Bit-mapped DMA transfer with dependency table configured to monitor status so that a processor is not rendered as a bottleneck in a system

    公开(公告)号:US10372643B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US16056563

    申请日:2018-08-07

    Applicant: BITMICRO LLC

    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: A method, comprising: issuing, by a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine, an update request to a dependency table if the DMA engine has finished executing a first descriptor; and issuing, by the DMA engine, a monitoring request if the DMA engine is executing a second descriptor that depends on a completion of a data transfer so that the DMA engine can monitor a status of a selected subindex related to the data transfer, wherein the subindex is in the dependency table. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine configured to issue an update request to a dependency table if the DMA engine has finished executing a first descriptor, and configured to issue a monitoring request if the DMA engine is executing a second descriptor that depends on a completion of a data transfer so that the DMA engine can monitor a status of a selected subindex related to the data transfer, wherein the subindex is in the dependency table.

    Bit-mapped DMA transfer with dependency table configured to monitor status so that a processor is not rendered as a bottleneck in a system

    公开(公告)号:US10042799B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US15603434

    申请日:2017-05-23

    Applicant: BiTMICRO LLC

    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: A method, comprising: issuing, by a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine, an update request to a dependency table if the DMA engine has finished executing a first descriptor; and issuing, by the DMA engine, a monitoring request if the DMA engine is executing a second descriptor that depends on a completion of a data transfer so that the DMA engine can monitor a status of a selected subindex related to the data transfer, wherein the subindex is in the dependency table. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine configured to issue an update request to a dependency table if the DMA engine has finished executing a first descriptor, and configured to issue a monitoring request if the DMA engine is executing a second descriptor that depends on a completion of a data transfer so that the DMA engine can monitor a status of a selected subindex related to the data transfer, wherein the subindex is in the dependency table.

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