Intersystem transaction identification logic

• US 4,236,209 A
• Filed: 10/31/1978
• Issued: 11/25/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honeywell Information Systems, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell Information Systems, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Bradley, John J., Barlow, George J., Lombardo, Ralph M. Jr., Bruce, Kenneth E., Conway, John W., Tarbox, Bruce H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaw, Gareth D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chan, E.
• Application Number:
  US05/956,389
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 364/200 MS File, 364/900 MS File
• US Class Current: 709/249
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/36 for access to common bus or bus system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4027 using bus bridges G06F13/4022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4213 with asynchronous protocol

Abstract

A logic system in an intersystem link (ISL) unit accommodating the transfer of binary coded information between communication busses in a data processing system is disclosed, wherein dedicated locations in a file register are selected at the bus rate in response to binary coded information received from a local communication bus. ISL transactions to be initiated in response to bus cycle requests thereby are identified. ISL transactions are handled in parallel, and memory transfers are segregated from non-memory transfers to avoid unnecessary delays in memory transfers.

Claims

1. In a data processing network including a plurality of data processing systems wherein each system is provided with common bus means for exchanging information between individual devices within said system, intersystem communication control apparatus comprising:

first logic control means coupled to a first one of said common bus means responsive to memory and non-memory access commands presented on said first common bus means for generating an address signal identifying a remote target device which is to be accessed in response to an access command;

programmable memory means operable in response to said address signal to indicate whether said remote target device to be accessed can be accessed through the control apparatus, said programmable memory means having stored in predetermined memory locations thereof first and second binary bit signals indicative of remote memory and non-memory target devices coupled to a second one of said common bus means;

second logic control means for applying said address signal to said programmable memory means to read therefrom a binary bit signal indicating that a remote target device is selected by said access command;

register means having dedicated register locations coupled to said first common bus means and including a memory request storage location and a retry request storage location, said register means operating in response to presentation on said first common bus means of a memory access command to load into said memory request storage location data from said first common bus means, said register means further operating in response to presentation of a non-memory access command to load into said retry storage location data from said first common bus means; and

transfer logic means responsive to a first binary bit read from said programmable memory means for transferring the data in said memory request storage location to said second common bus means for accessing a remote memory target device coupled thereto, said transfer logic means further being responsive to a second binary bit read from said programmable memory means for transferring the data in said retry request storage location to said second common bus means for accessing a remote non-memory target device coupled thereto.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said memory and non-memory access commands include data write commands, and wherein said transfer logic means includes means for transferring said data to said second common bus means with a remote data write command for writing said data into said first and second remote target devices.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said memory and non-memory access commands include a data read commands and wherein said transfer logic means includes means for transferring said data to said second common bus means with a remote data read command for enabling information to be read from said first and second remote target devices.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

third logic control means responsive to said first binary bit read from said programmable memory means for generating a first busy signal indicating that said memory request storage location is full; and

inhibit means enabled by said first busy signal for preventing said register means for responding to a further memory access command.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising reset means included in said transfer logic means for terminating said first busy signal when the transfer of said data in said memory request storage location to said second common bus means is initiated whereby said inhibit means is disenabled and said register means is freed to respond to a further memory access command.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said third logic control means is further responsive to said second binary bit read from said programmable memory means for generating a second busy signal indicating that said retry request storage location is full and wherein said apparatus further comprises:

additional inhibit means enabled by said second busy signal for preventing said register means from responding to a further non-memory access command.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising:

additional reset means included in said transfer logic means for terminating said second busy signal when the transfer of said data in said retry request storage location to said second common bus means is initiated, whereby said additional inhibit means is disenabled and said register means is freed to respond to a further non-memory access command.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said programmable memory means comprises:

address memory means storing said first binary bit signals;

channel memory means storing said second binary bit signals; and

said second logic means being operable to apply an address signal generated in response to a memory access command to said address memory means and being operable to apply an address signal generated in response to a non-memory access command to said channel memory means for reading said binary bit signals therefrom.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said address memory means further stores address information relative to said first remote target device, said address information being read from said address memory means by said second logic means along with a first binary bit signal, said apparatus further comprising:

means included in said transfer logic means for transferring said address information read from said address memory means to said second common bus means along with said data in said memory request storage location, whereby said address information enables the accessing of a particular storage location in said first remote target device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a memory response storage location and a retry response storage location included in said register means;

response logic control means coupled to said first common bus responsive to memory and non-memory response commands presented on said first common bus means for generating a load signal, said memory and non-memory response commands being generated in response to accessing operations executed according to memory request and retry request data previously transferred to said first common bus means from said second common bus means;

loading means included in said register means and actuated by a load signal generated in response to a memory response command for loading response data from said first common bus means into said memory response storage location, said loading means further being actuated by a load signal generated in response to a non-memory response command to load response data from said first common bus means into said retry response storage location; and

means included in said transfer logic means for transferring the data from either said memory response or said retry response storage location to said second common bus means to supply response data thereto.