Altera Stratix II GX PCI Express Development Board User Manual

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Reference Manual

2–31

August 2006

Stratix II GX PCI Express Development Board

Board Components & Interfaces

The interface to the GigE PHY layer can also use the MII interface for 10
and 100 Mb/s signaling.

Table 2–24

shows the GMII-to-MII interface

mapping.

The GMII interface is single-data-rate (SDR), source-synchronous in
nature, and operates at 125 MHz. Whereas, the reduced gigabit media
independent interface (RGMII) uses half of the eight data pins, but also
operates at 125 MHz. The RGMII interface achieves the 50% pin count
reduction by using DDR flip flops. The Stratix II GX PCIe development
board can use either the GMII or RGMII interface. However, because of
it’s simpler timing model, the GMII interface is preferred.

enet_txd[3]

C29

enet_txd[4]

D26

enet_txd[5]

J30

enet_txd[6]

F26

enet_txd[7]

F21

Table 2–24. GMII-to-MII I/O Mapping,

Note (1)

Marvel Target

Device Pins

GMII Interface Standard

MII Interface Standard

GTX_CLK

GTX_CLK

TX_CLK

TX_CLK

TX_ER

TX_ER

TX_ER

TX_EN

TX_EN

TX_EN

TXD[7:0]

TXD[7:0]

TXD[3:0]

RX_CLK

RX_CLK

RX_CLK

RX_ER

RX_ER

RX_ER

RX_DV

RX_DV

RX_DV

RXD[7:0]

RXD[7:0]

RXD[3:0]

CRS

CRS

CRS

COL

COL

COL

Note to

Table 2–24

:

(1)

The 1.8-V logic outputs on the FPGA are up-converted using an FXL4T245
dual-voltage buffer. The 2-5-V CMOS outputs from the Marvel 88E1111 device are
over-driving the FPGA input pins.

Table 2–23. GigE PHY Pin-Out (Part 2 of 2)

Schematic Signal Name

Stratix II GX Device Pin Number

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