Enabling and disabling device images on a platform without...

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2010-04-08

2011-11-22

Tsai, Henry (Department: 2184)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Input/output expansion

C710S062000, C709S220000, C709S221000, C709S223000, C709S224000, C709S226000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08065440

ABSTRACT:
Device images, for example IDE mass storage device images, may be enabled and disabled without disrupting a host system. In one embodiment, the invention includes a memory device register to indicate the presence of a memory device to a computer system, a switch coupled to the memory device register to set the memory device register to indicate the presence of a memory device, and an external interface coupled to the switch to operate the switch.

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