System and method for configuring an endpoint based on specified valid combinations of functions
US7529860B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4027
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for registering combinations of physical and/or virtual functions for configuring an endpoint are provided. With the system and method, a mechanism informs a management component of a multifunction endpoint's functional combinations. The management component may then use this information to select the functional combinations that are to be made visible to each system image. The informing of the management component may be performed by writing values to various predefined fields in a configuration space for a physical or virtual function that provides information regarding the number of virtual functions supported, the combination of functions supported, a nominal combination of virtual functions to be used by the physical function, and a group identifier for identifying which functions are linked in a combination grouping.
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