Efficient command delivery and data transfer

Details Efficient command delivery and data transfer Efficient command delivery and data transfer

2006-01-31

2006-01-31

Huynh, Kim (Department: 2182)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Frame forming

C710S005000, C710S033000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06993599

ABSTRACT:
In an example embodiment, a method of delivering a command from an initiator device also transfers data identified by the command to a target device. The data is transferred between the initiator device and the target device according to a selected maximum payload size. The method includes determining whether or not the size of the data associated with the command is greater than the selected maximum payload size. If the size of the data associated with the command is not greater than the selected maximum payload size, then a block is transferred to or from the target device which includes the command and all of the data associated with the command. If the size of the data associated with the command is greater than the selected maximum payload size, then a block is transferred to or from the target device which includes the command, an amount of data associated with the command equal to the selected maximum payload size and an indication that not all of the data associated with the command was included in the transferred block.

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