Mechanism by which devices on unforeseen platform variants may be supported without re-release of core platform kernel software

An apparatus for implementing an interface to a device driver comprising:

• a device driver associated with a first platform;
• a bus manager interface called by said device driver, said bus manager interface written for a second platform and where said bus manager interface cannot handle a request generated by said device driver;
• and
• a platform service agent (PSA) for modifying said bus manager interface so that said bus manager interface can handle said request.

A computer readable medium including computer program code for implementing an interface to a device driver, said computer readable medium comprising:

• computer program code for generating a request from said device driver associated with a first platform;
• computer program code for providing said request to a bus manager interface, said bus manager interface written for a second platform and where said bus manager interface cannot handle said request;
• and
• computer program code for modifying said bus manager interface using a platform service agent (PSA) so that said bus manager interface can handle said request.