摘要 |
A method and apparatus for controlling access to a bus. A target having a period of unavailability is identified. A master device requesting access to the bus to initiate a data transfer between the master device and the target device also is identified. The master device is denied access to the bus for a delay period in response to the master device attempting to retry a data transfer with the target device, wherein the delay period is a time period after which the target device becomes available for additional transfers, wherein the bus is available to other master devices during the delay period.
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