Abstract: An automatic identification system in a computer system having a plurality of hardware instances located on hardware devices in the computer system. The computer system includes a plurality of physical slots each configured to receive a hardware device and referenced by a slot number. The system comprises means for assigning a hardware instance value to each of the plurality of hardware instances, the hardware instance value being unique within the computer system when two or more of the plurality of physical slots are assigned a slot number that is not unique within the computer system. Advantageously, the hardware instance value is unique within the computer system when two or more of the plurality of hardware instances are located on one of the hardware devices or when one or more of the hardware devices is installed in an expansion chassis coupled to the computer system.

Abstract: In a method of forming bundles of brushwood, brushwood is fed to a bundle rmer of a bundling machine. The various items are oriented by the machine in a manner such that the thick ends of the items lie on the outside of a finished bundle while the thin ends extend in towards the center of the bundle, and such that the thick ends of the various items of brushwood are displaced relative to one another in the longitudinal direction of the bundle. The method is continuous, and hence a bundle is constantly formed in the bundle former. As the bundle leaves the bundle former, the bundle is bound with straps or like securing elements, and cut into lengths of the desired size.