[PATCH 0/9] RapidIO: Set of patches to add Gen2 switches
Micha Nelissen
micha at neli.hopto.org
Tue Aug 17 17:31:28 EST 2010
Bounine, Alexandre wrote:
> Micha Nelissen wrote:
>> This is not 'Gen2' specific, as these error management extensions also
>> exist in v1.2/1.3 (?) of the specification? E.g. tsi56x and tsi57x
> could
>> support this functionality?
>
> Correct. EM extensions exist since v1.3. But implementation before Gen2
> switches relied
> on proprietary device specific mechanism (tsi57x). Addition of Gen2
Do you mean the tsi56x here?
Can you explain what the difference what you mean with relied on
proprietary vs standard? E.g. setting the port-write destination ID
register is standardized? And the format of the port-write message
itself is also.
Micha
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