CPSWCommon Platform Switch, a TI-designed Ethernet MAC typically used for general-purpose Ethernet applications
PRU_ICSSGProgrammable Real-Time Unit - Industrial Communications Subsystem Gigabit, a TI-designed Ethernet MAC typically used in industrial Ethernet applications with strict low-latency requirements
PHYEthernet PHY or Ethernet physical transceiver
MACEthernet MAC or Ethernet media access controller
DTSDevice Tree Source
CRCCyclic Redundancy Check, a type of checksum algorithm used by Ethernet communication, CRC errors show up when a device receives data that is corrupted
PortingIn the context of this application note, porting means process of configuring the Linux Board DTS
DUTDevice Under Test
Link PartnerDescribes the device directly connected to the DUT
Direct ConnectDescribes a network topology with two directly connected platforms
Follow-the-packetA debug technique introduced in this application note where the engineer uses the MAC hardware statistics to follow the path that an Ethernet packet goes through for transmission and reception at the wire level