Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070162625
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | Configures devices and optionally installs device software by running the programs specified in the Configuration Rules object class. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com... |
| Author/Creator | IBM |
| Title | AIX 5.2 Commands Reference, Volume 1, a - c |
| Publication Date | August 1, 2004 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt If you invoke the cfgmgr command with the -i flag, the command attempts to install device software automatically for each new detected device. The Device variable of the -i flag specifies where to find the installation medium. The installation medium can be a hardware device (such as a tape or diskette drive), a directory that contains installation images, or the installation image file itself. |
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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.
Relevance
In AIX going back to AIX 4.1 the device drivers are automatically installed for each detected device that is not already installed when you run cfgmgr -i. This is what is run during installing installation and boot of an AIX machine. So during initial installation and boot the devices are discovered, devices which require a driver are identified, the device driver is installed from the installation media or path without user interaction.
In AIX going back to AIX 4.1 the device drivers are automatically installed for each detected device that is not already installed when you run cfgmgr -i. This is what is run during installing installation and boot of an AIX machine. So during initial installation and boot the devices are discovered, devices which require a driver are identified, the device driver is installed from the installation media or path without user interaction.
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