发明名称 Methods and apparatus for communicating between multiple levels of software components
摘要 The present application discloses a method for communicating between at least two different levels of software components. The method includes establishing a command set common to the at least two different levels of software components. Additionally, the method includes providing a command decoder operable by both of the at least two levels of software components, the command decoder configured to decode the command set. By providing a common command set between different levels of software components, such as a software driver and a BIOS, where the commands within the command table are interpreted and executed by an identical command decoder that interprets and executes the same command tables, this ensures that the same features or functions are implemented or executed in the same way across different levels of the software components. Accordingly, redundant implementation of the same functions by different software components is eliminated. Additionally, when modification of the BIOS, for example, is performed, this modification only needs to be done in one place (i.e., the command table) rather than in each software component.
申请公布号 US7657897(B2) 申请公布日期 2010.02.02
申请号 US20050121545 申请日期 2005.05.04
申请人 ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 发明人 HUANG ZHENG;NEIMAN EFIM;CHONG JAE;STEMPEN VELODYMYR;CHENG JEFFREY GONGXIAN;GIEMBOREK VLADIMIR F.;ZDRAVKOVIC ANDREJ
分类号 G06F3/00;G06F13/00 主分类号 G06F3/00
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