Method and system for selecting IDE devices
AssigneeDell USA, L.P.
InventorsChristian L. Critz, Greg R. Fiebrich
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Abstract
A method which includes selecting a boot device priority sequence, and configuring—in response to the boot device priority sequence—an I/O controller such that a MASTER or SLAVE designation of at least one IDE device conforms to the boot device priority sequence. A computer system which includes at least one printed circuit board operably connecting at least one processor, at least one memory, at least one I/O controller, and at least one IDE controller; at least one IDE bus operably connecting at least two IDE device connectors with the at least one IDE controller; and at least one cable select signal pin of each of the at least two IDE device connectors operably coupled to the at least one I/O controller.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- selecting a boot device priority sequence in response to user input;
- and
- configuring, in response to the boot device priority sequence, a hardware I/O controller and logic having inverting and non-inverting outputs coupled such that a one of at least one Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) device is designated as an IDE MASTER, whereby the one designated as the IDE MASTER conforms to the boot device priority sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.