Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Obtaining device drivers from an out-of-band management network
- Patent Title (中): 从带外管理网络获取设备驱动程序
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Application No.: US13833871Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09244695B2Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Weijia Zhang , Wayne R. Weilnau , Theodore S. Webb , Syama S. Poluri , Kevin D. Noreen
- Applicant: Dell Products, LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products, LP
- Current Assignee: Dell Products, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Larson Newman, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44

Abstract:
A method includes a service processor of an information handling system downloading code, including device drivers, and transferring the code to an operating system of the information handling system without rebooting the operating system. In some embodiments, a daemon of the operating system may request device drivers for newly-inserted devices and the service processor may make the device drivers available to the operating system in response to the requests. In some embodiments, the service processor may download updated device drivers and may inform the daemon. The updated device drivers may be automatically provided to the operating system or made available upon a request of a user. The service processor may make code available to the operating system by exposing a portion of its non-volatile memory to the operating system as a virtual device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140282483A1 Obtaining Device Drivers From an Out-of-Band Management Network Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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