System and method of device information management
First Claim
1. A system of device information management, comprising:
- an application device including a RAM (Random-Access Memory); and
a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ROM (Read-Only Memory) including a BIOS and implementing a specific data structure to store device information for said application device.
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Abstract
A system of device information management for use in a computer system is provided. The system includes an application device having a RAM, and a BIOS ROM. The BIOS ROM implements a specific data structure to store device information of the application device. When the computer system boots, the BIOS in the BIOS ROM reads device information, and writes it to the RAM of the application device. The application device then directly loads device information from the RAM. The device driver uses a standard PNP function call to update device information in the BIOS ROM. The BIOS writes the updated device information to the RAM of the application device, and the application device loads the updated device information from the RAM.
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24 Claims
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1. A system of device information management, comprising:
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an application device including a RAM (Random-Access Memory); and
a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ROM (Read-Only Memory) including a BIOS and implementing a specific data structure to store device information for said application device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of device information management, comprising steps of:
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providing an application device including a RAM (Random-Access Memory);
providing a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ROM (Read-Only Memory) including a BIOS; and
implementing a specific data structure to said BIOS ROM to store device information of said application device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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