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I am working with this Ethernet PHY and little bit confused on the topic of MAC address.
This is the - MAC Controller IC. I'm using RMII interface.
One thing I want to understand is that what should I do on the MAC Address?
I understand that MAC address is a layer 2 topic and the PHY device has nothing to do with it.
So, the MAC Controller has the MAC Address.
My question is, should I set the MAC address from the PHY to the controller? Or does the Controller has a MAC address on its own?
How can I find the MAC address using the registers of the PHY? Is it possible that I can detect some information regarding the MAC Address through the PHY (somehow through the register dump)?
PHY Register dump:
PHY Register 0 = 0x1100 PHY Register 1 = 0x782D
Can someone help me with this MAC address topic.
This is the - MAC Controller IC. I'm using RMII interface.
One thing I want to understand is that what should I do on the MAC Address?
I understand that MAC address is a layer 2 topic and the PHY device has nothing to do with it.
So, the MAC Controller has the MAC Address.
My question is, should I set the MAC address from the PHY to the controller? Or does the Controller has a MAC address on its own?
How can I find the MAC address using the registers of the PHY? Is it possible that I can detect some information regarding the MAC Address through the PHY (somehow through the register dump)?
PHY Register dump:
PHY Register 0 = 0x1100 PHY Register 1 = 0x782D
Can someone help me with this MAC address topic.