On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:42:44PM -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote: > On 7/13/2017 12:29 PM, Keith Busch wrote: > > That wording is just confusing. It looks to me the 1 second polling is > > to be used following a reset if CRS is not implemented. > > > > https://pcisig.com/sites/default/files/specification_documents/ECN_RN_29_Aug_2013.pdf > > > > " > > Through the mechanisms defined by this ECR, we can avoid the long, > > architected, fixed delays following various forms of reset before > > software is permitted to perform its first Configuration Request. These > > delays are very large: > > > > 1 second if Configuration Retry Status (CRS) is not used > > " > > > > It goes on to say CRS is usually much lower, but doesn't specify an > > upper bound either. > > > > I see, we got caught on spec language where we don't know what 'its' is. Well, I don't know for certain if your original interpretation is incorrect. Just saying the CRS intention doesn't explicitly stand out to me. On a side note, I'll also see if I can get clarification on what expectations the hardware people have for this particular product. Your observation seems a little high to me, but I don't know if that's outside the product's limits.
