1-21. (canceled)
22. A processing system comprising:
a processor;
a communications hub responsive to the processor;
a bus responsive to the communications hub;
a machine-accessible storage medium responsive to the processor; and
instructions in the machine-accessible medium, wherein the instructions, when executed, result in operations comprising:
performing a first scan of the bus, the first scan to discover location information for devices on the bus;
programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices on the bus from a first partition in the processing system;
performing a second scan of the bus after the communications hub has been programmed to hide at least one of the devices; and
providing a second partition in the processing system with location information for one or more of the devices that the communications hub was programmed to hide.
23. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise:
using the location information to initialize, in the second partition, one or more of the devices that the communications hub was programmed to hide.
24. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise:
initializing devices in the second partition without scanning the bus from the second partition.
25. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise:
booting the second partition;
again programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices on the bus after the second partition has booted; and
booting an operating system on the first partition after the communications hub has been again programmed to hide at least one of the devices on the bus.
26. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise:
after programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices, programming the communications hub to reveal the previously hidden devices; and
using the location information to initialize one or more devices in the second partition after programming the communications hub to reveal the previously hidden devices.
27. A processing system according to claim 26, wherein the operations further comprise:
after initializing one or more devices in the second partition, again programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices on the bus.
28. A processing system according to claim 27, wherein the operations further comprise:
after initializing one or more devices in the second partition and then again programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices on the bus, booting an operating system on the first partition.
29. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise:
building a first device list to include substantially all devices discovered in the first scan;
building a second device list to include substantially all devices discovered in the second scan; and
automatically comparing the first and second device lists to identify devices to be sequestered; and
wherein the operation of providing the second partition with location information comprises providing the second partition with location information for the devices to be sequestered.
30. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the location information comprises at least one item from the group consisting of a bus number, a device number, and a function number.
31. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the communications hub comprises an inputoutput controller hub (ICH).
32. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein the communications hub comprises device hide registers for causing devices on the bus to be hidden.
33. A processing system according to claim 22, wherein:
the first partition comprises a non-sequestered partition; and
the second partition comprises a sequestered partition.
34. An apparatus comprising:
a machine-accessible storage medium; and
instructions in the machine-accessible storage medium, the instructions to perform operations comprising:
performing a first scan of a bus in a processing system, the first scan to discover location information for devices on the bus;
programming a communications hub to hide at least one of the devices on the bus from a first partition in the processing system;
performing a second scan of the bus after the communications hub has been programmed to hide at least one of the devices; and
providing a second partition in the processing system with location information for one or more of the devices that the communications hub was programmed to hide.
35. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the operations further comprise:
using the location information to initialize, in the second partition, one or more of the devices that the communications hub was programmed to hide.
36. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the operations further comprise:
initializing devices in the second partition without scanning the bus from the second partition.
37. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the operations further comprise:
after programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices, programming the communications hub to reveal the previously hidden devices; and
using the location information to initialize one or more devices in the second partition after programming the communications hub to reveal the previously hidden devices.
38. An apparatus according to claim 37, wherein the operations further comprise:
after initializing one or more devices in the second partition, again programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices on the bus.
39. An apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the operations further comprise:
after initializing one or more devices in the second partition and then again programming the communications hub to hide at least one of the devices on the bus, booting an operating system on the first partition.
40. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the operations further comprise:
building a first device list to include substantially all devices discovered in the first scan;
building a second device list to include substantially all devices discovered in the second scan; and
automatically comparing the first and second device lists to identify devices to be sequestered; and
wherein the operation of providing the second partition with location information comprises providing the second partition with location information for the devices to be sequestered.
41. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the location information comprises at least one item from the group consisting of a bus number, a device number, and a function number.
42. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the communications hub comprises an inputoutput controller hub (ICH).
43. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein:
the first partition comprises a non-sequestered partition; and
the second partition comprises a sequestered partition.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A coating zone, in a paint booth for vehicle bodies, having a conveyor to transport an application object through the coating zone, at least one guide rail running on opposite sides next to the conveyor and located above the conveyor in order to move robots in a guided manner along the conveyor, load-bearing structures on at least one side of the conveyor to support the at the least one guide rail, an upper ceiling through which feed air enters the coating zone, two side walls located on opposite sides of the conveyor which extend downward from the ceiling to a floor level, a first walk-in control area which is located on the outside facing away from the conveyor of at least one of the two side walls at floor level, and having a second walk-in control area which is located on the outside of at least one of the two side walls in the proximity of the guide rail above the first walk-in control area and above the conveyor, characterized in that the side wall at the upper walk-in control area runs upward on a slant as a width of a interior of the coating zone progressively narrows.
2. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein the side wall at the lower walk-in control area extends upward perpendicular to floor level to a height above the application object.
3. The coating zone, of claim 1 having a conveyor to transport an application object through the coating zone, at least one guide rail running on opposite sides next to the conveyor and located above the conveyor to move robots in a guided manner along the conveyor, at least one load-bearing structures separated one from the other on at least one side of the conveyor to provide lateral support of the least one guide rail, an upper ceiling, and two side walls located on opposite sides of the conveyor which extend from the ceiling downward to a floor level, wherein the at least one load-bearing structure located laterally next to a line of conveyance of the conveyor while leaving the line of conveyance open at the at least one side wall is braced by supporting members extending perpendicular to the line of conveyance in at least one location selected from a group consisting of floor level, below floor level, at the ceiling, and in the ceiling.
4. The coating zone of claim 3, wherein the load-bearing structures are located on both sides of the conveyor and are connected by at least one cross-brace where the cross-brace runs under the conveyor.
5. The coating zone of claim 4, wherein a supporting member is associated with the ceiling and the guide rail is carried by suspended vertical supports attached to the ceiling.
6. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein a dividing wall running perpendicular to a line of conveyance of the conveyor and located with respect to at least one of an entry side and an exit side of the coating zone and is attached to at least one of the load-bearing structures, and is configured and located as a support for the guide rails.
7. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein a dividing wall is located on at least one side of a line of conveyance of the conveyor running parallel to the line of conveyance.
8. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein two guide rails for robots are located one above the other on at least one side of the conveyor
9. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein the load-bearing structure is located on a side of the at least one guide rail facing the conveyor.
10. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein the load-bearing structure is located on a side of the at least one guide rail facing away from the conveyor.
11. The coating zone of claim 7, wherein the dividing wall is at least partially transparent.
12. The coating zone of claim 7, wherein a cut-out is located in the dividing wall above a line of conveyance to transport the application object through on the line of conveyance.
13. The coating zone of claim 7, wherein a door is located in the dividing wall.
14. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein the at least one guide rail is located above the application object.
15. The coating zone of claim 1, wherein individual coating zones are arranged one after another along a line of conveyance.
16. The coating installation of claim 15, wherein the individual coating zones have different air speeds.