Intel Corporation

Rajee S Ram

Suresh S Chittor

Sujoy Sen

Akhilesh Kumar

Phanindra Mannava

Kiran A Padwekar

Ching-Tsun Chou

Srinand Venkatesan

Andalib Khan

Lily Pao Looi

Sin Sim Tan

David R Jackson

Rami A Naqib

S Steven Kulick

A link layer system is provided. The link layer system a first link layer control module and a retry queue for storing a transmitted data packet. The retry control module is coupled to the first link layer control module, which directs the retry queue to discard the transmitted data packet when an acknowledgment bit is received by the first link layer control module.

Link level retry scheme

Various methods and apparatuses to deactivating the mechanism to resolve instruction starvation if an agent which issued a first transaction does not reissue the first transaction within a predefined time period.

Method and apparatus to resolve instruction starvation

A method and apparatus for third party agent transaction deferral on a host bus. A host bus transaction request is received from a device, and transaction information related to the transaction request is stored in an out of order queue. An indication is received from the third party agent that the transaction has been deferred, and the stored transaction information is updated to reflect that the transaction has been deferred.

Method and apparatus for deferring transactions on a host bus having a third party agent

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Rajee S Ram