Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070162625
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | A dynamically configurable computer system which includes apparatus for storing former and sensed current system configuration data and for automatically reconfiguring the system without user interaction. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 5014193 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Compaq Computer Corporation |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | See Description, Claims 1, 4, |
| URL | |
| Filing Date | October 14, 1988 |
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Notes / To Do
| Notes | This depends on how far reaching the language "dynamic configuration" goes. |
Excerpt
Excerpt In contrast to such prior art systems, the dynamic configuration system of the present invention provides the portable computer with additional peripheral status or configuration storage registers and a novel software driven means for dynamically reconfiguring the system without user interaction. The system of the present invention includes means for determining the peripheral status and updating the configuration data to permit use of the computer to begin without executing a user prompted initialization sequence or requiring manual switches or jumpers to be reset each time the user changes environments.
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Claims
1
A method of delivering a device driver to an operating system executing on a computer platform, the method comprising:
during booting of the operating system, identifying a first device for which a device driver is needed;
requesting the device driver from a service processor installed on the computer platform, wherein the service processor comprises a storage configured to store one or more device drivers; and
delivering the device driver to the operating system without intervention by a user.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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2
The method of Claim 1, wherein the computer platform is configured to simultaneously execute multiple operating systems in one or more virtual environments.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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3
The method of Claim 2, wherein said requesting comprises:
requesting the device driver from a hypervisor configured to manage access by the multiple operating systems to devices of the computer platform.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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4
The method of Claim 3, wherein said requesting further comprises:
forwarding the request from the hypervisor to the service processor.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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5
The method of Claim 1, wherein said requesting comprises:
identifying to the service processor the first device and a version of the operating system.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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7
The method of Claim 1, wherein said delivering comprises:
loading the device driver.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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8
A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of delivering a device driver to an operating system executing on a computer platform, without user intervention, the method comprising:
during booting of the operating system, identifying a first device for which a device driver is needed;
requesting the device driver from a service processor installed on the computer platform, wherein the service processor comprises a storage configured to store one or more device drivers; and
delivering the device driver to the operating system without intervention by a user.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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9
A service processor for a computer platform, wherein the service processor is configured to monitor operation of one or more components of the computer platform, the service processor comprising:
a memory configured to store multiple device drivers for driving operation of one or more devices of the computer platform;
wherein the multiple device drivers include multiple versions of a first device driver, each said version being configured for a different operating system.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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10
The service processor of Claim 9, further comprising:
a connection to a hypervisor configured to manage access to the one or more devices by multiple operating systems executing simultaneously on the computer platform.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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The service processor of Claim 9, wherein the one or more devices include one or more of:
a communication interface;
an input device;
an output device; and
a storage device.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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14
A computer platform configured to deliver a device driver to an operating system executing on the platform, the computer platform comprising:
a first operating system configured to support one or more application programs; and
a service processor configured to monitor operation of one or more components of the platform, the service processor comprising:
a storage configured to store one or more device drivers for driving operation of a first device installed in the computer platform.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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15
The computer platform of Claim 14, wherein the computer platform is configured to simultaneously run multiple operating systems, including the first operating system, in one or more virtual environments.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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The computer platform of Claim 15, further comprising:
a hypervisor configured to manage access to the first device by the multiple operating systems.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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The computer platform of Claim 14, wherein the one or more device drivers comprise multiple drivers for the first device, each of the multiple drivers being configured for a different operating system.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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The computer platform of Claim 14, wherein the first device is one of:
a communication interface;
a storage device;
an input device; and
an output device.
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See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
See Description, Claims 1, 4, 8, Summary.
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