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Processing other incoming COHE_REPLYs

For other coherence replies, the directory uses state DIRCOHEREP. The operation of the directory in these cases depends on whether the response is a positive acknowledgment or a negative acknowledgment (as indicated by the s.reply field of the message).





Vijay Sadananda Pai
Thu Aug 7 14:18:56 CDT 1997