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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Adrian P. Glover, Katy, TX (US);
Brent Yardley, Hillsboro, OR (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and methodology for effectively managing, without interrupting the overall system, the power and control logic of the system during the removal, insertion and programming of programmable components that control the logic. The system and methodology detect a removal of a first programmable component from its socket and switch at least one control signal from being driven by the first programmable component to being driven by the second programmable component. Upon detecting an insertion of the first programmable component into its socket, the system and methodology switch the at least one control signal from being driven by the second programmable component to being driven by the first programmable component.