发明名称 |
Communications interface adapter for a computer system including posting of system interrupt status |
摘要 |
To facilitate access of interrupt status information, interrupt posting status. POST-STAT registers are readable by a host driver routine to quickly supply information relating to a functional block which has given rise to an interrupt status condition. The interrupt posting status POST-STAT registers contain a summary of interrupt status information. The host driver may then read the interrupt posting status POST-STAT register corresponding to the functional block to further investigate the cause of the interrupt status. System memory includes a mirror storage of the interrupt posting status POST-STAT registers that is transferred to the mirror storage by a direct memory access (DMA) operation. Values in the system mirror storage are updated automatically when a change occurs in a value within the interrupt posting status POST-STAT registers. A host system software driver accesses the interrupt posting status POST-STAT registers via a bus access operation, changes a bit in a POST-STAT register, and monitors the result of the access and bit change in the mirror of the POST-STAT register in the system memory without a further bus read access. Advantageously, multiple accesses through the bus to verify when the written value status is correct is eliminated.
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申请公布号 |
US6085278(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.07.04 |
申请号 |
US19980089068 |
申请日期 |
1998.06.02 |
申请人 |
ADAPTEC, INC. |
发明人 |
GATES, STILLMAN F.;DAVOUDI, JAMILEH |
分类号 |
G06F13/32;(IPC1-7):G06F9/48;G06F13/14;G06F13/24 |
主分类号 |
G06F13/32 |
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