Patent ID: 8566473
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: initializing a flow control mechanism within a general input/output interface of a transmitting device associated with a virtual channel upon initialization of the virtual channel; and tracking buffer availability in a remote receiving device having a general input/output interface coupled with the general input/output interface of the transmitting device via the virtual channel by monitoring an indication associated with an amount of content transmitted from the general input/output interface of the transmitting device to the remote general input/output interface of the receiving device; selectively suspending transmission to the remote general input/output interface of the receiving device through the virtual channel when the general input/output interface of the transmitting device determines that the receive buffer availability has reached a threshold; and, determining according to ordering rules what types of packets should be permitted to bypass a packet not yet transmitted.