System for assigning snoop levels to snooper modules and selectively invoking snooper modules having specified relation to a selected snoop level for hardware detection
US5909593A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4411
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting adapter cards and associated resources in an information handling system is disclosed. Snoop levels for controlling execution of one or more snooper software modules which detect adapter cards and associated resources and for controlling allocation of resources to the snooper software modules are provided. Each snoop level allows for varying degrees of resource allocation. Snoop levels are selected in response to whether any adapter cards have been removed from or added to the computer system, thereby restricting the amount of snooping which occurs to limit the risk of resource conflicts.
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