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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
James A. Schwartz, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Stephane G. Plante, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert B. Nelson, Redmond, WA (US);
James A. Schwartz, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Stephane G. Plante, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert B. Nelson, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method that utilizes a common hardware register pseudo-language are disclosed. The present invention employs a common platform to specify hardware functionality and to execute hardware action(s). Hardware actions can be effectuated by performing a series of instructions, which comprise hardware register primitives and resources utilized by the primitives. The hardware register primitives are operations defined according to the common hardware register pseudo-language. The series of instructions can be loaded prior to boot or during initialization.