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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisato Shima, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bruce A. Fairman, Woodside, CA (US);
David Vernon James, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Smyers, San Jose, CA (US);
Glen David Stone, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kazonubu Toguchi, White Plains, NY (US);
Richard K. Scheel, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/336 ;
Abstract
A method and system for a multi-phase net refresh on a bus bridge interconnect, the interconnect comprising a number of nodes, a bus bridge, and a number of buses, are described. In one embodiment, a primary bus is acquired by communicating with other bus bridges on the buses. A secondary bus is breached to acquire the secondary bus. In addition, the primary bus and the secondary bus are committed.