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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Roger A. Bethard, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Inventor:
Roger A. Bethard, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cray Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a SerDes circuit and a link control block (LCB). The SerDes circuit is a first end of a SerDes circuit pair of a SerDes lane. A SerDes lane includes the SerDes circuit pair coupled by a communications medium. The LCB includes an error tracking circuit and a controller. The controller includes an error recovery module configured to retry a data communication when an error is detected and deactivate the SerDes lane when a rate of errors on the SerDes lane exceeds a threshold error rate value. Other devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.