Patent ID: 6304947
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method for loading data into a channel memory of one of a plurality of individual channels in a computer system having a multi-channel architecture, wherein the plurality of individual channels have respective channel memories and are connected by a bus, the method comprising the steps of:(a) loading data into a channel memory to be loaded;(b) distributing further data which is to be loaded into the channel memory to be loaded, into another channel memory of another one of the plurality of individual channels; and(c) reloading the data from the channel memory of the other one of the plurality of individual channels to the channel memory to be loaded via the bus said step of reloading further comprising the steps of:(c1) instructing the channel memory to be loaded to treat read transactions on the bus as write transactions; and(c2) starting a read transaction on the bus by reading the data to be loaded into the channel memory from the channel memory of another one of the plurality of individual channels,whereby the channel memory to be loaded treats the read transaction as a write transaction and stores the data applied on the bus.