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16 years ago

OpenCores MAC

Hello! How the app (with Nios Software Tools) must be created to work with the open cores mac in superloop mode? do I need to use superloop_tse library? In the OCM doc says its's possible, bu...
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16 years ago

The driver for the OpenCores MAC adds the "-DALTERA_TRIPLE_SPEED_MAC" macro to the compilation. The reason for this is because Altera's version of the NicheStack uses this macro to align parts of the IP packet on nice boundaries. I haven't looked at the Superloop SSS example but maybe you need to remove some TSE dependencies.

Jake