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AM79C90

CMOS Local Area Network Controller for Ethernet (C-LANCE)

Advanced Micro Devices 

AMD

C-LANCE CSR Registers

Pointer to Initialization Block

Initialization

Block

Mode of Operation

Physical Address

Logical Address Filter

Pointer to Receive Ring

Number of Receive Entries (N)

Pointer to Transmit Ring

Number of Transmit Entries (M)

PRELIMINARY

Receive Descriptor Ring

Address of Receive Buffer 1

Buffer 1 Status

Buffer 1 Byte Count

Buffer 1 Message Count

2

2

2

2

N

N

N

N

Transmit Descriptor Ring

Address of Transmit Buffer 1

Buffer 1 Status

Buffer 1 Byte Count

Buffer 1 Error Status

2

2

2

2

M

M

M

M

Figure 2-2. C-LANCE Memory Management

Receive Buffer

Data

Packet

1

Data

Packet

2

Data

Packet

N

Transmit Buffer

Data

Packet

1

Data

Packet

2

Data

Packet

M

17881B-8

Buffer Management

A key feature of the C-LANCE and its on-board DMA

channel is the flexibility and speed of communication

between the C-LANCE and the host microprocessor

through common memory locations. The basic organi-

zation of the buffer management is a circular queue of

tasks in memory called descriptor rings as shown in

Figures 2-1 and 2-2. There are separate descriptor rings

to describe transmit and receive operations. Up to 128

tasks may be queued up on a descriptor ring awaiting

execution by the C-LANCE. Each entry in a descriptor

ring holds a pointer to a data memory buffer and an entry

for the length of the data buffer. Data buffers can be

chained or cascaded to handle a long packet in multiple

data buffer areas. The C-LANCE searches the descrip-

tor rings in a “lookahead” manner to determine the next

empty buffer in order to chain buffers together or to han-

dle back-to-back packets. As each buffer is filled,

the “own” bit is reset, allowing the host processor to

process the data in the buffer.

C-LANCE Interface

CSR bits such as ACON, BCON and BSWP are used for

programming the pin functions used for different inter-

facing schemes. For example, ACON is used to pro-

gram the polarity of the Address Strobe signal

(ALE/AS).

BCON is used for programming the pins, for handling

either the BYTE/WORD method for addressing word or-

ganized, byte addressable memories where the BYTE

signal is decoded along with the least significant ad-

dress bit to determine upper or lower byte, or an explicit

scheme in which two signals labeled as BYTE MASK

(BM0 and BM1) indicate which byte is addressed. When

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