Patent ID: 6167459
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for reassigning addresses, comprising the steps of:providing, with a first processing unit, at least two base addresses for addressing devices, and a plurality of alias addresses, wherein an alias address associated with a base address provides an address for addressing the device addressed by the base address;processing, with the first processing unit, a command, transmitted from a second processing unit, to reassign an alias address from a first base address to a second base address, wherein the first base address addresses a first device and the second base address addresses a second device;indicating, with the first processing unit, that the alias address to reassign is not associated with the first base address and is associated with the second base address, wherein the second device addressed by the second base addresses is capable of being addressed by the reassigned alias address; andsignaling, with the first processing unit, the second processing unit after the first processing unit indicates that the alias address was reassigned from the first base address to the second base address.