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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Simon Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard Christopher Fore, Apex, NC (US);
Dean Alan Kalman, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Victor Miller, Cary, NC (US);
Sujatha Pothireddy, Apex, NC (US);
Robert Paul Rowe, Cary, NC (US);
Marty Eugene Turner, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for indexing adapters within a data processing system where the data processing system contains multiple existing adapters, where each of the multiple existing adapters is identified by particular indexing data. All adapters within the data processing system are scanned. A determination of whether or not any additional adapters have been added to the data processing system in addition to the multiple existing adapters is made. Particular indexing data is assigned to any additional adapters in response to determining that additional adapters have been added to the data processing system, where any additional adapters added to the data processing system are indexed into the data processing system without changing the particular indexing data of each of the multiple existing adapters.