Swapping Polarity of USB3 and PCIE Differential Pairs

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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Is the swapping of polarity for a single TX or RX differentially pair handled automatically by the USB3 and PCIE interfaces?

The specification lists that it is possible but it’s not clear what the implementation is. In contrast, CSIO pins have a lane polarity parameter in the device tree, but I haven’t seen similar solutions for USB3 or PCIE. This feels like a stupid question, but I don’t want to chance an entire design on how I think lane polarity works.

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Refer to Chapter 7. USB and PCIe of Jetson Orin NX Nano Design Guide. Polarity inversion (P/N swapping) is supported for the USB 3.2 interfaces as mentioned in Section 7.1 USB. Lane reversal and polarity inversion (P/N swapping) is supported per PCIe controller instance as mentioned in Section 7.2 PCIe.