Patent ID: 7840716

Claim:
A communication method for storage devices on the basis of file access used between a storage controller with a function of a nonstandard storage control protocol and an application program in a computer capable of generating a plurality of commands in the nonstandard storage control protocol, with a command file pipe and a response file pipe generated by the storage controller in a memory of the computer, the method comprising the steps of: writing each of the commands into the command file pipe by the application program; receiving a command file by the storage controller from the command file pipe; opening the command file and reading each of the commands given by the application program; executing each of the commands and writing a plurality of response messages and returning parameters thus generated into the response file pipe; and decoding a received response file and showing the situation of command execution in the application program; wherein the command file and the response file are recognizable by both the application program and the storage controller.