Delegating a poll operation to another device
US8762599B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/542
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for handling a registration message received from a host processor, where the registration message delegates a poll operation with respect to a device from the host processor to another component. Information from the message may be stored in a poll table, and the component may send a read request to poll the device and report a result of the poll to the host processor based on a state of the device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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