endpoint/rx_path[bugfix]: masking out RTU request for received PAUSE frames...

endpoint/rx_path[bugfix]: masking out RTU request for received PAUSE frames (these frames never exit Endpoint). The bug (RTU request for no frame) where causing SWcore to go crazy

modules/wr_endpoint/ep_rtu_header_extract.vhd

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ entity ep_rtu_header_extract is
     src_fab_o  : out t_ep_internal_fabric;
     src_dreq_i : in  std_logic;
 
+    mbuf_is_pause_i : in std_logic;
+
     vlan_class_i   : in std_logic_vector(2 downto 0);
     vlan_vid_i      : in std_logic_vector(11 downto 0);
     vlan_tag_done_i : in std_logic;
@@ -101,8 +103,10 @@ begin  -- rtl
     
     rtu_rq_valid_tagged <= rtu_rq_valid_basic and vlan_tag_done_i;
     
-    rtu_rq_valid_out <= rtu_rq_valid_tagged when (vlan_is_tagged_i = '1') else
-                        rtu_rq_valid_basic;
+    -- the request is not done for PAUSE frames as they never go outside of Endpoint 
+    -- (they are dropped inside Endpoint)
+    rtu_rq_valid_out <= (rtu_rq_valid_tagged and (not mbuf_is_pause_i))when (vlan_is_tagged_i = '1') else
+                        (rtu_rq_valid_basic  and (not mbuf_is_pause_i));
                         
 
   end generate gen_with_rtu;

modules/wr_endpoint/ep_rx_path.vhd

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ architecture behavioral of ep_rx_path is
       snk_dreq_o     : out std_logic;
       src_fab_o      : out t_ep_internal_fabric;
       src_dreq_i     : in  std_logic;
+      mbuf_is_pause_i : in std_logic; 
       vlan_class_i   : in std_logic_vector(2 downto 0);
       vlan_vid_i      : in std_logic_vector(11 downto 0);
       vlan_tag_done_i : in std_logic;
@@ -458,6 +459,11 @@ begin  -- behavioral
       snk_dreq_o     => dreq_pipe(6),
       src_fab_o      => fab_pipe(7),
       src_dreq_i     => dreq_pipe(7),
+      mbuf_is_pause_i => mbuf_is_pause, -- this module is in the pipe before ep_rx_status_reg_insert,
+                                        -- however, we know that mbuf_is_pause is valid when it 
+                                        -- is used by this module -- this is because blocks the pipe
+                                        -- untill mbuf_valid is HIGH, and rtu_rq_valid_o is inserted HIGH
+                                        -- at the end of the header... (clear ??:)
       vlan_class_i     => vlan_tclass,
       vlan_vid_i       => vlan_vid,
       vlan_tag_done_i  => vlan_tag_done,