Ethernet

Overview

ESP-IDF provides a set of consistent and flexible APIs to support both internal Ethernet MAC (EMAC) controller and external SPI-Ethernet modules.

This programming guide is split into the following sections:

Basic Ethernet Concepts

Configure MAC and PHY

Connect Driver to TCP/IP Stack

Misc control of Ethernet driver

Basic Ethernet Concepts

Ethernet is an asynchronous Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detect (CSMA/CD) protocol/interface. It is generally not well suited for low power applications. However, with ubiquitous deployment, internet connectivity, high data rates and limitless rage expandability, Ethernet can accommodate nearly all wired communications.

Normal IEEE 802.3 compliant Ethernet frames are between 64 and 1518 bytes in length. They are made up of five or six different fields: a destination MAC address (DA), a source MAC address (SA), a type/length field, data payload, an optional padding field and a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). Additionally, when transmitted on the Ethernet medium, a 7-byte preamble field and Start-of-Frame (SOF) delimiter byte are appended to the beginning of the Ethernet packet.

Thus the traffic on the twist-pair cabling will appear as shown blow:

Preamble and Start-of-Frame Delimiter

The preamble contains seven bytes of 55H, it allows the receiver to lock onto the stream of data before the actual frame arrives. The Start-of-Frame Delimiter (SFD) is a binary sequence 10101011 (as seen on the physical medium). It is sometimes considered to be part of the preamble.

When transmitting and receiving data, the preamble and SFD bytes will automatically be generated or stripped from the packets.

Destination Address

The destination address field contains a 6-byte length MAC address of the device that the packet is directed to. If the Least Significant bit in the first byte of the MAC address is set, the address is a multi-cast destination. For example, 01-00-00-00-F0-00 and 33-45-67-89-AB-CD are multi-cast addresses, while 00-00-00-00-F0-00 and 32-45-67-89-AB-CD are not. Packets with multi-cast destination addresses are designed to arrive and be important to a selected group of Ethernet nodes. If the destination address field is the reserved multi-cast address, i.e. FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF, the packet is a broadcast packet and it will be directed to everyone sharing the network. If the Least Significant bit in the first byte of the MAC address is clear, the address is a uni-cast address and will be designed for usage by only the addressed node.

Normally the EMAC controller incorporates receive filters which can be used to discard or accept packets with multi-cast, broadcast and/or uni-cast destination addresses. When transmitting packets, the host controller is responsible for writing the desired destination address into the transmit buffer.

Source Address

The source address field contains a 6-byte length MAC address of the node which created the Ethernet packet. Users of Ethernet must generate a unique MAC address for each controller used. MAC addresses consist of two portions. The first three bytes are known as the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI). OUIs are distributed by the IEEE. The last three bytes are address bytes at the discretion of the company that purchased the OUI. More information about MAC Address used in ESP-IDF, please see MAC Address Allocation.

When transmitting packets, the assigned source MAC address must be written into the transmit buffer by the host controller.

Type / Length

The type/length field is a 2-byte field, if the value in this field is <= 1500 (decimal), it is considered a length field and it specifies the amount of non-padding data which follows in the data field. If the value is >= 1536, it represents the protocol the following packet data belongs to. The following are the most common type values:

IPv4 = 0800H

IPv6 = 86DDH

ARP = 0806H

Users implementing proprietary networks may choose to treat this field as a length field, while applications implementing protocols such as the Internet Protocol (IP) or Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), should program this field with the appropriate type defined by the protocol’s specification when transmitting packets.

Payload

The payload field is a variable length field, anywhere from 0 to 1500 bytes. Larger data packets will violate Ethernet standards and will be dropped by most Ethernet nodes. This field contains the client data, such as an IP datagram.

Padding and FCS

The padding field is a variable length field added to meet IEEE 802.3 specification requirements when small data payloads are used. The DA, SA, type, payload and padding of an Ethernet packet must be no smaller than 60 bytes. Adding the required 4-byte FCS field, packets must be no smaller than 64 bytes. If the data field is less than 46 bytes long, a padding field is required.

The FCS field is a 4-byte field which contains an industry standard 32-bit CRC calculated with the data from the DA, SA, type, payload and padding fields. Given the complexity of calculating a CRC, the hardware normally will automatically generate a valid CRC and transmit it. Otherwise, the host controller must generate the CRC and place it in the transmit buffer.

Normally, the host controller does not need to concern itself with padding and the CRC which the hardware EMAC will also be able to automatically generate when transmitting and verify when receiving. However, the padding and CRC fields will be written into the receive buffer when packets arrive, so they may be evaluated by the host controller if needed.

Note

Besides the basic data frame described above, there’re two other common frame types in 10/100 Mbps Ethernet: control frames and VLAN tagged frames. They’re not supported in ESP-IDF.

Configure MAC and PHY

Ethernet driver is composed of two parts: MAC and PHY.

The communication between MAC and PHY can have diverse choices: MII (Media Independent Interface), RMII (Reduced Media Independent Interface) and etc.

One of the obvious difference between MII and RMII is the signal consumption. For MII, it usually costs up to 18 signals. Instead, RMII interface can reduce the consumption to 9.

In RMII mode, both the receiver and transmitter signals are referenced to the REF_CLK. REF_CLK must be stable during any access to PHY and MAC. Generally there’re three ways to generate the REF_CLK depending on the PHY device in your design:

Some PHY chip can derive the REF_CLK from its external connected 25MHz crystal oscillator (as seen the option a in the picture). In this case, you should select CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_INPUT in CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_MODE.
Some PHY chip uses an external connected 50MHz crystal oscillator or other clock source, which can also be used as the REF_CLK for MAC side (as seen the option b in the picture). In this case, you still need to select CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_INPUT in CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_MODE.
Some EMAC controller can generate the REF_CLK using its internal high precision PLL (as seen the option c in the picture). In this case, you should select CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_OUTPUT in CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_MODE.

Note

REF_CLK is configured via Project Configuration as described above by default. However, it can be overwritten from user application code by appropriately setting eth_esp32_emac_config_t::interface and eth_esp32_emac_config_t::clock_config members. See emac_rmii_clock_mode_t and emac_rmii_clock_gpio_t for more details.

Warning

If the RMII clock mode is selected to CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_OUTPUT, then GPIO0 can be used to output the REF_CLK signal. See CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_OUTPUT_GPIO0 for more information. What’s more, if you’re not using PSRAM in your design, GPIO16 and GPIO17 are also available to output the reference clock. See CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_OUT_GPIO for more information.

If the RMII clock mode is selected to CONFIG_ETH_RMII_CLK_INPUT, then GPIO0 is the only choice to input the REF_CLK signal. Please note that, GPIO0 is also an important strapping GPIO on ESP32. If GPIO0 samples a low level during power up, ESP32 will go into download mode. The system will get halted until a manually reset. The workaround of this issue is disabling the REF_CLK in hardware by default, so that the strapping pin won’t be interfered by other signals in boot stage. Then re-enable the REF_CLK in Ethernet driver installation stage. The ways to disable the REF_CLK signal can be:

Disable or power down the crystal oscillator (as the case b in the picture).
Force the PHY device in reset status (as the case a in the picture). This could fail for some PHY device (i.e. it still outputs signal to GPIO0 even in reset state).

No matter which RMII clock mode you select, you really need to take care of the signal integrity of REF_CLK in your hardware design! Keep the trace as short as possible. Keep it away from RF devices. Keep it away from inductor elements.

Note

ESP-IDF only supports the RMII interface (i.e. always select CONFIG_ETH_PHY_INTERFACE_RMII in Kconfig option CONFIG_ETH_PHY_INTERFACE).

Signals used in data plane are fixed to specific GPIOs via MUX, they can’t be modified to other GPIOs. Signals used in control plane can be routed to any free GPIOs via Matrix. Please refer to ESP32-Ethernet-Kit for hardware design example.

We need to setup necessary parameters for MAC and PHY respectively based on your Ethernet board design and then combine the two together, completing the driver installation.

Configuration for MAC is described in eth_mac_config_t, including:

eth_mac_config_t::sw_reset_timeout_ms: software reset timeout value, in milliseconds, typically MAC reset should be finished within 100ms.
eth_mac_config_t::rx_task_stack_size and eth_mac_config_t::rx_task_prio: the MAC driver creates a dedicated task to process incoming packets, these two parameters are used to set the stack size and priority of the task.
eth_mac_config_t::flags: specifying extra features that the MAC driver should have, it could be useful in some special situations. The value of this field can be OR’d with macros prefixed with ETH_MAC_FLAG_. For example, if the MAC driver should work when cache is disabled, then you should configure this field with ETH_MAC_FLAG_WORK_WITH_CACHE_DISABLE.
eth_esp32_emac_config_t::smi_mdc_gpio_num and eth_esp32_emac_config_t::smi_mdio_gpio_num: the GPIO number used to connect the SMI signals.
eth_esp32_emac_config_t::interface: configuration of MAC Data interface to PHY (MII/RMII).
eth_esp32_emac_config_t::clock_config: configuration of EMAC Interface clock (REF_CLK mode and GPIO number in case of RMII).

Configuration for PHY is described in eth_phy_config_t, including:

eth_phy_config_t::phy_addr: multiple PHY device can share the same SMI bus, so each PHY needs a unique address. Usually this address is configured during hardware design by pulling up/down some PHY strapping pins. You can set the value from 0 to 15 based on your Ethernet board. Especially, if the SMI bus is shared by only one PHY device, setting this value to -1 can enable the driver to detect the PHY address automatically.
eth_phy_config_t::reset_timeout_ms: reset timeout value, in milliseconds, typically PHY reset should be finished within 100ms.
eth_phy_config_t::autonego_timeout_ms: auto-negotiation timeout value, in milliseconds. Ethernet driver will start negotiation with the peer Ethernet node automatically, to determine to duplex and speed mode. This value usually depends on the ability of the PHY device on your board.
eth_phy_config_t::reset_gpio_num: if your board also connect the PHY reset pin to one of the GPIO, then set it here. Otherwise, set this field to -1.

ESP-IDF provides a default configuration for MAC and PHY in macro ETH_MAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG and ETH_PHY_DEFAULT_CONFIG.

Create MAC and PHY Instance

Ethernet driver is implemented in an Object-Oriented style. Any operation on MAC and PHY should be based on the instance of them two.

Internal EMAC + External PHY

eth_mac_config_t mac_config = ETH_MAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG();                      // apply default common MAC configuration
eth_esp32_emac_config_t esp32_emac_config = ETH_ESP32_EMAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG(); // apply default vendor-specific MAC configuration
esp32_emac_config.smi_mdc_gpio_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_MDC_GPIO;            // alter the GPIO used for MDC signal
esp32_emac_config.smi_mdio_gpio_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_MDIO_GPIO;          // alter the GPIO used for MDIO signal
esp_eth_mac_t *mac = esp_eth_mac_new_esp32(&esp32_emac_config, &mac_config); // create MAC instance

eth_phy_config_t phy_config = ETH_PHY_DEFAULT_CONFIG();      // apply default PHY configuration
phy_config.phy_addr = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_PHY_ADDR;           // alter the PHY address according to your board design
phy_config.reset_gpio_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_PHY_RST_GPIO; // alter the GPIO used for PHY reset
esp_eth_phy_t *phy = esp_eth_phy_new_ip101(&phy_config);     // create PHY instance
// ESP-IDF officially supports several different Ethernet PHY chip driver
// esp_eth_phy_t *phy = esp_eth_phy_new_rtl8201(&phy_config);
// esp_eth_phy_t *phy = esp_eth_phy_new_lan8720(&phy_config);
// esp_eth_phy_t *phy = esp_eth_phy_new_dp83848(&phy_config);

Optional Runtime MAC Clock Configuration

EMAC REF_CLK can be optionally configured from user application code.

eth_esp32_emac_config_t esp32_emac_config = ETH_ESP32_EMAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG(); // apply default vendor-specific MAC configuration

// ...

esp32_emac_config.interface = EMAC_DATA_INTERFACE_RMII;                      // alter EMAC Data Interface
esp32_emac_config.clock_config.rmii.clock_mode = EMAC_CLK_OUT;               // select EMAC REF_CLK mode
esp32_emac_config.clock_config.rmii.clock_gpio = EMAC_CLK_OUT_GPIO;          // select GPIO number used to input/output EMAC REF_CLK
esp_eth_mac_t *mac = esp_eth_mac_new_esp32(&esp32_emac_config, &mac_config); // create MAC instance

SPI-Ethernet Module

eth_mac_config_t mac_config = ETH_MAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG();      // apply default common MAC configuration
eth_phy_config_t phy_config = ETH_PHY_DEFAULT_CONFIG();      // apply default PHY configuration
phy_config.phy_addr = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_PHY_ADDR;           // alter the PHY address according to your board design
phy_config.reset_gpio_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_PHY_RST_GPIO; // alter the GPIO used for PHY reset
// Install GPIO interrupt service (as the SPI-Ethernet module is interrupt driven)
gpio_install_isr_service(0);
// SPI bus configuration
spi_device_handle_t spi_handle = NULL;
spi_bus_config_t buscfg = {
    .miso_io_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_MISO_GPIO,
    .mosi_io_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_MOSI_GPIO,
    .sclk_io_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_SCLK_GPIO,
    .quadwp_io_num = -1,
    .quadhd_io_num = -1,
};
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(spi_bus_initialize(CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_HOST, &buscfg, 1));
// Configure SPI device
spi_device_interface_config_t spi_devcfg = {
    .mode = 0,
    .clock_speed_hz = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_CLOCK_MHZ * 1000 * 1000,
    .spics_io_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_CS_GPIO,
    .queue_size = 20
};
/* dm9051 ethernet driver is based on spi driver */
eth_dm9051_config_t dm9051_config = ETH_DM9051_DEFAULT_CONFIG(CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_HOST, &spi_devcfg);
dm9051_config.int_gpio_num = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_SPI_INT_GPIO;
esp_eth_mac_t *mac = esp_eth_mac_new_dm9051(&dm9051_config, &mac_config);
esp_eth_phy_t *phy = esp_eth_phy_new_dm9051(&phy_config);

Note

When creating MAC and PHY instance for SPI-Ethernet modules (e.g. DM9051), the constructor function must have the same suffix (e.g. esp_eth_mac_new_dm9051 and esp_eth_phy_new_dm9051). This is because we don’t have other choices but the integrated PHY.
The SPI device configuration (i.e. spi_device_interface_config_t) may slightly differ for other Ethernet modules or to meet SPI timing on specific PCB. Please check out your module’s spec and the examples in esp-idf.

Install Driver

To install the Ethernet driver, we need to combine the instance of MAC and PHY and set some additional high-level configurations (i.e. not specific to either MAC or PHY) in esp_eth_config_t:

esp_eth_config_t::mac: instance that created from MAC generator (e.g. esp_eth_mac_new_esp32()).
esp_eth_config_t::phy: instance that created from PHY generator (e.g. esp_eth_phy_new_ip101()).
esp_eth_config_t::check_link_period_ms: Ethernet driver starts an OS timer to check the link status periodically, this field is used to set the interval, in milliseconds.
esp_eth_config_t::stack_input: In most of Ethernet IoT applications, any Ethernet frame that received by driver should be passed to upper layer (e.g. TCP/IP stack). This field is set to a function which is responsible to deal with the incoming frames. You can even update this field at runtime via function esp_eth_update_input_path() after driver installation.
esp_eth_config_t::on_lowlevel_init_done and esp_eth_config_t::on_lowlevel_deinit_done: These two fields are used to specify the hooks which get invoked when low level hardware has been initialized or de-initialized.

ESP-IDF provides a default configuration for driver installation in macro ETH_DEFAULT_CONFIG.

esp_eth_config_t config = ETH_DEFAULT_CONFIG(mac, phy); // apply default driver configuration
esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle = NULL; // after driver installed, we will get the handle of the driver
esp_eth_driver_install(&config, &eth_handle); // install driver

Ethernet driver also includes event-driven model, which will send useful and important event to user space. We need to initialize the event loop before installing the Ethernet driver. For more information about event-driven programming, please refer to ESP Event.

/** Event handler for Ethernet events */
static void eth_event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
                              int32_t event_id, void *event_data)
{
    uint8_t mac_addr[6] = {0};
    /* we can get the ethernet driver handle from event data */
    esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle = *(esp_eth_handle_t *)event_data;

    switch (event_id) {
    case ETHERNET_EVENT_CONNECTED:
        esp_eth_ioctl(eth_handle, ETH_CMD_G_MAC_ADDR, mac_addr);
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet Link Up");
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet HW Addr %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
                    mac_addr[0], mac_addr[1], mac_addr[2], mac_addr[3], mac_addr[4], mac_addr[5]);
        break;
    case ETHERNET_EVENT_DISCONNECTED:
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet Link Down");
        break;
    case ETHERNET_EVENT_START:
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet Started");
        break;
    case ETHERNET_EVENT_STOP:
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet Stopped");
        break;
    default:
        break;
    }
}

esp_event_loop_create_default(); // create a default event loop that running in background
esp_event_handler_register(ETH_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, &eth_event_handler, NULL); // register Ethernet event handler (to deal with user specific stuffs when event like link up/down happened)

Start Ethernet Driver

After driver installation, we can start Ethernet immediately.

esp_eth_start(eth_handle); // start Ethernet driver state machine

Connect Driver to TCP/IP Stack

Up until now, we have installed the Ethernet driver. From the view of OSI (Open System Interconnection), we’re still on level 2 (i.e. Data Link Layer). We can detect link up and down event, we can gain MAC address in user space, but we can’t obtain IP address, let alone send HTTP request. The TCP/IP stack used in ESP-IDF is called LwIP, for more information about it, please refer to LwIP.

To connect Ethernet driver to TCP/IP stack, these three steps need to follow:

Create network interface for Ethernet driver
Attach the network interface to Ethernet driver
Register IP event handlers

More information about network interface, please refer to Network Interface.

/** Event handler for IP_EVENT_ETH_GOT_IP */
static void got_ip_event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
                                 int32_t event_id, void *event_data)
{
    ip_event_got_ip_t *event = (ip_event_got_ip_t *) event_data;
    const esp_netif_ip_info_t *ip_info = &event->ip_info;

    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet Got IP Address");
    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "~~~~~~~~~~~");
    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "ETHIP:" IPSTR, IP2STR(&ip_info->ip));
    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "ETHMASK:" IPSTR, IP2STR(&ip_info->netmask));
    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "ETHGW:" IPSTR, IP2STR(&ip_info->gw));
    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "~~~~~~~~~~~");
}

esp_netif_init()); // Initialize TCP/IP network interface (should be called only once in application)
esp_netif_config_t cfg = ESP_NETIF_DEFAULT_ETH(); // apply default network interface configuration for Ethernet
esp_netif_t *eth_netif = esp_netif_new(&cfg); // create network interface for Ethernet driver

esp_netif_attach(eth_netif, esp_eth_new_netif_glue(eth_handle)); // attach Ethernet driver to TCP/IP stack
esp_event_handler_register(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_ETH_GOT_IP, &got_ip_event_handler, NULL); // register user defined IP event handlers
esp_eth_start(eth_handle); // start Ethernet driver state machine

Warning

It is recommended to fully initialize the Ethernet driver and network interface prior registering user’s Ethernet/IP event handlers, i.e. register the event handlers as the last thing prior starting the Ethernet driver. Such approach ensures that Ethernet/IP events get executed first by the Ethernet driver or network interface and so the system is in expected state when executing user’s handlers.

Misc control of Ethernet driver

The following functions should only be invoked after the Ethernet driver has been installed.

Stop Ethernet driver: esp_eth_stop()
Update Ethernet data input path: esp_eth_update_input_path()
Misc get/set of Ethernet driver attributes: esp_eth_ioctl()

/* get MAC address */
uint8_t mac_addr[6];
memset(mac_addr, 0, sizeof(mac_addr));
esp_eth_ioctl(eth_handle, ETH_CMD_G_MAC_ADDR, mac_addr);
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet MAC Address: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
         mac_addr[0], mac_addr[1], mac_addr[2], mac_addr[3], mac_addr[4], mac_addr[5]);

/* get PHY address */
int phy_addr = -1;
esp_eth_ioctl(eth_handle, ETH_CMD_G_PHY_ADDR, &phy_addr);
ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Ethernet PHY Address: %d", phy_addr);

Flow control

Ethernet on MCU usually has a limitation in the number of frames it can handle during network congestion, because of the limitation in RAM size. A sending station might be transmitting data faster than the peer end can accept it. Ethernet flow control mechanism allows the receiving node to signal the sender requesting suspension of transmissions until the receiver catches up. The magic behind that is the pause frame, which was defined in IEEE 802.3x.

Pause frame is a special Ethernet frame used to carry the pause command, whose EtherType field is 0x8808, with the Control opcode set to 0x0001. Only stations configured for full-duplex operation may send pause frames. When a station wishes to pause the other end of a link, it sends a pause frame to the 48-bit reserved multicast address of 01-80-C2-00-00-01. The pause frame also includes the period of pause time being requested, in the form of a two-byte integer, ranging from 0 to 65535.

After Ethernet driver installation, the flow control feature is disabled by default. You can enable it by:

bool flow_ctrl_enable = true;
esp_eth_ioctl(eth_handle, ETH_CMD_S_FLOW_CTRL, &flow_ctrl_enable);

One thing should be kept in mind, is that the pause frame ability will be advertised to peer end by PHY during auto negotiation. Ethernet driver sends pause frame only when both sides of the link support it.

Application Examples

Ethernet basic example: ethernet/basic.

Ethernet iperf example: ethernet/iperf.

Ethernet to Wi-Fi AP “router”: ethernet/eth2ap.

Most of protocol examples should also work for Ethernet: protocols.

Advanced Topics

Custom PHY Driver

There are multiple PHY manufactures with their wide portfolios of chips available. The ESP-IDF already supports several PHY chips however one can easily get to a point where none of them satisfies user’s actual needs due to either price, features, stock availability etc.

Luckily, a management interface between EMAC and PHY is standardized by IEEE 802.3 in 22.2.4 Management functions section. It defines provisions of so called “MII Management Interface” for the purposes of controlling the PHY and gathering status from the PHY. A set of management registers is defined to control chip behavior, link properties, auto-negotiation configuration etc. This basic management functionality is addressed by esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_802_3.c in ESP-IDF and so it makes a creation of new custom PHY chip driver quite a simple task.

Note

Always consult with PHY datasheet since some PHY chips may not comply with IEEE 802.3, Section 22.2.4. It does not mean you are not able to create a custom PHY driver, it will just require more effort. You will have to define all PHY management functions.

Majority of PHY management functionality required by the ESP-IDF Ethernet driver is covered by the esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_802_3.c however, the following may require developing chip specific management functions:

link status which is almost always chip specific,

chip initialization, even though it is not strictly required, should be customized to at least ensure that expected chip is used and

chip specific features configuration.

Steps to create custom PHY driver:

Define vendor specific registry layout based on PHY datasheet. See esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ip101.c as an example.
Prepare derived PHY management object infostructure which
- must contain at least parent IEEE 802.3 phy_802_3_t object and
- optionally contain additional variables needed to support non-IEEE 802.3 or customized functionality. See esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz80xx.c as an example.
Define chip specific management call-back functions.
Initialize parent IEEE 802.3 object and re-assign chip specific management call-back functions.

Once you finish the new custom PHY driver implementation, consider sharing it among with other users via IDF Component Registry.

API Reference

Header File

components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth.h

Header File

components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_driver.h

Functions

esp_err_t esp_eth_driver_install(const esp_eth_config_t *config, esp_eth_handle_t *out_hdl)

Install Ethernet driver.

Parameters

config – [in] configuration of the Ethernet driver
out_hdl – [out] handle of Ethernet driver

Returns

ESP_OK: install esp_eth driver successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: install esp_eth driver failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_ERR_NO_MEM: install esp_eth driver failed because there’s no memory for driver
ESP_FAIL: install esp_eth driver failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_driver_uninstall(esp_eth_handle_t hdl)

Uninstall Ethernet driver.

Note

It’s not recommended to uninstall Ethernet driver unless it won’t get used any more in application code. To uninstall Ethernet driver, you have to make sure, all references to the driver are released. Ethernet driver can only be uninstalled successfully when reference counter equals to one.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver

Returns

ESP_OK: uninstall esp_eth driver successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: uninstall esp_eth driver failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: uninstall esp_eth driver failed because it has more than one reference
ESP_FAIL: uninstall esp_eth driver failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_start(esp_eth_handle_t hdl)

Start Ethernet driver ONLY in standalone mode (i.e. without TCP/IP stack)

Note

This API will start driver state machine and internal software timer (for checking link status).

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver

Returns

ESP_OK: start esp_eth driver successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: start esp_eth driver failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: start esp_eth driver failed because driver has started already
ESP_FAIL: start esp_eth driver failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_stop(esp_eth_handle_t hdl)

Stop Ethernet driver.

Note

This function does the oppsite operation of esp_eth_start.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver

Returns

ESP_OK: stop esp_eth driver successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: stop esp_eth driver failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: stop esp_eth driver failed because driver has not started yet
ESP_FAIL: stop esp_eth driver failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_update_input_path(esp_eth_handle_t hdl, esp_err_t (*stack_input)(esp_eth_handle_t hdl, uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t length, void *priv), void *priv)

Update Ethernet data input path (i.e. specify where to pass the input buffer)

Note

After install driver, Ethernet still don’t know where to deliver the input buffer. In fact, this API registers a callback function which get invoked when Ethernet received new packets.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver
stack_input – [in] function pointer, which does the actual process on incoming packets
priv – [in] private resource, which gets passed to stack_input callback without any modification

Returns

ESP_OK: update input path successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: update input path failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: update input path failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_transmit(esp_eth_handle_t hdl, void *buf, size_t length)

General Transmit.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver
buf – [in] buffer of the packet to transfer
length – [in] length of the buffer to transfer

Returns

ESP_OK: transmit frame buffer successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: transmit frame buffer failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: invalid driver state (e.i. driver is not started)
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: transmit frame buffer failed because HW was not get available in predefined period
ESP_FAIL: transmit frame buffer failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_transmit_vargs(esp_eth_handle_t hdl, uint32_t argc, ...)

Special Transmit with variable number of arguments.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver
argc – [in] number variable arguments
... – variable arguments

Returns

ESP_OK: transmit successfull
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: invalid driver state (e.i. driver is not started)
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: transmit frame buffer failed because HW was not get available in predefined period
ESP_FAIL: transmit frame buffer failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_ioctl(esp_eth_handle_t hdl, esp_eth_io_cmd_t cmd, void *data)

Misc IO function of Etherent driver.

The following common IO control commands are supported:

ETH_CMD_S_MAC_ADDR sets Ethernet interface MAC address. data argument is pointer to MAC address buffer with expected size of 6 bytes.
ETH_CMD_G_MAC_ADDR gets Ethernet interface MAC address. data argument is pointer to a buffer to which MAC address is to be copied. The buffer size must be at least 6 bytes.
ETH_CMD_S_PHY_ADDR sets PHY address in range of <0-31>. data argument is pointer to memory of uint32_t datatype from where the configuration option is read.
ETH_CMD_G_PHY_ADDR gets PHY address. data argument is pointer to memory of uint32_t datatype to which the PHY address is to be stored.
ETH_CMD_S_AUTONEGO enables or disables Ethernet link speed and duplex mode autonegotiation. data argument is pointer to memory of bool datatype from which the configuration option is read. Preconditions: Ethernet driver needs to be stopped.
ETH_CMD_G_AUTONEGO gets current configuration of the Ethernet link speed and duplex mode autonegotiation. data argument is pointer to memory of bool datatype to which the current configuration is to be stored.
ETH_CMD_S_SPEED sets the Ethernet link speed. data argument is pointer to memory of eth_speed_t datatype from which the configuration option is read. Preconditions: Ethernet driver needs to be stopped and auto-negotiation disabled.
ETH_CMD_G_SPEED gets current Ethernet link speed. data argument is pointer to memory of eth_speed_t datatype to which the speed is to be stored.
ETH_CMD_S_PROMISCUOUS sets/resets Ethernet interface promiscuous mode. data argument is pointer to memory of bool datatype from which the configuration option is read.
ETH_CMD_S_FLOW_CTRL sets/resets Ethernet interface flow control. data argument is pointer to memory of bool datatype from which the configuration option is read.
ETH_CMD_S_DUPLEX_MODE sets the Ethernet duplex mode. data argument is pointer to memory of eth_duplex_t datatype from which the configuration option is read. Preconditions: Ethernet driver needs to be stopped and auto-negotiation disabled.
ETH_CMD_G_DUPLEX_MODE gets current Ethernet link duplex mode. data argument is pointer to memory of eth_duplex_t datatype to which the duplex mode is to be stored.
ETH_CMD_S_PHY_LOOPBACK sets/resets PHY to/from loopback mode. data argument is pointer to memory of bool datatype from which the configuration option is read.

Note that additional control commands may be available for specific MAC or PHY chips. Please consult specific MAC or PHY documentation or driver code.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver
cmd – [in] IO control command
data – [inout] address of data for set command or address where to store the data when used with get command

Returns

ESP_OK: process io command successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: process io command failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: process io command failed because some other error occurred
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED: requested feature is not supported

esp_err_t esp_eth_increase_reference(esp_eth_handle_t hdl)

Increase Ethernet driver reference.

Note

Ethernet driver handle can be obtained by os timer, netif, etc. It’s dangerous when thread A is using Ethernet but thread B uninstall the driver. Using reference counter can prevent such risk, but care should be taken, when you obtain Ethernet driver, this API must be invoked so that the driver won’t be uninstalled during your using time.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver

Returns

ESP_OK: increase reference successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: increase reference failed because of some invalid argument

esp_err_t esp_eth_decrease_reference(esp_eth_handle_t hdl)

Decrease Ethernet driver reference.

Parameters

hdl – [in] handle of Ethernet driver

Returns

ESP_OK: increase reference successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: increase reference failed because of some invalid argument

Structures

struct esp_eth_config_t

Configuration of Ethernet driver.

Public Members

esp_eth_mac_t *mac: Ethernet MAC object.

esp_eth_phy_t *phy: Ethernet PHY object.

uint32_t check_link_period_ms: Period time of checking Ethernet link status.

esp_err_t (*stack_input)(esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle, uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t length, void *priv)

Input frame buffer to user’s stack.

Param eth_handle

[in] handle of Ethernet driver

Param buffer

[in] frame buffer that will get input to upper stack

Param length

[in] length of the frame buffer

Return

ESP_OK: input frame buffer to upper stack successfully
ESP_FAIL: error occurred when inputting buffer to upper stack

esp_err_t (*on_lowlevel_init_done)(esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle)

Callback function invoked when lowlevel initialization is finished.

Param eth_handle

[in] handle of Ethernet driver

Return

ESP_OK: process extra lowlevel initialization successfully
ESP_FAIL: error occurred when processing extra lowlevel initialization

esp_err_t (*on_lowlevel_deinit_done)(esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle)

Callback function invoked when lowlevel deinitialization is finished.

Param eth_handle

[in] handle of Ethernet driver

Return

ESP_OK: process extra lowlevel deinitialization successfully
ESP_FAIL: error occurred when processing extra lowlevel deinitialization

esp_err_t (*read_phy_reg)(esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle, uint32_t phy_addr, uint32_t phy_reg, uint32_t *reg_value)

Read PHY register.

Note

Usually the PHY register read/write function is provided by MAC (SMI interface), but if the PHY device is managed by other interface (e.g. I2C), then user needs to implement the corresponding read/write. Setting this to NULL means your PHY device is managed by MAC’s SMI interface.

Param eth_handle

[in] handle of Ethernet driver

Param phy_addr

[in] PHY chip address (0~31)

Param phy_reg

[in] PHY register index code

Param reg_value

[out] PHY register value

Return

ESP_OK: read PHY register successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: read PHY register failed because of invalid argument
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: read PHY register failed because of timeout
ESP_FAIL: read PHY register failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*write_phy_reg)(esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle, uint32_t phy_addr, uint32_t phy_reg, uint32_t reg_value)

Write PHY register.

Note

Usually the PHY register read/write function is provided by MAC (SMI interface), but if the PHY device is managed by other interface (e.g. I2C), then user needs to implement the corresponding read/write. Setting this to NULL means your PHY device is managed by MAC’s SMI interface.

Param eth_handle

[in] handle of Ethernet driver

Param phy_addr

[in] PHY chip address (0~31)

Param phy_reg

[in] PHY register index code

Param reg_value

[in] PHY register value

Return

ESP_OK: write PHY register successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: read PHY register failed because of invalid argument
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: write PHY register failed because of timeout
ESP_FAIL: write PHY register failed because some other error occurred

struct esp_eth_phy_reg_rw_data_t

Data structure to Read/Write PHY register via ioctl API.

Public Members

uint32_t reg_addr: PHY register address

uint32_t *reg_value_p: Pointer to a memory where the register value is read/written

Macros

ETH_DEFAULT_CONFIG(emac, ephy): Default configuration for Ethernet driver.

Type Definitions

typedef void *esp_eth_handle_t: Handle of Ethernet driver.

Enumerations

enum esp_eth_io_cmd_t

Command list for ioctl API.

Values:

enumerator ETH_CMD_G_MAC_ADDR: Get MAC address

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_MAC_ADDR: Set MAC address

enumerator ETH_CMD_G_PHY_ADDR: Get PHY address

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_PHY_ADDR: Set PHY address

enumerator ETH_CMD_G_AUTONEGO: Get PHY Auto Negotiation

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_AUTONEGO: Set PHY Auto Negotiation

enumerator ETH_CMD_G_SPEED: Get Speed

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_SPEED: Set Speed

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_PROMISCUOUS: Set promiscuous mode

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_FLOW_CTRL: Set flow control

enumerator ETH_CMD_G_DUPLEX_MODE: Get Duplex mode

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_DUPLEX_MODE: Set Duplex mode

enumerator ETH_CMD_S_PHY_LOOPBACK: Set PHY loopback

enumerator ETH_CMD_READ_PHY_REG: Read PHY register

enumerator ETH_CMD_WRITE_PHY_REG: Write PHY register

enumerator ETH_CMD_CUSTOM_MAC_CMDS

enumerator ETH_CMD_CUSTOM_PHY_CMDS

Header File

components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_com.h

Structures

struct esp_eth_mediator_s

Ethernet mediator.

Public Members

esp_err_t (*phy_reg_read)(esp_eth_mediator_t *eth, uint32_t phy_addr, uint32_t phy_reg, uint32_t *reg_value)

Read PHY register.

Param eth

[in] mediator of Ethernet driver

Param phy_addr

[in] PHY Chip address (0~31)

Param phy_reg

[in] PHY register index code

Param reg_value

[out] PHY register value

Return

ESP_OK: read PHY register successfully
ESP_FAIL: read PHY register failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*phy_reg_write)(esp_eth_mediator_t *eth, uint32_t phy_addr, uint32_t phy_reg, uint32_t reg_value)

Write PHY register.

Param eth

[in] mediator of Ethernet driver

Param phy_addr

[in] PHY Chip address (0~31)

Param phy_reg

[in] PHY register index code

Param reg_value

[in] PHY register value

Return

ESP_OK: write PHY register successfully
ESP_FAIL: write PHY register failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*stack_input)(esp_eth_mediator_t *eth, uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t length)

Deliver packet to upper stack.

Param eth

[in] mediator of Ethernet driver

Param buffer

[in] packet buffer

Param length

[in] length of the packet

Return

ESP_OK: deliver packet to upper stack successfully
ESP_FAIL: deliver packet failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*on_state_changed)(esp_eth_mediator_t *eth, esp_eth_state_t state, void *args)

Callback on Ethernet state changed.

Param eth

[in] mediator of Ethernet driver

Param state

[in] new state

Param args

[in] optional argument for the new state

Return

ESP_OK: process the new state successfully
ESP_FAIL: process the new state failed because some error occurred

Type Definitions

typedef struct esp_eth_mediator_s esp_eth_mediator_t: Ethernet mediator.

Enumerations

enum esp_eth_state_t

Ethernet driver state.

Values:

enumerator ETH_STATE_LLINIT: Lowlevel init done

enumerator ETH_STATE_DEINIT: Deinit done

enumerator ETH_STATE_LINK: Link status changed

enumerator ETH_STATE_SPEED: Speed updated

enumerator ETH_STATE_DUPLEX: Duplex updated

enumerator ETH_STATE_PAUSE: Pause ability updated

enum eth_event_t

Ethernet event declarations.

Values:

enumerator ETHERNET_EVENT_START: Ethernet driver start

enumerator ETHERNET_EVENT_STOP: Ethernet driver stop

enumerator ETHERNET_EVENT_CONNECTED: Ethernet got a valid link

enumerator ETHERNET_EVENT_DISCONNECTED: Ethernet lost a valid link

Header File

components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_mac.h

Functions

esp_eth_mac_t *esp_eth_mac_new_esp32(const eth_esp32_emac_config_t *esp32_config, const eth_mac_config_t *config)

Create ESP32 Ethernet MAC instance.

Parameters

esp32_config – EMAC specific configuration
config – Ethernet MAC configuration

Returns

instance: create MAC instance successfully
NULL: create MAC instance failed because some error occurred

Unions

union eth_mac_clock_config_t

#include <esp_eth_mac.h>

Ethernet MAC Clock Configuration.

Public Members

struct eth_mac_clock_config_t::[anonymous] mii: EMAC MII Clock Configuration

emac_rmii_clock_mode_t clock_mode: RMII Clock Mode Configuration

emac_rmii_clock_gpio_t clock_gpio: RMII Clock GPIO Configuration

struct eth_mac_clock_config_t::[anonymous] rmii: EMAC RMII Clock Configuration

Structures

struct esp_eth_mac_s

Ethernet MAC.

Public Members

esp_err_t (*set_mediator)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, esp_eth_mediator_t *eth)

Set mediator for Ethernet MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param eth

[in] Ethernet mediator

Return

ESP_OK: set mediator for Ethernet MAC successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: set mediator for Ethernet MAC failed because of invalid argument

esp_err_t (*init)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac)

Initialize Ethernet MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Return

ESP_OK: initialize Ethernet MAC successfully
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: initialize Ethernet MAC failed because of timeout
ESP_FAIL: initialize Ethernet MAC failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*deinit)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac)

Deinitialize Ethernet MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Return

ESP_OK: deinitialize Ethernet MAC successfully
ESP_FAIL: deinitialize Ethernet MAC failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*start)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac)

Start Ethernet MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Return

ESP_OK: start Ethernet MAC successfully
ESP_FAIL: start Ethernet MAC failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*stop)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac)

Stop Ethernet MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Return

ESP_OK: stop Ethernet MAC successfully
ESP_FAIL: stop Ethernet MAC failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*transmit)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint8_t *buf, uint32_t length)

Transmit packet from Ethernet MAC.

Note

Returned error codes may differ for each specific MAC chip.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param buf

[in] packet buffer to transmit

Param length

[in] length of packet

Return

ESP_OK: transmit packet successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: number of actually sent bytes differs to expected
ESP_FAIL: transmit packet failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*transmit_vargs)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint32_t argc, va_list args)

Transmit packet from Ethernet MAC constructed with special parameters at Layer2.

Note

Typical intended use case is to make possible to construct a frame from multiple higher layer buffers without a need of buffer reallocations. However, other use cases are not limited.

Note

Returned error codes may differ for each specific MAC chip.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param argc

[in] number variable arguments

Param args

[in] variable arguments

Return

ESP_OK: transmit packet successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: number of actually sent bytes differs to expected
ESP_FAIL: transmit packet failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*receive)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint8_t *buf, uint32_t *length)

Receive packet from Ethernet MAC.

Note

Memory of buf is allocated in the Layer2, make sure it get free after process.

Note

Before this function got invoked, the value of “length” should set by user, equals the size of buffer. After the function returned, the value of “length” means the real length of received data.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param buf

[out] packet buffer which will preserve the received frame

Param length

[out] length of the received packet

Return

ESP_OK: receive packet successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: receive packet failed because of invalid argument
ESP_ERR_INVALID_SIZE: input buffer size is not enough to hold the incoming data. in this case, value of returned “length” indicates the real size of incoming data.
ESP_FAIL: receive packet failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*read_phy_reg)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint32_t phy_addr, uint32_t phy_reg, uint32_t *reg_value)

Read PHY register.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param phy_addr

[in] PHY chip address (0~31)

Param phy_reg

[in] PHY register index code

Param reg_value

[out] PHY register value

Return

ESP_OK: read PHY register successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: read PHY register failed because of invalid argument
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: read PHY register failed because of wrong state of MAC
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: read PHY register failed because of timeout
ESP_FAIL: read PHY register failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*write_phy_reg)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint32_t phy_addr, uint32_t phy_reg, uint32_t reg_value)

Write PHY register.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param phy_addr

[in] PHY chip address (0~31)

Param phy_reg

[in] PHY register index code

Param reg_value

[in] PHY register value

Return

ESP_OK: write PHY register successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: write PHY register failed because of wrong state of MAC
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: write PHY register failed because of timeout
ESP_FAIL: write PHY register failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_addr)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint8_t *addr)

Set MAC address.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param addr

[in] MAC address

Return

ESP_OK: set MAC address successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: set MAC address failed because of invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: set MAC address failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*get_addr)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint8_t *addr)

Get MAC address.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param addr

[out] MAC address

Return

ESP_OK: get MAC address successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: get MAC address failed because of invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: get MAC address failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_speed)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, eth_speed_t speed)

Set speed of MAC.

Param ma:c

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param speed

[in] MAC speed

Return

ESP_OK: set MAC speed successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: set MAC speed failed because of invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: set MAC speed failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_duplex)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, eth_duplex_t duplex)

Set duplex mode of MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param duplex

[in] MAC duplex

Return

ESP_OK: set MAC duplex mode successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: set MAC duplex failed because of invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: set MAC duplex failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_link)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, eth_link_t link)

Set link status of MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param link

[in] Link status

Return

ESP_OK: set link status successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: set link status failed because of invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: set link status failed because some other error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_promiscuous)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, bool enable)

Set promiscuous of MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param enable

[in] set true to enable promiscuous mode; set false to disable promiscuous mode

Return

ESP_OK: set promiscuous mode successfully
ESP_FAIL: set promiscuous mode failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*enable_flow_ctrl)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, bool enable)

Enable flow control on MAC layer or not.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param enable

[in] set true to enable flow control; set false to disable flow control

Return

ESP_OK: set flow control successfully
ESP_FAIL: set flow control failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_peer_pause_ability)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint32_t ability)

Set the PAUSE ability of peer node.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param ability

[in] zero indicates that pause function is supported by link partner; non-zero indicates that pause function is not supported by link partner

Return

ESP_OK: set peer pause ability successfully
ESP_FAIL: set peer pause ability failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*custom_ioctl)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac, uint32_t cmd, void *data)

Custom IO function of MAC driver. This function is intended to extend common options of esp_eth_ioctl to cover specifics of MAC chip.

Note

This function may not be assigned when the MAC chip supports only most common set of configuration options.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Param cmd

[in] IO control command

Param data

[inout] address of data for set command or address where to store the data when used with get command

Return

ESP_OK: process io command successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: process io command failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: process io command failed because some other error occurred
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED: requested feature is not supported

esp_err_t (*del)(esp_eth_mac_t *mac)

Free memory of Ethernet MAC.

Param mac

[in] Ethernet MAC instance

Return

ESP_OK: free Ethernet MAC instance successfully
ESP_FAIL: free Ethernet MAC instance failed because some error occurred

struct eth_mac_config_t

Configuration of Ethernet MAC object.

Public Members

uint32_t sw_reset_timeout_ms: Software reset timeout value (Unit: ms)

uint32_t rx_task_stack_size: Stack size of the receive task

uint32_t rx_task_prio: Priority of the receive task

uint32_t flags: Flags that specify extra capability for mac driver

struct eth_esp32_emac_config_t

EMAC specific configuration.

Public Members

int smi_mdc_gpio_num: SMI MDC GPIO number, set to -1 could bypass the SMI GPIO configuration

int smi_mdio_gpio_num: SMI MDIO GPIO number, set to -1 could bypass the SMI GPIO configuration

eth_data_interface_t interface: EMAC Data interface to PHY (MII/RMII)

eth_mac_clock_config_t clock_config: EMAC Interface clock configuration

eth_mac_dma_burst_len_t dma_burst_len: EMAC DMA burst length for both Tx and Rx

Macros

ETH_MAC_FLAG_WORK_WITH_CACHE_DISABLE: MAC driver can work when cache is disabled

ETH_MAC_FLAG_PIN_TO_CORE: Pin MAC task to the CPU core where driver installation happened

ETH_MAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG(): Default configuration for Ethernet MAC object.

ETH_ESP32_EMAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG(): Default ESP32’s EMAC specific configuration.

Type Definitions

typedef struct esp_eth_mac_s esp_eth_mac_t: Ethernet MAC.

Enumerations

enum emac_rmii_clock_mode_t

RMII Clock Mode Options.

Values:

enumerator EMAC_CLK_DEFAULT: Default values configured using Kconfig are going to be used when “Default” selected.

enumerator EMAC_CLK_EXT_IN: Input RMII Clock from external. EMAC Clock GPIO number needs to be configured when this option is selected.

Note

MAC will get RMII clock from outside. Note that ESP32 only supports GPIO0 to input the RMII clock.

enumerator EMAC_CLK_OUT: Output RMII Clock from internal APLL Clock. EMAC Clock GPIO number needs to be configured when this option is selected.

enum emac_rmii_clock_gpio_t

RMII Clock GPIO number Options.

Values:

enumerator EMAC_CLK_IN_GPIO: MAC will get RMII clock from outside at this GPIO.

Note

ESP32 only supports GPIO0 to input the RMII clock.

enumerator EMAC_APPL_CLK_OUT_GPIO: Output RMII Clock from internal APLL Clock available at GPIO0.

Note

GPIO0 can be set to output a pre-divided PLL clock (test only!). Enabling this option will configure GPIO0 to output a 50MHz clock. In fact this clock doesn’t have directly relationship with EMAC peripheral. Sometimes this clock won’t work well with your PHY chip. You might need to add some extra devices after GPIO0 (e.g. inverter). Note that outputting RMII clock on GPIO0 is an experimental practice. If you want the Ethernet to work with WiFi, don’t select GPIO0 output mode for stability.

enumerator EMAC_CLK_OUT_GPIO: Output RMII Clock from internal APLL Clock available at GPIO16.

enumerator EMAC_CLK_OUT_180_GPIO: Inverted Output RMII Clock from internal APLL Clock available at GPIO17.

Header File

components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_phy.h

Functions

esp_eth_phy_t *esp_eth_phy_new_ip101(const eth_phy_config_t *config)

Create a PHY instance of IP101.

Parameters

config – [in] configuration of PHY

Returns

instance: create PHY instance successfully
NULL: create PHY instance failed because some error occurred

esp_eth_phy_t *esp_eth_phy_new_rtl8201(const eth_phy_config_t *config)

Create a PHY instance of RTL8201.

Parameters

config – [in] configuration of PHY

Returns

instance: create PHY instance successfully
NULL: create PHY instance failed because some error occurred

esp_eth_phy_t *esp_eth_phy_new_lan87xx(const eth_phy_config_t *config)

Create a PHY instance of LAN87xx.

Parameters

config – [in] configuration of PHY

Returns

instance: create PHY instance successfully
NULL: create PHY instance failed because some error occurred

esp_eth_phy_t *esp_eth_phy_new_dp83848(const eth_phy_config_t *config)

Create a PHY instance of DP83848.

Parameters

config – [in] configuration of PHY

Returns

instance: create PHY instance successfully
NULL: create PHY instance failed because some error occurred

esp_eth_phy_t *esp_eth_phy_new_ksz80xx(const eth_phy_config_t *config)

Create a PHY instance of KSZ80xx.

The phy model from the KSZ80xx series is detected automatically. If the driver is unable to detect a supported model, NULL is returned.

Currently, the following models are supported: KSZ8001, KSZ8021, KSZ8031, KSZ8041, KSZ8051, KSZ8061, KSZ8081, KSZ8091

Parameters

config – [in] configuration of PHY

Returns

instance: create PHY instance successfully
NULL: create PHY instance failed because some error occurred

Structures

struct esp_eth_phy_s

Ethernet PHY.

Public Members

esp_err_t (*set_mediator)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, esp_eth_mediator_t *mediator)

Set mediator for PHY.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param mediator

[in] mediator of Ethernet driver

Return

ESP_OK: set mediator for Ethernet PHY instance successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: set mediator for Ethernet PHY instance failed because of some invalid arguments

esp_err_t (*reset)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy)

Software Reset Ethernet PHY.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Return

ESP_OK: reset Ethernet PHY successfully
ESP_FAIL: reset Ethernet PHY failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*reset_hw)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy)

Hardware Reset Ethernet PHY.

Note

Hardware reset is mostly done by pull down and up PHY’s nRST pin

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Return

ESP_OK: reset Ethernet PHY successfully
ESP_FAIL: reset Ethernet PHY failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*init)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy)

Initialize Ethernet PHY.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Return

ESP_OK: initialize Ethernet PHY successfully
ESP_FAIL: initialize Ethernet PHY failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*deinit)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy)

Deinitialize Ethernet PHY.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Return

ESP_OK: deinitialize Ethernet PHY successfully
ESP_FAIL: deinitialize Ethernet PHY failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*autonego_ctrl)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, eth_phy_autoneg_cmd_t cmd, bool *autonego_en_stat)

Configure auto negotiation.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param cmd

[in] Configuration command, it is possible to Enable (restart), Disable or get current status of PHY auto negotiation

Param autonego_en_stat

[out] Address where to store current status of auto negotiation configuration

Return

ESP_OK: restart auto negotiation successfully
ESP_FAIL: restart auto negotiation failed because some error occurred
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: invalid command

esp_err_t (*get_link)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy)

Get Ethernet PHY link status.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Return

ESP_OK: get Ethernet PHY link status successfully
ESP_FAIL: get Ethernet PHY link status failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*pwrctl)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, bool enable)

Power control of Ethernet PHY.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param enable

[in] set true to power on Ethernet PHY; ser false to power off Ethernet PHY

Return

ESP_OK: control Ethernet PHY power successfully
ESP_FAIL: control Ethernet PHY power failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_addr)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, uint32_t addr)

Set PHY chip address.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param addr

[in] PHY chip address

Return

ESP_OK: set Ethernet PHY address successfully
ESP_FAIL: set Ethernet PHY address failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*get_addr)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, uint32_t *addr)

Get PHY chip address.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param addr

[out] PHY chip address

Return

ESP_OK: get Ethernet PHY address successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: get Ethernet PHY address failed because of invalid argument

esp_err_t (*advertise_pause_ability)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, uint32_t ability)

Advertise pause function supported by MAC layer.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param addr

[out] Pause ability

Return

ESP_OK: Advertise pause ability successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: Advertise pause ability failed because of invalid argument

esp_err_t (*loopback)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, bool enable)

Sets the PHY to loopback mode.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param enable

[in] enables or disables PHY loopback

Return

ESP_OK: PHY instance loopback mode has been configured successfully
ESP_FAIL: PHY instance loopback configuration failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_speed)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, eth_speed_t speed)

Sets PHY speed mode.

Note

Autonegotiation feature needs to be disabled prior to calling this function for the new setting to be applied

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param speed

[in] Speed mode to be set

Return

ESP_OK: PHY instance speed mode has been configured successfully
ESP_FAIL: PHY instance speed mode configuration failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*set_duplex)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, eth_duplex_t duplex)

Sets PHY duplex mode.

Note

Autonegotiation feature needs to be disabled prior to calling this function for the new setting to be applied

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param duplex

[in] Duplex mode to be set

Return

ESP_OK: PHY instance duplex mode has been configured successfully
ESP_FAIL: PHY instance duplex mode configuration failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t (*custom_ioctl)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy, uint32_t cmd, void *data)

Custom IO function of PHY driver. This function is intended to extend common options of esp_eth_ioctl to cover specifics of PHY chip.

Note

This function may not be assigned when the PHY chip supports only most common set of configuration options.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Param cmd

[in] IO control command

Param data

[inout] address of data for set command or address where to store the data when used with get command

Return

ESP_OK: process io command successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: process io command failed because of some invalid argument
ESP_FAIL: process io command failed because some other error occurred
ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED: requested feature is not supported

esp_err_t (*del)(esp_eth_phy_t *phy)

Free memory of Ethernet PHY instance.

Param phy

[in] Ethernet PHY instance

Return

ESP_OK: free PHY instance successfully
ESP_FAIL: free PHY instance failed because some error occurred

struct eth_phy_config_t

Ethernet PHY configuration.

Public Members

int32_t phy_addr: PHY address, set -1 to enable PHY address detection at initialization stage

uint32_t reset_timeout_ms: Reset timeout value (Unit: ms)

uint32_t autonego_timeout_ms: Auto-negotiation timeout value (Unit: ms)

int reset_gpio_num: Reset GPIO number, -1 means no hardware reset

Macros

ESP_ETH_PHY_ADDR_AUTO

ETH_PHY_DEFAULT_CONFIG(): Default configuration for Ethernet PHY object.

Type Definitions

typedef struct esp_eth_phy_s esp_eth_phy_t: Ethernet PHY.

Enumerations

enum eth_phy_autoneg_cmd_t

Auto-negotiation controll commands.

Values:

enumerator ESP_ETH_PHY_AUTONEGO_RESTART

enumerator ESP_ETH_PHY_AUTONEGO_EN

enumerator ESP_ETH_PHY_AUTONEGO_DIS

enumerator ESP_ETH_PHY_AUTONEGO_G_STAT

Header File

components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_phy_802_3.h

Functions

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_set_mediator(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, esp_eth_mediator_t *eth)

Set Ethernet mediator.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
eth – Ethernet mediator pointer

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethermet mediator set successfuly
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: if eth is NULL

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_reset(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)

Reset PHY.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY reset successfuly
ESP_FAIL: reset Ethernet PHY failed because some error occured

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_autonego_ctrl(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, eth_phy_autoneg_cmd_t cmd, bool *autonego_en_stat)

Control autonegotiation mode of Ethernet PHY.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
cmd – autonegotiation command enumeration
autonego_en_stat – [out] autonegotiation enabled flag

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY autonegotiation configured successfuly
ESP_FAIL: Ethernet PHY autonegotiation configuration fail because some error occured
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: invalid value of cmd

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_pwrctl(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, bool enable)

Power control of Ethernet PHY.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
enable – set true to power ON Ethernet PHY; set false to power OFF Ethernet PHY

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY power down mode set successfuly
ESP_FAIL: Ethernet PHY power up or power down failed because some error occured

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_set_addr(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, uint32_t addr)

Set Ethernet PHY address.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
addr – new PHY address

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY address set

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_get_addr(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, uint32_t *addr)

Get Ethernet PHY address.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
addr – [out] Ethernet PHY address

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY address read successfuly
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: addr pointer is NULL

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_advertise_pause_ability(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, uint32_t ability)

Advertise pause function ability.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
ability – enable or disable pause ability

Returns

ESP_OK: pause ability set successfuly
ESP_FAIL: Advertise pause function ability failed because some error occured

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_loopback(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, bool enable)

Set Ethernet PHY loopback mode.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
enable – set true to enable loopback; set false to disable loopback

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY loopback mode set successfuly
ESP_FAIL: Ethernet PHY loopback configuration failed because some error occured

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_set_speed(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, eth_speed_t speed)

Set Ethernet PHY speed.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
speed – new speed of Ethernet PHY link

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY speed set successfuly
ESP_FAIL: Set Ethernet PHY speed failed because some error occured

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_set_duplex(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, eth_duplex_t duplex)

Set Ethernet PHY duplex mode.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
duplex – new duplex mode for Ethernet PHY link

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY duplex mode set successfuly
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: unable to set duplex mode to Half if loopback is enabled
ESP_FAIL: Set Ethernet PHY duplex mode failed because some error occured

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_init(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)

Initialize Ethernet PHY.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY initialized successfuly

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_deinit(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)

Power off Eternet PHY.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethernet PHY powered off successfuly

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_del(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)

Delete Ethernet PHY infostructure.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure

Returns

ESP_OK: Ethrnet PHY infostructure deleted

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_reset_hw(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, uint32_t reset_assert_us)

Performs hardware reset with specific reset pin assertion time.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
reset_assert_us – Hardware reset pin assertion time

Returns

ESP_OK: reset Ethernet PHY successfully

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_detect_phy_addr(esp_eth_mediator_t *eth, int *detected_addr)

Detect PHY address.

Parameters

eth – Mediator of Ethernet driver
detected_addr – [out] a valid address after detection

Returns

ESP_OK: detect phy address successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: invalid parameter
ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND: can’t detect any PHY device
ESP_FAIL: detect phy address failed because some error occurred

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_basic_phy_init(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)

Performs basic PHY chip initialization.

Note

It should be called as the first function in PHY specific driver instance

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure

Returns

ESP_OK: initialized Ethernet PHY successfully
ESP_FAIL: initialization of Ethernet PHY failed because some error occurred
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: invalid argument
ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND: PHY device not detected
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: MII Management read/write operation timeout
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: PHY is in invalid state to perform requested operation

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_basic_phy_deinit(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)

Performs basic PHY chip de-initialization.

Note

It should be called as the last function in PHY specific driver instance

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure

Returns

ESP_OK: de-initialized Ethernet PHY successfully
ESP_FAIL: de-initialization of Ethernet PHY failed because some error occurred
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: MII Management read/write operation timeout
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: PHY is in invalid state to perform requested operation

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_read_oui(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, uint32_t *oui)

Reads raw content of OUI field.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
oui – [out] OUI value

Returns

ESP_OK: OUI field read successfully
ESP_FAIL: OUI field read failed because some error occurred
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: invalid oui argument
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: MII Management read/write operation timeout
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: PHY is in invalid state to perform requested operation

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_read_manufac_info(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, uint8_t *model, uint8_t *rev)

Reads manufacturer’s model and revision number.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
model – [out] Manufacturer’s model number (can be NULL when not required)
rev – [out] Manufacturer’s revision number (can be NULL when not required)

Returns

ESP_OK: Manufacturer’s info read successfully
ESP_FAIL: Manufacturer’s info read failed because some error occurred
ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT: MII Management read/write operation timeout
ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE: PHY is in invalid state to perform requested operation

inline phy_802_3_t *esp_eth_phy_into_phy_802_3(esp_eth_phy_t *phy)

Returns address to parent IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure.

Parameters

phy – Ethernet PHY instance

Returns

phy_802_3_t*

address to parent IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure

esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_obj_config_init(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3, const eth_phy_config_t *config)

Initializes configuration of parent IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure.

Parameters

phy_802_3 – Address to IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure
config – Configuration of the IEEE 802.3 PHY object

Returns

ESP_OK: configuration initialized successfully
ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG: invalid config argument

Structures

struct phy_802_3_t

IEEE 802.3 PHY object infostructure.

Public Members

esp_eth_phy_t parent: Parent Ethernet PHY instance

esp_eth_mediator_t *eth: Mediator of Ethernet driver

int addr: PHY address

uint32_t reset_timeout_ms: Reset timeout value (Unit: ms)

uint32_t autonego_timeout_ms: Auto-negotiation timeout value (Unit: ms)

eth_link_t link_status: Current Link status

int reset_gpio_num: Reset GPIO number, -1 means no hardware reset

Header File

components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_netif_glue.h

Functions

esp_eth_netif_glue_handle_t esp_eth_new_netif_glue(esp_eth_handle_t eth_hdl)

Create a netif glue for Ethernet driver.

Note

netif glue is used to attach io driver to TCP/IP netif

Parameters: eth_hdl – Ethernet driver handle
Returns: glue object, which inherits esp_netif_driver_base_t

esp_err_t esp_eth_del_netif_glue(esp_eth_netif_glue_handle_t eth_netif_glue)

Delete netif glue of Ethernet driver.

Parameters: eth_netif_glue – netif glue
Returns: -ESP_OK: delete netif glue successfully

Type Definitions

typedef struct esp_eth_netif_glue_t *esp_eth_netif_glue_handle_t: Handle of netif glue - an intermediate layer between netif and Ethernet driver.

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