Method and apparatus for identifying computer expansion cards

Details Method and apparatus for identifying computer expansion cards Method and apparatus for identifying computer expansion cards

2006-04-25

2006-04-25

Peyton, Tammara (Department: 2182)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral configuration

C008S094240, C008S094240, C008S102000, C008S103000, C008S109000, C008S094240, C008S094240, C713S001000, C713S002000, C713S100000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07035945

ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates identifying expansion cards installed in a computer system. The system operates by first examining a device tree for the computer system to identify nodes within the device tree that are associated with the computer expansion cards. Next, the system obtains a subset of parameters from the device tree that are associated with the computer expansion cards, and then performs a pattern match between the subset of parameters for each card and entries in an information file to identify each computer expansion card.

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