GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT ARCHITECTURE, PROTOCOL AND RELATED METHODS TO IMPLEMENT FLOW CONTROL

摘要

An enhanced general input/output communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a protocol stack including layers to communicate data over an interconnect; wherein the protocol stack including layers comprises a data link layer, and a transactions layer; a transmitter having a first register and a second register; wherein the transmitter is to transmit data on a point to point interconnect; wherein the first register is to store a number of credits received and the second register is to store a number of credits used; and a receiver having at least one register; wherein the at least one register of the receiver is to hold a value to represent a total number of credits sent.