litex/misoc/cores/liteeth_mini/README

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Copyright 2012-2015 / EnjoyDigital / M-Labs Ltd
A small footprint and configurable minimal Ethernet core
powered by Migen
[> Intro
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LiteEthMini is a subset of LiteEth (https://github.com/enjoy-digital/liteeth)
intended to be used with a CPU and a software stack.
[> Features
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- Ethernet MAC with various various PHYs (GMII, MII, RGMII, Loopback)
- SRAM storage and wishbone interface
[> Possible improvements
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- add DMA interface to MAC
- add SGMII PHY
- ... See below Support and consulting :)
If you want to support these features, please contact us at florent [AT]
enjoy-digital.fr. You can also contact our partner on the public mailing list
devel [AT] lists.m-labs.hk.
[> License
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LiteEthMini is released under the very permissive two-clause BSD license. Under
the terms of this license, you are authorized to use LiteEthMini for closed-source
proprietary designs.
Even though we do not require you to do so, those things are awesome, so please
do them if possible:
- tell us that you are using LiteEthMini
- cite LiteEthMini in publications related to research it has helped
- send us feedback and suggestions for improvements
- send us bug reports when something goes wrong
- send us the modifications and improvements you have done to LiteEthMini.
[> Support and consulting
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We love open-source hardware and like sharing our designs with others.
LiteEthMini is mainly developed and maintained by EnjoyDigital.
If you would like to know more about LiteEthMini or if you are already a happy
user and would like to extend it for your needs, EnjoyDigital can provide standard
commercial support as well as consulting services.
So feel free to contact us, we'd love to work with you! (and eventually shorten
the list of the possible improvements :)
[> Contact
E-mail: florent [AT] enjoy-digital.fr