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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Han Bin Kim, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Wei-yu Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Han Bin Kim, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Wei-Yu Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for providing service processor (SP) access to registers, e.g., control and status registers (CSRs), located within hardware modules of a computer system, ensures access to the CSRs within a predetermine time period. The computer system includes a host module (HM) and a plurality of client modules (CMs). The CMs each include one or more associated registers, and each of the CMs is separately addressable. At least one of the CMs operates at a different clock frequency than the remaining CMs and includes a clock synchronizer, which provides a clock signal to facilitate reading of or writing to the associated registers of the CM by the HM.