System and method for conveying information

1. A method for conveying data, the method comprising:

a remote computer informing a host computer that at least a portion of a transaction message can be received according to a transaction request credit;

receiving by the remote computer the at least a portion of the transaction message according to the transaction request credit, wherein one or more error correction code (ECC) bits are received with the at least portion of the transaction message, and wherein the one or more ECC bits correspond to the at least portion of the transaction message;

performing an ECC check on the at least portion of the transaction message using the one or more ECC bits by the remote computer;

detecting an error in the at least portion of the transaction message received using the one or more ECC bits by the remote computer; and

correcting the error when the error is a correctable error by the remote computer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ECC check is performed according to a list of ECC check bit assignments.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending an interrupt to the host computer after detecting the error.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the interrupt is sent to the host computer only when the error has been enabled to trigger the interrupt.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transaction request credit corresponds to an amount of available memory in the remote computer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least portion of the transaction message is received over a computer network that includes an electrical conductor.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least portion of the transaction message is received over a computer network that includes a wireless medium.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least portion of the transaction message is received over a computer network that includes an optical medium.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for conveying data, the method comprising:

a remote computer informing a host computer that at least a portion of a transaction message can be received according to a transaction request credit;

receiving by the remote computer the at least a portion of the transaction message according to the transaction request credit, wherein one or more error correction code (ECC) bits are received with the at least portion of the transaction message, and wherein the one or more ECC bits correspond to the at least portion of the transaction message;

performing an ECC check on the at least portion of the transaction message using the one or more ECC bits by the remote computer;

detecting an error in the at least portion of the transaction message received using the one or more ECC bits by the remote computer; and

correcting the error when the error is a correctable error by the remote computer.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the ECC check is performed according to a list of ECC check bit assignments.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , the program further executable to send an interrupt to the host computer after detecting the error.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the interrupt is sent to the host computer only when the error has been enabled to trigger the interrupt.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the transaction request credit corresponds to an amount of available memory in the remote computer.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the at least portion of the transaction message is received over a computer network that includes an electrical conductor.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the at least portion of the transaction message is received over a computer network that includes wireless medium.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the at least portion of the transaction message is received over a computer network that includes an optical medium.

17. A system for conveying data, the system comprising:

a processor in a remote computer;

a computer network;

a memory in the remote computer, wherein the processor:

transmits an indication to a host computer over the computer network that at least a portion of a transaction message can be received according to a transaction request credit;

receives the at least a portion of the transaction message according to the transaction request credit, wherein one or more error correction code (ECC) bits are received with the at least portion of the transaction message, wherein the one or more ECC bits correspond to the at least portion of the transaction message, and wherein the one or more error correction ECC bits are transmitted over the computer network;

performs an ECC check on the at least portion of the transaction message using the one or more ECC bits;

detects an error in the at least portion of the transaction message received using the one or more ECC bits; and

corrects the error when the error is a correctable error.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the ECC check is performed according to a list of ECC check bit assignments.

19. The system of claim 17 , further comprising sending an interrupt to the host computer after the error is detected.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the at least portion of the transaction message is sent over the computer network, and wherein the computer network includes at least one of an electrical conductor, a wireless medium, and an optical medium.