Method and system for avoiding starvation and deadlocks in a split-response interconnect of a computer system
US5961623A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4036
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for avoiding starvation and deadlocks in a split-response-bus multiprocessor computer system. The multiprocessor computer system includes a first node and a second node coupled to the a split-response bus, wherein the first and second nodes communicate by passing request packets over the split-response bus. The method and system includes providing precedence information in the request packets, and then using the precedence information when receiving the request packets to determine which request packets to process and which request packets to reject when a conflict occurs.
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