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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Anthony T. Sofia, Highland, NY (US);

Brad D. Stilwell, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/368 (2013.01); G06F 11/3688 (2013.01); G06F 11/3692 (2013.01); G06F 11/3696 (2013.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product are described. The method of testing a device driver includes executing a test case for the device driver, the device driver receiving version information specifying a targeted version of a data manipulation device to be targeted by the device driver from the test case or the device driver determining the targeted version of the data manipulation device independently of the test case. The method also includes verifying whether a version of the data manipulation device specified in a request from the device driver is a match or a non-match with the targeted version of the data manipulation device. The method further includes simulating the data manipulation device to provide output to the device driver based on the verifying, the simulating the data manipulation device being unchanged for every version of the data manipulation device.


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