Read register value

[shijiluoben]

I used XEmac_mReadReg() to read the control register of 10/100 Emac. It returned  799145984 in decimal because the binary value can not be displayed.  How does it match to the 32 bit register?

Or is there a way to read a spercific bit in the control register?

Thanks. 

Message Edited by shijiluoben on 05-14-2008 10:33 PM

[barriet]

The actual register value is stored in binary in the FPGA (e.g. typically 32 discrete flip-flops). XEmac_mReadReg returned an unsigned 32-bit value.

Your print routine you used to display this used a decimal format.

You could either:

-convert this manually

-convert this some other way (e.g. Windows calculator in scientific mode),

799145984 decimal = 2FA20000 hex = 101111101000100000000000000000 binary

-use a hex format when you print (likely the preferred approach)

http://cermics.enpc.fr/~ts/C/FUNCTIONS/format.html

[Note that many of the "print" routines used do not have the full printf functionality to keep the footprint size down]

You generally read the entire 32-bit value and mask as necessary to look at the specific bits you want:

http://crasseux.com/books/ctutorial/Masks.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_(computing)#Uses_of_bitmasks

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