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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Luke L. Chang, Marlboro, MA (US);
Pak-lung Seto, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Naichih Chang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Luke L. Chang, Marlboro, MA (US);
Pak-Lung Seto, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Naichih Chang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method according to one embodiment may include communicating, by a far end device with a near end device, using a Serial ATA (SATA) communications protocol; receiving, by the far end device, a SATA signal sequence having two bits, the state of which define at least one loopback mode; defining, by the far end device, a reserved and/or error state if both of the bits are set; and processing, by the far end device, the two bits together to determine if the two bits are in a state that defines at least one loopback mode or if the two bits are set. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.