Set -up method and apparatus for auto-negotiation
OwnerYi-Ping Cheninventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a set-up method and apparatus for auto-negotiation that is used in a computer system with a network interface device to reduce the boot up time for the computer system and the complexity of boot up program. In the present invention, some of the operations of initializing the network interface card are performed while the computer system boots up to reduce the entire boot up time of the computer system. Moreover, in present invention, some of the operations in initializing the network interface card are performed by the hardware on the network interface card, which also reduces the complexity of the boot up operation of a computer system.
Claims20
A set up method for auto-negotiation for a computer system with a network interface device, said method comprising the following steps:
- a. starting said computer system;
- b. loading a predetermined set up value for auto-negotiation into an auto-negotiation advertisement register (ANAR) of a MAC of said network interface device;
- c. said network interface device determining whether restart auto-negotiation mode based on the set up value for auto-negotiation.
A set up method for auto-negotiation for a computer system with a network interface device, comprising the following steps:
- a. starting said computer system;
- b. loading a predetermined set up value for auto-negotiation into an auto-negotiation advertisement register (ANAR) of a MAC of said network interface device;
- c. said network interface device determining whether restart auto-negotiation based on the set up value for auto-negotiation.
- d. loading an operation system into said computer system;
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- e. loading a driver associated with said network interface device.
An auto-negotiation network interface device for used in a personal computer comprising:
- a media access control (MAC), having a first auto-negotiation advertisement register (ANAR);
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- a PHY device, having a second auto-negotiation advertisement register (ANAR);
- wherein said MAC loads a default set up value from a non-volatile memory into said first auto-negotiation advertisement register (ANAR) in response to an initiation signal from said personal computer and said MAC to determine whether set up said second auto-negotiation advertisement register (ANAR) and restart auto-negotiation according to said default set up value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.