Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for accessing memory
- Patent Title (中): 访问内存的方法
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Application No.: US11774372Application Date: 2007-07-06
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Publication No.: US07870349B2Publication Date: 2011-01-11
- Inventor: Ying-Chih Lu
- Applicant: Ying-Chih Lu
- Applicant Address: TW Taipei
- Assignee: Inventec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taipei
- Agency: J.C. Patents
- Priority: TW96115831A 20070504
- Main IPC: G06F12/06
- IPC: G06F12/06

Abstract:
A method for accessing a memory is provided. The method includes entering a memory accessing mode for updating a top of low memory (TOLM) value stored in a TOLM register in a chipset of a system with a highest memory address when a memory accessing command is received. The memory accessing command requests the utilization of a memory block in a memory of the system corresponding to an address space occupied by a memory-mapped input output (MMIO) function. The system then accesses the corresponding memory block in the memory according to the address space recorded in the memory accessing command. After the access is completed, the memory accessing mode is closed and the original TOLM value is written back to the TOLM register. Therefore, the present invention can access the “MMIO memory block” to prevent a waste of the memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080276052A1 METHOD FOR ACCESSING MEMORY Public/Granted day:2008-11-06
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