Ethernet Example Design on Cyclone III Dev Board (3C120F780)

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Hi, 

 I'm not able to get the Altera's Ethernet Example Design to work on the Cyclone III Dev. Board. I used the "Using the NicheStack TCP/IP Stack - Nios II Edition Tutorial".    PHY INFO: 0x12 141 cc2 PHY INFO: Issuing PHY Reset PHY INFO: waiting on PHY link... PHY INFO: PHY link detected, allowing network to start. SSS INFO: Connecting... InterNiche Portable TCP/IP, v3.1 Copyright 1996-2008 by InterNiche Technologies. All rights reserved. prep_tse_mac 0 Your Ethernet MAC address is 00:07:ed:08:xx:xx prepped 1 interface, initializing... INFO : TSE MAC 0 found at address 0x0800a000 INFO : PHY Marvell 88E1111 found at PHY address 0x12 of MAC Group INFO : PHY - Automatically mapped to tse_mac_device INFO : PHY - Restart Auto-Negotiation, checking PHY link... INFO : PHY - Auto-Negotiation PASSED INFO : PHY - Checking link... INFO : PHY - Link established INFO : PHY - Speed = 1000, Duplex = Full OK, x=48, CMD_CONFIG=0x00000000 MAC post-initialization: CMD_CONFIG=0x0400020b RX descriptor chain desc (1 depth) created mctest init called IP address of et1 : 134.130.xxx.xxx Created "Inet main" task (Prio: 2) Created "clock tick" task (Prio: 3) DHCP timed out, going back to default IP address(es) Nios II Simple Socket Server starting up. Created "monitor_phy" task (Prio: 9) Created "Nios II Simple Socket Server" task (Prio: 10) Nios II Simple Socket Server listening on port 30    The DHCP isn't working, I cannot ping the board and telnet isn't working. In a next step I set the IP to a static one -> the same effect. I got the same effect for the example templates in Nios2-Eclipse.   I checked the same design with the NEEK board and it runs well (naturally the .sof for the NEEK) with the original flash-file (the application selector) and the niosii_ethernet_standard_3c25.sof overloading. Using another flash-content, it also doesn't work like the 3C120.   Any idea?   Best Regards   Mark

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Is the static IP in the same subnet as the computer you use to ping?

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yes, it is.

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--- Quote Start ---  Hi,   I'm not able to get the Altera's Ethernet Example Design to work on the Cyclone III Dev. Board. I used the "Using the NicheStack TCP/IP Stack - Nios II Edition Tutorial".    PHY INFO: 0x12 141 cc2 PHY INFO: Issuing PHY Reset PHY INFO: waiting on PHY link... PHY INFO: PHY link detected, allowing network to start. SSS INFO: Connecting... InterNiche Portable TCP/IP, v3.1 Copyright 1996-2008 by InterNiche Technologies. All rights reserved. prep_tse_mac 0 Your Ethernet MAC address is 00:07:ed:08:xx:xx prepped 1 interface, initializing... INFO : TSE MAC 0 found at address 0x0800a000 INFO : PHY Marvell 88E1111 found at PHY address 0x12 of MAC Group INFO : PHY - Automatically mapped to tse_mac_device INFO : PHY - Restart Auto-Negotiation, checking PHY link... INFO : PHY - Auto-Negotiation PASSED INFO : PHY - Checking link... INFO : PHY - Link established INFO : PHY - Speed = 1000, Duplex = Full OK, x=48, CMD_CONFIG=0x00000000 MAC post-initialization: CMD_CONFIG=0x0400020b RX descriptor chain desc (1 depth) created mctest init called IP address of et1 : 134.130.xxx.xxx Created "Inet main" task (Prio: 2) Created "clock tick" task (Prio: 3) DHCP timed out, going back to default IP address(es) Nios II Simple Socket Server starting up. Created "monitor_phy" task (Prio: 9) Created "Nios II Simple Socket Server" task (Prio: 10) Nios II Simple Socket Server listening on port 30 The DHCP isn't working, I cannot ping the board and telnet isn't working. In a next step I set the IP to a static one -> the same effect. I got the same effect for the example templates in Nios2-Eclipse.   I checked the same design with the NEEK board and it runs well (naturally the .sof for the NEEK) with the original flash-file (the application selector) and the niosii_ethernet_standard_3c25.sof overloading. Using another flash-content, it also doesn't work like the 3C120.   Any idea?   Best Regards   Mark  --- Quote End ---    seeing your output it seems that u r hardware is not taking ip address. go to the simple_socket_server.h file and give your IP address + if you don't have DHCP server, through network_utilities.c file disable it (*use_dhcp = 0)

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I marked the last two bytes of the IP and the MAC with "x", because the IP is in a public subnet. 

I disabled DHCP and also tested the design in a private subnet (192.168.123.001 255.255.255.000) with no change.

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The hardware doesn't work. I believe timing constrains are wrong or there are none.

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@Socrates: 

It's the original .sof-file from Altera. So it should work, or not?   @all is there anyone who has an ethernet design running for the 3c120f780 Cyclone III dev board and can send it to me?   Best Regards

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Did you disable DHCP in the NicheStack properties? 

Please post again the console log with DHCP disabled.

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I set "dhcp=0" in iniche_init.c (line line 341) 

 again no ping.    PHY INFO: 0x12 141 cc2 PHY INFO: Issuing PHY Reset PHY INFO: waiting on PHY link... PHY INFO: PHY link detected, allowing network to start. SSS INFO: Connecting... InterNiche Portable TCP/IP, v3.1 Copyright 1996-2008 by InterNiche Technologies. All rights reserved. prep_tse_mac 0 Your Ethernet MAC address is 00:07:ed:08:1a:2a prepped 1 interface, initializing... INFO : TSE MAC 0 found at address 0x0800a000 INFO : PHY Marvell 88E1111 found at PHY address 0x12 of MAC Group INFO : PHY - Automatically mapped to tse_mac_device INFO : PHY - Restart Auto-Negotiation, checking PHY link... INFO : PHY - Auto-Negotiation PASSED INFO : PHY - Checking link... INFO : PHY - Link established INFO : PHY - Speed = 1000, Duplex = Full OK, x=4, CMD_CONFIG=0x00000000 MAC post-initialization: CMD_CONFIG=0x0400020b RX descriptor chain desc (1 depth) created mctest init called IP address of et1 : 192.168.123.2 Created "Inet main" task (Prio: 2) Created "clock tick" task (Prio: 3) Nios II Simple Socket Server starting up. Created "monitor_phy" task (Prio: 9) Created "Nios II Simple Socket Server" task (Prio: 10) Nios II Simple Socket Server listening on port 30

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--- Quote Start ---  I set "dhcp=0" in iniche_init.c (line line 341)   --- Quote End ---   I'm not sure this assignment will really disable dhcp. You should disable it in bsp iNiche properties or remove the DHCP_CLIENT define inside ipport.h

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Disabling DHCP-Server in BSP-Editor->Software packages results in 3 errors: 

 Description Resource Path Location Type make: *** [niosII_Simple_Socket_Server_ohne_DHCP.elf] Error 1 niosII_Simple_Socket_Server_ohne_DHCP C/C++ Problem  Description Resource Path Location Type undefined reference to `dhc_set_callback' iniche_init.c /niosII_Simple_Socket_Server_ohne_DHCP line 509 C/C++ Problem  Description Resource Path Location Type undefined reference to `dhc_set_state' iniche_init.c /niosII_Simple_Socket_Server_ohne_DHCP line 483 C/C++ Problem

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IIRC there is something special to do to set up the interface in rgmii mode, as it is on the 3C120 kit. I don't remember it exactly but a search on the forum could help. 

Looking in the software templates in Quartus 10.1 they seem to have created special rgmii templates, maybe you can try those.

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Hi, 

 I tried out the SimpleSocketServer_RGMII and this one is running. It seems so, that the 3C120 Dev Board needs a RGMII-Design in Nios.   Thanks a lot to Daixiwen! You gave me the special tip.   Possibly Altera adds the RGMII code to the 3c120-board tuturial.    Best Regards   Mark

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To anyone who's curious, I think this was the solution: 

 http://www.altera.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd11122009_293.html

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This a all things you need, If it help for you. Thanks to me so much 

 I done

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error_t generate_mac_addr(unsigned char mac_addr[6]) 

{  error_t error = -1;  alt_u32 ser_num = 0;    printf("\nCan't read the MAC address from your board. We will assign you\n");  printf("a MAC address.\n\n");    ser_num = get_serial_number();    if (ser_num)  {  /* This is the Altera Vendor ID */  mac_addr[0] = 0x0;  mac_addr[1] = 0x7;  mac_addr[2] = 0xed;    /* Reserverd Board identifier */  mac_addr[3] = 0xFF;  mac_addr[4] = (ser_num & 0xff00) >> 8;  mac_addr[5] = ser_num & 0xff;    printf("Your Ethernet MAC address is %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",   mac_addr[0],  mac_addr[1],  mac_addr[2],  mac_addr[3],  mac_addr[4],  mac_addr[5]);    error = 0;  }    return error;  }  /*  * get_board_mac_addr  *  * Read the MAC address in a board specific way  *  */ error_t get_board_mac_addr(unsigned char mac_addr[6]) {  error_t error = 0;  alt_u32 signature;     if (!error)  {  signature = IORD_32DIRECT(last_flash_sector, 0);  if (signature != 0x00005afe)  {  error = generate_and_store_mac_addr();  }  }    if (!error)  {  mac_addr[0] = IORD_8DIRECT(last_flash_sector, 4);  mac_addr[1] = IORD_8DIRECT(last_flash_sector, 5);  mac_addr[2] = IORD_8DIRECT(last_flash_sector, 6);  mac_addr[3] = IORD_8DIRECT(last_flash_sector, 7);  mac_addr[4] = IORD_8DIRECT(last_flash_sector, 8);  mac_addr[5] = IORD_8DIRECT(last_flash_sector, 9);    printf("Your Ethernet MAC address is %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",   mac_addr[0],  mac_addr[1],  mac_addr[2],  mac_addr[3],  mac_addr[4],  mac_addr[5]);   }   return error; }  /* * get_mac_addr * * Read the MAC address in a board specific way * */ int get_mac_addr(NET net, unsigned char mac_addr[6]) {  error_t error = 0;    error = get_board_mac_addr(mac_addr);    if(error)  {  /* Failed read MAC address from flash, prompt user to enter serial   number to generate MAC address. */  error = generate_mac_addr(mac_addr);  }  return error; }  /*  * get_ip_addr()  *   * This routine is called by InterNiche to obtain an IP address for the  * specified network adapter. Like the MAC address, obtaining an IP address is  * very system-dependant and therefore this function is exported for the  * developer to control.  *   * In our system, we are either attempting DHCP auto-negotiation of IP address,  * or we are setting our own static IP, Gateway, and Subnet Mask addresses our  * self. This routine is where that happens.  */ int get_ip_addr(alt_iniche_dev *p_dev,  ip_addr* ipaddr,  ip_addr* netmask,  ip_addr* gw,  int* use_dhcp) {   IP4_ADDR(*ipaddr, IPADDR0, IPADDR1, IPADDR2, IPADDR3);  IP4_ADDR(*gw, GWADDR0, GWADDR1, GWADDR2, GWADDR3);  IP4_ADDR(*netmask, MSKADDR0, MSKADDR1, MSKADDR2, MSKADDR3);  # ifdef DHCP_CLIENT  *use_dhcp = 1; # else /* not DHCP_CLIENT */  *use_dhcp = 0;   printf("Static IP Address is %d.%d.%d.%d\n",  ip4_addr1(*ipaddr),  ip4_addr2(*ipaddr),  ip4_addr3(*ipaddr),  ip4_addr4(*ipaddr)); # endif /* not DHCP_CLIENT */   /* Non-standard API: return 1 for success */  return 1; }  /*******************************************************************************  *  * Flash service functions.  *  ******************************************************************************/  # include "sys/alt_flash.h" # include "sys/alt_flash_dev.h"  /*  * FindLastFlashSectorOffset  *  * <-- pLastFlashSectorOffset Offset of last sector in flash.  *  * This function finds the offset to the last sector in flash and returns it  * in pLastFlashSectorOffset.  */  int FindLastFlashSectorOffset(  alt_u32 *pLastFlashSectorOffset) {  alt_flash_fd *fd;  flash_region *regions;  int numRegions;  flash_region *pLastRegion;  int lastFlashSectorOffset;  int n;  int error = 0;   /* Open the flash device. */  fd = alt_flash_open_dev(EXT_FLASH_NAME);  if (fd <= 0)  error = -1;   /* Get the flash info. */  if (!error)  error = alt_get_flash_info(fd, &regions, &numRegions);   /* Find the last flash sector. */  if (!error)  {  pLastRegion = &(regions[0]);  for (n = 1; n < numRegions; n++)  {  if (regions[n].offset > pLastRegion->offset)  pLastRegion = &(regions[n]);  }  lastFlashSectorOffset = pLastRegion->offset  + pLastRegion->region_size  - pLastRegion->block_size;  }   /* Return results. */  if (!error)  *pLastFlashSectorOffset = lastFlashSectorOffset;   return (error); }

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in addition, You can post up a code that you defined your IP to ping. and I can test helping for you. I'm also related to my topic.

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Above all, You should test define in "simple_socket_server.h" 

 there a numerous at "web_server.h"  in addition, I think that define for IP address have a problem.   please posted full code it will show how code error.

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Hi all, 

 i got a NEEK 3c25 board, i've followed instructions step by step but at the end when i launch Eclipse project the console output get stuck with:   PHY INFO: waiting on PHY link...  and nothing happens, no IP is assigned to the board and lights on Ethernet connector of the NEEK board remains on with no blinking. If i attach/detach ethernet plug to NEEK board it's the same..   My configuration is PC LAN with DHCP and NEEK LAN connected to a switch.  I've tried also to uncheck dhcp in BSD properties but this action lead to impossility to compile eclipse project i have a lot of errors...

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Hi Mark, 

 May be this thread is too old. But I am also stuck with the same problem now. I have a relatively old Cyclone III FPGA board, bought in 2009 I think. It could not run the "simple_socket_server_rgmii" example provided in "altera\12.1\nios2eds\examples\software". It cannot run even the recently downloaded example from: http://www.altera.com/support/examples/nios2/exm-using-nichestack.html . I added -DTSE_MY_SYSTEM flag and also commented out "IOWR(&pmac->mdio1.reg14, 0, dat); " line as suggested here: http://www.niosii.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd01042012_567.html  The "tse_my_system.c" file is already provided in the recent example with the necessary code. Do you have any idea what might have gone wrong? Do I need to change any settings on my computer?  Thanks,