Deferring peripheral traffic with sideband control
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRobert Gough, Barnes Cooper
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a system comprises a host system comprising an industry standard interface, a peripheral device coupled to the host device via the industry standard interface, and logic in the host system to confirm that the host device supports an enhanced feature, identify at least one pin on the industry standard interface on which the enhanced feature may be implemented, enable support for the enhanced feature on the at least one pin, and route communication traffic associated with the enhanced feature to the at least one pin. Other embodiments may be described.
Claims10
A method to repurpose electrical connectors on an industry standard interface between a host device and a peripheral device, comprising:
- confirming that the host device supports an enhanced feature;
- identifying at least one pin on the industry standard interface on which the enhanced feature may be implemented;
- enabling support for the enhanced feature on the at least one pin;
- and
- routing communication traffic associated with the enhanced feature to the at least one pin.
A system, comprising:
- a host system comprising an industry standard interface;
- a peripheral device coupled to the host device via the industry standard interface;
- and
- logic in the host system to:
- confirm that the host device supports an enhanced feature;
- identify at least one pin on the industry standard interface on which the enhanced feature may be implemented;
- enable support for the enhanced feature on the at least one pin;
- and
- route communication traffic associated with the enhanced feature to the at least one pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.