Talk:Bus arbitration

Should not redirect to bus mastering
Bus mastering appears to be a different concept, that requires bus arbitration in-order to work, but is not bus arbitration in itself. As far as my understanding goes, bus arbitration is any technique used to decide which of multiple sources are currently controlling / asserting on an electrical bus, whereas bus mastering appears to be specifically computer peripherals accessing main memory over a shared computer bus, which would involve bus arbitration, but is a distinct concept.

Some sources for bus arbitration:

https://kofreels.com/what-is-bus-arbitration/

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104530868 RebeccaReitsma (talk) 08:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)