Patent ID: 7028115
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first agent having a first circuit to generate a first signal, wherein said first signal is indicative, in a first state, that said first agent is available to participate in subsequent transactions with a plurality of other agents on a bus, and wherein said first signal is indicative, in a second state, that said first agent is unavailable to participate in subsequent transactions with said plurality of said other agents; and a second agent having a second circuit coupled to receive said first signal from said first circuit, wherein when said second agent is to initiate a first transaction with said first agent, said second circuit to identify an address of said first transaction as related to said first agent and in response, said second circuit determines if said first signal from said first circuit is in said first or second state and said second agent to perform said first transaction with said first agent when said first signal is in said first state.