Patent ID: 11874878
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A computer system for replacing components of a data processing system comprising replaceable components wherein the replaceable components comprise a data storage for computer-readable customization data representing respective functional capabilities, and wherein the functional capabilities can be enabled or disabled for use in the data processing system, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer-readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to:
detect a newly added component at a specific location in the data processing system and customization data indicating respective functional capabilities for the newly added component;
determine a last known type of component used in the specific location;
determine whether previous customization data exists in data storage, wherein the previous customization data indicates one or more functional capabilities corresponding to the last known type of component used in the specific location in the data processing system; and
responsive to determining that previous customization data exists in data storage:
erase the previous customization data in data storage;
enable the respective functional capabilities of the newly added component; and
replace the previous customization data by storing the customization data of the newly added component together with data representing the specific location within the data processing system of the newly added component.