Data processing method and apparatus for verifying adapter description file choices
US5319770A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/177
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing system has a microprocessor for executing programs useful in installing adapters having programmable option select (POS) registers. An adapter description file (ADF) stores a list of possible choices which define system resources usable by the adapter. An adapter description program (ADP) verifies certain of the choices. A configuration program then selects a valid choice and stores it in a non-volatile memory from where it can be read upon subsequent system startups into the POS registers.
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