Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Intrasystem connection – Bus expansion or extension
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-11
2005-10-11
Vo, Tim (Department: 2112)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Intrasystem connection
Bus expansion or extension
C710S060000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06954813
ABSTRACT:
A facility is provided for hotplugging multiple adapters into a system having a bus with a plurality of adapter receiving hotplug slots. The facility includes connecting multiple hotplug adapters to multiple hotplug slots of the bus, and automatically determining a bus speed for the bus that the multiple hotplug slots and the multiple hotplug adapters connected thereto support. The automatically determining is transparent to a user of the system making the hotplug adapter connections and is independent of an order of connection of the multiple hotplug adapters to the multiple hotplug slots.
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Holley, III Edward R.
Kii Koichi
Orita Ryuji
Ruggles Christopher C.
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & & Mesiti P.C.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Radigan, Esq. Kevin P.
Raissinia, Esq. Abdy
Vo Tim
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