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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Mark A. Schmisseur, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Deif N. Atallah, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mark A. Schmisseur, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Deif N. Atallah, Chandler, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus according to one embodiment may include an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may include a processor, a bridge, and circuitry capable of coupling the bridge and the processor to a first bus and to a second bus. The first bus may be compatible with a first bus protocol, the second bus may be compatible with a second bus protocol, and the first and second bus protocols may be different from each other. The bridge may be capable of, in response at least in part to a request from the processor, preventing a command received at the bridge via the first bus from being forwarded from the bridge to the second bus. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.