Patent ID: 8214541
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information handling system comprising: at least one processing resource; a first host bus in communication with the processing resource; a plurality of peripheral component devices in communication with the first host bus, the peripheral component devices having a defined path with respect to the first host bus; a Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) in communication with the first host bus; a static table accessed by the BIOS, the static table listing a path for each of the plurality of peripheral component devices and a corresponding path-based device signature for each peripheral component device; wherein the path-based device signature comprises an enumeration value field, an embedded device number field, a slot number field, and an instance number field that corresponds to the peripheral component device and a function; and the BIOS configured to identify a path of a peripheral component device and determine the corresponding path-based device signature for identifying the peripheral component.