Patent ID: 7228405
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a configurable device; a processor, coupled to said configurable device; and a memory, coupled to said processor, having stored therein a first set instructions which when executed causes said processor to retrieve configuration information for said configurable device from a buffer, said configuration information being resident in said buffer during a preboot stage of said computer system wherein a device driver for said configurable device exports a set of said configuration information that includes information enabling a callback operation to said device driver, which enables an operator to dynamically interact with said configurable device, to generate and present a homepage to said operator, said homepage being generated based on said configuration information in said buffer and further includes a configuration menu for said configurable device from which said operator can make configuration selections, and to communicate configuration selections obtained via said homepage using said callback operation to said device driver to enact said configuration selections.