Patent ID: 7853728
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium having code capable of being used to configure at least one device connected to a system and to communicate with a memory, wherein the code causes operations to be performed, the operations comprising: providing a plurality of segments in the computer readable storage medium to configure at least one connected device, wherein each segment includes configuration code to configure the at least one connected device; executing the segments according to a segment order by executing the configuration code in each segment to perform configuration operations with respect to the at least one connected device; indicating completion of the segment in a memory in response to completing execution of the configuration operations for the segment; determining from the memory a last completed segment in the segment order in response to recovery from a failure, wherein the failure occurred while executing a failed segment following the last completed segment in the segment ordering; determining whether execution can continue from the failed segment; and executing the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment.