40.6.5 Receive Buffer Queue Pointer Register

This register points to the entry in the receive buffer queue (descriptor list) currently being used. It is written with the start location of the receive buffer descriptor list. The lower order bits increment as buffers are used up and wrap to their original values after either 1024 buffers or when the wrap bit of the entry is set.

Reading this register returns the location of the descriptor currently being accessed. This value increments as buffers are used. Software should not use this register for determining where to remove received frames from the queue as it constantly changes as new frames are received. Software should instead work its way through the buffer descriptor queue checking the used bits.

Receive buffer writes also comprise bursts of two words and, as with transmit buffer reads, it is recommended that bit 2 is always written with zero to prevent a burst crossing a 1K boundary, in violation of section 3.6 of the AMBA specification.

Name:	EMAC_RBQP
Offset:	0x18
Reset:	0x00000000
Property:	Read/Write


Bit	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24
	ADDR[31:24]
Access	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Reset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Bit	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16
	ADDR[23:16]
Access	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Reset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Bit	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8
	ADDR[15:8]
Access	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Reset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Bit	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
	ADDR[7:0]
Access	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Reset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bits 31:0 – ADDR[31:0] Receive Buffer Queue Pointer Address

Written with the address of the start of the receive queue, reads as a pointer to the current buffer being used.

ADDR[1:0] must be 0.