发明名称 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING PCI EXPRESS LIGHTWEIGHT NOTIFICATION PROTOCOLS IN A CPU/MEMORY COMPLEX |
摘要 |
Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing a lightweight notification (LN) protocol in the PCI Express base specification which allows an endpoint function associated with a PCI Express device to register interest in one or more cachelines in host memory, and to request an LN notification message from the CPU/memory complex when the content of a registered cacheline changes. The LN notification message can be unicast to a single endpoint using ID-based routing, or broadcast to all devices on a given root port. The LN protocol may be implemented in the CPU complex by configuring a queue or other data structure in system memory for LN use. An endpoint registers a notification request by setting the LN bit in a "read" request of an LN configured cacheline.
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申请公布号 |
US2013173837(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.07.04 |
申请号 |
US201113341150 |
申请日期 |
2011.12.30 |
申请人 |
GLASER STEPHEN D.;HUMMEL MARK D.;ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. |
发明人 |
GLASER STEPHEN D.;HUMMEL MARK D. |
分类号 |
G06F13/36;G06F12/00;G06F12/08 |
主分类号 |
G06F13/36 |
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