Patent
1995-03-29
1997-05-06
Herndon, Heather R.
G06F 1500
Patent
active
056279558
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for producing a display of the hardware configuration of a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one device attached to the processor. The processor has a configuration table for defining the logical connections between the device and the processor and the system having a display device for displaying the configuration of the system. Within the processor, a configuration display memory space is created for constructing a display of the logical connections between the processor and the at least one device. The display device is able to access the configuration display memory space and display the contents of the configuration display memory space in a visually comprehensible form.
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Gnirss Manfred
Reddemann Berthold
Schuppen Walter
Buchel Rudolph
Herndon Heather R.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kinnaman Jr. William A.
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