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RE: Clause 48 comments




IEEE Draft P802.3ae/D1.1 will be available on November 1st in the private
area of the IEEE P802.3ae website.

Cheers,
Brad

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Boaz Shahar [mailto:boazs@mysticom.com]
		Sent:	Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:16 AM
		To:	'rtaborek@earthlink.net'
		Cc:	802.3ae
		Subject:	RE: Clause 48 comments


		What is the expected schedule for revision 1.01 of the
802.3ae draft?
		Thx.,
		Boaz

		> -----Original Message-----
		> From: Rich Taborek [mailto:rtaborek@earthlink.net]
		> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:09 PM
		> Cc: 802.3ae
		> Subject: Re: Clause 48 comments
		> 
		> 
		> 
		> Ben,
		> 
		> I realize that a response to this note is long overdue,
but 
		> I'm finally
		> getting back to it. Here are my responses to your clause
48 comments.
		> 
		> Ben Brown wrote:
		> > 
		> > Rich,
		> > 
		> > Just a few comments regarding clause 48. Sorry if these
were
		> > already brought up last week.
		> > 
		> > 48.1.4 - page 128
		> >   I thought clause 47 was for XAUI and this clause was
for
		> >   LAN WWDM. I'm confused by the statement on line 48
talking
		> >   about this being a chip-to-chip interface.
		> 
		> You are correct in which clause does what. However, the
LAN 
		> WWDM PCS and
		> PMA constitute a chip-to-chip interconnect as does XAUI.
It's 
		> up to the
		> LAN WWDM PMD to turn the electrons into photons. 
		>  
		> > 48.1.6 - page 129, line 11
		> >   Change "map onto to the" to "map onto the"
		> 
		> Done.
		>  
		> > 48.2.2 - page 131, line 54
		> >   Change "PCS Receive process" to "PCS Deskew process"
		> 
		> Done.
		>  
		> > 48.2.4.3 - page 135, figure 48-5
		> >   Under Code_Sel decodings, 0 should be used to indicate
/K/
		> 
		> Done.
		>  
		> > 48.2.4.3.2 - page 135, line 46
		> >   Change "initiator" to "transmitter"
		> 
		> Done.
		>  
		> > 48.2.4.3.3 - page 21, line 21
		> >   Change "many" to "may"
		> 
		> Done.
		>  
		> > General
		> >   Change "single-code groups" to "single-code
code-groups"
		>  
		> Done. 2 occurrences.
		> 
		> > 48.2.5.1.3
		> >   - rx_even=TRUE for both cgbad and cggood makes me
think
		> >     this hasn't been updated yet from clause 36
		> 
		> Correct. Revised in rev 1.01.
		> 
		> >   - rx_code-group - line 22 - Change "all three lanes"
to
		> >     "all four lanes"
		> 
		> Done.
		>  
		> > 48.2.5.2.1
		> >   Page 141, figure 48-6 - If /T/ is lost, the next
packet
		> >     is also lost. Should there be some detection of /I/
that
		> >     returns the machine to XGMII_IPG?
		> 
		> Yes. The State Diagrams are being revised to reflect
earlier /I/
		> detection. 
		> 
		> >   Page 142, figure 48-7 - Should this state machine
describe
		> >     how to pad octets after /T/ with /K/?
		> 
		> I'd rather do this with a function rather than a state
diagram.
		> 
		> >   Page 143, line 3 - Reference to Figure 48-5 should be
Figure
		> >     48-8
		> 
		> Done.
		>   
		> > 48.2.5.2.2 - page 143, line 25
		> >   Reference to Figure 48-8 should be Figure 48-9
		> 
		> Done.
		>   
		> > 48.2.5.2.3 - page 143, lines 45-49
		> >   This, also, looks like Clause 36 stuff.
		> 
		> Correct. Revised in rev 1.01.
		> 
		> > 48.3.2 - page 149, line 32
		> >   The note references clauses 38 & 39. This should be
		> >   clause 54 (I think).
		> 
		> Done.
		>   
		> > 48.3.2.3 - page 150
		> >   I would have expected some discussion of comma
alignment
		> >   in this section. Is this done somewhere else?
		> 
		> Correct. Revised in rev 1.01.
		> 
		> > 48.3.4 - page 150, lines 42
		> >   Do you expect this reference to Annex 36A for test
patterns
		> >   to change or will Annex 36A change to reflect that
these
		> >   test patterns also support 10GBASE-X (and XAUI?)?
		> 
		> I expect the reference to change. Editor's note inserted.
		>  
		> > Ben
		> > 
		> > --
		> > -----------------------------------------
		> > Benjamin Brown
		> > AMCC
		> > 603-798-4115 - Home
		> > bbrown@amcc.com
		> > -----------------------------------------
		> 
		> -- 
		> 
		> Best Regards,
		> Rich
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