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SerialLite II Specification
Figure 2–14. Self Synchronizing Link Training State Machine
Reset State
The reset state is the first state of the lane initialization state machine. It
can be entered at any time by a power-on reset, hardware reset, or link
error. The transmitter is disabled and its outputs are driven into a
quiescent state (zero-volt differential). The received is initialized.
The receiver discards all received data and flushes any data in progress.
All state machines and registers are set to their initialization values. All
counters, timers, pointers, and expected segment ID for transmission of
priority packets are reset. The link-up status is cleared to indicate the link
is down.
After reset is complete, the receiver/transmitter transitions to the
character alignment state.
Character Alignment State
In this state, bit lock and symbol alignment is achieved. The
implementation of the transmitter initialization sequence is user defined.
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Channel alignment will be defined in a future version of
this specification.
Once at least 64 valid characters are received on each lane, the receiver
transitions to the link-up state. Valid characters can be any special
character or data character.
Reset
Link-Up
Pow er-On Reset
or Hardw are Reset
Character Alignment
Link Error