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15 years ago

How to set TSE PHY address

Hi all, From altera "triple speed Ethernet user guide", I should be able set mdio_addr0 register to PHY device 0 address and mdio_addr1 register to PHY device 1 address, and then map MDIO regis...
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15 years ago

You should be able to guess it from the schematic, because it is hard wired.

The other method is the one used in the Altera TSE driver for the Interniche stack, which is to try all the addresses until you get an answer. You only have 31 to try so it doesn't take that long. Have a look at the driver source code to see how the PHY is handled.