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5.49.15BroadcastTransmitFramesRegister(TXBCASTFRAMES)
5.49.16MulticastTransmitFramesRegister(TXMCASTFRAMES)
5.49.17PauseTransmitFramesRegister(TXPAUSEFRAMES)
5.49.18DeferredTransmitFramesRegister(TXDEFERRED)
5.49.19TransmitCollisionFramesRegister(TXCOLLISION)
EthernetMediaAccessController(EMAC)Registers
ThetotalnumberofgoodbroadcastframestransmittedontheEMAC.Agoodbroadcastframeis
definedashavingallofthefollowing:
•AnydataorMACcontrolframedestinedforaddressFF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FFhonly
•Wasofanylength
•Hadnolateorexcessivecollisions,nocarrierloss,andnounderrun
ThetotalnumberofgoodmulticastframestransmittedontheEMAC.Agoodmulticastframeisdefined
ashavingallofthefollowing:
•AnydataorMACcontrolframedestinedforanymulticastaddressotherthanFF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FFh
•Wasofanylength
•Hadnolateorexcessivecollisions,nocarrierloss,andnounderrun
ThetotalnumberofIEEE802.3XpauseframestransmittedbytheEMAC.Pauseframescannot
underrunorcontainaCRCerrorbecausetheyarecreatedinthetransmittingMAC,sotheseerror
conditionshavenoeffectonthisstatistic.Pauseframessentbysoftwarearenotincludedinthiscount.
Sincepauseframesareonlytransmittedinfull-duplexmode,carrierlossandcollisionshavenoeffect
onthisstatistic.
Transmittedpauseframesarealways64-bytemulticastframessoappearinthemulticasttransmit
framesregisterand64octectframesregisterstatistics.
ThetotalnumberofframestransmittedontheEMACthatfirstexperienceddeferment.Suchaframeis
definedashavingallofthefollowing:
•WasanydataorMACcontrolframedestinedforanyunicast,broadcast,ormulticastaddress
•Wasanysize
•Hadnocarrierlossandnounderrun
•Experiencednocollisionsbeforebeingsuccessfullytransmitted
•Foundthemediumbusywhentransmissionwasfirstattempted,sohadtowait.
CRCerrorshavenoeffectonthisstatistic.
ThetotalnumberoftimesthattheEMACexperiencedacollision.Collisionsoccurundertwo
circumstances:
•WhenatransmitdataorMACcontrolframehasallofthefollowing:
–Wasdestinedforanyunicast,broadcast,ormulticastaddress
–Wasanysize
–Hadnocarrierlossandnounderrun
–Experiencedacollision.Ajamsequenceissentforeverynon-latecollision,sothisstatistic
incrementsoneachoccasionifaframeexperiencesmultiplecollisions(andincrementsonlate
collisions).
•WhentheEMACisinhalf-duplexmode,flowcontrolisactive,andaframereceptionbegins.
CRCerrorshavenoeffectonthisstatistic.
112EthernetMediaAccessController(EMAC)/SPRU941A–April2007
ManagementDataInput/Output(MDIO)
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