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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Janko Boehm, Ehningen, DE;
Herwig Gustav Elfering, Baden-Baden, DE;
Thomas Hess, Bad Liebenzell, DE;
Daniel Metz, Muggensturm, DE;
Inventors:
Janko Boehm, Ehningen, DE;
Herwig Gustav Elfering, Baden-Baden, DE;
Thomas Hess, Bad Liebenzell, DE;
Daniel Metz, Muggensturm, DE;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling a plurality of I/O devices being attached to a microprocessor by a special number and type of interfaces is provided. A generic configurable chip is connected to the I/O space of said microprocessor, said generic chip comprising a switch matrix being adapted to assign said special number and type of interfaces to each specific device when initializing said device.