US 12,189,544 B2
Transmitting a response with a request and state information about the request
Michael Klinglesmith, Chambéry (FR); Eric Andrew Gouldey, Fort Collins, CO (US); and Wesley Waylon Terpstra, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to SiFive, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by SiFive, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,093.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/429,392, filed on Dec. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0184720 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/084 (2016.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/1621 (2013.01) [G06F 12/084 (2013.01); G06F 13/4234 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by first agent circuitry, from a second agent, a first request and a first set of one or more bits, wherein the first request is part of a data operation;
transmitting, by the first agent circuitry, to the second agent, a message including a first response to the first request, the first set of one or more bits, a second request, and a second set of one or more bits, wherein the second set of one or more bits is generated by the first agent circuitry to transmit state information about the second request; and
receiving, by the first agent circuitry, from the second agent, a second response to the second request and the second set of one or more bits.