receiving serial data

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Helo i am new in fpga design and IP  

what i am asking is how can i receive serial data at the input of an ethernet mac ! how should i configure the ip and manage the inputs thank for your help

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You need an SGMII. (Serial Gigabit MII interface) component called a PCS 

 http://www.altera.com/products/ip/iup/ethernet/m-mtip-ethermac_sgmii.html?gsa_pos=4&wt.oss_r=1&wt.oss=sgmii (http://www.altera.com/products/ip/iup/ethernet/m-mtip-ethermac_sgmii.html?gsa_pos=4&wt.oss_r=1&wt.oss=sgmii)  Basically this provides a serial SGMII link between the external ethernet PHY device and the Altera TSE MAC Layer  Hope this helps a bit

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Thank you  

I do really appreciate your reply  It is helpfull  Thank you again