公开(公告)号：US20160011886A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-14

申请号：US14865237

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： William McGovern ,  Josh Silberman

IPC: G06F9/44

CPC classification number: G06F9/4415

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide a method of specifying a device driver design for a board device. The method includes receiving a board device with various functional elements and on-board storage to be operatively coupled to a computing device through an interconnect. The device driver design is specified through the identification of one or more device driver parameters. The device driver parameters are to be used subsequently to customize an adaptive device driver that interfaces with the board device and each of the one or more functional elements. Device driver parameters are stored in a predetermined storage construct allocated from the board device. These device driver parameters remain stored in the storage construct until there is a need for the board device and corresponding device driver. Customizing the adaptive device driver is done after the device driver parameters have been stored and typically when a computer device starts or ‘boots”. Initially, aspects of the present invention may receive an indication that a board device and one or more functional elements associated with the board device have been attached to an interconnect and requires a device driver. Next, aspect of the present invention retrieve device driver parameters from the storage constructs and customizes the adaptable device driver into a device driver for the board device in accordance with the device driver parameters.

Abstract translation: 本发明的方面提供了一种用于指定板设备的设备驱动程序设计的方法。 该方法包括接收具有各种功能元件和板载存储器的板设备，以通过互连可操作地耦合到计算设备。 通过识别一个或多个设备驱动程序参数来指定设备驱动程序设计。 随后将使用设备驱动器参数来定制与板设备和一个或多个功能元件中的每一个接口的自适应设备驱动器。 设备驱动器参数被存储在从板设备分配的预定存储结构中。 这些设备驱动程序参数保存在存储结构中，直到需要板卡设备和相应的设备驱动程序为止。 自定义自适应设备驱动程序是在存储设备驱动程序参数后通常在计算机设备启动或启动时完成的。 最初，本发明的各方面可以接收指示，即板单元和与该板设备相关联的一个或多个功能单元已被附接到互连并且需要设备驱动程序。 接下来，本发明的方面从存储结构检索设备驱动程序参数，并根据设备驱动程序参数将可适应设备驱动程序定制成用于板设备的设备驱动程序。

公开(公告)号：US09886287B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US14865237

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： William McGovern ,  Josh Silberman

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/44

CPC classification number: G06F9/4415

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide a method of specifying a device driver design for a board device. The method includes receiving a board device with various functional elements and on-board storage to be operatively coupled to a computing device through an interconnect. The device driver design is specified through the identification of one or more device driver parameters. The device driver parameters are to be used subsequently to customize an adaptive device driver that interfaces with the board device and each of the one or more functional elements. Device driver parameters are stored in a predetermined storage construct allocated from the board device. These device driver parameters remain stored in the storage construct until there is a need for the board device and corresponding device driver. Customizing the adaptive device driver is done after the device driver parameters have been stored and typically when a computer device starts or ‘boots”. Initially, aspects of the present invention may receive an indication that a board device and one or more functional elements associated with the board device have been attached to an interconnect and requires a device driver. Next, aspect of the present invention retrieve device driver parameters from the storage constructs and customizes the adaptable device driver into a device driver for the board device in accordance with the device driver parameters.