A method for controlling operation of a multi-pair gigabit transceiver. The multi-pair
gigabit transceiver comprises a Physical Layer Control module (PHY Control), a
Physical Coding Sublayer module (PCS) and a Digital Signal Processing module (DSP).
The PHY Control receives user-defined inputs from the Serial Management module
and status signals and diagnostics signals from the DSP and the PCS and generates
control signals, responsive to the user-defined inputs, the status signals and
diagnostics signals, to the DSP and the PCS.
