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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2004
Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Portland, OR (US);
Siva Balasubramanian, Chandler, AZ (US);
Sin S. Tan, Portland, OR (US);
Suneeta Sah, Portland, OR (US);
Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Portland, OR (US);
Siva Balasubramanian, Chandler, AZ (US);
Sin S. Tan, Portland, OR (US);
Suneeta Sah, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Detecting and flushing maximal length packets is set forth herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a flushing event and, in response to the flushing event, repeatedly detecting a maximum length packet of write data from a write combining storage area and flushing the detected maximum length packet to a target input/output (I/O) device over a bus. Each maximal length packet is a packet of maximum payload of write data that can be formulated within in the write combining storage area while adhering to packet protocol rules for the bus.