Method, system, and program for configuring components on a bus for input/output operations
US6801963B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 24, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0284
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program that configures an address window of a device controller that communicates with an initiator over a bus, wherein the device controller accesses requests transmitted to one address in the address window on the bus, and configures a maximum number of outstanding read requests the initiator is capable of having to memory addresses in the address window based on a size of the address window.
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