User guide
Chapter 3: 10GBASE-R PHY IP Core 3–7
Interfaces
December 2010 Altera Corporation Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core User Guide
SDR XGMII RX Interface
Table 3–7 describes the signals in the SDR XGMII RX interface. This is an Avalon-ST
source interface. These signals are driven from the PCS to the MAC.
Table 3–8 provides the mapping from the XGMII RX interface to the XGMII SDR
interface.
xgmii_tx_dc[53] xgmii_sdr_ctrl[5]
Lane 5 control
xgmii_tx_dc[61:54] xgmii_sdr_data[55:48]
Lane 6 data
xgmii_tx_dc[62] xgmii_sdr_ctrl[6]
Lane 6 control
xgmii_tx_dc[70:63] xgmii_sdr_data[63:56]
Lane 7 data
xgmii_tx_dc[71] xgmii_sdr_ctrl[7]
Lane 7 control
Table 3–6. Mapping from XGMII TX Bus to XGMII SDR Bus (Part 2 of 2)
Signal Name XGMII Signal Name Description
Table 3–7. SDR XGMII RX Inputs (Note 1)
Signal Name Direction Description
xgmii_rx_dc<n>[71:0]
Source
Contains 8 lanes of data and control for XGMII. Each lane consists of 8 bits of
data and 1 bit of control.
■ Lane 0–[7:0]/[8]
■ Lane 1–[16:9]/[17]
■ Lane 2–[25:18]/[26]
■ Lane 3–[34:27]/[35]
■ lane 4–[43:36]/[44]
■ Lane 5–[52:45]/[53]
■ Lane 6–[61:54]/[62]
■ Lane 7–[70:63]/[71]
Refer to Table 3–8 for the mapping of the
xgmii_rx_dc
data and control to the
xgmii_sdr_data
and
xgmii_sdr_ctrl
signals.
rx_ready
Input
Asserted when the RX channel is ready to receive data. Because the
readyLatency
on this Avalon-ST interface is 0, the PCS may drive
xgmii_rx_dc_valid
as soon as
rx_ready
is asserted.
xgmii_rx_clk
Output
This clock is generated by the same reference clock that is used to generate the
transceiver clock. Its frequency is 156.25 MHz. Use this clock for the MAC
interface to minimize the size of the FIFO between the MAC and SDR XGMII RX
interface.
Note to Table 3–7:
(1) <n> is the channel number
Table 3–8. Mapping from XGMII RX Bus to the XGMII SDR Bus (Part 1 of 2)
Signal Name XGMII Signal Name Description
xgmii_rx_dc[7:0] xgmii_sdr_data[7:0]
Lane 0 data
xgmii_rx_dc[8] xgmii_sdr_ctrl[0]
Lane 0 control
xgmii_rx_dc[16:9] xgmii_sdr_data[15:8]
Lane 1 data










