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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2000
David V. James, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bruce Fairman, Woodside, CA (US);
Richard Scheel, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and system for quarantine during bus topology configuration are described. In one embodiment, the invention is a method. The method includes quarantining a set of devices coupled to a bus. The method further includes establishing a topology of the bus. The method may also include receiving a reset signal and quarantining in response to the reset signal. In an alternate embodiment, the invention is a system. The system includes a bus having a reset signal and a plurality of data signals. The system also includes a set of devices, with each device of the set of devices coupled to the bus. The system further includes a controller. The controller having a memory configured to store device identifiers corresponding to the devices of the set of devices. The memory further configured to store quarantine information relating to the devices of the set of devices.