Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Peripheral configuration
Patent
1997-04-09
1999-12-14
Luu, Le Hien
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Peripheral configuration
710 9, 710 11, G06F 1300
Patent
active
060030976
ABSTRACT:
A system for configuring a network adapter of a computer without user intervention. Device information for the devices of the computer, including each network adapter, is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operation of those devices with the computer. Computer resources, which support the functions of the devices within the computer, are allocated based upon this device information. This allocation process prevents a potential conflicting use of computer resources by the installed devices. A device driver, which enables communications between a corresponding device and the computer, is also identified and loaded for each of the devices in response to the allocation of computer resources. In response to loading the driver for each network adapter, each network configuration routine or layer for a particular interface of the corresponding network adapter is identified. In response to the identification of these layers, each identified layer for the particular interface is loaded. In turn, layers are identified and loaded for each of the remaining interfaces of the corresponding network adapter.
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Enstrom Mark R.
Lennon Thomas E.
Lichtman Moshe
Lipe Ralph A.
Richman Darryl Steven
Luu Le Hien
Microsoft Corporation
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