Use MM programmable source MAC/IP/UDP and sdp_reserved for beamlet output.

applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_pkg.vhd

@@ -219,9 +219,23 @@ PACKAGE sdp_pkg is
 
   CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_version_id        : NATURAL := 5;
   CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields    : NATURAL := 1+3+12+4+20+1; -- 608b; 19 32b words
-  CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_sel     : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "1"&"101"&"111011111001"&"0100"&"0100"&"000000010"&"1000000"&"0";  -- 0=data path, 1=MM controlled
---CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_sel     : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "1"&"101"&"111011111001"&"0101"&"0100"&"000000000"&"0000100"&"0";  -- 0=data path, 1=MM controlled TODO (26 nov 2021)
---CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_sel     : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "0"&"100"&"000000010001"&"0100"&"0100"&"000000010"&"1000000"&"0";  -- 0=data path, 1=MM controlled TODO
+  -- hdr_field_sel bit selects where the hdr_field value is set:
+  -- . 0 = data path controlled, value is set in sdp_statistics_offload.vhd, so field_default() is not used.
+  -- . 1 = MM controlled, value is set via MM or by the field_default(), so any data path setting in
+  --       sdp_statistics_offload.vhd is not used.
+  -- Remarks:
+  -- . For constant values it is convenient to use MM controlled, because then the field_default()
+  --   is used that can be set here in c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_arr.
+  -- . For reserved values it is convenient to use MM controlled, because then in future they
+  --   could still be changed via MM without having to recompile the FW.
+  -- . Typically only use data path controlled if the value has to be set dynamically, so dependent
+  --   on the state of the FW.
+  -- . If a data path controlled field is not set in the FW, then it defaults to 0, e.g. udp_checksum,
+  --   so this is equivalent to using MM controlled and field_default(0).
+  --                                                                                                     eth   ip             udp    app
+  CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_sel     : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "1"&"101"&"111011111001"&"0100"&"0100"&"000000010"&"1000000"&"0";  -- current
+--CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_sel     : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "1"&"101"&"111011111001"&"0101"&"0100"&"000000000"&"0000100"&"0";  -- previous 26 nov 2021
+--CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_sel     : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "0"&"100"&"000000010001"&"0100"&"0100"&"000000010"&"1000000"&"0";  -- initial
 
   CONSTANT c_sdp_stat_hdr_field_arr : t_common_field_arr(c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := (
       ( field_name_pad("word_align"                              ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ),  -- Tx TSE IP will strip these 2 padding bytes
@@ -232,7 +246,7 @@ PACKAGE sdp_pkg is
       ( field_name_pad("ip_version"                              ), "RW",  4, field_default(4) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_header_length"                        ), "RW",  4, field_default(5) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_services"                             ), "RW",  8, field_default(0) ),
-      ( field_name_pad("ip_total_length"                         ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ), 
+      ( field_name_pad("ip_total_length"                         ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ),  -- differs for SST, BST, XST so set by data path
       ( field_name_pad("ip_identification"                       ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_flags"                                ), "RW",  3, field_default(2) ),
       ( field_name_pad("ip_fragment_offset"                      ), "RW", 13, field_default(0) ),
@@ -244,10 +258,10 @@ PACKAGE sdp_pkg is
 
       ( field_name_pad("udp_src_port"                            ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ), 
       ( field_name_pad("udp_dst_port"                            ), "RW", 16, field_default(c_sdp_stat_udp_dst_port) ),
-      ( field_name_pad("udp_total_length"                        ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ), 
+      ( field_name_pad("udp_total_length"                        ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ),  -- differs for SST, BST, XST so set by data path
       ( field_name_pad("udp_checksum"                            ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ),
 
-      ( field_name_pad("sdp_marker"                              ), "RW",  8, field_default(0) ),
+      ( field_name_pad("sdp_marker"                              ), "RW",  8, field_default(0) ),  -- differs for SST, BST, XST so set by data path
       ( field_name_pad("sdp_version_id"                          ), "RW",  8, field_default(c_sdp_stat_version_id) ),
       ( field_name_pad("sdp_observation_id"                      ), "RW", 32, field_default(0) ),
       ( field_name_pad("sdp_station_id"                          ), "RW", 16, field_default(0) ),
@@ -346,8 +360,15 @@ PACKAGE sdp_pkg is
   CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_packet_nof_longwords      : NATURAL := ceil_div(c_sdp_cep_header_len, c_longword_sz) + c_sdp_cep_payload_nof_longwords; -- without tail CRC, the CRC is applied by 10GbE MAC
 
   CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_nof_hdr_fields : NATURAL := 3+12+4+18+1;  -- c_sdp_cep_header_len / c_longword_sz = 74 / 8 = 9.25 64b words = 592b
-  CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_hdr_field_sel  : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_cep_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "101"&"111111111001"&"0111"&"1100"&"00000010"&"000110"&"0";  -- 0=data path, 1=MM controlled TODO
---CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_hdr_field_sel  : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_cep_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "100"&"000000010001"&"0100"&"0100"&"00000000"&"101000"&"0";  -- 0=data path, 1=MM controlled TODO
+  -- hdr_field_sel bit selects where the hdr_field value is set:
+  -- . 0 = data path controlled, value is set in sdp_beamformer_output.vhd, so field_default() is not used.
+  -- . 1 = MM controlled, value is set via MM or by the field_default(), so any data path setting in
+  --       sdp_beamformer_output.vhd is not used.
+  -- Remarks: see remarks at c_sdp_stat_nof_hdr_fields.
+  --                                                                                            eth   ip             udp    app
+  CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_hdr_field_sel  : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_cep_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "111"&"111111111011"&"1110"&"1100"&"00000010"&"100110"&"0";  -- current
+--CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_hdr_field_sel  : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_cep_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "101"&"111111111001"&"0111"&"1100"&"00000010"&"000110"&"0";  -- previous 27 sep 2022
+--CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_hdr_field_sel  : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(c_sdp_cep_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := "100"&"000000010001"&"0100"&"0100"&"00000000"&"101000"&"0";  -- initial
 
   CONSTANT c_sdp_cep_hdr_field_arr : t_common_field_arr(c_sdp_cep_nof_hdr_fields-1 DOWNTO 0) := ( 
       ( field_name_pad("eth_dst_mac"                        ), "RW", 48, field_default(c_sdp_cep_eth_dst_mac) ),