Patent
1995-05-01
1997-06-17
Auve, Glenn A.
395308, G06F 1314
Patent
active
056405200
ABSTRACT:
An arbiter for the local bus of a computer system. The system contains a bridge and a plurality of agent devices that are all connected to a local bus. The bridge links the local system to a remote system. The bridge and one of the agents (DEFER agent) within the local system can communicate in correspondence with the Non-uniform memory access(NUMA) standard. The local system also contains an agent (DEFERless agent) that does not comply with the NUMA standard. The arbiter provides access to the local bus in response to a request from one of the agents on a corresponding bus access signal line. If the DEFERless agent generates a remote access request and the bridge cannot immediately service the request, the bridge provides a negative acknowledge to the agent and disables the DEFERless agent bus access signal so that the DEFERless agent cannot control the local bus. The remaining agents can access the local bus even when the DEFERless agent is waiting for service from the bridge. The bridge enables the bus access signal of the DEFERless agent when the bridge can serve a remote access request.
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Auve Glenn A.
Intel Corporation
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