External device support for device abstraction layer

Patent 7222349 Issued on May 22, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 30, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Veritas Operating Corporation

Application

No. 10610069 filed on 06/30/2003

US Classes:

719/327, Device driver configuration710/8, Peripheral configuration700/286, Electrical power generation or distribution system719/326, SCSI device driver710/300, Bus expansion or extension700/245, Robot control370/469Processing multiple layer protocols

Examiners

Primary: Thomson, William
Assistant: Cao, Diem

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G06F 3/00
G06F 9/44
G06F 9/46
G06F 13/00

Abstract

Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing external device support for a device driver abstraction layer are disclosed. Some embodiments of a method may involve: accessing attribute information associating each of several keys with a respective device attributes, where each of the keys identifies a respective device; and configuring an interface to a device driver for communication with a device dependent on which device attributes the attribute information associates with the key that identifies the device. Configuring the interface may configure the interface to include one or more of interface features. Each of the interface features may support a respective device attribute.

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