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US 2010/0169523 A1Published application
Scalable method and apparatus to configure a link
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRobert Dunstan, Ajay Bhatt, Duane Quiet
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are reconfigurable ports and methods for doing the same.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- initializing a port to a default configuration;
- identifying a range of device capabilities;
- transferring said capabilities to a link partner;
- identifying common capabilities between two partners to be linked;
- and
- configuring at least one of the partners so that both partners will be at the common configuration.
3 more elements
A device, comprising:
- a reconfigurable port with a controller to:
- initialize a port to a default configuration;
- transmit capabilities to a partner port to be linked;
- receive capabilities from the partner port;
- and
- reconfigure the port in accordance with capabilities of both ports.
3 more elements
A computer system, comprising:
- a host;
- and
- a reconfigurable port with a host interface to couple the host to a device, and (ii) a debug device interface to enable the host to be debugged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.