Kenneth M Rowland

US Patent:

58900110, Mar 30, 1999

Filed:

Jan 27, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/791491

Inventors:

Antonio Abbondanzio - Austin TX
Bradley Paul Anderson - Delray Beach FL
Ronald Patrick Doyle - Raleigh NC
Kenneth Alan Rowland - Lake Worth FL
Sandra Juni Schlosser - Austin TX
Joel Leslie Smith - Round Rock TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

395829

Abstract:

A method for dynamically translating bus address within a computer system is disclosed. In accordance with the method and system of the present invention, a computer system has a multiple of buses connected in a hierarchial manner. Information concerning a bus and a device attached to a bus are stored in a Hardware Namespace. In response to a request for an access to a device attached to one of the buses for the first time, a determination is made from the Hardware Namespace as to whether or not there is resource available for the device in a parent bus of the device. If there is resource available in the parent bus for the device, another determination is made from the Hardware Namespace as to whether or not the resource is exclusively allocated in the parent bus for the device. If the resource is exclusively allocated in the parent bus for the device, the device is configured according to the available resource. If the resource is not exclusively allocated in the parent bus for the device, the process resolves through each level of buses in the hierarchy until a bus having a resource that can be allocated for the device is found such that the device can be added to any one of the buses within the computer system independent of bus technology.