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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
May. 18, 2006
Herbert O. Ledebohm, Georgetown, TX (US);
Todd Michael Poynter, San Jose, CA (US);
Shail Dave, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Einkauf, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin J. Kranzusch, Campbell, CA (US);
Herbert O. Ledebohm, Georgetown, TX (US);
Todd Michael Poynter, San Jose, CA (US);
Shail Dave, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Einkauf, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin J. Kranzusch, Campbell, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for modifying the configuration of one or more graphics adapters and one or more displays without rebooting the system allows a user to quickly transition between different graphics adapter/display configurations. A single display driver interfaces between the operating system and the one or more graphics devices. The display driver reconfigures the one or more graphics devices to change the adapter/display configuration without shutting down or rebooting the system. Unlike a conventional system reboot performed by the operating system, the display driver checks that there are no memory leaks or error conditions during the reconfiguration.