RE: Clause 46 - Preamble
Gareth:
I think D2.1 faithfully implements the Response to comment #252. The
response is an AIP for two main reasons, we didn't accept Shimon's proposed
text, and the response is to not process the frame, where Shimon's suggested
remedy was to cause a CRC error.
It wasn't felt to be any more difficult for the RS to recognize the SFD in
the same column as the Start. If some PCS types are not able to encode both
Start and SFD in the same column, the RS doesn't need to further enforce it.
There is nothing that a conforming implementation with the current PHY types
will do to change the preamble length, but why add an unnecessary
restriction to eliminate future options.
--Bob Grow
-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Edwards [mailto:Gareth.Edwards@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:56 AM
To: HSSG
Subject: Clause 46 - Preamble
Afternoon all,
Shimon raised a comment against D2.0 SC 46.2.3.3 (#252) asking for the
removal of the requirement that the preamble be a fixed length on
receive; this was accepted in principle. However, I seem to remember in
the discussion on this comment at Irvine that there was agreement that
the Start control code and SFD couldn't appear in the same RXD column;
there would be one or more clock edges between the Start code and SFD.
The new text (in D2.1 SC 46.3.3.3) does not explicitly rule in or out
the appearance of the SFD in the same column as the Start code; this is
consistent with Shimon's original suggested remedy.
Is this something that has slipped through the rewrite or has False
Memory Syndrome struck again?
Cheers
Gareth
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