Patent ID: 8769180
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing non-standard input/output (I/O) adapters in a standardized I/O architecture, the method comprising: initiating a first request to perform an operation on a host system at an I/O adapter, the I/O adapter communicating in a first protocol, the first request formatted for the first protocol and comprising data required to process the first request; creating a second request responsive to the first request, the second request comprising a header and formatted according to a second protocol, the second protocol supported by an I/O bus, and the creating comprising storing the data required to process the first request in the header of the second request; sending the second request to a host system via the I/O bus; receiving the second request at an I/O hub; converting the second request from the second protocol to a third request, the third request formatted for the first protocol; and sending the third request to the host system.