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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Juan Zou, Shanghai, CN;
Kezhao Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Minjie Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Lu, Shanghai, CN;
Qing De Xia, Shanghai, CN;
Kathappan Esakkithevar, Bangalore, IN;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples relate to a computer system and to an apparatus device method, and computer program for a computer system. The apparatus comprises processing circuitry is configured to detect the presence of a peripheral device connected to the computer system. The processing circuitry is configured to add the peripheral device to a device tree managed by a firmware of the computer system, by adding a first and a second device node to the device tree, the first device node representing the peripheral device and the second device node representing a reset capability or firmware flash capability of the peripheral device.