
10.0 Internal Registers
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10.3 Register Descriptions
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INTERRUPT STATUS REGISTER (ISR)
07H (READ/WRITE)
This register is accessed by the host processor to determine the cause of an interrupt. Any interrupt can be masked in the
Interrupt Mask Register (IMR). Individual interrupt bits are cleared by writing a ‘‘1’’ into the corresponding bit of the ISR. The INT
signal is active as long as any unmasked signal is set, and will not go low until all unmasked bits in this register have been
cleared. The ISR must be cleared after power up by writing it with all 1’s.
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RST
RDC
CNT
OVW
TXE
RXE
PTX
PRX
Bit
Symbol
Description
D0
PRX
PACKET RECEIVED:
Indicates packet received with no errors.
D1
PTX
PACKET TRANSMITTED:
Indicates packet transmitted with no errors.
D2
RXE
RECEIVE ERROR:
Indicates that a packet was received with one or more of the
following errors:
DCRC Error
DFrame Alignment Error
DFIFO Overrun
DMissed Packet
D3
TXE
TRANSMIT ERROR:
Set when packet transmitted with one or more of the
following errors:
DExcessive Collisions
DFIFO Underrun
D4
OVW
OVERWRITE WARNING:
Set when receive buffer ring storage resources have
been exhausted. (Local DMA has reached Boundary Pointer).
D5
CNT
COUNTER OVERFLOW:
Set when MSB of one or more of the Network Tally
Counters has been set.
D6
RDC
REMOTE DMA COMPLETE:
Set when Remote DMA operation has been
completed.
D7
RST
RESET STATUS:
Set when NIC enters reset state and cleared when a Start
Command is issued to the CR. This bit is also set when a Receive Buffer Ring
overflow occurs and is cleared when one or more packets have been removed
from the ring. Writing to this bit has no effect.
NOTE:
This bit does not generate an interrupt, it is merely a status indicator.
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