| US 7,516,249 B2 | ||
| Method for automatically determining I/O connector configuration | ||
| Phuc Ky Do, Morrisville, N.C. (US); and John David Landers, Jr., Raleigh, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 25, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/671,981. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0071523 A1, Mar. 31, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—16 [710/8; 717/173; 717/178] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A method of for automatically determining a configuration of an I/O connector panel coupled to a system, the method comprising:
providing information about the capabilities of the I/O connector panel to a memory within the I/O connector panel, prior
to connecting one or more peripherals to the I/O connector panel, wherein the I/O connector panel provides different combinations
of connectors, wherein each connector provides a connection point between I/O devices and the system;
examining the information in the memory;
downloading from a network at least one driver that works with at least one I/O device capable of being supported by the I/O
connector panel; and
downloading the at least one driver to the system coupled to the I/O connector panel based upon the examined information,
wherein the at least one driver downloaded from a network comprises a family of drivers, wherein the family of drivers are
downloaded at the same time.
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