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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Steven Edward Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew Joseph Kalos, Tucson, AZ (US);
Sherman Daniel Wayne, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dung Ngoc Dang, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Edward Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew Joseph Kalos, Tucson, AZ (US);
Sherman Daniel Wayne, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dung Ngoc Dang, Seattle, WA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for dynamically enabling and disabling use of XFR_RDY is disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, such a method includes receiving a write command at a target and determining whether XFR_RDY is enabled or disabled for the write command. In the event XFR_RDY is disabled, the method determines whether one or more buffers are available at the target. If at least one buffer is available, the method processes the write command by writing data associated with the write command to the one or more buffers. The method then returns information indicating the number of buffers that are still available at the target after completing the write command. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.