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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--
+-- Copyright 2021
+-- ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) <http://www.astron.nl/>
+-- P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
+--
+-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+-- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+-- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+-- limitations under the License.
+--
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--
+-- Author: R. van der Walle
+
+-- Purpose: Implement the function of ring_mux.
+-- Description: See https://support.astron.nl/confluence/x/jyu7Ag
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+LIBRARY IEEE, common_lib, mm_lib, dp_lib;
+USE IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;
+USE common_lib.common_pkg.ALL;
+USE common_lib.common_mem_pkg.ALL;
+USE common_lib.common_field_pkg.ALL;
+USE dp_lib.dp_stream_pkg.ALL;
+
+ENTITY ring_mux IS
+  GENERIC (
+    g_bsn_w             : NATURAL := 16;
+    g_data_w            : NATURAL := 16;
+    g_empty_w           : NATURAL := 1;
+    g_in_channel_w      : NATURAL := 1;
+    g_error_w           : NATURAL := 1;
+    g_use_bsn           : BOOLEAN := TRUE;
+    g_use_empty         : BOOLEAN := TRUE;
+    g_use_error         : BOOLEAN := TRUE;
+    g_use_sync          : BOOLEAN := TRUE;
+    g_fifo_size         : t_natural_arr := array_init(1024, 2)  -- must match c_nof_input
+  );
+  PORT (
+    -- Clocks and reset
+
+    dp_clk : IN  STD_LOGIC;
+    dp_rst : IN  STD_LOGIC;
+
+    remote_sosi : IN  t_dp_sosi := c_dp_sosi_rst;
+    remote_siso : OUT t_dp_siso;
+    local_sosi  : IN  t_dp_sosi := c_dp_sosi_rst;
+    local_siso  : OUT t_dp_siso;
+
+    mux_sosi    : OUT t_dp_sosi;
+    mux_siso    : IN  t_dp_siso := c_dp_siso_rdy;
+
+  );
+END ring_mux;
+
+ARCHITECTURE str OF ring_mux IS
+
+  CONSTANT c_nof_input : NATURAL := 2;
+
+  SIGNAL dp_mux_in_sosi_arr : t_dp_sosi_arr(0 TO c_nof_input-1);
+  SIGNAL dp_mux_in_siso_arr : t_dp_siso_arr(0 TO c_nof_input-1);
+
+BEGIN
+  -- rewire dp_mux inputs
+  dp_mux_in_sosi_arr(0) <= local_sosi;
+  dp_mux_in_sosi_arr(1) <= remote_sosi;
+  local_siso  <= dp_mux_in_siso_arr(0);
+  remote_siso <= dp_mux_in_siso_arr(1);
+
+  u_dp_mux : ENTITY dp_lib.dp_mux
+  GENERIC MAP (
+    g_nof_input         => c_nof_input,
+    g_append_channel_lo => FALSE, -- Keep channels the same as the input.
+    g_use_fifo          => TRUE, 
+    g_bsn_w             => g_bsn_w,
+    g_data_w            => g_data_w,
+    g_empty_w           => g_empty_w,
+    g_in_channel_w      => g_channel_w,
+    g_error_w           => g_error_w,
+    g_use_bsn           => g_use_bsn,
+    g_use_empty         => g_use_empty,
+    g_use_in_channel    => TRUE,
+    g_use_error         => g_use_error,
+    g_use_sync          => g_use_sync,
+    g_fifo_size         => g_fifo_size
+    
+  )
+  PORT MAP (
+    dp_rst => dp_rst,
+    dp_clk => dp_clk,
+
+    snk_out_arr => dp_mux_in_siso_arr;
+    snk_in_arr  => dp_mux_in_sosi_arr;
+
+    src_in      => mux_siso;
+    src_out     => mux_sosi
+  );
+
+END str;