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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Bret W. Holley, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven E. Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 12/879 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/60 (2013.01); H04L 49/3018 (2013.01); H04L 49/3027 (2013.01); H04L 49/357 (2013.01); H04L 49/901 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of queues including a target input queue is configured for multi-protocol operation in a driver. The target input queue is configured to receive all incoming new input/output (I/O) initiation messages, regardless of protocol, wherein messages on the target input queue include messages for first burst data that follows a command to preserve order in processing of messages, in response to allocation of identical exchange identifiers to reused messages.