US 11,703,910 B2
Docking station, electrical device, and method for configuring basic input output system
Zhen-Ting Huang, Yunlin County (TW); Chun-Hao Lin, New Taipei (TW); Er-Zih Wong, Taichung (TW); and Hung-Chang Chen, Hsinchu County (TW)
Assigned to REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/868,986.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/555,659, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0079777 A1, Mar. 14, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/4072 (2013.01); G06F 13/4081 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01); G06F 2213/3808 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
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16. A method for configuring a basic input output system, comprising:
transmitting, by a network interface controller of a docking station, one or more management component transport protocol (MCTP) packets via a system management bus (SMbus);
encoding, by a dock-side controller of the docking station, the one or more MCTP packets to one or more vendor specific protocol (VSP) packets;
transmitting, via a connector interface, the one or more VSP packets to an electrical device;
decoding, by a host-side controller of the electrical device, the one or more VSP packets to the one or more MCTP packets; and
configuring a basic input output system of the electrical device according to the one or more MCTP packets.