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Method for interfacing two buses

  • US 6,341,322 B1
  • Filed: 02/25/1999
  • Issued: 01/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling the transfer of information between one or more processors on a first bus and one or more processors on a second bus through an interface having an interface processor, comprising:

  • writing information to be transferred across the interface from a second processor on the second bus to a first processor on the first bus to a request buffer;

    writing a command from the second processor via the second bus to the interface processor to transfer the information residing in the request buffer to the first processor via the first bus;

    writing information to be transferred across the interface from the first processor on the first bus to the second processor on the second bus to a response buffer; and

    reading the information in the response buffer via the second bus.

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