RE: [ethmac] wave forms!

["Igor Mohor" <igorm@opencores.org>]

Mathias,

you can imagine how many "REQUESTS" I get directly. I don't mind helping,
but doing homework for others is something else. Thanks for the great reply.

Regards,
	Igor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ethmac@opencores.org [mailto:owner-ethmac@opencores.org]On
> Behalf Of Mathias
> Sent: 11. oktober 2002 20:56
> To: ethmac@opencores.org
> Subject: Re: [ethmac] wave forms!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ajay kumar m" <mundlur_ajay@r... >
> To: ethmac@o...
> Date: 10 Oct 2002 06:02:32 -0000
> Subject: [ethmac] wave forms!
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> >   Kindly send me the basic waveforms or timing diagrams for the
> > communication controller(ethmac).so that it can be presented as a
> > part of basic design specification of the Ethernet MAC /
> > communication controller. obilige to the request!!!
>
> What!? Who's making requests??? I don't understand: Do WE need
> timing diagrams or do YOU need them?? I think you know the answer
> to that question, and that answer also implies who should do some -
> WORK- (that's right, the awful W***-word!) to aquire the needed
> waveforms for themselves.
>
> I'll give you some hints on the way:
>
> 1. You'd probably want the WISHBONE interface timing diagrams. I'd
> say it's a safe bet to look in the WISHBONE spec to start off.
> You'll have
> to find and download that pdf for yourself. (Hint: it's probably
> available
> from opencores webpage...)
>
> 2. You could always look in the ethmac documentation to see if there
> are any timing diagrams. (I don't remember if there are, and I'm just
> as lazy as you, so I'm not bothered to look either!)
>
> 3. Aquire the needed waveforms for YOURSELF! Oh, the horror! You'd
> need to do some work now, so let's get started right away:
>
> 3b. Download the ethmac core from opencores. This involves typing an
> URL and clicking a few links...
>
> 4. Unpack and analyze the core. Can't help you with the specifics, since
> a) I'm not familiar with your enviroment and b) I couldn't care less
> anyway. I'll trust you with enough intelligence to accomplish that by
> yourself.
>
> 5. Open your simulator of choice, Modelsim works fine for us. Load the
> ethmac design. Trace the signals you want for your presentation -
> that'd probably include the WISHBONE interface and MII signals, which
> are easily available at the core top level.
>
> 6. Run the testbench. This will indeed produce your desired waveforms
> in a matter of seconds, a minute at most. (Hard work, isn't it?)
>
> 7. Now print or dump your selected screenshots. Mission accomplished,
> very well done!
>
> And you could be proud to say that you actually did your own
> homework instead of, not asking, but -REQUESTING- that someone else
> should do it for you. Oh, the glory...
>
>
> >
> > thank you .expecting the earliest positive reply
> >
>
> You're most welcome. I doubt you'll consider this a "positive" reply,
> since I didn't attach a bunch of screenshots with your homework
> completed, but I sincerily hope that this is the -ONLY- reply you'll get!
>
> And I don't really care what you "expect" or not, I just want to state
> my frim opinion:
>
> In a nutshell - DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK! It will benefit you the most.
>
> kind regards
> /Mathias
>
> > regards
> > M.Ajay Kumar
> >
> > m.ajay kumar
> >
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