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PG053 April 6, 2016
Chapter 5:
Interfacing to the Core
Definitions of Control Characters
Reference is regularly made to certain XGMII control characters signifying Start, Terminate,
Error, and others. These control characters all have in common that the control line for that
lane is 1 for the character and a certain data byte value. The relevant characters are defined
in the
IEEE Std. 802.3-2012
and are reproduced in
for reference.
Table 5
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2:
Partial List of XGMII Characters
Data (Hex)
Control
Name, Abbreviation
00 to FF
0
Data (D)
07
1
Idle (I)
FB
1
Start (S)
FD
1
Terminate (T)
FE
1
Error (E)