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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Narasimha Lanka, Dublin, CA (US);
Swadesh Choudhary, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mahesh Wagh, Portland, OR (US);
Lakshmipriya Seshan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An adapter is provided that includes a first interface to couple to a particular device, where link layer data is to be communicated over the first interface, and a second interface to couple to a physical layer (PHY) device. The PHY device includes wires to implement a physical layer of a link, and the link couples the adapter to another adapter via the PHY device. The second interface includes a data channel to communicate the link layer data over the physical layer, and a sideband channel to communicate sideband messages between the adapter and the other adapter over the physical layer. The adapter is to implement a logical PHY for the link.