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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Robert E. Jeter, Jr., Morrisville, NC (US);
John W. Marshall, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffery B. Scott, Cary, NC (US);
Robert E. Jeter, Jr., Morrisville, NC (US);
John W. Marshall, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffery B. Scott, Cary, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for enabling a processor to access a memory not directly coupled to the processor. A memory request, including a request identifier field, is issued by a processor to a local memory management unit (MMU). Using the request identifier field, the local MMU determines whether the memory request should be issued by the local memory management unit (MMU) to a local memory, or should be transferred by the local MMU to a remote MMU and issued by the remote MMU to a remote memory, the remote memory associated with a different processor. In this manner, the remote MMU issues certain memory requests on behalf of the local processor and returns any results back to the local processor.