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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Lily Pao Looi, Portland, OR (US);
Stanley Steven Kulick, Portland, OR (US);
Dean a Mulla, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashish Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Pflederer, San Jose, CA (US);
Shivnandan D. Kaushik, Portland, OR (US);
Mohan J. Kumar, Aloha, OR (US);
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
Lily Pao Looi, Portland, OR (US);
Stanley Steven Kulick, Portland, OR (US);
Dean A Mulla, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashish Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Pflederer, San Jose, CA (US);
Shivnandan D. Kaushik, Portland, OR (US);
Mohan J. Kumar, Aloha, OR (US);
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a processor, an expander memory bridge location, a memory coupled to the expander memory bridge location, and a bus controller including intercept logic to intercept and block communication from the processor to the expander memory bridge location and to emulate an expander memory bridge. In some embodiments, a method includes intercepting and blocking a status request to a device, regardless of whether the device is installed, and responding to the status request.