US 11,106,624 B2Granted

System and method for generation of configuration descriptors for a chipset

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorAnh Dinh Luong

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Abstract

A method is provided to generate a configuration descriptor for a chipset in a computing unit. The method includes determining, by one or more processors, a plurality of desired interface configurations for the chipset and for each of the one or more desired interface configurations, determining one or more ports of the chipset and corresponding platform connectors that satisfy features of the each of the one or more of the desired interface configurations based on a chipset description and a platform description. The method further includes assigning a port from among the determined one or more ports to the each of the one or more of the desired interface configurations and generating a chipset configuration descriptor based on the assigning of ports to each of the one or more desired interface configurations. In some embodiments, the chipset is initialized based on the configuration descriptor.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), a plurality of desired interface configurations that are based on a current configuration of a plurality of components that are currently included in a computing unit and that are provided for a chipset that is included in the plurality of components;
identifying, by the BIOS, each of the plurality of the desired interface configurations and, for each of the plurality of the desired interface configurations:
determining one or more ports on the chipset and corresponding connectors in a computing unit platform that satisfy features of that desired interface configuration based on a description of the chipset and a description of the computing unit platform;
and
assigning a port from among the determined one or more ports to that desired interface configuration;
generating, by the BIOS, a chipset configuration descriptor based on the assigning of ports to each of the plurality of desired interface configurations;
and
initializing, by the BIOS using the chipset configuration descriptor, the chipset.

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A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory;
and
one or more processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute instructions to cause the system to provide a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) that is configured to:
receive a plurality of desired interface configurations that are based on a current configuration of a plurality of components that are currently included in a computing unit and that are provided for a chipset that is included in the plurality of components;
identify each of the plurality of desired interface configurations and, for each of the plurality of the desired interface configurations:
determine one or more ports on the chipset and corresponding connectors in a computing unit platform that satisfy features of that respective desired interface configuration based on a description of the chipset and a description of the computing unit platform;
and
assign a port from among the determined one or more ports to that respective desired interface configuration;
and
generate a chipset configuration descriptor based on the assigning of ports to each of the plurality of desired interface configurations;
and
initializing, using the chipset configuration descriptor, the chipset.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/400,715Filed 1 May 2019
Published: US 2020/0349103 A15 Nov 2020
Granted: 31 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 15/7871
With reconfigurable architecture: reconfiguration support, e.g. configuration loading, configuration switching, or hardware OS
G06F 8/65
Software deployment: updates
G06F 9/4401
Arrangements for executing specific programs: bootstrapping
G06F 9/4411
Bootstrapping: configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers