6. System Interface Operations

6.5 Master and Slave States


At any time, the System interface is either in master or slave state.

In master state, the processor drives the bidirectional System interface signals and is permitted to issue processor requests to the external agent.

In slave state, the processor tristates the bidirectional System interface signals and accepts external requests from the external agent.




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