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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Steven Roth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carl E. Davidson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Eric W. Hamilton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Roth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carl E. Davidson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Eric W. Hamilton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method, and a corresponding mechanism, are used for creating a self-describing kernel module. The method includes the steps of expressing data describing a module in a modmeta file format and creating a C language source file. The C language source file is created by translating the expressed data into a series of C language data structures, wherein the series of C language data structures comprises the C language source file. The C language source file is then compiled and linked into the module itself, thus making the module contain its own descriptive data.