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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Qin Long, Shanghai, CN;
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Qin Long, Shanghai, CN;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A data processing system supports a virtualization enabled (VE) operating mode. An operating system (OS) is launched during a boot process. However, a trap agent is launched before the OS is launched. The trap agent may intercept an attempt to transition the data processing system to virtual machine (VM) operating mode. In response to intercepting the attempt to transition the data processing system to VM operating mode, the trap agent may automatically determine whether the program that requested the transition is an authorized program. If the program is not authorized, the trap agent may prevent the program from transitioning the data processing system to VM operating mode. In one embodiment, the trap agent is launched before the data processing system selects a boot device. In another embodiment, the trap agent is launched before executing any code from any third-party option ROMs. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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