Method and apparatus for automatically transferring I/O blocks between a host system and a host adapter
US6564271B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/126
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An input/output (I/O) host adapter in an I/O system processes I/O requests from a host system to a plurality of I/O devices. The host adapter includes a circuit to automatically transfer I/O requests from host memory to adapter memory. The host adapter also includes a circuit to automatically transfer I/O responses from adapter memory to host memory.
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