Patent ID: 8312190
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A serial buffer comprising: a first port configured to operate in accordance with a first serial protocol; a second port configured to operate in accordance with a second serial protocol, different than the first serial protocol; one or more queues that store packets received by the first port; a first translation circuit that receives the packets stored by the one or more queues, and translates these packets from a first format consistent with the first serial protocol to a second format consistent with the second serial protocol, the first translation circuit including: a plurality of case scenario registers, each storing a corresponding set of predetermined header information consistent with the second serial protocol; and selection logic that selectively accesses one of the case scenario registers in response to each of the packets received from the one or more queues, wherein the selection logic has a first configuration in which the case scenario registers are accessed in response to case number values included in the packets received from the one or more queues, and a second configuration in which the case scenario registers are accessed in response to one or more case number values assigned to the one or more queues.