diff --git a/cyborg/accelerator/drivers/driver.py b/cyborg/accelerator/drivers/driver.py
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+import abc
+import six
+
+
+@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+class GenericDriver(object):
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def discover(self):
+        """Discover a specified accelerator.
+
+        :return: the list of driver device objs
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def update(self, control_path, image_path):
+        """Update the device firmware with specific image.
+
+        :param control_path: the image update control path of device.
+        :param image_path: The image path of the firmware binary.
+
+        :return: True if update successfully otherwise False
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_stats(self):
+        """Collects device stats.
+
+        It is used to collect information from the device about the device
+        capabilities. Such as performance info like temprature, power, volt,
+        packet_count info.
+
+        :return: The stats info of the device. The format should follow the
+        current Cyborg device-deploy-accelerator model
+        """
+        pass
diff --git a/cyborg/tests/unit/accelerator/drivers/test_driver.py b/cyborg/tests/unit/accelerator/drivers/test_driver.py
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+import six
+
+from cyborg.tests import base
+from cyborg.accelerator.drivers.driver import GenericDriver
+
+
+class WellDoneDriver(GenericDriver):
+    def discover(self):
+        pass
+
+    def update(self, control_path, image_path):
+        pass
+
+    def get_stats(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class NotCompleteDriver(GenericDriver):
+    def discover(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class TestGenericDriver(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_generic_driver(self):
+        driver = WellDoneDriver()
+        # Can't instantiate abstract class NotCompleteDriver with
+        # abstract methods get_stats, update
+        result = self.assertRaises(TypeError, NotCompleteDriver)
+        self.assertIn("Can't instantiate abstract class",
+                      six.text_type(result))