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11 years ago

Ethernet on Bemicro SDK

I'm trying to port the standard net example onto the BeMicroSDK which uses the DP83848C PHY. To keep it simple, I've disabled DHCP and hard-coded a Static IP for now. Everything seems to synth...
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11 years ago

I wanted to avoid a hub/switch + patch cable to the equation.. but perhaps it's a worthwhile test to eliminate the crossover-cable (I only have 1).

The descriptor storage uses on-chip ram, but how do the packets get placed in DDR while avoiding the Nios execution code? Since the linker script doesn't show the code to be bound to a certain area in DDR, isn't this dangerous?