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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2004
Angel G. Perozo, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
William W. Dennin, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Angel G. Perozo, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
William W. Dennin, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Method and system for transferring data between a computing system and a storage device is provided. The system includes a storage controller including a frame snooper module that detects a TMR and generates a pause signal to a channel that stops the channel from sending any non-data frames to a buffer memory, wherein the channel continues to receive and process data frames while the channel is stopped from sending the command frames to the buffer memory; a counter for counting TMRs; and logic for generating an interrupt if a number of TMRs received exceeds a certain threshold value. The method includes detecting a TMR generating a command to stop a channel from receiving non-data frames while continuing to receive data frames from a Fiber Channel interface; and generating an interrupt to a processor after a certain number of TMRs are received.