A METHOD OF MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS IN A BUS BRIDGE 518 INTERCONNECT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BUSES LINKS 531 527 BY AT LEAST ON BUS BRIDGE 518 THE METHOD INCLUDES RECEIVING A CHANGE INDICATION SIGNAL

摘要

A method of maintaining communications in a bus bridge interconnect including a plurality of buses (527, 529, 531, 533, 535) at least one bus bridge (516, 518, 520). The method includes receiving a change indication signal from a talker node (502), performing an address resolution protocol in response to the change indication signal to find an updated node identification address ("nodeID") for a listener node (512) using an extended unique identifier ("EUI") of the listener node, and storing the updated listener nodeID with the listener node EUI.