Small Form Factor Three Port 10/100 Managed Ethernet Switch with Single MII/RMII/Turbo MII
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as
specified in the IEEE 802.3 standard. The technology ability bits of these registers are ANDed, and if
there are multiple bits in common, the priority is determined as follows:
100Mbps Full Duplex (highest priority)
100Mbps Half Duplex
10Mbps Full Duplex
10Mbps Half Duplex (lowest priority)
For example, if the full capabilities of the Virtual PHY are advertised (100Mbps, Full Duplex), and if
the link partner is capable of 10Mbps and 100Mbps, then auto-negotiation selects 100Mbps as the
highest performance mode. If the link partner is capable of half and full-duplex modes, then auto-
negotiation selects full-duplex as the highest performance operation. In the event that there are no bits
in common, an emulated
is used.
The
defaults to having all four
ability bits set. These values can be reconfigured via software. Once the auto-negotiation is complete,
any change to the
will not take
affect until the auto-negotiation process is re-run. The emulated link partner default advertised abilities
in the
are dependant on the P0_DUPLEX pin and the
and
configuration straps as described in
of
Neither the Virtual PHY or the emulated link partner support next page capability, remote
faults, or 100BASE-T4.
Note:
The P0_DUPLEX,
and
inputs are considered to be static.
Auto-negotiation is not automatically re-evaluated if these inputs are changed.
If there is at least one common selection between the emulated link partner and the Virtual PHY
advertised abilities, then the auto-negotiation succeeds, the
bit of
the
is set, and the technology
ability bits in the
are set to indicate the emulated link partners abilities.
Note:
For the Virtual PHY, the auto-negotiation register bits (and management of such) are used by
the PMI. So the perception of local and link partner is reversed. The local device is the PMI,
while the link partner is the Switch Fabric. This is consistent with the intention of the Virtual
PHY.
7.3.1.1
Parallel Detection
In the event that there are no common bits between the advertised ability and the emulated link
partners ability, auto-negotiation fails and emulated parallel detect is used. In this case, the
bit of the
will be cleared, and the communication set to half-duplex. The speed is determined
by the
configuration strap. Only one of the technology ability bits in the
will be set,
indicating the emulated parallel detect result.
7.3.1.2
Disabling Auto-Negotiation
Auto-negotiation can be disabled in the Virtual PHY by clearing the
bit
of the
The Virtual PHY will then force its
speed of operation to reflect the speed (Speed
bit) and duplex
bit) of the
The speed and duplex bits in the
should be
ignored when auto-negotiation is enabled.
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