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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Steve M. Bennett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Erik C. Cota-robles, Portland, OR (US);
Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Portland, OR (US);
Alain Kagi, Portland, OR (US);
Michael A. Kozuch, Export, PA (US);
Richard A. Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Larry Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Andrew Glew, San Jose, CA (US);
Erich Boleyn, Portland, OR (US);
Steve M. Bennett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Erik C. Cota-Robles, Portland, OR (US);
Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Portland, OR (US);
Alain Kagi, Portland, OR (US);
Michael A. Kozuch, Export, PA (US);
Richard A. Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Larry Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Andrew Glew, San Jose, CA (US);
Erich Boleyn, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided to control the execution of a virtual machine (VM). A VM Monitor (VMM) accesses VM Control Structures (VMCS) indirectly through access instructions passed to a processor. In one embodiment, the access instructions include VMCS component identifiers used by the processor to determine the appropriate storage location for the VMCS components. The processor identifies the appropriate storage location for the VMCS component within the processor storage or within memory.