Bus bridging method and apparatus including use of read size indicators
US6502154B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4059
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A bus bridging method, a bus bridge and a bus agent are described. In a bus agent provides to a bus bridge a read data request targeting a data source bridged by the bus bridge. The read data request includes a read address indicating a starting storage location of the requested data, and a read size indicator indicating the size of the requested data. The bus bridge, in response, facilitates provision of the requested data to the bus agent. The facilitation includes streaming buffered ones of the requested data to the bus agent through one or more successive streaming connections to the bus bridge by the bus agent.
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