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MWeng3
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6 years ago

why do I see packets on the user side of the 25G MAC when no fiber is plugged in?

If I have no fiber plugged in to the board QSFP28+, I am getting random packets on the user side of the 25G MAC; avalon_st_rx_startofpacket/endofpacket/data etc. with correct looking avalon_st_rx_err...
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MWeng3
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6 years ago

note: this is 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP version 19.1 configured MAC+PCS+PMA, enable MAC statistics counters, NPDME enables ref clk 644.531250, enabled auto adaptation triggering for RX CTLE/DFE mode