Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Retry mechanism in cache coherent communication among agents
- Patent Title (中): 代理之间缓存一致通信中的重试机制
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Application No.: US11282037Application Date: 2005-11-17
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Publication No.: US07529866B2Publication Date: 2009-05-05
- Inventor: James B. Keller , Sridhar P. Subramanian , Ramesh Gunna
- Applicant: James B. Keller , Sridhar P. Subramanian , Ramesh Gunna
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: P.A. Semi, Inc.
- Current Assignee: P.A. Semi, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Lawrence J. Merkel
- Main IPC: G06F13/00
- IPC: G06F13/00 ; G06F15/163

Abstract:
An interface unit may comprise a buffer configured to store requests that are to be transmitted on an interconnect and a control unit coupled to the buffer. In one embodiment, the control unit is coupled to receive a retry response from the interconnect during a response phase of a first transaction for a first request stored in the buffer. The control unit is configured to record an identifier supplied on the interconnect with the retry response that identifies a second transaction that is in progress on the interconnect. The control unit is configured to inhibit reinitiation of the first transaction at least until detecting a second transmission of the identifier. In another embodiment, the control unit is configured to assert a retry response during a response phase of a first transaction responsive to a snoop hit of the first transaction on a first request stored in the buffer for which a second transaction is in progress on the interconnect. The control unit is further configured to provide an identifier of the second transaction with the retry response.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070130410A1 Retry mechanism Public/Granted day:2007-06-07
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