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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
Walter Manfred Lipp, Georgetown, TX (US);
Chris Alan Schwendiman, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
New adapter functions for a computer system are moved from existing TTY configuration code to load modules dynamically linked to the TTY configuration code at run time. A load module attribute stored in a vendor-supplied component of a database provides the load module path and name. Third party vendors may then add TTY configuration support by supplying the load module and adding the appropriate attribute(s) to the database, obviating system vendor assistance or source code access. Ease of configuration is enhanced by avoiding displays of TTY device characteristics not supported by currently installed system hardware. An additional type attribute for predefined attributes in the database permits TTY attributes specific to a particular adapter type to be stored under a unique identifier. The additional type attribute and query of a parent device of a TTY for extended attributes for other device types permit third party vendors to add new adapters by generating a load module linked at run time. Attributes specific to a given adapter are thereby easily added to the existing set of default attributes normally associated with a TTY.