System for initiating data transfer between input/output devices

Details System for initiating data transfer between input/output devices System for initiating data transfer between input/output devices

1995-11-17

1997-02-11

Lee, Thomas C.

395823, 395824, 395854, G06F 1300

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056030576

ABSTRACT:
A method and system in a data processing system for transferring data from a first device to a second device within the data processing system. The data processing system includes a data bus, an address bus, a first address space associated with a memory and a second address space associated with an input/output device. Initially, a transfer signal is transmitted in the data processing system. The transfer signal identifies the transfer as a transfer concerning an address in the second address space associated with the input/output device. A first address package is then transmitted to the second device from the first device on the address bus. The first address package includes a transfer identifier, a first identifier associated with the first device and a second identifier associated with the second device. A second address package, comprising a byte count and an address, are transmitted to the second device from the first device on the address bus. If data is to be transferred, the data is then transferred on the data bus. Finally, a reply signal may be transmitted between the first and second devices, acknowledging the success or failure of the data transfer.

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"MC88110 Second Generation RISC Microprocessor User's Manual" pp. 1-7 and 11-6 to 11-9, Motorola.

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