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Systems and methods for setting the operating system properties for a storage device

  • US 9,904,475 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2015
  • Issued: 02/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a resource query request by a filter driver for a detected storage device, wherein the storage device has an assigned simple computer system interface (SCSI) address;

    parsing the resource query request for a simple computer system information (SCSI) address;

    issuing a custom input/out control (IOCTL) command by the filter driver to a miniport driver, wherein the IOCTL command comprises the SCSI address;

    receiving one or more operating system (O/S) properties;

    determining if the one or more O/S properties are available;

    setting at least one of the one or more O/S properties;

    passing the resource query request to one or more lower layers; and

    providing to the filter driver from the miniport driver the one or more O/S properties available from a data structure of the miniport driver associated with the SCSI address.

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