Computer implemented method for transferring command messages between a system manager for a computer system and a network operating system associated therewith
US5309563A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 1991 |
| Grant date | May 3, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/102
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A protocol for local data transfers between a system manager for a computer system and a network operating system associated with the computer system and a method for exchanging command and response messages between the system manager and the network operating system using a bus master interface provided between the two. Various ones of the interface registers are reserved by the side transferring information, command written to the interface registers and the other side notified of the information transferred to the interface and the reservation released. The interface is also used to transfer responses to the side originating the command.
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