| US 7,529,953 B1 | ||
| Communication bus power state management | ||
| Shaun Conrad, Hillsboro, Oreg. (US); Robert Safranek, Portland, Oreg. (US); and Selim Bilgin, Hillsboro, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/446,661. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 1/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—300 [713/1; 713/2; 713/310; 713/320; 713/321; 713/322; 713/323; 713/324; 713/330; 713/340] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A method, comprising:
transmitting a first power state change request from a master node on a bus to a first slave node on the communication bus;
receiving the first power state change request in the first slave node; and
designating the first slave node as the master node when the first slave node denies the first power state change request.
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