IDT Transparent Mode Operation
Error Detection and Handling
PES12N3 User Manual
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June 7, 2006
Notes
Table 9.3 lists error checks performed by the data link layer and action taken when an error is detected.
Table 9.4 lists error checks performed by the transaction link layer and action taken when an error is
detected.
Error Condition
PCIe Base
1.0a
Specification
Section
Action Taken
Invalid symbol or running disparity error
detected.
4.2.1.3
Correctable error processing
Any TLP or DLLP framing rule violation.
4.2.2.1
Correctable error processing
8b/10b decode error
4.2.4.4
Correctable error processing
Any violation of the link initialization or
training protocol
4.2.4
Uncorrectable error processing
Table 9.2 Physical Layer Errors
Error Condition
PCIe Base
1.0a
Specification
Section
Action Taken
TLP ending in ENDB with LCRC that
does not match inverted calculated LCRC
3.5.3.1
TLP discarded
TLP received with incorrect LCRC
3.5.3.1
Correctable error processing
TLP received with sequence number not
equal to NEXT_RCV_SEQ and this is not
a duplicate TLP
3.5.3.1
Correctable error processing
Bad DLLP
1
1.
A bad DLLP is a DLP with a bad LCRC.
3.5.2.1
Correctable error processing
Replay time-out
3.5.2.1
Correctable error processing
REPLAY NUM rollover
3.5.2.1
Correctable error processing
Violation of flow control initialization pro-
tocol
3.3.1
Uncorrectable error processing
Sequence number specified by
AckNak_Seq does not correspond to an
unacknowledged TLP or to the value in
ACKD_SEQ
3.5.2.1
Uncorrectable error processing
Table 9.3 Data Link Layer Errors
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