Altera SerialLite II Protocol - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
About This Manual ................................................................................. v
Revision History ........................................................................................................................................ v
How to Contact Altera .............................................................................................................................. v
Typographic Conventions ........................................................................................................................ v
Glossary ..................................................................................................................................................... vi
SerialLite II Specification ......................................................................... 9
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2–9
Protocol Features .............................................................................................................................. 2–9
Typical Applications ........................................................................................................................ 2–9
Architectural Overview ...................................................................................................................... 2–10
Physical Layer ................................................................................................................................. 2–11
Data Link Layer .............................................................................................................................. 2–12
Physical Layer Description ................................................................................................................. 2–12
Signal Definitions ........................................................................................................................... 2–13
Interface Diagrams ......................................................................................................................... 2–13
Electrical Specifications ................................................................................................................. 2–14
Symbol Encoding ........................................................................................................................... 2–16
Control Sequences .......................................................................................................................... 2–22
Ordered Sequences ........................................................................................................................ 2–25
Link Initialization and Training ................................................................................................... 2–27
Data Link Layer Description .............................................................................................................. 2–36
Packet Description .......................................................................................................................... 2–36
Idle Generation ............................................................................................................................... 2–41
Data Transmission Priority ........................................................................................................... 2–42
Multi-Lane Alignment ................................................................................................................... 2–44
Transfer Size .................................................................................................................................... 2–52
Channel Multiplexing .................................................................................................................... 2–56
Flow Control (Optional) ................................................................................................................ 2–61
Retry-on-Error (Optional) ............................................................................................................. 2–64
Error Events & Handling .................................................................................................................... 2–69
Catastrophic Error Events ............................................................................................................. 2–71
Link Error Events ........................................................................................................................... 2–71
Data Error Events ........................................................................................................................... 2–72
Packets Marked Bad ....................................................................................................................... 2–74
8b/10b Code Groups .......................................................................................................................... 2–75
References ............................................................................................................................................. 2–83