Apparatus and method for modeling behavior of expansion boards in a
computer system
    1.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for modeling behavior of expansion boards in a computer system 失效
    用于建模计算机系统中扩展板行为的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US6141712A

    公开(公告)日:2000-10-31

    申请号:US16543

    申请日:1998-01-30

    IPC分类号: G06F13/14 G06F9/445 G06F13/00

    CPC分类号: G06F9/4401

    摘要: When an expansion card is installed in a computer system using a computer viewer, an object is created by the computer viewer to represent the card. The computer viewer uses the card object to examine the card for I/O functions present on the card and to obtain resource requirements for each function. The resource requirements are also provided to a resource conflict resolver object which attempts to assign resources to each I/O function on the cards. If the resource conflict resolver is successful in assigning resource to each I/O function, then the resource assignments are also stored in objects. The computer viewer then uses the card objects to store the resource objects in a persistent storage. During a later system boot operation, the booting system creates bus and card recognizer objects which identify expansion buses and cards present in the system and retrieve the function resource objects from the persistent storage to represent each expansion card.

    摘要翻译: 当使用计算机查看器将计算机系统中安装扩展卡时,计算机查看器创建一个对象来表示卡。 计算机查看器使用卡对象来检查卡上存在的I / O功能,并获得每个功能的资源要求。 资源需求也提供给资源冲突解决程序对象,该对象尝试为卡上的每个I / O功能分配资源。 如果资源冲突解决器成功地将资源分配给每个I / O功能,则资源分配也存储在对象中。 计算机查看器然后使用卡对象将资源对象存储在持久存储器中。 在稍后的系统引导操作期间,引导系统创建总线和卡识别器对象,其识别系统中存在的扩展总线和卡,并从永久存储器检索功能资源对象以表示每个扩展卡。

    Graphics hardware acceleration method, computer program, and system

    公开(公告)号:US5936641A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-10

    申请号:US884285

    申请日:1997-06-27

    IPC分类号: G06T1/20 G09G5/393 G06F15/16

    CPC分类号: G06T1/20 G09G5/393

    摘要: A graphics system enables an automatic choice between existing host rendering programs, existing hardware acceleration methods, and enhanced software acceleration programs for rendering graphic primitives. The graphics system accesses the speed and accuracy characterizations of a hardware accelerator attached to the system. Then, for each graphics primitive available from the enhanced software acceleration programs, the graphics system invention compares the speed and accuracy of the attached hardware accelerator with that of the enhanced software acceleration programs. The graphics system invention then selects which graphics primitives should be rendered by the enhanced software acceleration programs and which graphics primitives should be rendered by the attached hardware accelerator.

    Graphics hardware acceleration method, computer program, and system
    3.
    发明授权
    Graphics hardware acceleration method, computer program, and system 有权
    图形硬件加速方法,计算机程序和系统

    公开(公告)号:US6151034A

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-21

    申请号:US336908

    申请日:1999-06-21

    IPC分类号: G06T1/20 G09G5/393 G06F15/16

    CPC分类号: G06T1/20 G09G5/393

    摘要: A graphics system enables an automatic choice between existing host rendering programs, existing hardware acceleration methods, and enhanced software acceleration programs for rendering graphic primitives. The graphics system accesses the speed and accuracy characterizations of a hardware accelerator attached to the system. Then, for each graphics primitive available from the enhanced software acceleration programs, the graphics system invention compares the speed and accuracy of the attached hardware accelerator with that of the enhanced software acceleration programs. The graphics system invention then selects which graphics primitives should be rendered by the enhanced software acceleration programs and which graphics primitives should be rendered by the attached hardware accelerator.

    摘要翻译: 图形系统能够自动选择现有的主机渲染程序,现有的硬件加速方法和用于渲染图形图元的增强软件加速程序。 图形系统访问连接到系统的硬件加速器的速度和精度特性。 然后,对于从增强的软件加速程序可获得的每个图形原语,图形系统发明将附加的硬件加速器的速度和精度与增强的软件加速程序的速度和精度进行比较。 图形系统发明然后选择应该通过增强的软件加速程序呈现哪些图形基元,以及哪些图形基元应由所附加的硬件加速器呈现。