Patent ID: 6542941
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of delivering a command from an initiator device and transferring data associated with the command to a target device, said method comprising:selecting a maximum payload size of data to be transferred at one time between said initiator device and said target device; determining whether or not the size of the data associated with the command is greater than said selected maximum payload size; if the size of the data associated with the command is not greater than said selected maximum payload size, then transferring a block to the target device which includes the command and all of the data associated with the command; and if the size of the data associated with the command is greater than said selected maximum payload size, then transferring a block to the target device which includes the command, an amount of said data associated with said command equal to the selected maximum payload size and an indication that not all of the data associated with said command was included in the transferred block.