Patent ID: 7526633
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: formulating an instruction packet including a packet header and at least a first instruction and a second instruction; setting at least a first bit in the packet header to indicate a first instruction length of the first instruction; setting at least a second bit in the packet header to indicate a second instruction length of the second instruction; wherein the second instruction is selected from a class of instructions that are only available inside packets and the first instruction is not selected from the class of instructions that are only available inside packets; wherein the first instruction includes at least a third bit to indicate the first instruction length; wherein the second instruction length is different from the first instruction length; wherein the second instruction includes an instruction length indicator field that has a value associated with the first instruction length; and wherein the value associated with the first instruction length indicates one instruction when the second instruction is received independent of a packet but indicates a different instruction having a different length than the one instruction when the second instruction is received within a packet.