Patent
1997-01-24
1997-12-23
Kriess, Kevin A.
G06F 944
Patent
active
057014833
ABSTRACT:
A device driver interface for achieving portability of device drivers for operating with full source level compatibility across multiple instruction set architectures and platforms. The device driver interface makes transparent to the driver the actual data access mechanisms of the host computers on which the driver is compiled.
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Kriess Kevin A.
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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