Adaptec 1737100 Programmer Manual - Page 36
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AIC-6915 Ethernet LAN Controller Programmer's Manual Table 3-1. Type 0 Transmit DMA Descriptor (32-bit Addressing Only) 31 24 32 16 15 8 7 0 Skip Field (multiple of 8 bytes) One Skip Field per Packet ID = 4'b1011 I ECC NNAR T DL C R TE CN P Reserved Reserved Reserved Number Of Tx Buffers Total Packet Length First Buffer Address First Buffer Length Reserved Last Buffer Address Last Buffer Length s ID: 4 bits. This field is used by the software/debugger to identify the start of a descriptor. If a transmit DMA operation does not see a matched ID in this field, it aborts the DMA operation and sets an interrupt status bit. s Number of Fragments: 8 bits. Defines the number of follow-on segments. This field must be "nonzero". s END: Indicates that the current descriptor is at the end of the queue. The 'End" has different functionality for the following conditions: 3-6
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