Secondary channel for command information for fibre channel system
interface bus
    1.
    发明授权
    Secondary channel for command information for fibre channel system interface bus 失效
    光纤通道系统接口总线命令信息的二级通道

    公开(公告)号:US5848251A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-08

    申请号:US692516

    申请日:1996-08-06

    IPC分类号: G06F13/12 G06F13/42 G06F13/14

    CPC分类号: G06F13/4278

    摘要: The present invention relates to a secondary channel for a point-to-point burst style bus associated with a computer system. The point-to-point bus may originate as a standardized bus from a fibre channel controller. The point-to-point bus connects to another circuit which may be a bridge circuit, a minicomputer or a peripheral device. A secondary channel is also connected to the point-to-point bus and is adapted to share the bus by receiving information having predetermined addresses. The information recieved by the secondary channel can be stored in a memory that is shared with a processor. Command/control information can be extracted from the point-to-point bus before data is transferred through the bridge circuit in order to allow the data to be acted on more quickly by processing/storage devices since the control data was already made available to the storage devices via the secondary channel.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种与计算机系统相关联的点对点突发样式总线的辅助信道。 点对点总线可以作为来自光纤通道控制器的标准化总线发起。 点对点总线连接到另一个可能是桥接电路,小型计算机或外围设备的电路。 辅助信道也连接到点对点总线,并且适于通过接收具有预定地址的信息来共享总线。 辅助频道接收到的信息可以存储在与处理器共享的存储器中。 在通过桥接电路传输数据之前,可以从点对点总线提取命令/控制信息,以便通过处理/存储设备更快速地执行数据,因为控制数据已经可用于 存储设备通过辅助通道。

    Apparatus and method for combining data streams with programmable wait
states
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for combining data streams with programmable wait states 失效
    用于将数据流与可编程等待状态组合的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5867675A

    公开(公告)日:1999-02-02

    申请号:US692488

    申请日:1996-08-06

    IPC分类号: G06F13/36 G06F13/40 G06F13/00

    CPC分类号: G06F13/4054 G06F13/36

    摘要: A system for transferring data includes structure (i.e, hardware, software, a combination thereof) for requesting data from a second bus, which data is destined for a first bus; and structure for gaining ownership of the second bus for the purpose of transferring the data from the second bus to the first bus, which structure includes substructure for waiting a programmably variable amount of time to see if additional data is requested by the first bus, before relinquishing control of the second bus.

    摘要翻译: 用于传送数据的系统包括用于从第二总线请求数据的结构(即,硬件,软件及其组合),哪个数据用于第一总线; 以及为了将数据从第二总线传送到第一总线的目的而获得第二总线的所有权的结构,该结构包括用于等待可编程可变量的时间的子结构,以查看第一总线是否请求附加数据 放弃对二号车的控制。