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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Justin L. Gaither, Austin, TX (US);
Amjad Odet-Allah, Austin, TX (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing an optical transceiver includes processing that begins by transceiving management data with modules external to the optical transceiver. The processing then continues by converting the management data transceived with the external modules between a 1 data format (e.g., MDIO interface compatible) and a generic data format (e.g., a format convenient for reading data to and writing data from a random access memory). The processing continues by transceiving management data with modules internal to the optical transceiver. The processing continues by converting the management data transceived with the internal modules between the generic data format and a 2 data format (e.g., I C). The processing continues by arbitrating access to a shared memory, which stores the management data in the generic format, between requests from internal modules via the second controller and requests from external modules via the first controller.