Unified hypervisor image for multiple processor ISAs
US11113071B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4416
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for booting a computer system includes: loading a first stage bootloader of a plurality of first stage bootloaders from a boot image based on a known configuration of the computer system; executing the first stage bootloader to identify a selected bootbank of a plurality of bootbanks in the boot image based on the known configuration of the computer system; executing, by the first stage bootloader, a second stage bootloader from the boot image with an instruction to boot from the selected bootbank; and executing, by the second stage bootloader, a binary file in the selected bootbank.
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