
8.5 Memory-Based Directory Protocols: The SGI Origin System
601
1.
Read/RdEx request
1:
Read/RdEx request
2b:
Intervention
2.
Shared
or
exclusive response
(a)
A
read
or
read-exclusive request to
a
block
in
unowned state at the directory
or
a read
request
to
a block
in
shared state. An exclusive
response is sent even
in
the read case
if
the
block is in unowned state
at
the directory so
that
it
may be loaded
in
E
rather than
S
state
in
the cache.
Read/RdEx/Upgrade request
2.
NACK
(c) Read/RdEx request to directory in busy
state
or
upgrade request
to
directory
in
busy, unowned,
or
exclusive states.
1.
Write back
2.
Acknowledgment
(e) Write-bac ...