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DP83849C
Table 5. Typical MDIO Frame Format
Figure 4. Typical MDC/MDIO Read Operation
Figure 5. Typical MDC/MDIO Write Operation
3.4.3 Serial Management Preamble Suppression
The DP83849C supports a Preamble Suppression mode
as indicated by a one in bit 6 of the Basic Mode Status
Register (BMSR, address 01h.) If the station management
entity (i.e. MAC or other management controller) deter
-
mines that all PHYs in the system support Preamble Sup-
pression by returning a one in this bit, then the station
management entity need not generate preamble for each
management transaction.
The DP83849C requires a single initialization sequence of
32 bits of preamble following hardware/software reset. This
requirement is generally met by the mandatory pull-up
resistor on MDIO in conjunction with a continuous MDC, or
the management access made to determine whether Pre
-
amble Suppression is supported.
While the DP83849C requires an initial preamble
sequence of 32 bits for management initialization, it does
not require a full 32-bit sequence between each subse
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quent transaction. A minimum of one idle bit between man-
agement transactions is required as specified in the IEEE
802.3u specification.
3.4.4 Simultaneous Register Write
The DP83849C incorporates a mode which allows simulta-
neous write access to both Port A and B register blocks at
the same time. This mode is selected by setting bit 15 of
RMII and Bypass Register (RBR, address 17h) in Port A.
As long as this bit remains set, subsequent writes to Port A
will write to registers in both ports. Register reads are unaf
-
fected. Each port must still be read individually.
MII Management
Serial Protocol
<idle><start><op code><device addr><reg addr><turnaround><data><idle>
Read Operation <idle><01><10><AAAAA><RRRRR><Z0><xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx><idle>
Write Operation <idle><01><01><AAAAA><RRRRR><10><xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx><idle>
MDC
MDIO
00011 110000000
(STA)
Idle Start
Opcode
(Read)
PHY Address
(PHYAD = 0Ch)
Register Address
(00h = BMCR)
TA
Register Data
Z
MDIO
(PHY)
Z
Z
Z
0 0 011000100000000
Z
Idle
Z
Z
MDC
MDIO
00011110000000
(STA)
Idle Start
Opcode
(Write)
PHY Address
(PHYAD = 0Ch)
Register Address
(00h = BMCR)
TA
Register Data
Z
0 0 0 000 00000000
Z
Idle
1000
ZZ