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Link Initialization<br />

n<br />

Link Initialization consists of the following<br />

l Configuring<br />

– Discovering and determining Link width, data rate, lane<br />

reversal, and polarity inversion<br />

– Restarting a port from low power states<br />

l Link training<br />

– Data rate negotiation<br />

– Bit lock, symbol lock, and lane priority on a per lane<br />

basis<br />

– Link width negotiation<br />

n<br />

Receivers may optionally check for violations of the Link<br />

Initialization and Training protocols<br />

l If enabled to do so and a training error occurs it is reported as a<br />

Training error with the associated port<br />

– A Training error is considered to be fatal to the Link<br />

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