| US 7,373,444 B2 | ||
| Systems and methods for manipulating entries in a command buffer using tag information | ||
| Shigehiro Asano, Yokosuka (Japan); and Tsutomu Ishii, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 15, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/106,791. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0236008 A1, Oct. 19, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—110 [710/310] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method implemented in a first slave device that is coupled to one or more additional devices including at least one master
device through a bus, the method comprising:
the first slave device receiving a read command;
the first slave device assigning a slave-generated tag (s-tag) value to the read command; and
the first slave device storing the read command in a buffer in the first slave device at a location for which the s-tag value
is an index value.
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