
Chapter 6: XAUI PHY IP Core 6–15
Optional PMA Control and Status Interface
November 2012 Altera Corporation Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core
User Guide
Table 6–13 lists the PMA control and status signals available in the hard IP
implementation. You can access the state of these signals using the Avalon-MM PHY
Management interface to read the control and status registers which are detailed in
XAUI PHY IP Core Registers. However, in some cases, you may need to know the
instantaneous value of a signal to ensure correct functioning of the XAUI PHY. In such
cases, you can include the required signal in the top-level module of your XAUI PHY
IP Core.
rx_syncstatus[7:0]
Output
Synchronization indication. RX synchronization is indicated on the
rx_syncstatus
port of each channel. The
rx_syncstatus
signal
is 2 bits per channel for a total of 8 bits per hard XAUI link. The
rx_syncstatus
signal is 1 bit per channel for a total of 4 bits per
soft XAUI link.
rx_is_lockedtodata[3:0]
Output
When asserted indicates that the RX CDR PLL is locked to the
incoming data.
rx_is_lockedtoref[3:0]
Output
When asserted indicates that the RX CDR PLL is locked to the
reference clock.
tx_clk312_5
Output This is the clock used for the SDR XGMII interface.
Table 6–12. Optional Control and Status Signals—Soft IP Implementation
Signal Name Direction Description
Table 6–13. Optional Control and Status Signals—Hard IP Implementation, Stratix IV GX Devices (Part 1 of 2)
Signal Name Direction Description
rx_invpolarity[3:0]
input
Dynamically reverse the polarity of every bit of the RX data at the
input of the word aligner.
rx_set_locktodata[3:0]
Input Force the CDR circuitry to lock to the received data.
rx_is_lockedtodata[3:0]
Output When asserted, indicates the RX channel is locked to input data.
rx_set_locktoref[3:0]
Input
Force the receiver CDR to lock to the phase and frequency of the
input reference clock.
rx_is_lockedtoref[3:0]
Output
When asserted, indicates the RX channel is locked to input
reference clock.
tx_invpolarity[3:0]
input
Dynamically reverse the polarity the data word input to the serializer
in the TX datapath.
rx_seriallpbken
input
Serial loopback enable.
■ 1: Enables serial loopback
■ 0: Disables serial loopback
This signal is asynchronous to the receiver. The status of the serial
loopback option is recorded by the PMA channel controller, word
address 0x061.
rx_channelaligned
Output When asserted indicates that the RX channel is aligned.
pll_locked
Output
In LTR mode, indicates that the receiver CDR has locked to the
phase and frequency of the input reference clock.
rx_rmfifoempty[3:0]
Output
Status flag that indicates the rate match FIFO block is empty (5
words). This signal remains high as long as the FIFO is empty and is
asynchronous to the RX datapath.
rx_rmfifofull[3:0]
Output
Status flag that indicates the rate match FIFO block is full (20
words). This signal remains high as long as the FIFO is full and is
asynchronous to the RX data.
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