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US-2016306616-A1 · Oct 20, 2016 · US
Adaptive device driver method and system
US9158552B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9158552-B2 |
| Application number | US-62047209-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | Nov 17, 2009 |
| Publication date | Oct 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2015 |
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Aspects of the present invention provide a method of specifying a device driver design for a board device. The method includes receiving a board device with various functional elements and on-board storage to be operatively coupled to a computing device through an interconnect. The device driver design is specified through the identification of one or more device driver parameters. The device driver parameters are to be used subsequently to customize an adaptive device driver that interfaces with the board device and each of the one or more functional elements. Device driver parameters are stored in a predetermined storage construct allocated from the board device. These device driver parameters remain stored in the storage construct until there is a need for the board device and corresponding device driver. Customizing the adaptive device driver is done after the device driver parameters have been stored and typically when a computer device starts or ‘boots”. Initially, aspects of the present invention may receive an indication that a board device and one or more functional elements associated with the board device have been attached to an interconnect and requires a device driver. Next, aspect of the present invention retrieve device driver parameters from the storage constructs and customizes the adaptable device driver into a device driver for the board device in accordance with the device driver parameters.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method of specifying a device driver design for a board device, comprising: receiving, by a computing device, an indication that a board device comprising one or more functional elements requires a device driver; identifying, by the computing device, one or more device driver parameters corresponding to the one or more functional elements of the board device to customize an adaptive device driver, wherein the adaptive device driver comprises reusable com…
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- What does patent US9158552B2 cover?
- Aspects of the present invention provide a method of specifying a device driver design for a board device. The method includes receiving a board device with various functional elements and on-board storage to be operatively coupled to a computing device through an interconnect. The device driver design is specified through the identification of one or more device driver parameters. The device d…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Mcgovern William, Silberman Josh, Netapp Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F9/4415. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Oct 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).