Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Wade D Paustian

Joshua R Bertram

John L Hagen

Branden H Sletteland

Lloyd F Aquino

A system and related method for PCIe device configuration in a certified multi-core avionics processing system on which several guest operating systems (GOS) are running may allow a GOS to access or communicate with PCIe devices not owned by that GOS. The system may configure PCIe controllers and the PCI devices connected by those controllers by issuing addresses and determine, via a configuration vector of the system hypervisor, which PCIe devices are accessible to which non-owning guest operating systems. The hypervisor may provide each non-owning GOS with the GOS physical addresses corresponding to each non-owned PCIe device accessible to that GOS. Configuration of an unpowered or otherwise unprepared PCIe device may be deferred until device information is requested by the owning GOS to preserve compliance with system timing requirements.

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Cedar Rapids, IA, United States of America

Wade D Paustian