Method and apparatus for the inter-operation of differing architectural and run time conventions
US6199202A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/44521
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The inventive mechanism allows an application to switch modes during its operation, between a compatibility or legacy mode for a previous architecture, and a native mode for a current architecture. The mechanism includes an official function descriptor which describes information for accessing a function which resides in one module. The OFD has a legacy portion is useable by a legacy module and a native portion is useable by a native module. The mechanism also includes a linkage table that resides in a second module which references the function in the first module. The portion of the OFD which corresponds to the mode of the linkage table module is copied into the linkage table. Each portion contains one entry that corresponds to an address location of the function, and another entry that is a value for a register which refers to the data segment corresponding to the load module containing the function. The information in the OFD depends on whether the function is a legacy function or a native function.
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