Application for diagnosing and reporting status of an adapter
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1. An apparatus for analyzing and reporting the status of an adapter in a data processing system, comprising:
- an adapter connectable to a bus of the data processing system for supporting a mechanism with which the adapter is associated;
a service application on said adapter, said service application providing at least one secondary device driver that works in parallel with a device driver of said adapter for providing at least one service function for capturing data regarding the status of the adapter, wherein the at least one service function comprises at least one of configuration, open, close, transmit and receive; and
a communication structure on said adapter for transmitting data to said service application and for receiving said captured data regarding the status of the adapter from said service application.
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Abstract
Method, apparatus, system and computer program product for analyzing and reporting the status of an adapter in a data processing system. The system includes a service application having the capability of providing a variety of service functions to permit data to be captured regarding the status of the adapter, and a communication structure to permit data to be transmitted to and received from the service application. The analyzing and reporting system of the invention facilitates the reporting and diagnosis of adapter problems so that encountered problems can be better understood and more easily corrected.
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1. An apparatus for analyzing and reporting the status of an adapter in a data processing system, comprising:
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an adapter connectable to a bus of the data processing system for supporting a mechanism with which the adapter is associated; a service application on said adapter, said service application providing at least one secondary device driver that works in parallel with a device driver of said adapter for providing at least one service function for capturing data regarding the status of the adapter, wherein the at least one service function comprises at least one of configuration, open, close, transmit and receive; and a communication structure on said adapter for transmitting data to said service application and for receiving said captured data regarding the status of the adapter from said service application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for analyzing and reporting the status of an adapter in a data processing system, comprising:
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an adapter connectable to a bus of the data processing system for supporting a mechanism with which the adapter is associated; a service application on said adapter, said service application providing at least one secondary device driver that works in parallel with a device driver of said adapter for providing at least one service function for capturing data regarding the status of the adapter, wherein the at least one service function comprises at least one of configuration, open, close, transmit and receive; means for communicating with said service application; and communication structure on said adapter for transmitting data from said communicating means to said service application and for transmitting said captured data regarding the status of the adapter from said service application to said communicating means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for analyzing and reporting the status of an adapter in a data processing system, comprising:
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providing a service application on an adapter, the adapter being connectable to a bus of the data processing system for supporting a mechanism with which the adapter is associated, said service application providing at least one secondary device driver that works in parallel with a device driver of said adapter for providing at least one service function for capturing data regarding the status of the adapter, wherein the at least one service function comprises at least one of configuration, open, close, transmit and receive; and communicating with said service application from an external device for transmitting data from said external device to said service application and for transmitting said captured data regarding the status of the adapter from said service application to said external device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product in a recordable-type computer readable medium, the computer program product executed by a data processing system for analyzing and reporting the status of an adapter in the data processing system, the computer program product comprising:
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first instructions for enabling a service application on the adapter to provide at least one service function for capturing data regarding the status of the adapter, the adapter being connectable to a bus of the data processing system for supporting a mechanism with which the adapter is associated, wherein the service application provides at least one secondary device driver that works in parallel with a device driver of said adapter for providing the at least one service function for capturing data regarding the status of the adapter, and wherein the at least one service function comprises at least one of configuration, open, close, transmit and receive; and second instructions for enabling communication between said service application and an external device for transmitting data from said external device to said service application and for transmitting said captured data regarding the status of the adapter from said service application to said external device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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