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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marcus Winston, Aloha, OR (US);
Matthew A. Schnoor, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 13/102 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure may relate to the existence of a unique value associated with each PCIe function or device that is readable from two or more PCIe functions, or from a CPU running system software. Embodiments enable system software to identify which PCIe functions have private or hidden connections. In addition, embodiments may allow system software to differentiate among multiple identical instances of PCIe add-in components that have associations. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.