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US 2004/0003145 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to transfer information
OwnerEyal Schneiderman, Motti Moscovichinventors
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Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus to transfer information is provided, wherein the method includes monitoring activity on a bus during a transfer of information from a device using the bus and generating a direct memory access (DMA) request based on the bus activity.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- monitoring activity on a bus during a transfer of information from a device using the bus;
- and
- generating a direct memory access (DMA) request based on the activity on the bus.
A method, comprising:
- using a direct memory access (DMA) controller to transfer information from a non-DMA device.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first device adapted to determine if a transfer of information from a second device is complete and adapted to generate a direct memory access (DMA) request if the transfer of the information from the second device is complete.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor;
- a bus coupled to the processor;
- a first device coupled to the bus;
- and
- a second device adapted to monitor the bus to determine if a transfer of information from the first device is complete and adapted to generate a direct memory access (DMA) request if the transfer of the information from the second device is complete.
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