Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling a physical link of a first protocol using an extended capability structure of a second protocol
- Patent Title (中): 使用第二协议的扩展能力结构来控制第一协议的物理链路
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Application No.: US13534541Application Date: 2012-06-27
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Publication No.: US08972640B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Mahesh Wagh
- Applicant: Mahesh Wagh
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F13/42
- IPC: G06F13/42 ; G06F13/36
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first field of a first link capabilities register of a first device having a protocol stack including a transaction layer and a link layer according to a first communication protocol and a physical layer of the protocol stack having a physical unit of a second communication protocol, using the first field as a pointer value to a location in a second link capabilities register of the first device, and using information from the location in the second link capabilities register to perform a configuration operation for a physical link coupled to the device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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