Control register access virtualization performance improvement in the virtual-machine architecture
US7127548B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/468
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a command pertaining to one or more portions of a register is received from guest software. Further, a determination is made as to whether the guest software has access to all of the requested portions of the register based on indicators within a mask field that correspond to the requested portions of the register. If the guest software has access to all of the requested portions of the register, the command received from the guest software is executed on the requested portions of the register.
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