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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijaykumar B. Kadgi, Portland, OR (US);
Venkataramani Gopalakrishnan, Folsom, CA (US);
Basavaraj B. Astekar, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Chia-Hung S. Kuo, Folsom, CA (US);
Nivedita Aggarwal, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments may include systems and methods for managing multiple ports of a computing interface. A computing device may include a connector with a power port and a data port. A connector manager may identify whether a port partner is coupled to the connector, identify an inquiry related to a status of the connector, where the inquiry may be received from a BIOS of the computing device. In addition, the connector manager may generate an indication of the status of the connector, and further transmit the indication of the status of the connector to the BIOS. A BIOS may identify that a data device coupled to the connector through a port partner is to be initialized, and further transmit to a connector manager an inquiry related to a status of the connector, before initializing the data device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.