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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Amit Kumar Srivastava, Folsom, CA (US);
Asad Azam, Folsom, CA (US);
Rajesh Bhaskar, Bangalore, IN;
Mikal Hunsaker, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Enrico D. Carrieri, Placerville, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a host controller includes: a first credit tracker comprising at least one credit counter to maintain credit information for a first device; and a first credit handler to send a command code having a first predetermined value to indicate a credit request to request credit information from the first device, where the first credit tracker is to update the at least one credit counter based on receipt of an in-band interrupt from the first device having the credit information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.