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:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Frank Huang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Xiaohua Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
James Jan, San Jose, CA (US);
Zheng Cao, Union City, CA (US);
Frank Huang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Xiaohua Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
James Jan, San Jose, CA (US);
Zheng Cao, Union City, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A method and system for transferring a firmware file between a host system and a device driver, wherein the host system includes an operating system segmented into a user space and a kernel space is disclosed. Aspects of the exemplary embodiment include using a first type of process file system command in the user space to initiate a transfer of the firmware file between the host system and the device driver, wherein the firmware file exists in the user space and the device driver exists in the kernel space; and using a second type of process file system command in the user space to transfer the firmware file between the user space and the device driver in kernel space.