Accessing vendor-specific drivers for configuring and accessing a self-virtualizing input/output device
US8839240B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45558
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A vendor independent interface is provided between a hypervisor and an adjunct partition associated with a self-virtualizing IO resource to effectively abstract away vendor-specific interface details for the self-virtualizing IO resource and its adjunct partition. By doing so, vendor-specific implementation details may be isolated from the configuration and management functionality in a hypervisor, thus minimizing the changes to vendor specific firmware in order to manage new or revised self-virtualizing IO resources.
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