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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
James B. Williams, Lowell, MA (US);
Shawn Adam Clayton, Boylston, MA (US);
Maria Clara Gutierrez, Concord, MA (US);
Alexander Nicolson, IV, Punta Gorda, FL (US);
James Winston Smart, Dana Point, CA (US);
John Leland Wood, Stratham, NH (US);
David James Duckman, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Carl John Lindeborg, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
William Irving Leavitt, Lexington, MA (US);
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A system for enabling input/out virtualization for a device is disclosed. In one embodiment the system includes a plurality of host CPUs; a multi-root switch connected to each of the plurality of host CPUs via respective buses; and an inline PCI virtualizing device connected to the multi-root switch via a front-side bus and the device via a back-side bus, the inline PCI virtualizing device including a plurality sets of registers, each of the plurality sets of registers accessible by a corresponding host CPU of the plurality of host CPUs and implementing functionalities of the device.