31.8.60 ETH Deferred Transmission Frames Register
| Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Readable bit | HC | Cleared by Hardware | (Grey cell) | Unimplemented |
| W | Writable bit | HS | Set by Hardware | X | Bit is unknown at Reset |
| K | Write to clear | S | Software settable bit | — | — |
| Name: | DTF |
| Offset: | 0x1148 |
| Reset: | 0x00000000 |
| Property: | Read-only |
| Bit | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | |
| Access | |||||||||
| Reset |
| Bit | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | |
| DEFT[17:16] | |||||||||
| Access | R | R | |||||||
| Reset | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Bit | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |
| DEFT[15:8] | |||||||||
| Access | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| Reset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bit | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| DEFT[7:0] | |||||||||
| Access | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| Reset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bits 17:0 – DEFT[17:0] Deferred Transmission
This register counts the number of frames experiencing deferral due to carrier sense being active on their first attempt at transmission. Frames involved in any collision are not counted nor are frames that experienced a transmit underrun.