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US 6,553,439 B1Granted
Remote configuration access for integrated circuit devices
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Greger, Eric R. Wehage, Toshiyuki Sakuta
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Abstract
A local integrated circuit device provides remote configuration access to one or more remote integrated circuit devices. The local integrated circuit device receives configuration access requests through at least two interfaces. The local integrated circuit device accesses a configuration space of one or more remote integrated circuit devices in accordance with the received configuration access requests.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- receiving by a local integrated circuit device configuration access requests through one of at least two interfaces using a first communication protocol;
- and
- accessing a configuration space of one or more remote integrated circuit devices in accordance with the received configuration access requests, but using a second communication protocol which is different than the first communication protocol.
An integrated circuit device comprising:
- at least two interfaces to receive configuration access requests, wherein one of the at least two interfaces uses a first communication protocol;
- and
- accessing circuitry to access a configuration space of one or more remote integrated circuit devices in accordance with the received configuration access requests, but to use a second communication protocol which is different than the first communication protocol.
A system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of remote integrated circuit devices having respective configuration spaces;
- and
- (b) a local integrated circuit device comprising:
- (i) at least two interfaces to receive configuration access requests, wherein one of the at least two interfaces uses a first communication protocol;
- and
- (ii) accessing circuitry to access the configuration space of at least one of the plurality of remote integrated circuit devices in accordance with the received configuration access requests, but to:
- use a second communication protocol which is different than the first communication protocol.
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A system comprising:
- (a) one or more processors;
- (b) memory;
- (c) one or more input/output devices;
- (d) one or more remote integrated circuit devices having respective configuration spaces;
- and
- (e) a local integrated circuit device comprising:
- (i) at least two interfaces to receive configuration access requests, wherein one of the at least two interfaces uses a first communication protocol;
- and
- (ii) accessing circuitry to access the configuration space of at least one of the one or more remote integrated circuit devices in accordance with the received configuration access requests, but to use a second communication protocol which is different than the first communication protocol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.