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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A Denio, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James G Littleton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395650 ; 395200 ; 370 60 ; 3642303 ; 3642386 ; 3642813 ; 364D / ; 3649261 ; 36493144 ; 36493146 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for adding extended functions to a multiprocessor system, specifically, functions that may be called from programming running on a first processor and executed by a second processor. The function may have an argument that requires a large amount of argument data. Each extended function is associated with a special entry point command, which is in turn, associated with a communications routine that handles the transfer of the large argument data from the first processor to the second processor in bursts.