
IDT Link Operation
PES32NT24xG2 User Manual
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January 30, 2013
Notes
When operating at 5.0 GT/s, a PES32NT24xG2 port initiates a link speed downgrade in the following
cases:
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When the PHY layer cannot achieve reliable operation at the higher speed. In this case, the
PES32NT24xG2 port continues to support the higher speed in the training-sets it transmits during
link training.
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When software sets the target link speed to 2.5 GT/s and sets the LRET bit in the port’s PCIELCTL
register. In this case, the PES32NT24xG2 port removes support for the higher speed in the
training-sets it transmits during link training.
Additionally, the PES32NT24xG2 ports always respond to link partner requests to change speed. In this
case, the speed change is only successful when both components in the link advertise support the target
speed. When a link speed upgrade operation fails, the PHY LTSSM reverts back to the speed before the
upgrade (i.e., 2.5 GT/s) and does not autonomously initiate a subsequent link speed upgrade. In this case,
the PHY continues to support Gen 1 and Gen 2 data rates and therefore responds to link partner requests
for link speed upgrade, or to link speed upgrades triggered by software setting the LRET bit in the port’s
PCIELCTL register.
PES32NT24xG2 ports do not have a mechanism to autonomously regulate link speed. As a result, the
Hardware Autonomous Speed Disable (HASD) bit in the PCIELCTL2 register has no effect and is hardwired
to 0x0. Additionally, the PES32NT24xG2 ports never set the ‘Autonomous Change’ bit in the training sets
exchanged with the link partner during link training
1
. Still, a link partner connected to a PES32NT24xG2
downstream switch port may autonomously change link speed. When this occurs, the PES32NT24xG2
downstream switch port sets the Link Autonomous Bandwidth Status (LABWSTS) bit in the PCIELSTS
register.
A system designer may limit the maximum speed at which each port operates by changing the target
link speed via software or EEPROM and forcing link retraining. Refer to section Link Retraining on page 7-9
for further details.
Software Management of Link Speed
Software can interact with the link control and status registers of downstream switch ports to set the link
speed, as well as receive notification of link speed changes. This gives software the capability to choose
the desired link speed based on system specific criteria. For example, depending on the traffic load
expected on a link, software can choose to downgrade link speed to 2.5 GT/s in order to reduce power on a
low-traffic link, and later upgrade the link to 5.0 GT/s when the bandwidth is required. Software may also
choose to change the link speed due to link reliability reasons (i.e., a link that has reliability problems at 5.0
GT/s may be downgraded to 2.5 GT/s).
As mentioned above, the Target Link Speed (TLS) field of the Link Control 2 Register (PCIELCTL2) in
function 0 of the port sets the preferred link speed. By default, the Target Link Speed of each switch port is
set to 5.0 GT/s.
During normal operation, the link speed of a downstream switch port may be modified by setting the TLS
field in the PCIELCTL2 register to the desired speed and initiating link retraining by writing a one to the Link
Retrain (LRET) bit in the Link Control (PCIELCTL) register.
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The port will only initiate a change to a higher speed if the link partner advertised support for the
higher speed in its latest entry to the Configuration.Complete or Recovery.RcvrCfg states.
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If a speed change is initiated to a speed not supported by the link partner, then the port will remain
at the current speed by transitioning through the Recovery state without the “Speed_Change” bit
set.
Notification of link speed changes if provided through the link bandwidth notification mechanism
described in the PCI Express Base Specification. This mechanism is enabled by setting the Link Bandwidth
Management Interrupt Enable (LBWINTEN) bit in the PCIELCTL register of switch downstream switch
ports.
1.
Note that the ‘Autonomous Change’ bit is located in bit 6 of the fourth symbol in the training sets. This bit has
multiple meanings depending on the LTSSM state in which it is issued. The switch never sets this bit in LTSSM
states in which this bit carries the ‘autonomous change’ meaning.
Summary of Contents for PCI Express 89HPES32NT24xG2
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