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2008-06-24

2008-06-24

Peyton, Tammara (Department: 2182)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral configuration

C710S009000, C710S010000, C710S015000, C710S016000, C710S017000, C710S018000, C710S019000, C710S035000, C710S317000, C709S220000, C709S222000, C455S418000, C712S020000, C712S022000

Reexamination Certificate

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07392329

ABSTRACT:
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices is provided. The method comprises establishing a status block for a plurality of devices that are implemented on a system, and initiating an action for a portion of the plurality of devices. The method further comprises writing information to the status block identifying that the action was initiated, and based at least in part on the information written to the status block, applying the action to all of the plurality of devices.

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