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Rebootless display driver upgrades

  • US 8,302,089 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2011
  • Issued: 10/30/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • loading an upgraded display driver on to a host computing system;

    halting execution of a current display driver without releasing all resources allocated to the current display driver;

    starting an interim display driver located in the host computing system, the interim display driver using at least some of the resources that were not released when the current display driver was halted; and

    starting the upgraded display driver without having rebooted the host computing system since the time of loading the upgraded display driver on to the host computing system.

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