PCI host, PCI master

Host is NOT a PCI term.
In PCI world, an agent that starts transaction is called a master or iniator,and an agemt that accepts transaction is called a target.
In CPU world, such as Motorola world, they are called master and slave, respectively.
In a system with CPU and PCI Bus, north bridg is often called host bridge.

posted on 2009-10-12 13:33  Homography Matrix  阅读(443)  评论(0编辑  收藏  举报

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