Patent ID: 7673090
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of adding one or more caching agents to a running computing device, comprising: identifying the one or more caching agents provided by a hot plug module in response to the hot plug module being physically coupled to the running computing device; adding the identified caching agents of the hot plug module to a resource pool of the running computing device; and enabling a communication interface on the hot plug module to establish a communication link with the running computing device; wherein said identifying the one or more caching agents includes identifying memory of the hot plug module in response to the hot plug module being physically coupled to the running computing device, and, said adding the identified caching agents of the hot plug module to the resource pool includes adding the identified memory of the hot plug module to a memory pool of the running computing device to increase the memory pool from which memory is allocated to processes.