摘要:
Techniques and mechanisms for providing access to a function with an input/output (I/O) device. In an embodiment, a main memory of a computer system including the I/O device stores a function-context data structure associating a function with a context for an access to the function. The I/O device stores a configuration for the I/O device to provide the function. In another embodiment, the software process exchanges information with the function-context data structure for the access to the function. The I/O device performs a synchronization of the function-context data structure and the configuration data structure with respect to one another, wherein the function-context data structure operates as a register level interface which interfaces the I/O device and the software process with one another.
摘要翻译:提供使用输入/输出(I / O)设备访问功能的技术和机制。 在一个实施例中,包括I / O设备的计算机系统的主存储器存储将功能与用于访问功能的上下文相关联的功能上下文数据结构。 I / O设备存储I / O设备的配置以提供功能。 在另一实施例中,软件过程与功能上下文数据结构交换信息以访问该功能。 I / O设备相对于彼此执行功能上下文数据结构和配置数据结构的同步,其中功能上下文数据结构作为将I / O设备和软件过程接口的寄存器级接口 彼此之间。
摘要:
Techniques and mechanisms for providing access to a function with an input/output (I/O) device. In an embodiment, a main memory of a computer system including the I/O device stores a function-context data structure associating a function with a context for an access to the function. The I/O device stores a configuration for the I/O device to provide the function. In another embodiment, the software process exchanges information with the function-context data structure for the access to the function. The I/O device performs a synchronization of the function-context data structure and the configuration data structure with respect to one another, wherein the function-context data structure operates as a register level interface which interfaces the I/O device and the software process with one another.
摘要翻译:提供使用输入/输出(I / O)设备访问功能的技术和机制。 在一个实施例中,包括I / O设备的计算机系统的主存储器存储将功能与用于访问功能的上下文相关联的功能上下文数据结构。 I / O设备存储I / O设备的配置以提供功能。 在另一个实施例中,软件过程与功能上下文数据结构交换信息以访问功能。 I / O设备相对于彼此执行功能上下文数据结构和配置数据结构的同步,其中功能上下文数据结构作为将I / O设备和软件过程接口的寄存器级接口 彼此之间。
摘要:
A method and apparatus forenhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.
摘要:
In some embodiments, a chip includes transmitters and generation circuitry to provide data symbols and special characters to the transmitters to be transmitted. The chip also includes match detection circuitry to detect when the data symbols match the special characters; and indicator symbol generation circuitry to create data indicator symbols in response to detected matches and to provide the data indicator symbols to the generation circuitry to be provided to the transmitters to be transmitted. Other embodiments are described.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.
摘要:
A device includes physical layer (PHY) circuitry including a physical coding sublayer, where the PHY circuitry is configured to alternatively support at least two different power control settings. The device further includes an interface to couple the PHY circuitry to a media access control (MAC) layer, where the interface comprises a set of data pins, a set of command pins, a set of status pins, one or more clock pins, and a plurality of power control pins to receive an indication of a particular one of the at least two power control settings. The PHY circuitry is to apply parameters corresponding to the particular control setting during operation based on the indication.
摘要:
A method and apparatus forenhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.