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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1998
Martin Mayhead, Fleet, GB;
Emrys J. Williams, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A module for a modular system includes requirement indicators defining features of a component required for the module to operate, capability indicators defining features provided by the module and ability indicators defining features of the component acceptable to the module. The combination of the requirements, compatibility and ability indicators provides a very flexible structure for indicating and testing requirements and capabilities in that it permits the designation of requirements, capabilities and the capability to accept inverted capabilities. A variable number of the requirement, capability and ability indicators can be provided to accommodate future requirements. Verification logic is operable to determine compatibility when defined relationships between the requirement, capability and ability indicators for the module and an interconnected component are met. One of the module and the component can be a system component such as a mother board.