Method and apparatus for translating guest physical addresses in a virtual machine environment

US7124273B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Andy Glew · Portland, US
• Michael Kozuch · Beaverton, US
• Erich Boleyn · Portland, US
• Lawrence O. Smith · Beaverton, US
• Gilbert Neiger · Portland, US
• Richard Uhlig · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F12/1036
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus are used to efficiently translate memory addresses. The translation scheme yields a translated address, a memory type for the translated address, and a fault bit for the translation.