Apparatus and method for using link-tail of link list to store data pattern which is indicative of end of link list and auxiliary information
A link list processing apparatus has a storage device and a link list controller. The link list controller sets link list information, and writes the link list information into the storage device to create a link list in the storage device. The link list has a plurality of nodes each having a next node address field. The link list information includes a data pattern configured to indicate an end of the link list as well as auxiliary information. The link list controller stores the data pattern into the next node address field of a link-tail node of the link list.
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Chien-Hsiung
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