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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Carl E. Gygi, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Craig R. Chafin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian J. Varney, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian K. Einsweiler, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Luke E. Mckay, Rose Hill, KS (US);
Carl E. Gygi, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Craig R. Chafin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian J. Varney, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian K. Einsweiler, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Luke E. McKay, Rose Hill, KS (US);
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for improving message passing between a computer and peripheral devices is disclosed. The system and method for improving message passing between a computer and peripheral devices incorporate data checking on the command/message data and each scatter gather list element. The method in accordance with the present disclosure enables a peripheral device to check the integrity of the message and ownership of the scatter gather list element before the data is processed.