Resolution of resource conflicts by reduction of systems to solve

A program storage device having a computer readable code embodied therein for resolving conflicts in a computer system with one or more devices and one or more system resources, wherein each of said devices has an existing configuration and one or more acceptable configurations, comprising:

• a code for providing one or more objects corresponding to each of said devices, each of said object having a move procedure and a fit procedure, said move procedure being adapted to request objects representative of other devices to move from their existing configurations, said fit procedure being adapted to fit one acceptable configuration of the object into said system resources;
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• a code for providing a first object representative of a first device to be added to said computer system, said first object being adapted to call said fit procedure to attempt to fit itself into said system resources and,
• if a non-conflicting configuration is available from said acceptable configurations for said first device, to set the configuration of said first device to said non-conflicting configuration, and
• otherwise said first object calling said move procedure to communicate with the remaining objects to request remaining devices to select another configuration from their acceptable configurations until a non-conflicting configuration is available for said first device.

A computer system having resource conflict resolution capability, said computer system having one or more system resources, comprising:

• a processor;
• a first device coupled to said processor;
• one or more second devices coupled to said processor;
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• a program storage device having a computer readable code embodied therein for resolving conflicts in a computer system with one or more devices and one or more system resources, wherein each of said devices has an existing configuration and one or more acceptable configurations, including:
• a code for providing one or more objects corresponding to each of said devices, each of said object having a move procedure and a fit procedure, said move procedure being adapted to request objects representative of other devices to move from their existing configurations, said fit procedure being adapted to fit one acceptable configuration of the object into said system resources;
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• a code for providing a first object representative of a first device to be added to said computer system, said first object being adapted to call said fit procedure to attempt to fit itself into said system resources and,
• if a non-conflicting configuration is available from said acceptable configurations for said first device, to set the configuration of said first device to said non-conflicting configuration, and
• otherwise said first object calling said move procedure to communicate with the remaining objects to request remaining devices to select another configuration from their acceptable configurations until a non-conflicting configuration is available for said first device.