Patent ID: 6598104
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computer system including a bus, a master device, a plurality of slave devices and a single arbiter coupled to said bus, said arbiter adapted to regulate access to said bus by said master device and said plurality of slave devices, said arbiter further adapted to communicate via said bus, it smart retry method comprising the steps of:a.) upon receiving at one of said plurality of slave devices a data transfer request from a master device, said one of said plurality of slave devices generating a first signal; b.) receiving said first signal at a logic system, said logic system adapted to prevent access by said master at each said one of said plurality of slave devices, wherein said logic system is also adapted to prevent access by said master to said bus; c.) said logic system preventing said master device from accessing said one, of said plurality of slave devices until said one of said plurality of slave devices generates a second signal.