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Re: PCS Management Counters





Vivek,

Since, according to the state machine conventions and figure 49-14,
the state is actually re-entered on every clock edge, the counter
would be incremented twice (in your case) or once for every clock
cycle spent in that state (in general).

Ben

> Vivek Mishra wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just a small clarification.....
> 
> The counter "ERRORED FRAME COUNTER" in PCS management counters is
> said to be incrementing when the "RX_E" state is entered.
> 
> Lets say that the state machine is in "RX_E" state for two clocks.
> 
> Will the counter increment by two or will it increment
> by one since the state was entered only once?
> 
> Regards,
> Vivek


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