Patent ID: 6950897

Claim:
A method for providing accurate transaction output for dual mode PCI/PCI-X devices initiated in a computer system, wherein the method comprises the acts of: (a) receiving an input signal from a requesting device, wherein the input signal is transmitted through a PCI/PCI-X bus to a bridge; (b) transmitting the input signal to a core logic device in a PCI functional path, if the input signal is initiated by a PCI device; (c) transmitting the input signal to the core logic device in a PCI-X functional path, if the input signal is initiated by a PCI-X device; (d) transmitting an output signal from the core logic device to the PCI/PCI-X bus in the PCI functional path, if the input signal was initiated by a PCI device; and (e) transmitting the output signal from the core logic device to the PCI/PCI-X bus in the PCI-X functional path, if the input signal was initiated by a PCI-X device.