Article ID: 000083325 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 03/27/2018

Why does the Intel® Arria® 10 Multi-Rate Ethernet PHY IP in USXGMII Auto-Negotiation mode fail in simulation?

Environment

  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
  • Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP
  • Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP
  • 1G 2.5G 5G 10G Multi-rate Ethernet PHY Intel® FPGA IP
  • BUILT IN - ARTICLE INTRO SECOND COMPONENT
    Description

    The Intel® Arria® 10 Multi-Rate Ethernet PHY IP default value of usxgmii_link_timer at register address 0x412 is 0x7c000. This default reset value sets the link timer to 1.6ms, which is too long in simulation.

    Resolution

    To work around this problem, set usxgmii_link_timer bit[14]=1 at address 0x412 to speed up the auto-negotiation process for simulation. This change sets usxgmii_link_timer=0x4000, which is the fastest link timer value possible in this register (0.05ms).

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    Intel® Arria® 10 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs