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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Erik Cota-robles, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen Chou, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Portland, OR (US);
Alain Kagi, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Kozuch, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Erik Cota-Robles, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen Chou, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Portland, OR (US);
Alain Kagi, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Kozuch, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for constructing host processor soft devices independent of the host processor operating system are provided. In one embodiment, a driver of a soft device is implemented in a virtual machine monitor (VMM), and the soft device is made available for use by one or more virtual machines coupled to the VMM. In an alternative embodiment, a software component of a soft device is implemented in a first virtual machine that is coupled to a VMM, and the soft device is made available for use by a second virtual machine coupled to the VMM.