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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Richard S. Lin, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey K. Jeansonne, Houston, TX (US);
Walter G. Fry, Houston, TX (US);
Richard S. Lin, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey K. Jeansonne, Houston, TX (US);
Walter G. Fry, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In at least some embodiments, a method comprises receiving an external card detection signal that indicates that a hot-pluggable card is coupled to a computer system and activating at least one reference clock signal of a scalable reference clock platform based on the external card detection signal. The method further comprises synchronizing clock signals embedded in data packets transmitted between the hot-pluggable card and the computer system with another clock signal bases on the at least one reference clock signal.