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2. Three Generations of KS8995
3. Eliminate one Power Rail Requirement
4. Enhanced Features Available on “A” parts Disable Auto-MDI/MDIX on all ports (via pin #1)
Additional features now controlled via registers:
Revision ID – 0x2 (not applicable to KS8995X)
PHY power save mode on all ports
Software Reset
Force Link in the PHY (Fiber mode)
Far end fault status detected (Fiber mode)
New Diagnostic Features
MAC Loop back – packet looped back at the MAC layer
PHY Loop back – packet looped back at the PHY layer
Remote loop back – packet loop back at the PHY layer
PHY isolate prevents test data from being sent to the target port. It also sends out IDLE pattern to keep link alive.
5. Transmit Polarity Differences
8. Recommendations Compatibility
Enhanced “A” version is 100% free of bugs and no errata is necessary
Enhanced “A” version is 100% backward compatible to the original KS8995X/M
However, the original KS8995X/M are not 100% compatible with Enhanced “A” version designs.
All new designs
Use Enhanced “A” silicon
All existing designs
Customer can make the decision to upgrade
To take advantage of two power supplies and new features, it is highly recommended to qualify the enhanced “A silicon
No driver and hardware changes required (except KS8995M PHY ID)