Patent ID: 9128920
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A bridge comprising: a plurality of buses; a memory; a component module configured to transfer data between a host control module and a network device via the memory and the plurality of buses; an interface connected between the memory and the network device and configured to transmit status information to the memory via one of the plurality of buses, wherein the status information indicates completion of a last data transfer between the network device and the host control module; and an interrupt module configured to (i) subsequent to the status information being transmitted to the memory, detect a first interrupt generated by the network device, and (ii) in response to the first interrupt, transmit an interrupt message to the component module via the memory and the one of the plurality of buses, wherein the component module is configured to, based on the interrupt message, generate a second interrupt detectable by the interrupt module, and wherein the second interrupt indicates completion of data transfer between the network device and the host control module.