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Communicating A Message Request Transaction To A Logical Device

  • US 20100260206A1
  • Filed: 06/28/2010
  • Published: 10/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a communication port to implement a communication stack including a physical layer, a data link layer and a transaction layer, the transaction layer to assemble a packet header for a message request transaction to one or more logical devices, the packet header including;

    a format field to indicate a packet header length and to further specify whether the packet header includes a data payload;

    a subset of a type field to indicate the packet header relates to the message request transaction; and

    a message field to include a message to implement the message request transaction, the message including at least one message selected from a message to indicate power management and a message to emulate an interrupt signal.

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