发明名称 Software and firmware adaptation for unanticipated/changing hardware environments
摘要 A method for producing a fixed-size firmware image for a hardware device, parameterized for a plurality of component environments, includes providing a logical description of aspects of said plurality of component environments; providing a physical description of physical aspects of said plurality of component environments; associating said logical description with said physical description; and providing said firmware image to include a plurality of parameterized functions to support said hardware device in each of said plurality of component environments. The hardware device may be a power supply, bus; fan, disk drives, sensor, or flash part. Actual arguments to said parameterized functions are bound at run time and may be provided as untyped blocks of bits. The firmware image may include an operational block including abstract device driver interfaces for said hardware device; and a description block that includes said logical and physical descriptions.
申请公布号 US7844945(B2) 申请公布日期 2010.11.30
申请号 US20050195868 申请日期 2005.08.03
申请人 AVOCENT FREMONT CORP. 发明人 BHAGIA SUNIL A.;HULEGAARD STEFFEN C.
分类号 G06F9/44;G06F9/445 主分类号 G06F9/44
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