Connectivity

[rob18767]

I have been looking at using a Xilinx ethernet solution and I am not sure about the difference between the Tri Mode Ethernet MAC and the Ethernet Lite (with regards to 10/100Mbps).

I see that the triple speed typical application has a DMA engine between the processor bus and the processor? Does that mean I cannot do something similar with ethernet lite? (Does is require more processor intervention?)

Or....

What is the difference (except for the extra protocols on the Tri Speed core)?

[maquicoser]

Xilinx ethernet solution works well for me.

[jacobrey]

It all depends on your requirements if you have any.  For me personally, Lite is plenty adequate, but if its not I would say the Tri would be the better option.