Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Peripheral configuration
Patent
1997-10-30
1999-10-19
Lee, Thomas C.
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Peripheral configuration
710 8, 710 10, 710 3, 710 5, G06F 1300
Patent
active
059681390
ABSTRACT:
A computer system is described in which a table created in memory includes drive description data for one or more IDE devices included in the system. A command intercept circuit is described which intercepts device-identification commands and reroutes the device-identification operation to memory. The command intercept circuit includes an address decode circuit which asserts a first control signal upon decoding an address corresponding with the one or more IDE devices. A command decode circuit responds to the asserted first control signal to decode data and asserts a second control signal when the decoded data corresponds with a device-identification command. An address generator responds to the asserted second control signal to generate a memory address where the drive description data table is stored.
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Kim Harold J.
Lee Thomas C.
Micron Electronics Inc.
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