公开(公告)号：US5530887A

公开(公告)日：1996-06-25

申请号：US204692

申请日：1994-02-28

申请人： Jeffrey D. Harper ,  James C. Peterson ,  James D. Touchton ,  Wendel G. Voigt ,  Gregory M. Vrana

发明人： Jeffrey D. Harper ,  James C. Peterson ,  James D. Touchton ,  Wendel G. Voigt ,  Gregory M. Vrana

IPC分类号： G06F13/14 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F15/177 ,  G06F13/10

CPC分类号： G06F9/4411 ,  G06F12/0684 ,  G06F15/177

摘要： Data processing apparatus performs automatic hardware device identification and system setup in computer systems that have a Programmable Option Select (POS) feature, where the system includes multi-card adapters (adapters with attached daughter card(s)), and/or multi-card planar complexes (system boards with pluggable processor complexes and/or I/O risers). In particular, the apparatus uniquely identifies the aforementioned multi-card devices utilizing unique "combination type" POS IDs, where a combination type POS ID is a POS ID specifically preassigned to a combination of cards rather than to a single type of card. According to the invention, the unique combination type POS ID is partitioned across the combination of cards (for example, hardwired into each card). When the cards are combined, the partitioned ID is synthesized and becomes available to the system. The combination type ID may be used by the system to automatically identify and configure the multi-card device combination, perform diagnostics, etc., in the same manner that card type IDs are utilized to identify and configure individual feature cards in conventional systems supporting a POS type feature.

摘要翻译： 数据处理设备在具有可编程选项选择（POS）功能的计算机系统中执行自动硬件设备识别和系统设置，其中系统包括多卡适配器（具有附加子卡的适配器）和/或多卡 平面复合体（具有可插拔处理器复合体和/或I / O提升管的系统板）。 特别地，该装置使用独特的“组合型”POSID唯一地识别上述多卡装置，其中组合型POS ID是特别预先分配给卡组合而不是单一类型的卡的POS ID。 根据本发明，独特的组合类型的POS ID被划分成卡的组合（例如，硬连线到每个卡中）。 当卡组合时，分区ID被合成并变得可用于系统。 组合类型ID可以由系统使用以自动识别和配置多卡设备组合，执行诊断等，其方式与使用卡类型ID来识别和配置在支持 POS类型功能。