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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Sergiy B. Yakovlev, Duluth, GA (US);
Sergiy B. Yakovlev, Duluth, GA (US);
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
Memory address resources requests are collected from devices on a bus. The requests are then sorted into descending order. For each resource request, a determination is then made as to whether the request is for a device that is behind a bridge. If the request is not for a device behind a bridge, the request is allocated. The request is also allocated if the request is for a device behind a bridge device and the request can be allocated without allocating padding. If a request is for a device behind a bridge and the request cannot be satisfied without using padding, then sufficient padding is allocated to properly align the request. An amount of padding may be allocated that satisfies the alignment requirement of the next resource request to be allocated. Requests for devices on the primary interface of the bridge device may also be satisfied from within the padding.