PORT SHARING ON A COMPUTER DEVICE

摘要

A computing device is configured to communicate with a peripheral via a connector having a predefined physical configuration and a predefined number of pins. The computing device comprises memory for storing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions and the instructions cause the processor to initialize communication with the peripheral using a predefined initialization protocol via at least one predefined pin. Information relating to a pinout configuration defining a logical configuration of the pins is received by the processor from the peripheral and the pinout configuration is assigned to the pins by the processor. Communication with the peripheral is then commenced using, the pinout configuration.