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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Kevin B. Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
John D. Nguyen, Cypress, TX (US);
James R. Duncan, Houston, TX (US);
Binh Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin B. Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
John D. Nguyen, Cypress, TX (US);
James R. Duncan, Houston, TX (US);
Binh Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present technique, a system and method for configuring pins of an input/output (I/O) card in a host system are provided. The method includes reading configuration information from a card field replaceable unit memory and reading system configuration information from a system field replaceable unit memory. Additionally, the method includes configuring pins of a system logic of the host system to be compatible with the I/O device of the I/O card, and configuring pins of an I/O device on the I/O card to in turn configure the pins of the I/O card with a configuration setting compatible with the host system.