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Self-diagnosis of device drive-detected errors and automatic diagnostic data collection

  • US 10,042,688 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2016
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for self-diagnosis using a device driver, comprising:

  • a memory that stores machine instructions; and

    a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the machine instructions, wherein the machine instructions, when executed, cause the processor to;

    implement the device driver as an interface between a first hardware device and a host computer;

    record an operational history associated with the device driver;

    detect an error associated with the device driver; and

    responsive to detecting the error and without user intervention, automatically stop the first hardware device from servicing the host computer, automatically replicate a sequence of device driver operations corresponding to a segment of the operational history that precedes detection of the error by repeating performance of the sequence of the device driver operations, automatically record a diagnostic history associated with the device driver while replicating the sequence of device driver operations, and instruct the first hardware device to resume servicing the host computer.

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