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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1994
Eitan Medina, Jerusalem, IL;
Simoni Ben-Michael, Givat Zeev, IL;
Yifat Ben-Shahar, Jerusalem, IL;
Niamh Darcy, Acton, MA (US);
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Abstract
A method providing automating detection of configuration between an adapter device and a DRAM device. Such a method a determines, in the adapter memory, the DRAM configuration, making it easier to change DRAM configuration in an existing board without the need to modify configuration pins in the existing board. A method for determining a configuration type in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) communications network comprising the steps of providing an ATM adapter, the ATM adapter having an ATM adapter memory, providing a DRAM device, the DRAM device having a DRAM configuration, providing a link to connect the ATM adapter and the DRAM device, assuming, in the ATM adapter memory, a first DRAM configuration, verifying the step of assuming, and repeating the steps of assuming and verifying until the first DRAM configuration is determined.