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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Bryant, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Reynolds, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395307 ; 395380 ;
Abstract
An interbus buffer (18) coordinates data transfers between two different sized buses. The first bus (processor bus) allows data to be ordered according to either a big endian protocol or a 'munged' little endian mode. The second bus (local bus) allows data to be ordered according to either a big endian protocol or a true little endian mode but does not define a transaction size. The disclosed interbus buffer coordinates interbus data transfers in spite of the variety of different transaction sizes and operating modes.