Descriptor Registers
5.3.2 Buffer structure for Ethernet Controller block
The data buffer structure for Ethernet Controller is shown in Figure 5-4.
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4120A has to set the following registers:
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Figure 5-4. Buffer Structure for Ethernet Block
Buffer Descriptor
Buffer Descriptor
Buffer Descriptor
Link Pointer
Buffer Descriptor
Buffer Descriptor
Buffer Descriptor
Link Pointer (null)
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Data Buffer
Data Buffer
Data Buffer
Data Buffer
Data Buffer
Data Buffer