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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Asif H. Haswarey, Newark, CA (US);
Francesco R. Dimambro, San Jose, CA (US);
Sumanth R. Kamatala, Milpitas, CA (US);
Anil Umarshi Visariya, Mountain View, CA (US);
David M. Kahn, Princeville, HI (US);
Asif H. Haswarey, Newark, CA (US);
Francesco R. DiMambro, San Jose, CA (US);
Sumanth R. Kamatala, Milpitas, CA (US);
Anil Umarshi Visariya, Mountain View, CA (US);
David M. Kahn, Princeville, HI (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An enhanced VPD structure includes a type field to indicate whether a particular property is a general property to be associated with an interface card or other computer system component, or a device- or function-specific property to be associated with one or more devices or functions. The enhanced VPD structure also includes fields for identifying the device(s) and/or function(s) to which a device- or function-specific property applies, along with the value of the property, a data type and length of the property, and a meaningful name of the property. The enhanced VPD structure may be accessed during system boot, during hot-swapping of an interface card or other component, or at other times.