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Dynamically discovering a system topology

US7856551B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

17Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Xiaohua Cai · Shanghai, CN
Yufu Li · Bound Brook, US
Murugasamy Nachimuthu · Beaverton, US
Rahul Khanna · Portland, US
Koo Heng Daniel AW · Cupertino, US
Wenson Lin · Fremont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 5, 2007
Grant date	Dec 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F15/177
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for dynamically discovering a topology of a system having a plurality of point-to-point (PTP) links via a routine that communicates a link exchanged parameter with at least one component coupled to a system bootstrap processor (SBSP), sets a minimal set of routing infrastructure information based on the communication, and determines presence of a neighboring component to a target component based on a communication from the SBSP to the target component using the minimal set of routing infrastructure information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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