Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Reconfiguration
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-06
2009-10-06
Connolly, Mark (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Reconfiguration
C713S001000, C713S002000, C710S008000, C710S010000, C710S104000, C710S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07600112
ABSTRACT:
A card having a first device and a second device is plugged into a root port having a predefined root port width. The first device is trained and the device lane width is determined. If the root port width is greater than the device lane width then the root port is dynamically configured via hardware strapping to include a predefined number of adjacent ports with each port having a lane width equal to the device lane width. The root port is reset to force training of the first device and the second device.
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Joshi Anand
Khatri Mukund Purshottam
Liu Wei
Connolly Mark
Dell Products L.P.
Haynes and Boone LLP
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