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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Richard Louis Arndt, Austin, TX (US);
Giora Biran, Zichron-Yaakov, IL;
Harvey Gene Kiel, Rochester, MN (US);
Vadim Makhervaks, Austin, TX (US);
Renato John Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Leah Shaley, Zichron-Yaakov, IL;
Jaya Srikrishnan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Richard Louis Arndt, Austin, TX (US);
Giora Biran, Zichron-Yaakov, IL;
Harvey Gene Kiel, Rochester, MN (US);
Vadim Makhervaks, Austin, TX (US);
Renato John Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Leah Shaley, Zichron-Yaakov, IL;
Jaya Srikrishnan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer program product and distributed data processing system that allows a single physical I/O adapter, such as a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, to validate that a direct memory access address referenced by an incoming I/O transaction that was initiated through a memory mapped I/O operation are associated with a virtual adapter or virtual resource that is referenced by the incoming memory mapped I/O operation is provided. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a mechanism for sharing conventional PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) I/O adapters, PCI-X I/O Adapters, PCI-Express I/O Adapters, and, in general, any I/O adapter that uses a memory mapped I/O interface for communications. A single physical I/O adapter validates that one or more direct memory access addresses referenced by an incoming I/O transaction initiated through a memory mapped I/O operation are associated with a virtual adapter or virtual resource that is referenced by the incoming memory mapped I/O operation.