Patent ID: 7191268
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting communication between a host processor of a system on chip and a plurality of external devices wherein the communication comprises a plurality of signals in a plurality of protocols, the method comprising: determining a first protocol associated with a first signal; based at least on the determining of the first protocol, suspending an active data-related transmission of a second signal being conducted in a second protocol over a shared data path to allow for a data-related transmission of the first signal over the shared data path; based at least on the first protocol, configuring and driving at least some of the control-related transmissions of the first signal via a protocol-specific group of control pins; and configuring and driving at least some of the control-related transmissions of the first signal via a protocol-shared group of control pins capable of conducting control-related signals related to at least some of the plurality of protocols.