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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, NY (US);
Stephen R. Burrow, Austin, TX (US);
Kulwant M. Pandey, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Patrick J. Sugrue, Georgetown, TX (US);
Thomas A. Gregg, Highland, NY (US);
Stephen R. Burrow, Austin, TX (US);
Kulwant M. Pandey, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Patrick J. Sugrue, Georgetown, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for a processor to efficiently accesses a remote First-in First-out (FIFO) buffer that is used to record event information. The access involves an interrupt mechanism when the FIFO transitions from the empty state, a mechanism for reading a FIFO entry including FIFO state information, and a mechanism for reading large areas of the FIFO while maintaining the pointers and interrupt protocols.