Auto-configuration of hardware on a portable computing device
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1. A method of manufacturing a portable computing device, comprising:
- maintaining a table comprising a plurality of records each associated with one of a plurality of different hardware components that may be interfaced with the computing device;
interfacing a hardware component with another component of the portable computing device during a manufacture of the computing device; and
during the manufacture of the computing device;
determining whether a memory of the computing device stores an identifier associated with the interfaced hardware component, and if not;
identifying the interfaced hardware component from a correlation of the records with a signal received at the another component; and
saving in the memory of the computing device the identifier associated with the identified interfaced hardware component; and
initializing the interfaced hardware component with a device driver associated with the saved identifier.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a portable computing device, involves the steps of (1) performing one manufacturing step in the manufacture of the portable computing device by interfacing a hardware component with another component of the computing device; and (2) performing a subsequent manufacturing step in the manufacture by (i) identifying the interfaced hardware component from a response received at the another component; and (ii) initializing the identified interfaced hardware component using a device driver associated therewith.
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1. A method of manufacturing a portable computing device, comprising:
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maintaining a table comprising a plurality of records each associated with one of a plurality of different hardware components that may be interfaced with the computing device; interfacing a hardware component with another component of the portable computing device during a manufacture of the computing device; and during the manufacture of the computing device; determining whether a memory of the computing device stores an identifier associated with the interfaced hardware component, and if not; identifying the interfaced hardware component from a correlation of the records with a signal received at the another component; and saving in the memory of the computing device the identifier associated with the identified interfaced hardware component; and initializing the interfaced hardware component with a device driver associated with the saved identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium including a table comprising a plurality of records each associated with one of a plurality of different hardware components that may be interfaced with a portable computing device, the computer-readable medium further including computer processing instructions for a processing unit of the portable computing device, the computer processing instructions when executed by the processing unit, after interfacing a hardware component with one other component of the computing device while manufacturing the portable computing device, causing the portable computing device to:
during a manufacture of the computing device, determine whether a memory of the computing device stores an identifier associated with the interfaced hardware component, and, if not; identify the interfaced hardware component from a correlation of the records with a signal received at the other component; and save in a memory of the computing device, the identifier associated with the identified interfaced hardware component; and initialize the interfaced hardware component with a device driver associated with the saved identifier. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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