Generalized virtualization platform for systems using hardware abstraction software layers
US11347531B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for testing a physical hardware system by executing hardware system application software on a corresponding emulated proxy physical hardware system in a proxy virtual machine are presented. The techniques include: obtaining a proxy physical hardware system that matches aspects of the physical hardware system; constructing, in a virtualization system, the proxy virtual machine; emulating, using the virtualization system, hardware components of the proxy physical hardware system in the proxy virtual machine; executing a hardware abstraction software layer in the proxy virtual machine; executing, by the hardware abstraction software layer of the virtualization system, the hardware system application software in the proxy virtual machine on the proxy physical hardware system using a memory map at least one adapter; and testing, using the virtualization system, the physical hardware system by the executing the hardware system application software in the proxy virtual machine on the proxy physical hardware system.
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