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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Filip Schmole, Portland, OR (US);
Ryan Holmqvist, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kapil Karkra, Chandler, AZ (US);
Orden Smith, Chandler, AZ (US);
Nicholas Adams, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vinay Raghav, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Device virtualization techniques can enable physical I/O devices (such as PCIe devices or other I/O devices) to appear as virtual I/O devices, while also enabling selective exposure of information regarding the physical I/O devices to enable the native drivers of the physical I/O devices to be run. In one example, one or more physical I/O devices associated with a virtual I/O device are locked, and an interface is monitored for requests to those physical I/O devices. The device can be unlocked in response to a request to a predetermined address. When a physical I/O device is locked, read requests to read an identifier of the physical device are blocked, and a value associated with the virtual I/O device is provided. When the physical I/O device is unlocked, read requests to read an identifier of the physical I/O device are forwarded to the physical I/O device.