SPI-3: "Valid" pad bytes?
gop at us.ibm.com
gop at us.ibm.com
Thu May 20 14:09:54 PDT 1999
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Jeff,
There was a reason behind the VBYTE but that bit is now gone (look at rev 6 of
SPI-3). If you really want to know send me a note and I will explain it to you.
Bye for now,
George Penokie
Dept PPV 114-2 N212
E-Mail: gop at us.ibm.com
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Jeff Schroeder <jeffrey.schroeder at st.com> on 05/20/99 02:46:12 PM
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Subject: SPI-3: "Valid" pad bytes?
* From the T10 Reflector (t10 at symbios.com), posted by:
* Jeff Schroeder <jeffrey.schroeder at st.com>
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I'm just coming up to speed on SPI-2 to SPI-3 changes, so I'm going to
have a few questions on the SPI-3 draft standard. So, to start...
The SPI L_Q information unit has a VBYTE field that, when set, specifies
that the pad bytes of the following information unit contain valid
information. I'm confused by this. Why would a pad byte contain valid
information? I would think it isn't a pad byte if it contains valid
information.
Could somebody explain the concept behind this? Does it really just mean
that the pad bytes may be non-zero?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Jeff Schroeder
TPA Americas
STMicroelectronics, Inc., San Jose, CA
Email: jeffrey.schroeder at st.com Phone: 408-487-3965 Fax: 408-441-8470
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