Heterogeneous model information automatic configuring method based on GPIO (general purpose input/output)

Abstract

The invention discloses a heterogeneous model information automatic configuring method based on GPIO (general purpose input / output). The configuring steps are as follows; (1) a group of model configuration selection switch jumper wires is arranged on mainboard hardware and is connected with the GPIO of a PCH (platform controller hub) chip, and meanwhile existence marking signals of hardware modules are connected with the GPIO of the PCH chip; (2) model information functional modules are programmed in the BIOS (basic input / output system), a model information library and the corresponding relationship of model information and GPIO group value are set in the BIOS according to different models of mainboards; and (3) when a computer is started up, the BIOS selects and adds the corresponding functional module in the model information library by reading the hardware connection status detected by the GPIO of the PCH chip, so that the intelligentization of the hardware configuration is realized.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computer communication, in particular to a method for automatically configuring information of multiple models based on GPIO detection. Background technique [0002] With the increasing integration of servers, manufacturers and users attach great importance to the simplification and intelligence of the human-computer interaction interface between servers and peripherals. BIOS versions with different functions emerged as the times require; the complexity of BIOS versions has brought a series of unexpected negative effects. It is difficult to achieve the consistency of version control, and it is easy to cause confusion of product specifications; second, at the user end of the server motherboard, in order to enable the corresponding hardware and software function configuration, it is necessary to strictly control the upgrade process of the BIOS version, which greatly increases the user's concern for The difficulty an...

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Misoperation of the version will bring restrictions on the opening of the motherboard's soft and hard functions, which will have a great impact on the stable operation of the server's motherboard functions; therefore, this passive manual identification method cannot fully guarantee the reliability and effectiveness of the system's work; For the above-mentioned passive setting of model configuration information in actual practice, according to the functional characteristics of the server motherboard, through in-depth analysis, we summarize a multi-model model information automatic configuration method based on GPIO detection

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