发明名称 SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AND INITIALIZING A COMPUTER PERIPHERAL
摘要 A system (800), device, and method allowing a host device (102) to communica te with, and initialize, an uninitialized peripheral device includes, on the peripheral device (300), logic for storing a separat e mask corresponding to each of a plurality of memory locations, and logic, responsive to a request for reading a memory location, for outputting a bit-wise exclusive-OR of data stored in the memory location and the corresponding mask, the mask is equal to a bit-wise exclusi ve- OR of a predetermined configuration value and a preset value, if the memory location is not preprogrammed with configuration information, the bit-wise exclusive-OR of the data stored in the host device is able to communicate with the peripheral device, the host devi ce programs the peripheral device by storing in the memory location a new data value equal to the bit-wise exclusive-OR of a new configuration value and the corresponding mask.
申请公布号 CA2334280(C) 申请公布日期 2004.02.24
申请号 CA19992334280 申请日期 1999.04.09
申请人 ATMEL CORPORATION;MOTOROLA, INC. 发明人 TANN, CHRISTOPHER;MITRA, RAJAT K.
分类号 G06F9/445;G06F11/22;G06F15/177;(IPC1-7):G06F9/00;G06F7/06;G06F11/10 主分类号 G06F9/445
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