Chapter 19. Networking Extensions Overview
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HT provides a variety of mechanisms to support power management. These mechanisms include LDTSTOP#, LDTREQ#, STPCLK messages, and STOP_GRANT messages. While these mechanism are optional for HT devices, the specification requires this support for x86-based platforms. Note also that functions other than power management may make use of these signals and messages. The previous chapter discusses the strategy employed by HT for implementing power management and how a given platform can use these mechanisms to support power management.
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This chapter summarizes some of the major additions to the HyperTransport protocol which will be forthcoming in Release 1.05 and Release 1.1 ...
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