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Using the LTSSM Panes for PCIe

Box Car View

The Box Car view has a column for each side of the link – one for uplink and another for
downlink. Each column has two sub-columns that show LTSSM states and sub-states, and the link
speed (Gen1, Gen2, and Gen3) with the corresponding lane widths (X4 for example reflects 4
traffic lanes.) All the states in a column are shown in chronological order but their height is not
proportional to the time duration of each state. If a sequence is visited repeatedly, it is displayed as
a single bubble showing the states visited and the number of loops.
Figure 163: Box Car View
When you click on a state in box car view, it will be highlighted. Its corresponding state in
flowchart view will also be highlighted. The first event corresponding to the beginning of the state
will be highlighted in event grid and lane view grid. If a state's transition to the next state is invalid
according to protocol specification, a red border will be displayed around the state. You can mouse
over the states that have a red border to display a tooltip describing its invalid transition.
Also clicking the link speed with the lane width highlights the corresponding event in Event view
and Lane view which caused the speed and lane width change.
In the example shown on the right side of Figure 163, the highlighted bubbles show transitions that
are caught in a loop between two or more states. The states between which the loop is occurring
and the number of loops that occurred are displayed in the bubble. In this case (the red circle and
red oval), the looping is between L0 and L0s states and there are 40 loops in the PCIe Host column
and 65 loops in the PCIe Target column.
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