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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1997
Stephen S. Pawlowski, Beaverton, OR (US);
Daniel G. Lau, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kimberly C. Weier, Tigard, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention includes an apparatus, such as a bridge, for use with a computer system having a processor bus. The apparatus includes decode logic to receive through the processor bus a task priority update transaction including data representative of a task priority designation of a processor of the computer system, and to provide a signal responsive thereto. The apparatus also includes remote priority capture logic to receive the signal responsive to the task priority update transaction and update contents of the remote priority capture logic in response thereto. In another embodiment, the invention includes an apparatus for use with a computer system having a processor bus. The apparatus includes decode logic to receive through the processor bus an end-of-interrupt (EOI) transactions and to provide an EOI signal responsive thereto. The apparatus also includes an interrupt controller including a table having a state bit that is set in response to the interrupt controller receiving an interrupt signal and reset in response to the interrupt controller receiving the EOI signal.