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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Shiraz A. Qureshi, Rocklin, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shiraz A. Qureshi, Rocklin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for discovering I/O bus capabilities. Specifically, a system is described for discovering I/O bus capabilities on a computer system. The system includes an ACPI name space, a first ACPI interface, and a second ACPI interface. The ACPI name space details hardware configuration in the computer system. The first ACPI interface in the ACPI name space details current capabilities of an I/O bus that is communicatively coupled to an I/O slot. The second ACPI interface details a list of all the capabilities of the I/O bus that supports the I/O slot.