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14 years ago

Where can i buy a Marvell 88e1111?!

Hi Guys, I'm pressed for time in creating my Uni project and obviously stressing. Long story short I have made a working design on a DE2-115. Problem is I need to build my own board and i'm...
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14 years ago

As long as you use a PHY chip with the same MII interface (I don't know if it's RGMII or GMII on this board) then you'll be fine and won't need to change your timing constraint files. As said you'll just need to modify the TSE driver a bit so that it recognises your new PHY and configures it properly, but this isn't complicated.

Getting a low volume of Marvel chips is near impossible. Neither Marvel nor any of their distributors are interested if you don't intend to buy several hundred thousand pieces.