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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Victor A. Garibay, Leander, TX (US);

Daniel E. Hurlimann, Austin, TX (US);

Chetan Mehta, Austin, TX (US);

Fernando Pizzano, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Thomas R. Sand, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 13/1678 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01);
Abstract

The embodiments relate to dynamically re-allocating lanes of a computer bus. A computer system having a processor in communication with a module is booted. Allocation of lanes among adapters in communication with connectors of the computer bus is controlled at boot-time and, in response to detection of an additional adapter received after boot-time, an additional allocation of lanes to the additional adapter is dynamically controlled. The additional allocation includes allocating unallocated lanes to the additional adapter, and re-allocating at least one lane from the initial allocation in response to the unallocated lanes being insufficient.


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