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13 years ago

PCI and TSE on SOPC Builder

I want some real help soon on this problem I want to solve. I am trying to build a system on SOPC which contain only ethernet TSE and PCI target only device (as we already have it in the system...
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13 years ago

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You will most likely need DMA along with PCI. Probably a scatter-gather streaming DMA (SG SDMA). In the most basic scenario, you should be able to connect the source of SG DMA to your MAC's sink etc.

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hello Yocto,

I need to access the data directly through th PCI only. I am not using any external devices

what would be your suggestion?

previously there was an Ethernet PHY+MAC IC directly connected to the PCI interface

now I am bringing MAC into FPGA.

could you please elaborate your suggestion?