Data processing system preventing configuration cycles to permit control procedure selection for access to attached devices
US6922746B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4411
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a process that uses a first processor is provided. The process includes the operation of blocking by the first processor of completion by a second processor of a configuration cycle. The process also includes the operation of selecting by the first processor of one procedure from a plurality of procedures that are associated with respective types of circuitry that may be used to permit the first processor to control a device. The one procedure is associated with one of the respective types of circuitry that is actually available to be used by the first processor.
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