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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1997
Harold Downey, Tempe, AZ (US);
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for transferring data is performed by a first input/output device in order to perform a data transaction with a host device. The first input/output device receives a first data transaction request from the host device. The first input/output device stops the first data transaction. The first input/output device then requests a data second transaction with a second input/output device and asserts a request signal. The first input output device continuously asserts the request signal even when receiving a stop signal from the second input/output device. The first input/output device retries the second data transaction with the second input/output while continuously asserting the request signal. Upon completing the second data transaction with the second input/output device, the first input/output device releases the request signal. The first input/output device then completes the data transfer with the host device.