The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elsie D. Wahlig, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for reporting errors during the operation of an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) device driver operating on an AGP chipset. The method includes providing an operating system with a persistent data file, determining whether an error has occurred during the operation of the AGP chipset device driver, writing an error code to the persistent data file, and returning to operation of the AGP chipset device driver.