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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Stillman Gates, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Adaptec, Inc., Milipitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A source module, a destination module, or both modules, that are used in a data transfer, signal over an internal communication bus to a bus master when the addressed storage location in the data transfer comprises a single point address type memory, the addressed module drives an active signal on an address increment disable line in the control bus. In response to the active signal on the address increment disable line, the bus master inhibits changing the address for the duration of the data transfer. The module also drives an active signal on an expansion address off boundary line in the control bus when an internal expansion address of the module is not aligned with a natural boundary of a data bus of the internal communication bus to allow the bus master to adjust the width of the data transfer.