Patent ID: 8407330

Claim:
A method for concurrently adding multiple new nodes which have only one connected port to a previously configured interconnect comprising: detecting addition of a first new node to the interconnect by a first node that is coupled to the first new node by a first point-to-point link, the interconnect representing a bus coupling a plurality of nodes in a serial manner, wherein the first new node is a first leaf node having only one connected port; detecting addition of a second new node to the interconnect by a second node that is coupled to the second new node by a second point-to-point link, wherein the second new node is a second leaf node having only one connected port; queuing addition process for the second new node by the second node by signaling to the second new node that the addition of the second new node has been queued; processing by the first node addition of the first new node to the interconnect; and processing by the second node addition of the second new node to the interconnect after the addition of the first new node to the interconnect has been processed.