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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/24 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/545 (2013.01); G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); G06F 11/0715 (2013.01); G06F 11/0793 (2013.01); G06F 11/1402 (2013.01); G06F 13/102 (2013.01); G06F 13/24 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
Two or more ports of a same type are identified in a computer. A separate device driver process is initiated for each of the identified ports. A one-to-one correspondence between each of the ports and each of the device driver processes is established.