Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of and disabling
defective bus expansion devices or Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
adapters
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of and disabling defective bus expansion devices or Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) adapters 失效
    用于检测存在和禁用有缺陷的总线扩展设备或工业标准体系结构(ISA)适配器的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5940586A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-17

    申请号:US976897

    申请日:1997-11-24

    IPC分类号: G06F13/40 G06F13/00

    CPC分类号: G06F13/409

    摘要: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enabling or disabling an ISA adapter or bus expansion device. In one embodiment of the invention, the housing slot is first checked to see whether the device is installed. If the device is installed and is malfunctioning or defective, the device is then isolated or disabled to allow the system to continue to operate. In another embodiment of the invention, a check is done to determine whether the housing slot has changed from an empty to a full status and vice versa. This check determines whether configuration status of an adapter, stored in memory, should be deleted. This check also allows for the differentiation of a PNP adapter card from a legacy adapter card.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种用于启用或禁用ISA适配器或总线扩展设备的方法和装置。 在本发明的一个实施例中,首先检查壳体槽以查看装置是否被安装。 如果设备安装并发生故障或故障,则设备将被隔离或禁用,以允许系统继续运行。 在本发明的另一实施例中,进行检查以确定壳体槽是从空状态变为完全状态,反之亦然。 此检查确定是否应删除存储在内存中的适配器的配置状态。 此检查还允许将PNP适配器卡与传统适配器卡区分开来。

    Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling address space allocation
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling address space allocation 失效
    用于动态控制地址空间分配的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5852738A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-22

    申请号:US752410

    申请日:1996-11-19

    IPC分类号: G06F12/10

    CPC分类号: G06F12/10 G06F12/1027

    摘要: A method for managing a memory address space in a memory system, the memory system having multiple block address translation entries, each entry defining a portion of the memory address space, including the steps of determining that a received virtual address references a portion of the memory address space not defined by any of the block address translation entries, reallocating at least one of the block address translation entries to define a portion of the memory address space including the received virtual address, and providing a physical address matching the virtual address by using the reallocated block address translation entries. In addition, an apparatus for managing a memory address space in a memory system, the memory system having multiple block address translation entries, each entry defining a portion of the memory address space, including apparatus for determining that a received virtual address references a portion of the memory address space not defined by any of the block address translation entries, apparatus for reallocating at least one of the block address translation entries to define a portion of the memory address space including the received virtual address, and apparatus for providing a physical address matching the virtual address by using the reallocated block address translation entries.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于管理存储器系统中的存储器地址空间的方法,所述存储器系统具有多个块地址转换条目,每个条目定义所述存储器地址空间的一部分,包括以下步骤:确定所接收的虚拟地址引用所述存储器的一部分 地址空间未由任何块地址转换条目定义,重新分配块地址转换条目中的至少一个以定义包括接收到的虚拟地址的存储器地址空间的一部分,以及通过使用所述虚拟地址提供与虚拟地址匹配的物理地址 重新分配块地址转换条目。 另外,一种用于管理存储器系统中的存储器地址空间的装置,所述存储器系统具有多个块地址转换条目,每个条目定义存储器地址空间的一部分,包括用于确定所接收的虚拟地址参考 没有由块地址转换条目中的任一个定义的存储器地址空间,用于重新分配块地址转换条目中的至少一个以定义包括接收到的虚拟地址的存储器地址空间的一部分的装置,以及用于提供物理地址匹配的装置 虚拟地址通过使用重新分配的块地址转换条目。

    Support for exhaustion recovery in a data processing system with memory mirroring
    10.
    发明授权
    Support for exhaustion recovery in a data processing system with memory mirroring 失效
    支持在具有内存镜像的数据处理系统中进行耗尽恢复

    公开(公告)号:US06820182B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-16

    申请号:US09691533

    申请日:2000-10-18

    IPC分类号: G06F1200

    摘要: A memory exhaustion condition is handled in a data processing system having first and second regions of physical memory. The memory exhaustion condition is detected while the second region is mirroring at least part of the first region. In response to the memory exhaustion condition, memory mirroring is at least partially deactivated and at least part of the second region is utilized to augment the first region, such that the memory exhaustion condition is eliminated. In an illustrative embodiment, the data processing system compresses real memory into the first region of physical memory, and the memory exhaustion condition arises when the first region lacks sufficient available capacity to accommodate current requirements for real memory. The memory exhaustion condition is eliminated by compressing at least part of the real memory into the second region.

    摘要翻译: 在具有物理存储器的第一和第二区域的数据处理系统中处理存储器耗尽条件。 当第二区域镜像第一区域的至少一部分时,检测存储器耗尽条件。 响应于存储器耗尽条件,存储器镜像至少部分被去激活,并且第二区域的至少一部分被用于增加第一区域,从而消除了存储器耗尽条件。 在说明性实施例中,数据处理系统将实际存储器压缩到物理存储器的第一区域中,并且当第一区域缺少足够的可用容量以适应对真实存储器的当前需求时,出现存储器耗尽状况。 通过将至少部分实际存储器压缩到第二区域来消除存储器耗尽条件。