Streaming switch fabric interface

An interface for coupling an agent to a fabric supports a load/store interconnect protocol and includes a header channel implemented on a first subset of a plurality of physical lanes, the first subset of lanes including first lanes to carry a header of a packet based on the interconnect protocol and second lanes to carry metadata for the header. The interface additionally includes a data channel implemented on a separate second subset of the plurality of physical lanes, the second subset of lanes including third lanes to carry a payload of the packet and fourth lanes to carry metadata for the payload. 一种用于将代理耦合到交换结构的接口支持加载/存储互连协议，并且包括实施于多个物理通路的第一子集上的报头通道，该通路的第一子集包括基于互连协议承载分组的报头的第一通路、以及承载用于报头的元数据的第二通路。该接口另外包括实施于多个物理通路的独立的第二子集上的数据通道，该通路的第二子集包括承载分组的有效载荷的第三通路、以及承载用于有效载荷的元数据的第四通路。