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Switchtec-user v3.1 Release

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@xyan264 xyan264 released this 31 Mar 19:11
· 125 commits to master since this release

About this Release

This release supports the following Switchtec devices and releases:

Generation Variant Release
Gen5 PFX/PSX FCA (F/W version: 06.01.0.01f)
Gen4 PFX/PSX MR-1 (F/W version: 03.60.0.049), MR-2 (F/W version: 03.70.0.04f), MR-3 (F/W version: 03.80.0.056), MR-4 (F/W version: 03.90.0.05b)
Gen4 PAX MR-1 (F/W version: 04.60.0.449), MR-2 (F/W version: 04.70.0.450), MR-3 (F/W version: 04.80.0.456), MR-4 (F/W version: 04.90.0.45b)

What is New Since v3.0 Release?

This release introduces the following new features, changes and fixes

Features and Changes

  • diag submenu: added the following new diagnostic commands
            eye: display eye diagram of a port
            crosshair: measure eye cross hair of a port
            list-mrpc: list permissible MRPC commands
            loopback: enable loop back test on specified ports
            pattern: enable pattern generation and monitor
            port-eq-txcoeff: dump port equalization coefficients
            port-eq-txfslf: dump FS/LF output data
            port-eq-txtable: dump far end port equalization table
            rcvr-extended: dump RX mode and DTCLK
            rcvr-obj: dump analog RX coefficients/adaptation objects
            refclk: enable or disable the output reference clock of a stack
            ltssm-log: display LTSSM log

  • log-dump: added Event ID field in text log files

  • fw-read: changed default output file name to image.fwimg for Gen4 and later devices

Fixes

  • status: fixed segmentation fault found on ARM platform only
  • log-parse: fixed missing Firmware/SDK version number when parsing mailbox log files

Limitations

  • GAS dump
    Switchtec-user command gas dump might impact system performance or cause instability

  • FABRIC commands
    fabric submenu commands are not yet supported on Gen5 device

  • DIAGNOSTIC commands
    diag submenu command are for Gen4 device only