Guys:
Could we conclude we could implements pause control like below?
We want to leave ieee802.3 beneath the scene while providing user with a
UI which makes more sense.
/* We use 0/1 to represent "off/on" respectively. */
Default: accept_pause = send_pause = 1;
UI: accept_pause = 1, send_pause = 1:
Protocol value: cap_asmpause = 0, cap_pause = 1, adv_cap_asmpause = 0,
adv_cap_pause = 1
UI: accept_pause = 1, send_pause = 0:
Protocol value: cap_asmpause = 1, cap_pause = 0, adv_cap_asmpause = 1,
adv_cap_pause = 0
UI: accept_pause = 0, send_pause = 1:
Protocol value: cap_asmpause = 1, cap_pause = 1, adv_cap_asmpause = 0,
adv_cap_pause = 1
UI: accept_pause = 0, send_pause = 0:
Protocol value: cap_asmpause = 0, cap_pause = 0, adv_cap_asmpause = 0,
adv_cap_pause = 0
Please advice.
Thanks,
Raymond
Raymond LI - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote:
> If we leave below for customer to set via Brussels, would it be enough?
>
> accept_pause = {0,1}
> send_pause = {0, 1}
>
> accept_pause = 0: Not allowed to response to pause frame
> accept_pause = 1: Response to pause frame, pause transmition for
> specified time interval
> send_pause = 0: Not allowed to send pause frame when congestion
> send_pause = 1: Sending pause frame
>
> Above are only interface we provide for customer to turn on/off
> pauseframe. If customer want
> to check properties like lp_*, adv_*, cap_*, we still provide ieee802.3
> ways of defination, but
> not tunable directly.
>
>> For older NICs, these values are tuned together. You may not have
>> control over whether pause frames are sent or not, in any case.
>>
>> Its also important that users can see:
>>
>> * which bits the peer is claiming support for, and
>> * the currently negotiated pause support
>>
>> It might be worth looking at how other operating systems expose this
>> to administrators.
>>
>> -- Garrett
>>
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