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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Jagadeesh Sankaran, Allen, TX (US);
Jeremiah E. Golston, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jagadeesh Sankaran, Allen, TX (US);
Jeremiah E. Golston, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorported, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with at least some embodiments, a system includes a processing entity configured to run multiple threads. The system also includes a direct memory access (DMA) engine coupled to the processing entity, the DMA engine being configured to track DMA in-flight status information for each of a plurality of DMA channels. The processing entity is configured to manage overlapping DMA requests to a DMA channel of the DMA engine based on said DMA in-flight status information.