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System for allocating resources in a computer system
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Inventors: Wilson, Marc D.; Lipe, Ralph A.; Santerre, Pierre-Yves;
Assignee: Microsoft Corp. (Redmond, WA)
Primary Examiner: Lao; Sue
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
A system for allocating resources for use by devices of a computer. Device information for the devices of the computer is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operation of those devices with the computer. A list of device configurations is constructed in response to the collection of device information. Each device is represented by at least one device configuration, which defines the resource element requirements for the corresponding device. Computer resources, which support the functions of the devices within the computer, are allocated based upon the device configurations and the availability of the desired resources. This allocation process prevents a potential conflicting use of computer resources by the installed devices. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Problems associated with the manual installation and configuration of adapter boards and peripheral devices for computers are solved by the principles of the present invention.
The present invention provides a system for allocating resources to support conflict-free operation by the components of a computer.
The present invention addresses the needs of computer users by supplying a computer-implemented process for allocating resources for use by devices of a computer and for supporting dynamic configuration changes of the computer.
A system constructed in accordance with the present invention allocates resources for use by devices of a computer.
The computer includes various resources, including interrupts, direct memory access (DMA) channels, memory addresses, and input/output (I/O) ports, at least one system bus, and devices.
System busses are components that supply physical connections to devices.
Each of the devices is connected to one of the system busses of the computer.
The system busses can be compatible with a variety of bus architectures, including the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) and Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus standards, as well as Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA), Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), Personal Computer Interface (PCI), Enhanced Capabilities Parallel (ECP), Vesa Local Bus (VL), Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE), and other bus standards.
Devices supply the functions of system-level components, such as fixed and floppy disk controllers, display, keyboard, and mouse controllers, and serial and parallel controllers, and implement the functions offered by numerous add-on type adapter boards and peripheral devices.
Briefly described, device information is collected for each of the devices of the computer.
This device information acquisition process permits the unique identification of the devices and the description of device characteristics associated with the operation of devices with the computer
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