Support for non-standard device containing operating system data

A method comprising:

• identifying a peripheral device that is coupled with a first bus, the peripheral device being a standard peripheral device according to a PCI (peripheral component interconnect) standard;
• associating the standard peripheral device with operating system data of a non-standard peripheral device that is coupled with a second bus, wherein the operating system data is not bootable for any non-standard peripheral device according to a system BIOS (basic input output system);
• and
• based on the association of the PCI standard peripheral device with the operating system data of the non-standard peripheral device, dispatching the operating system data of the non-standard peripheral device to memory as data in accordance with the PCI standard.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a first bus, the first bus being in compliance with a PCI (peripheral component interconnect) standard;
• a first device that is not compliant with the PCI standard, the first device being coupled with a second bus, the first device containing operating system data, wherein the operating system data is not bootable for the computer system with any device that is not compliant with the PCI standard according to a BIOS (basic input output system) of the computer system;
• a plurality of devices in compliance with the PCI standard, each of the plurality of devices being coupled with the first bus, the plurality of devices including a second device to be associated with the operating system data from the first device, the processor recognizing the operating system data as being operating system data in accordance with the PCI standard because of the association of the second device with the operating system data;
• and
• a memory to receive the operating system data from the first device.

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a PCI (peripheral component interconnect) standard peripheral device on a first bus;
• associating the PCI standard peripheral device with operating system data contained in a non-standard peripheral device, wherein the operating system data is not bootable for any non-standard peripheral device according to a system BIOS (basic input output system);
• and
• based on the association of the PCI standard peripheral device with the operating system data of the non-standard peripheral, dispatching the operating system data of the non-standard device to memory as data in accordance with the PCI standard.