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<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I tried to explain the importance of extensibility in the UPDF concept.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>When thinking of user policies that thought is thoroughly continued.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Glossary</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Once a driver is installed, a user policy for a special user or user group may be set on top of it.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>A user policy allows people like system administrators to define additional rules how to use the driver.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>This will typically be something in the range of hiding certain records of features or complete features or have the user interface appear differently for some users or set different defaults or conditions for some users.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Goal</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The goal is to keep that information separate to the description the IHV has provided.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>So you can assign it and easily deactivate it again.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>You have seen that idea being used in various areas now.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>One basic idea of UPDF is always: don’t touch nor change things you haven’t created.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The only instance nobody has to treat as read-only is the device configuration. That instance is the key component to refer to all modules and therefore is supposed to be changed whenever something is added or taken away.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Ok, these were the three notes of background information.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Now I need some feedback, if that helped elucidate on the architecture or what else could be done???</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Regards</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Norbert Schade</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Norbert Schade</span></font></b></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><strong><b><font size=3 color="#555555" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#555555'>Software Manager</span></font></b></strong></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><strong><b><font size=3 color="#555555" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#555555'>Oasis Semiconductor, Inc.</span></font></b></strong><font color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'><br> </span></font><font color="#666666" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family: "Courier New";color:#666666'>201 Jones Road</span></font><font color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'><br> </span></font><font color="#777777" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family: "Courier New";color:#777777'>Waltham</span></font><font color="#777777" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#777777'>, </span></font><font color="#777777" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; color:#777777'>MA</span></font><font color="#777777" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#777777'> </span></font><font color="#777777" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; color:#777777'>02451</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color="#777777" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#777777'>USA</span></font><font color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; color:navy'><br> </span></font><font color="#888888" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family: "Courier New";color:#888888'>tel. 1-781-370-8929</span></font><font color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'><br> </span></font><font color="#999999" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family: "Courier New";color:#999999'>fax. 1-781-370-8990</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color="#999999" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#999999'>email: norbert.schade@oasissemi.com</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>