System and method of initiating multiple adaptors in parallel

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• generating an affinity table that stores option ROM execution data comprising first option ROM execution data associated with a first device, second option ROM execution data associated with a second device, and dependency data, wherein the first option ROM execution data includes at least a first parameter of a closest computer processing unit (CPU) to execute a first option ROM code and the second option ROM execution data includes at least a second parameter of a closest CPU to execute a second option ROM code;
• triggering, based on the first option ROM execution data of the affinity table, a first initialization of the first device and executing the first option ROM code during a pre-boot phase;
• and
• triggering, based on the second option ROM execution data of the affinity table, a second initialization of the second device and executing the second option ROM code during the pre-boot phase, wherein triggering the first initialization of the first device and triggering the second initialization of the second device during the pre-boot phase is performed such that at least a part of the first initialization of the first device and at least part of the second initialization of the second device are executed in parallel and in an order related to the dependency data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• generating an affinity table that stores option ROM execution data comprising first option ROM execution data associated with a first device, second option ROM execution data associated with a second device and dependency data, wherein the first option ROM execution data includes at least a first parameter of a closest computer processing unit (CPU) to execute a first option ROM code and the second option ROM execution data includes at least a second parameter of a closest CPU to execute a second option ROM code
• triggering, based on the first option ROM execution data of the affinity table, a first initialization of the first device and executing the first option ROM code during a pre-boot phase;
• and
• triggering, based on the second option ROM execution data of the affinity table, a second initialization of the second device and executing the second option ROM code during the pre-boot phase, wherein triggering the first initialization of the first device and triggering the second initialization of the second device during the pre-boot phase is performed such that at least a part of the first initialization of the first device and at least part of the second initialization of the second device are executed in parallel and in an order related to the dependency data.