
SATA Link Layer 275
Step 5 – When the device receives the SOF it responds by sending 2 RIP primitives followed by a
CONT and then scrambled Dwords indicating frame reception in progress.
Figure 5.5 shows an entire frame transmission with suppressed primitive scrambling.
Figure 5.5 Protocol example of CONT Primitive sequence.
Transmitter Receiver
XXXX XXXX
XXXX XXXX
X_RDY XXXX
X_RDY XXXX
CONT XXXX
XXXX XXXX
XXXX R_RDY
XXXX R_RDY
XXXX CONT
SOF XXXX
TYPE XXXX
DATA XXXX
DATA R_IP
DATA R_IP
DATA CONT
HOLD XXXX
HOLD XXXX
CONT XXXX
XXXX XXXX
XXXX HOLDA
XXXX HOLDA
HOLD CONT
DATA XXXX
DATA XXXX
DATA XXXX
CRC XXXX
EOF R_IP ...