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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Kevin B. Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
Tuan A. Pham, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jason W. Whiteman, Cypress, TX (US);
Kevin B. Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
Tuan A. Pham, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jason W. Whiteman, Cypress, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method of automatically switching control of a bus in a processor-based device is provided. In a server, control of a bus is automatically switched from a controller mounted on the system board to a controller located on an optional expansion card upon connection of the expansion card to the system board. Automatic switching includes isolating the on-board controller from the bus and appropriately terminating any transmission line ends on the bus resulting from the establishment of the alternative control path.