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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
Thomas S Gale, Boise, ID (US);
Patrick W Fulghum, Boise, ID (US);
Kevin N Smith, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Steven J Jahr, Granite Bay, CA (US);
James G Wendt, Auburn, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A peripheral system includes (a) a peripheral device having peripheral memory located thereon, (b) at least one input/output (I/O) card communicating with the peripheral device, and (c) a means for managing the peripheral memory between the peripheral device and the at least one I/O card. In a preferred embodiment, the means for managing the peripheral memory includes (a) a means for determining, during normal operation, an optimum amount of peripheral memory for allocating to each I/O card, and (b) a means for allocating, during normal operation, the optimum amount of peripheral memory to each I/O card. A preferred method for managing memory, between a peripheral device, having peripheral memory thereon, and at least one input/output (I/O) card, includes (a) determining, during normal operation, an optimum amount of peripheral memory for allocating to each I/O card, and (b) allocating, during normal operation, the optimum amount of peripheral memory to each I/O card.