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US 2014/0351637 A1Published application
Executing a kernel device driver as a user space process
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael ADDA, Dan ALONI, Avner BRAVERMAN
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Abstract
Two or more ports of a same type are identified in a computer. A separate device driver process is initiated for each of the identified ports. A one-to-one correspondence between each of the ports and each of the device driver processes is established.
Claims10
A method, comprising:
- identifying two or more ports of a same type in a computer;
- initiating a separate device driver process for each of the identified ports;
- and
- establishing a one-to-one correspondence between each of the ports and each of the device driver processes.
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A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to identify two or more ports of a same type in a computer;
- computer readable program code configured to initiate a separate device driver process for each of the identified ports;
- and
- computer readable program code configured to establish a one-to-one correspondence between each of the ports and each of the device driver processes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.