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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2010
Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, NY (US);
Gerd K. Bayer, Stuttgart, DE;
David F. Craddock, New Paltz, NY (US);
Michael Jung, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Eric N. Lais, Tillson, NY (US);
Elke G. Nass, Ehningen, DE;
Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, NY (US);
Gerd K. Bayer, Stuttgart, DE;
David F. Craddock, New Paltz, NY (US);
Michael Jung, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Eric N. Lais, Tillson, NY (US);
Elke G. Nass, Ehningen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for implementing non-standard I/O adapters in a standardized I/O architecture, the system comprising an I/O hub communicatively coupled to an I/O bus and at least one I/O adapter, the I/O hub including logic for implementing a method, the method comprising receiving a request to perform an operation on the I/O adapter from a requester at a requester address, the I/O adapter at a destination address, determining that the request is in a format other than a format supported by the I/O bus, the I/O bus expecting a requester identifier at a first location in a header of the request, reformatting the request into the format supported by the I/O bus, the reformatting comprising storing the requester address, the destination address and an operation code at the first location in the header of the reformatted request, and sending the reformatted request to the I/O adapter.