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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W LaFollette, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jerrold V Hauck, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710-8 ; 710 10 ; 709221 ; 709227 ;
Abstract
A method for hindering a first type of node from becoming an arbitration controller during a tree identification process is described. The method includes sending a first request from a first node to a second node. The response to the first request is delayed by establishing a parent-child relationship between a third node and the second node, the second and third nodes being the first type of node. A response is then sent, establishing the second node as the child of the first node. Afterward, the first node is designated as the bus arbitration controller.