Driver Configuration
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing driver configuration operations without a system reboot is disclosed. In one embodiment, a network server'"'"'s adapter driver receives a request to change a configuration of a selected instance of a plurality of instances. In response, the adapter driver may then determine if there is data flow through the selected instance. If there is no data flow through the selected instance, the method includes blocking subsequent data flow and subsequent information requests issued to the adapter driver. The selected instance may then be reinitializing without rebooting the server.
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52 Claims
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34. A system comprising:
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a server coupled to a network; an operating system executing on the server; a network adapter coupling the server to the network, the network adapter having a plurality of adapter ports; and an adapter driver executing on the server, the adapter driver having a plurality of instances corresponding to the plurality of adapter ports, wherein said adapter driver, in response to a configuration change request for a first instance associated with a first network adapter port, reinitializes just the first instance with new configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for performing a driver configuration, the method comprising:
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on a server coupled to a network through a network adapter, executing an adapter driver having a plurality of instances corresponding to a plurality of network adapter ports; requesting a configuration change for a first instance associated with a first network adapter port; and
,reinitializing just the first instance with new configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A configuration program graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:
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a user interface to input configuration parameter options; and
,a machine interface connected to server, the server executing an adapter driver having a plurality of instances corresponding to a plurality of network adapter ports, the adapter driver activating new configuration parameter options for a first instance associated with a first adapter port without rebooting the server.
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