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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
James R. Gallagher, Austin, TX (US);
Binh Hua, Austin, TX (US);
Hong Lam Hua, Austin, TX (US);
Wen Xiong, Austin, TX (US);
James R. Gallagher, Austin, TX (US);
Binh Hua, Austin, TX (US);
Hong Lam Hua, Austin, TX (US);
Wen Xiong, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided in which the Operating System (OS) driver is divided into two parts, viz. an upper level OS driver and a lower level OS driver. The lower level OS driver sets up the adapter hardware and any adapter hardware work-around. The upper level OS driver is interfaced to the OS communication stack and each can be compiled separately. The upper OS driver is compiled and shipped with the OS to make sure it is compatible with the OS communication stack. The lower OS driver, in an exemplary embodiment, is compiled and stored in an adapter flash memory. The OS dynamically combines the upper and lower OS drivers together during the load time.