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LAN8742A/LAN8742Ai

3.6

Interrupt Management

The device management interface supports an interrupt capability that is not a part of the IEEE 802.3 specification. This

interrupt capability generates an active low asynchronous interrupt signal on the nINT output whenever certain events

are detected as setup by the Interrupt Mask Register.

The nINT signal can be selected to output on three different pins:

• nINT/REFCLKO

(See Section 3.7.4, "nINTSEL: nINT/REFCLKO Configuration" for configuration information)

• LED1

(See Section 3.8.1, "LEDs" for configuration information)

• LED2

(See Section 3.8.1, "LEDs" for configuration information)

The device’s interrupt system provides two modes, a Primary interrupt mode and an Alternative interrupt mode. Both

systems will assert the nINT pin low when the corresponding mask bit is set. These modes differ only in how they de-

assert the nINT interrupt output. These modes are detailed in the following subsections.

Note:

The Primary interrupt mode is the default interrupt mode after a power-up or hard reset. The Alternative

interrupt mode requires setup after a power-up or hard reset.

Note:

In addition to the main interrupts described in this section, an nPME pin is provided exclusively for WoL

specific interrupts. Refer to Section 3.8.4, "Wake on LAN (WoL)" for additional information on nPME.

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