Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Peripheral configuration
Patent
1997-03-10
2000-09-26
Palys, Joseph E.
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Peripheral configuration
713100, G06F 1300
Patent
active
061254088
ABSTRACT:
A computer system and new method of generating peripheral device configurations in a computer system having multiple types of system resources is disclosed. The method defines a resource priority list for the system resources and configures a device a resource type at a time based on the resource type priority list. The resource priority list is a function of the number of resource items for each system resource and the available resources in the computer system. The method thus serves to minimize the number of testing or checking iterations in configuring a device, whereby significant improving device configuring and conflict resolution in a computer system.
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DeNardo John
Gibbons Tami J.
Hester Garyl L.
Hester Kenneth W.
McGee Cindy R.
Compaq Computer Corporation
Nguyen Nguyen Xuan
Palys Joseph E.
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