Sideband serial channel for PCI express peripheral devices
US9916273B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4282
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Obtaining data about a peripheral device deployed in a computing environment. A method includes transmitting a primary data stream across a shared communication channel between the peripheral device and a host hosting the peripheral device. The method further includes transmitting on the shared communication channel, a secondary state information stream of consecutively occurring messages with peripheral device state information.
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