COMPUTER APPARATUS, DATAPATH SWITCHING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

摘要

A computer apparatus, a datapath switching method and an associated method are provided. An operating system utilized by the computer apparatus is detected by an embedded controller, and datapaths for transmitting sensing signals to a platform controller hub are switched according to the operating system utilized by the computer apparatus by the embedded controller.

主权项

1. A datapath switching apparatus, applied for switching paths for transmitting sensing data according to an operating system utilized by a computer apparatus, the datapath switching apparatus comprising:
a sensor hub, coupled to a platform controller hub, configured to receive the sensing data; and an embedded controller, coupled to the platform controller hub, configured to detect the operating system utilized by the computer apparatus, and to switch datapaths for transmitting the sensing data to the platform controller hub according to the operating system utilized by the computer apparatus.