Hi Hannes, >>> >>> Hmm. Wouldn't it make more sense to introduce a new port state >>> 'marginal' >>> for this? We might >want/need to introduce additional error recovery >>> mechanisms here, so having a new state >might be easier in the long >>> run ... >Ah. So that changes things slightly; I had hoped we can address things >systematically, but with link integrity issues we don't have any other >choice but to replace the cable (ie wait for user interaction). >But still I'm in favour of the 'marginal' state; that one could be set >manually (or by an FPIN LI event), and would need to be reset either >manually or by link reset. >And have the advantage of being easier to implement :-) Thanks for the review. I will incorporate all your review comments and will add marginal state in my next version. Regards, Muneendra.
