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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Christopher M. Giles, Lafayette, CO (US);
Simon Bewick, Finchampstead, GB;
Kalvin E. Williams, Thatcham, GB;
Christopher M. Giles, Lafayette, CO (US);
Simon Bewick, Finchampstead, GB;
Kalvin E. Williams, Thatcham, GB;
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit generally comprising a plurality of master modules and a supervisor module is disclosed. The supervisor module may be configured to (i) detect a target address and a particular master module of the master modules initiating a transaction on a bus, (ii) identify a predetermined authorization in response to the particular master module, the target address and a current security mode of at least three security modes and (iii) subvert the transaction in response to the predetermined authorization restricting the transaction.