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by jauntywundrkind 256 days ago
Intel has a flow for how link training is done on DisplayPort.

Probably shouldn't be surprised but it involves communicating over the AUX channels. Is this something that a sizable % of computers can do? For some reason I thought aux channel was semi free for use, that it could be for Ethernet or USB in a pretty naked form. Didn't realize that needed mode switching?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/68...

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Ah, so maybe DisplayPort has mandatory link training then, which would indeed allow unmarked cables.

But to GPs point, there still needs to be a way to tell the source that a given cable is a USB-C-to-DisplayPort one in the first place. So why not include the metadata on what signal grades it’s rated for in that same indicator? That’s exactly what e-markers are.