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15 years ago

Avalon OpenCores Ethernet MAC and QII version 10 and higher

Hi, I'm migrating my design to QII 10.1sp1 (after an unsuccessful try with v11.0) and can observe a warning with SOPC builder about the parameter SYS_CLOCK_RATE:CLOCK_DOMAIN that must be of typ...
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15 years ago

I have used OpenCores MAC with V8 and V9sp2. I checked now that project, but I didn't have the SYS_CLOCK_RATE parameter.

Anyway, what is in _hw.tcl is for user configuration of parameters that are anyhow defined in HDL. I'd suggest you browse source files to find out the correct format and value required.

You possibly can set it up to a fixed configuration.

Can you investigate further where is the failure? Are you using Nios with an OS? Can you check if mac/phy initialization is performed correctly and if incoming packets reach the mac?