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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Michael Chrabaszcz, Milpitas, CA (US);
Micron Electronics, Inc., Nampa, ID (US);
Abstract
A system for automatically configuring a computer system, after a device has been hot added to the computer system, which includes the following elements: a detection module which automatically detects a hot added device; a first configuration module which automatically configures the device; an identification module which automatically identifies a device type for the device; a location module which automatically determines the location where the device has been hot added; a driver module which automatically loads a driver corresponding to the hot added device; and a second configuration module which automatically modifies a configuration file so as to integrate the hot added device into the system.