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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Christopher Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);
SMSC Holdings S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
Various techniques are provided for hosting storage media devices using multi-port devices having a plurality of ports. For example, in one embodiment, a method of operating a multi-port device includes detecting whether a host device or a storage media device is connected to a first port of the multi-port device or a second port of the multi-port device. The method also includes, if the host device is connected to the first port, configuring the first port as a slave port and operating the multi-port device as a slave hosted by the host device. The method also includes, if the host device is connected to the second port and the storage media device is connected to the first port, configuring the first port as a host port and hosting the storage media device from the multi-port device.