Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining locations of interconnected processing modules and for verifying consistency of interconnect wiring of processing modules
US7984136B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/006
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically determining locations of interconnected processing modules are disclosed. Physical identifiers are determined for each of a plurality of processing modules connected to each other in a linear topology. Communications are iteratively disabled with each of the processing modules. Discover messages are sent to active, reachable processing modules and responses are received from the active processing modules that receive the discover messages. Based on the number of responses, the location of each processing module is determined.
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