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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Muthurajan Jayakumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Len Schultz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710107 ; 710 54 ; 710118 ; 709101 ;
Abstract
A method and device for tracking a bus transaction between first and second agents coupled to a bus includes issuing a request for the transaction by the first agent, storing information regarding the transaction in a buffer, and deleting the information regarding the transaction from the buffer if the first agent receives an indication that the second agent will not issue a retry.