1 2 3 Document Identifier: DSP0233 4 Date: 2021-06-23 5 Version: 1.0.0 6 Management Component Transport Protocol 7 (MCTP) I3C Transport Binding Specification 8 Supersedes: None 9 Document Class: Normative 10 Document Status: Published 11 Document Language: en-US MCTP I3C Transport Binding Specification DSP0233 12 13 Copyright Notice 14 Copyright © 2021 DMTF. All rights reserved. 15 DMTF is a not-for-profit association of industry members dedicated to promoting enterprise and systems 16 management and interoperability. Members and non-members may reproduce DMTF specifications and 17 documents, provided that correct attribution is given. As DMTF specifications may be revised from time to 18 time, the particular version and release date should always be noted. 19 Implementation of certain elements of this standard or proposed standard may be subject to third party 20 patent rights, including provisional patent rights (herein "patent rights"). 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Translation into other languages is permitted. 39 2 Published Version 1.0.0 DSP0233 MCTP I3C Transport Binding Specification 40 CONTENTS 41 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 42 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 7 43 1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................... 9 44 2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................ 9 45 3 Terms and definitions ............................................................................................................................ 9 46 4 Conventions ........................................................................................................................................ 13 47 4.1 Reserved and unassigned values ............................................................................................. 13 48 4.2 Byte ordering ............................................................................................................................. 13 49 5 MCTP over I3C transport .................................................................................................................... 13 50 5.1 MCTP use with I3C ................................................................................................................... 13 51 5.1.1 I3C bus physical topology ............................................................................................ 13 52 5.1.2 I3C communication logical topology and MCTP packet bridging ................................ 14 53 5.1.3 MCTP Bus Owner for I3C bus ..................................................................................... 15 54 5.2 MCTP packet encapsulation ..................................................................................................... 16 55 5.2.1 MCTP packet encapsulation: Primary to Slave ........................................................... 16 56 5.2.2 MCTP packet encapsulation: Slave to Primary ........................................................... 18 57 5.3 Error detection and handling mechanisms ............................................................................... 23 58 5.3.1 MCTP data packets ..................................................................................................... 23 59 5.3.2 CCC error detection and handling ............................................................................... 24 60 5.3.3 “Stuck SDA" condition handling ................................................................................... 25 61 5.4 MCTP support and capabilities discovery................................................................................. 26 62 5.4.1 Initialization and discovery flow ................................................................................... 26 63 5.4.2 Transmission unit sizes ............................................................................................... 27 64 5.5 Supported media ....................................................................................................................... 28 65 5.6 Physical address format for MCTP control messages .............................................................. 28 66 5.7 Get endpoint ID medium-specific information ........................................................................... 29 67 5.8 MCTP packet and control message timing requirements ......................................................... 29 68 ANNEX A (informative) Notation ............................................................................................................... 32 69 ANNEX B (informative) Change log .......................................................................................................... 33 70 71 Figures 72 Figure 1 – Physical topology of I3C bus ..................................................................................................... 14 73 Figure 2 – Logical topology of MCTP over I3C communication .................................................................. 14 74 Figure 3 – Sample I3C slave as MCTP Bus Owner & bridge ..................................................................... 16 75 Figure 4 – MCTP over I3C packet transfer format: Primary to Slave ......................................................... 17 76 Figure 5 – MCTP over I3C packet transfer sequence: Slave to Primary .................................................... 19 77 Figure 6 – MCTP over I3C packet transfer format: Slave to Primary ......................................................... 20 78 Figure 7 – Sample I3C dynamic address assignment flow and MCTP discovery ...................................... 26 79 80 Version 1.0.0 Published 3 MCTP I3C Transport Binding Specification DSP0233 81 Tables 82 Table 1 – MCTP packet transfer field descriptions ..................................................................................... 17 83 Table 2 – IBI pending read notification field descriptions ........................................................................... 21 84 Table 3 – MCTP packet transfer field descriptions ..................................................................................... 21 85 Table 4 – Recommended behaviors for robust CCCs ................................................................................ 24 86 Table 5 – Physical address format .............................................................................................................. 28 87 Table 6 – Medium-specific information ....................................................................................................... 29 88 Table 7 – Timing specifications for MCTP data packets on I3C ................................................................. 29 89 Table 8 – Timing specifications for MCTP control messages on I3C ......................................................... 29 90 4 Published Version 1.0.0 DSP0233 MCTP I3C Transport Binding Specification 91 Foreword 92 The Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) I3C Transport Binding Specification (DSP0233) 93 was prepared by the DMTF PMCI Working Group in close cooperation with the MIPI Alliance I3C Working 94 Group. 95 DMTF is a not-for-profit association of industry members dedicated to promoting enterprise and systems 96 management and interoperability. 97 MIPI Alliance is a collaborative global organization serving industries that develop mobile and mobile- 98 influenced devices. The focus of the organization is to design and promote hardware and software 99 interfaces that simplify the integration of components built into a device,