Patent ID: 7433983
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting a riser card by a basic input/output system, which is implemented to said basic input/output system installed on a motherboard and having a plurality of configuration information corresponding to a plurality of resource information respectively and enables said basic input/output system to perform a procedure comprising the steps of: performing a power-on self test; reading at least one resource information of said riser card installed on said motherboard and an interface card inserted into each slot of said riser card; obtaining said configuration information corresponding to said resource information in said basic input/output system based on said resource information of said riser card and said interface card; and providing said configuration information obtained to an operating system; wherein said operating system enables said riser card by said configuration information provided by said basic input/output system; wherein each said resource information comprises at least an ID of said riser card and a device number and a bus number of said interface card; and wherein each said configuration information comprises a programmable interrupt controller interrupt request (PIC IRQ) routing table, a multi-processor specification (MPS) configuration table, and an advanced configuration power interface (ACPI) configuration table.