Patent ID: 6052745
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for providing fixed length burst of data on a bus within a data processing system; the data processing system including a plurality of master devices coupled to the bus; and a plurality of slave devices coupled to the bus; the method comprising the steps of:(a) providing a maximum length information of a fixed length burst of data on a signal from at least one master device to at least one slave device when the at least one master device requests the fixed length burst of data;(b) asserting a burst termination signal by the at least one slave device one cycle prior to a last cycle in the fixed length burst based on the value of the signal; and(c) asserting a burst complete signal by the at least one slave device during the last cycle in the fixed length burst for a write burst, or one cycle prior to the last cycle in the fixed length burst for a read burst, based on the value of the signal.