System and Method to Abstract Hardware Routing via a Correlatable Identifier

An information handling system includes a firmware management infrastructure. The firmware management infrastructure includes a database that identifies a correspondence between members of a set of device paths and members of a set of correlatable identifier strings. A device path represents a platf...

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Main Authors JOSHI ANAND P, BOLEN AUSTIN, SHUTT MARK W, BOYD PATRICK O, EL HAJ MAHMOUD SAMER, EDWARDS, III WILLIAM C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.07.2012
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:An information handling system includes a firmware management infrastructure. The firmware management infrastructure includes a database that identifies a correspondence between members of a set of device paths and members of a set of correlatable identifier strings. A device path represents a platform-specific reference to an object at the information handling system and a correlatable identifier string represents a platform independent reference to the object. Programs can access the database using an application programming interface.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20110987657