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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Steven Roth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Roth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, and a corresponding mechanism, are used for resolving interface dependencies in kernel modules during an operating system (O/S) update. The method includes determining the O/S version for which each module is designed, determining a version of the updated O/S, comparing the O/S version for which each module is designed to the version of the updated O/S, and removing from the system those modules that are not compatible with the updated O/S.