Normal Receive - 2.4 English

In the following figure a typical sequence of frame receipt is shown. A 400G/8-segment bus is used as an example. Segments 2 through 6 are not shown to keep the diagram compact. This figure depicts the same sequence of events as the previous segmented transmit example in Normal Transmission, but in the receive direction.

Figure 1. AXI4-Stream Typical Sequence of Frame Receipt

The highlights of this sequence of operations are as follows:

1. As in the transmit example, frame A starts in segment 0 of cycle #3 and terminates with eop in segment 1 of cycle #5.
2. Frame B begins in segment 2 and ends in segment 6 of the same cycle (tuser control information not shown; it is implied by the diagram that eop6 must be asserted because sop is asserted in segment 7, and gaps are not allowed.
3. Frame C begins on segment 7 of cycle #4 and ends on segment 7 of cycle #6.
   Note: Both rx_preambleout_0 and rx_preambleout_2 contain valid data in cycle #4. This is the result of two sop segments in that cycle – one on segment 2, and one on segment 7.
4. There is no bus activity in cycle #7, therefore the DCMAC Subsystem deasserts rx_axis_tvalid_0 for the cycle.
5. A new frame, frame D, begins in cycle #8 and ends in cycle #10. Cycle #11 is idle (tvalid = 0).
6. The final frame in this example is transferred starting in cycle #12, segment 0. Cycle #13 illustrates an occurrence of tvalid deassertion in the middle of an ongoing frame; due to internal clock relationships, there is no AXI data to present in this cycle.
7. Frame E, however, continues in Cycle #14 and then beyond the right side of the diagram.