System management shadow port
US5630147A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device and method for transferring data, address and status information concerning a former I/O bus cycle before a system management interrupt is initiated. A plurality of system management shadow registers samples information from a system bus. Such information is obtained by a register accessing the plurality of system management shadow registers through a common shadow port.
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