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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Christophe DE Dinechin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jean-marc Chevrot, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christophe de Dinechin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jean-Marc Chevrot, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A virtual machine application interrupts execution of a host OS under software control at a predetermined interruption point, instead of interrupting the execution at an arbitrary instruction. The context of the host OS is saved by using an inconsequential register as temporary storage. Context of the host OS is restored by using an inconsequential register as temporary storage.