User guide
Chapter 10: Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller 10–23
Streamer Module
March 2012 Altera Corporation Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core
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1 All undefined register bits are reserved.
Table 10–22. Streamer Module Registers 
PHY 
Addr
Bits R/W Register Name Description
7’h38 [9:0] RW
logical channel number
The logical channel number. Must be specified when 
performing dynamic updates. The Transceiver 
Reconfiguration Controller maps the logical address to the 
physical address.
7’h39 [9:0] R
physical channel address
The physical channel address. The Transceiver 
Reconfiguration Controller maps the logical address to the 
physical address.
7’h3A
[9] R
control and status
Error
. When asserted, indicates an error. This bit is asserted 
if any of the following conditions occur:
■ The channel address is invalid.
■ The PHY address is invalid.
■ The 
offset
 register address is invalid.
[8] R
Busy
. When asserted, indicates that a reconfiguration 
operation is in progress. 
[3:2] RW
Mode
. The following encodings are defined:
■ 2’b00: MIF. This mode continuously reads and transfers a 
.mif file, which contains the reconfiguration data. 
■ 2’b01: Direct Write. In this mode, you specify a logical 
channel, a register offset, and data. Depending on the 
logical channel specified, the Transceiver Reconfiguration 
Controller may mask some of the data specified to prevent 
read-only values that were optimized during startup, from 
being over-written. In particular, this mode protects the 
following settings: 
■ Decision feedback equalization controls
■ RX buffer offset calibration adjustments
■ Duty cycle distortion adjustments
■ PMA clock settings
■ 2’b10: Reserved
■ 2’b11: Reserved
[1] W
Read
. Writing a 1 to this bit triggers a read operation. This bit 
is self clearing. 
[0] W
Write
. Writing a 1 to this bit triggers a write operation. This 
bit is self clearing. 
7’h3B [15:0] RW
offset
When the 
MIF mode
 = 2’b00, the 
offset
 register specifies a 
an internal MIF Streamer register. Refer to Table 10–23 for 
definitions of these registers. When 
MIF Mode
 = 2’b01, 
offset
 register specifies register in the transceiver
7’h3C [31:0] RW
data
When the 
MIF Mode
 = 2’b00, the 
data 
register stores read 
or write data for indirect access to the location specified in 
the 
offset
 register. When 
MIF Mode
 = 2’b01, 
data
 holds an 
update for transceiver to be dynamically reconfigured. 










