Patent ID: 7535433
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A multiple graphics adapter processing system, comprising: a first display device; a second display device; a first graphics adapter configured to provide image data to the first display device; a second graphics adapter configurable to provide image data to the first display device through the first graphics adapter or to provide image data to the second display device; and a single display driver configured to interface to an operating system of the multiple graphics adapter processing system and to change a configuration of the first display device, the second display device, the first graphics adapter, and the second graphics adapter from a first configuration to a second configuration without shutting down the multiple graphics adapter processing system, wherein no intervening display drivers are present in a first communication path between the single display driver and the first graphics adapter, and wherein no intervening display drivers are present in a second communication path between the single display driver and the second graphics adapter.