One of the possible responses by the bus is to respond with a "NACK" to P1, so it can go do something else productive (if that is possible) rather than simply stalling (another alternative).
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I think that if the only operation the processor has is the read X, then a NACK wouldn't really help here as it'll remain waiting.
One of the possible responses by the bus is to respond with a "NACK" to P1, so it can go do something else productive (if that is possible) rather than simply stalling (another alternative).
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I think that if the only operation the processor has is the read X, then a NACK wouldn't really help here as it'll remain waiting.
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