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LIGHTWEIGHT INPUT/OUTPUT PROTOCOL

  • US 20100161855A1
  • Filed: 03/04/2010
  • Published: 06/24/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for managing buffers in an input/output offload protocol, comprising:

  • sending, by a server to a client, a delta credit message including an information field set to a number of credits, wherein, if the number is a negative number −

    N, the server requires the client to retire N credits;

    if the number of credits is a negative number −

    N, sending, by the client to the server, N credit messages, and otherwise sending, by the client to the server, one credit message; and

    for each credit message sent by the client, sending, by the server to the client, a status response message.

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