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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1994
Seido Hatae, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuyuki Mitsuishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A bus controller provided with a buffer memory performs DMA data transfer between a main storage unit of a system bus and an input/output control unit of a local bus. An interruption control section of the bus controller keeps an interruption signal at a response suppress section upon detection of an input/output end interruption signal from a unit on the local bus side, and thus suppress sending thereof to a processor of the system bus. When the end of data transfer to the main storage unit is determined from the data transfer monitor section in the interruption suppressed state, the suppressed state is released and an input/output end interruption notice is given to the processor. Even upon earlier end of data transfer on the local bus, therefore, consistency of data sent to the main storage is ensured.