Patent ID: 7668999

Claim:
A method for retrieving information concerning the initialization of a device of an information handling system, the device including a chip, wherein the information handling system includes a motherboard and a plurality of slots coupled to the motherboard, comprising: determining where the device is coupled to the information handling system; and if it is determined that the device is coupled directly to the motherboard, retrieving from the device a set of primary information concerning the source of the chip of the device, and using the primary information in a BIOS-controlled routine for initializing the device; otherwise if it is determined that the device comprises an adapter card coupled to a slot of the plurality of slots coupled to the motherboard, retrieving from the device a set of secondary information concerning the source of the card of the device, and using the secondary information and not the primary information in a BIOS-controlled routine for initializing the device; wherein, if it is determined that the device is coupled directly to the motherboard, the secondary information is not used in the BIOS-controlled routine for initializing the device.