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US 6,748,478 B1Granted
System function configurable computing platform
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsBrian M. Burke, Gary A. Solomon, Nicolas Finamore, Matthew D. Theall, Matthew C. Campbell
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Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method of configuring processing resources for communication with one or more devices coupled to a data bus through a bridge. Resources at a processing system may be configured to communicate with the bridge as a transparent bridge or a non-transparent bridge depending on how the processing system may be implemented in a processing platform.
Claims38
A method comprising:
- receiving a system function signal at a circuit coupled to a processing system, the processing system being coupled to a bus configuration at a bridge, the system function signal indicating a function of the processing system from among a plurality of functions including a platform central function;
- and
- selectively configuring resources at the processing system to communicate with the bridge as one of a transparent bridge and a non-transparent bridge based upon the system function signal.
An article comprising:
- a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon for:
- receiving a system function signal at a circuit coupled to a processing system, the processing system being coupled to a bus configuration at a bridge, the system function signal indicating a function of the processing system from among a plurality of functions including a platform central function;
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- selectively configuring resources at the processing system to communicate with the bridge as one of a transparent bridge and a non-transparent bridge based upon the system function signal.
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A system comprising:
- a bus configuration, the bus configuration comprising a first bus, a second bus and a bridge coupled between the first and second busses;
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- a processing system coupled to the bus configuration, the processing system comprising:
- logic to receive a system function signal at a circuit coupled to the processing system, the system function signal indicating a function of the processing system from among a plurality of functions including a platform central function;
- and
- logic to selectively configure resources at the processing system to communicate with the bridge as one of a transparent bridge or a non-transparent bridge based upon a system function signal.
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A system board comprising:
- a processing system;
- an interface adapted for coupling to a bus in a processing platform;
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- a bridge coupled between the processing system and the interface, wherein the processing system further comprises logic to selectively configure resources at the processing system to communicate with the bridge as one of a transparent bridge and a non-transparent bridge based upon a system function signal, the system function signal indicating a function of the processing system from among a plurality of functions including a platform central function.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a system function signal at a circuit coupled to a processing system, the processing system being coupled to a bus configuration at a bridge, the system function signal indicating a function of the processing system from among a plurality of functions including a platform central function;
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- means for selectively configuring resources at the processing system to communicate with the bridge as one of a transparent bridge and a non-transparent bridge based upon the system function signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.