Patent ID: 8024489
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to: establish one or more memory flow controller (MFC) command parameter channels between the processor and the MFC unit for transferring data between the processor and the MFC unit, wherein the one or more MFC command parameter channels comprise a MFC command opcode channel; receive MFC command parameter data, in the MFC unit, via the one or more MFC command parameter channels; store the MFC command parameter data in one or more MFC command parameter registers associated with the one or more MFC command parameter channels in the MFC unit; receive a write channel instruction to the MFC command opcode channel; send the MFC command parameter data held in the one or more MFC command parameter registers to a MFC command queue in response to receiving the write channel instruction to the MFC command opcode channel; and process one or more commands in the MFC command queue.