Discovery by operating system of information relating to adapter functions accessible to the operating system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8621112
APP PUB NO 20110320637A1
SERIAL NO

12821185

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A tiered discovery capability is employed to obtain attributes regarding adapters of an I/O configuration. The first tier obtains a list of the adapter functions accessible to an operating system; the second tier obtains attributes regarding a selected adapter function of the list of adapter functions; and a third tier obtains common attributes of a group of adapter functions, the group including the selected adapter function.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coneski, Anthony F Newburgh, US 13 126
Craddock, David New Paltz, US 55 1586
Gainey,, Jr Charles W Poughkeepsie, US 140 2328
Glendening, Beth A Poughkeepsie, US 41 362
Gregg, Thomas A Highland, US 185 3822
Njoku, Ugochukwu C Yonkers, US 24 862

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