Metadevice driver rename/exchange technique for a computer system incorporating a plurality of independent device drivers
US5802364A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A metadisk driver functionally intermediate a computer operating system and one or more metadrivers and underlying layered drivers provides a driver rename/exchange function which does not depend on any particular driver having knowledge of the private data structures of any of the other drivers. The rename/exchange technique implemented thereby may be conducted while the underlying devices are on-line and comprise atomic operations which are, therefore, recoverable inasmuch as the operation will have either been completed or will not be committed in the event of any interruption.
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