System and method for generating a virtual pci-type configuration space for a device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSiva RAMAKRISHNAN, Kristine KARNOS, Siddhartha NATH
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Abstract
An electronic data tablet has a controller and transition manager. The controller is to store in a memory of the tablet virtual configuration space information for a peripheral device of a computer, and the transition manager is to control the controller to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The virtual configuration space information is stored in the tablet memory when the first mode is to be switched to the second mode. When the second mode is switched to the first mode, the virtual configuration space information is accessed to control recognition of the peripheral device of the computer without performing a re-scanning operation.
Claims24
A device comprising:
- a controller to store in a memory virtual configuration space information for a peripheral device of a computer;
- and
- a transition manager to control the controller to operate in a first mode and a second mode, wherein the controller is to store the virtual configuration space information in the memory when the first mode is to be switched to the second mode, and wherein the controller is to access the virtual configuration space information when the second mode is to be switched to the first mode to control recognition of the peripheral device of the computer.
A method for controlling communication of information, comprising:
- storing virtual configuration space information for a peripheral device of a computer in a memory of an electronic device when a first mode is to change to a second mode;
- and
- accessing the virtual configuration space information from the memory of the electronic device when the second mode is to change to the first mode, wherein:
- the electronic device is to be connected to the computer in the first mode, and
- the electronic device is to be disconnected from the computer in the second mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing information for controlling communication of information, said information comprising:
- first code to store virtual configuration space information for a peripheral device of a computer in a memory of an electronic device when a first mode is to change to a second mode;
- and
- second code to access the virtual configuration space information from the memory of the electronic device when the second mode is to change to the first mode, wherein:
- the electronic device is to be connected to the computer in the first mode, and
- the electronic device is to be disconnected from the computer in the second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.