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A system and method is provide for managing input/output (I/O) resources in a computer system. The system includes a hardware resource manager which tracks the use of the I/O resources. In addition, the hardware resource manager can allocate the resources between device drivers and provide a standar

A system and method is provide for managing input/output (I/O) resources in a computer system. The system includes a hardware resource manager which tracks the use of the I/O resources. In addition, the hardware resource manager can allocate the resources between device drivers and provide a standard implementation to be used by device drivers.

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[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:] [5.] A method implemented by a hardware resource manager for managing device driver detection, acquisition and use of hardware resources of a computer system, comprising the steps of:lo

[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:] [5.] A method implemented by a hardware resource manager for managing device driver detection, acquisition and use of hardware resources of a computer system, comprising the steps of:logically representing hardware resources as a hierarchical topology of resources and storing data representative of said hardware resources as at least a resource bus type and resource type that is hierarchically subordinate to said resource bus type;representing active hardware as one or more instances of said resource type said instances being hierarchically subordinate to said resource type;dynamically updating said hardware resources in said logical representation means to reflect new devices added to the computer system; andallocating resources to satisfy a device driver hardware resource request by creating resource type instances in said active representation.