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UG585 (v1.11) September 27, 2016
Chapter 16: Gigabit Ethernet Controller
To create this list of buffers:
1. Allocate a number (N) of buffers of X bytes in system memory, where X is the DMA buffer length
programmed in the DMA Configuration register.
Example: This controller assumes that the maximum size of an Ethernet packet without jumbo
frame support can reach up to 1,536 bytes. So allocate N number of buffers each with a size of
1,536 bytes in system memory. The buffers typically need to be aligned to cache-line boundaries
to improve performance. Typical values of N can be 64 or 128.
2. Each buffer descriptor is of 8 bytes length. Hence allocate an area of 8N bytes for the receive
buffer descriptor list in system memory. This creates N entries in this list.
Note: A single cache line for the Zynq-7000 AP SoC is 32 bytes and can contain 4 buffer
descriptors. This means flushing or invalidating a single buffer descriptor entry in the cache
memory results in flushing or invalidation of a cache line which in turn affects the adjacent buffer
descriptors. This can result in undesirable behavior. It is typical to allocate the buffer descriptor
list in an un-cached memory region.
3. Mark all entries in this list as owned by controller. Set bit 0 of word 0 of each buffer descriptor to
0.
4. Mark the last descriptor in the buffer descriptor list with the wrap bit (bit 1 in word 0) set.
5. Write the base address of receive buffer descriptor list to controller register gem.rx_qbar.
6. Fill the addresses of the allocated buffers in the buffer descriptors (bits 31-2, Word 0).
7. Write the base address of this buffer descriptor list to the gem.rx_qbar register.
Transmit Buffer Descriptor List
The data to be transmitted is read from buffers present in system memory. These buffers are listed
in the transmit buffer queue. Refer to section 16.2.5 DMA Block and Table 16-2, page 489 for more
information on implementation and structure of the Tx buffer descriptor.
X-Ref Target - Figure 16-4
Figure 16-4: Rx Buffer Queue Structure
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Rx Buffer
Queue Pointer
MAC Register
Rx
Descripter List
List in Main
Memory
Buffer in Main
Memory
Rx Buffers