| 摘要 |
A system and method providing address broadcast synchronization using multiple switches. The system for concurrently providing addresses to a plurality of devices includes a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is coupled to receive address requests from a first plurality of sources. The first switch is configured to output the address request from the first plurality of sources. The second switch is coupled to receive address requests from a second plurality of sources. The second switch is configured to receive the address request from the first plurality of sources from the first switch. The second switch is further configured to delay the address request from the second plurality of sources prior to arbitrating between ones of the address request from the second plurality of sources and ones of the address request from the first party of sources received from the first switch. The second switch selects a selected address request, and the first and the second switch are further configured to broadcast concurrently a corresponding address to the selected address request. A method is also contemplated for concurrently providing addresses to a plurality of devices. A method of arbitrating in a first switch and a second switch between requests to the first switch and the second switch is disclosed where the arbitrated outcomes in both the first switch and the second switch are identical.
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