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System and method of initializing the fabric of a distributed multi-processor computing system

  • US 20020103995A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2001
  • Published: 08/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of initializing a computing system comprising a plurality of devices and a plurality of point-to-point links, each of the point-to-point links interconnecting a respective pair of devices of the plurality of devices, at least a portion of the plurality of devices comprising a respective processor, the method comprising the acts of:

  • designating a first processor of the plurality of respective processors as a bootstrap processor (BSP);

    configuring each of the plurality of devices to accept a request directed to a default identifier; and

    executing, by the BSP, initialization code stored in a first device of the plurality of devices to uniquely identify each of the plurality of devices and to establish routing directions, such that a communication directed to a uniquely identified device is routed to the uniquely identified device.

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