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15 years ago

9.1 Avalon OpenCores 10/100 Ethernet MAC with DM9000A

Hi I am Little Confused to Use 9.1 Avalon OpenCores 10/100 Ethernet MAC with DM9000A.As i am new to altera fpga not know how to interace Opencore 10/100 Ethernet Mac with Dm9000A.Can Any body wri...
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15 years ago

AFAIK the DM9000A chip is an integrated MAC and PHY without access to the MII interface, so you can't use it with either the TSE or Opencore MACs.

You'd rather need an operating system with a network driver directly able to handle the DM9000A.