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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:58:49 +0200
From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To: ddutile@...hat.com
Cc: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com, matthew@....cx
Subject: Re: GT/s vs Gbps for PCIe bus speed
Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com> writes:
>>> No matter how many lanes, or how the data is sent (long or short bursts),
>>> the frequency rate is a constant.
I'm not sure there is such thing as "frequency rate" (but English isn't
my first language). Rate, yes - symbol rate, clock rate (not used here),
code rate. Frequency is a clearly defined but different thing.
> Frequency changing would require link re-synch.
> This code is dealing w/steady-state frequency.
Believe me or not, there is no single frequency on PCIe link.
Google shows for example:
http://www.home.agilent.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/PCIe_HighSpeedSymposiumDec2008.pdf
See page 30, it's frequency spectrum for PCIe 3.0 but the idea is the
same. Also note consistent use of "GT/s" to avoid confusion.
> Again, trying to generate output that relates
> to what devices are spec to run at: 2.5GHz or 5.0GHz links.
That seems like wifi rather than PCIe.
--
Krzysztof Halasa
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