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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 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 Shalev, 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 Shalev, Zichron-Yaakov, IL;
Jaya Srikrishnan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that enables host software or firmware to allocate virtual resources to one or more system images from a single physical I/O adapter, such as a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, is provided. Adapter resource groups are assigned to respective system images. An adapter resource group is exclusively available to the system image to which the adapter resource group assignment was made. Assignment of adapter resource groups may be made per a relative resource assignment or an absolute resource assignment. In another embodiment, adapter resource groups are assigned to system images on a first come, first served basis.