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Device driver and input/output hardware research manager

  • US 5,794,035 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1997
  • Issued: 08/11/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hardware resource manager for managing device driver detection, acquisition and use of hardware resources of a computer system, comprising:

  • logical representation means for logically representing hardware resources as a hierarchical topology of resources, said logical representation means storing data representative of said hardware resources as at least a resource bus type and resource type that is hierarchically subordinate to said resource bus type;

    active representation means for representing active hardware as one or more instances of said resource type, said instances being hierarchically subordinate to said resource type;

    dynamic update means for dynamically updating said hardware resources in said logical representation means to reflect new devices added to the computer system; and

    allocation means for allocating resources to satisfy a device driver hardware resource request, said allocation means creating resource type instances in said active representation means.

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