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US07660922B2 Mechanism to flexibly support multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports
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在点对点互连上游端口上灵活支持多个设备编号的机制
- Patent Title: Mechanism to flexibly support multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports
- Patent Title (中): 在点对点互连上游端口上灵活支持多个设备编号的机制
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Application No.: US11433018Application Date: 2006-05-12
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Publication No.: US07660922B2Publication Date: 2010-02-09
- Inventor: David J. Harriman
- Applicant: David J. Harriman
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F13/00
- IPC: G06F13/00 ; G06F9/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for supporting multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports. In one embodiment, the method includes a downstream component (DC) that performs discovery of internal device components of the DC during initialization of the DC. Subsequent to the discovery of internal devices of the DC, the DC may issue a multiple device number (MDN) request to an upstream component (UC) of the DC. In one embodiment, the MDN request may include an indication that the DC supports a “multiple device number capability,” as well as a quantity of the internal device components of the DC. The DC may receive an acknowledgement MDN from the UC to indicate a quantity of device numbers allocated to the DC. Subsequently, the DC may assign device numbers to the internal device components of the DC according to configuration requests received from the UC. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070263642A1 Mechanism to flexibly support multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports Public/Granted day:2007-11-15
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