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Information handling system using default status conditions for transfer of data blocks

US5794069A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 1995
Grant dateAug 11, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/126
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information handling system transfers data blocks between a host processing side having a CPU and a host memory and a local processing side having a local processing unit and a local memory. The local memory includes a DCB queue memory portion having a plurality of DCB images each image defining host and local addresses of a corresponding data transfer. The DCB images also store a default status condition representing the most likely condition of a data transfer which in the preferred embodiment is a no error condition. A data transfer status detector determines whether the default status condition is true or false. If true, the default status information relating to a corresponding data block transfer is posted on the host processing side without local processing unit intervention.

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