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Transaction layer packet formatting

  • US 9,442,855 B2
  • Filed: 12/27/2014
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a receiver to receive a transaction layer packet from an input/output (I/O) device, wherein the I/O device comprises an add-in card, the transaction layer packet is to comprise a header, and the header is to comprise;

    a first byte of the header,a second byte adjacent to the first byte, wherein the second byte is to include a hint field, and the hint field is to identify a hint in the transaction layer packet; and

    a no-snoop attribute to be included in another byte of the header subsequent to the first byte; and

    protocol circuitry to process the transaction layer packet.

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