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US08291141B2 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
- 专利标题: Mechanism to flexibly support multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports
- 专利标题(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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申请号: US13270073申请日: 2011-10-10
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公开(公告)号: US08291141B2公开(公告)日: 2012-10-16
- 发明人: David J. Harriman
- 申请人: David J. Harriman
- 申请人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 专利权人: Intel Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Intel Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 代理机构: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- 主分类号: G06F13/00
- IPC分类号: G06F13/00 ; G06F9/00
摘要:
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.
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