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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2021
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Janusz Jurski, Beaverton, OR (US);
Amit Srivastava Kumar, Folsom, CA (US);
Matthew A. Schnoor, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Myron Loewen, Berthoud, CO (US);
Tim McKee, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may include a controller for a system management bus. The controller may be to: detect a trigger event associated with the system management bus; in response to a detection of the trigger event, transmit a broadcast address on the system management bus, where the broadcast address is not used in a first communication protocol; and in response to a determination that the transmitted broadcast address was acknowledged, use a second communication protocol for transmissions on the system management bus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.