Providing indirect data addressing in an input/output processing system where the indirect data address list is non-contiguous

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7890668
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12031038

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Systems, methods and computer program products for providing indirect data addressing at an I/O subsystem of an I/O processing system. The computer program product includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes receiving a control word for an I/O operation. The control word includes an indirect data address for data associated with the I/O operation. The indirect data address includes a starting location of a list of storage addresses that collectively specify the data, the list spans two or more non-contiguous storage locations. Data is gathered responsive to the list. The gathered data is transmitted to a control unit in the I/O processing system.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bendyk, Mark P Hyde Park, US 17 723
Casper, Daniel F Poughkeepsie, US 105 3368
Flanagan, John R Poughkeepsie, US 115 2866
Huang, Catherine C Poughkeepsie, US 46 1899
Kalos, Matthew J Tucson, US 266 3419
Njoku, Ugochukwu C Yonkers, US 24 864
Riedy, Dale F Poughkeepsie, US 110 939
Sittmann, Gustav E Webster Groves, US 39 2200
Yudenfriend, Harry M Poughkeepsie, US 222 4576

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