Re: [EFM] flow control in 802.3
To the purists among you:
I wrote in the last message:
Ben Brown wrote:
>
> the 10GE MAC
I should have said:
> the MAC operating at 10 Gbps
since there is only one 802.3 MAC!
Regards,
Ben
Ben Brown wrote:
>
> Marc,
>
> In 10GE, we're adding a mode to the MAC that increases the IPG
> based on the length of the preceding packet to lower the overall
> data rate - ifsStretchMode. It is currently only applicable to
> the 10GE MAC when connected to the medium via a WAN PHY but I
> don't believe there is anything that would not allow this to be
> extended for other purposes (other than a vote of less than 75%
> that is :)
>
> Regards,
> Ben Brown
>
> MARC KIMPE wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Is there a way to transmit flow control information across an MII interface from the PHY direction to the MAC ? If yes could someone point me to the pertaining clause of 802.3 ?
> >
> > In other words, let's assume that a PHY for some reason or other can only transmit at 3Mbps while information to that PHY flows at 10Mbps. How can the PHY tell the MAC to stop sending ? I saw some presentations related to 10 Gigabit Ethernet that proposed various mechanisms but I do not know if anything was adopted.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marc Kimpe
> > Adtran
>
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