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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Bryan J. Thornley, Georgetown, TX (US);
Craig Chaiken, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Vinod Makhija, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew O'rourke, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Bryan J. Thornley, Georgetown, TX (US);
Craig Chaiken, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Vinod Makhija, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew O'Rourke, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method, device, and system including built-in self tests for a communication bus device is disclosed. In one form, a method of testing a device operable to be coupled to a communication port an information handling system includes accessing a configuration descriptor of a first device operable to be coupled to a communication bus of an information handling system. The method can also include detecting a self-test descriptor associated with the configuration descriptor and testing a portion of the first device using test information associated with the self-test descriptor. The device and system can include logic to perform the methods described herein.