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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
San A Phong, Cerritos, CA (US);
John E. Maroney, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4081 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for configuring multi-line serial computer expansion bus communication links. A controller for a data storage device may receive one or more signals indicative of bifurcation settings from a configuration component or a host bus adapter may provide one or more signals indicative of bifurcation settings to the controller. The controller may receive configuration data from the BIOS based on the one or more signals and may configure the multi-line serial computer expansion bus communication links based on the configuration data.