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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Nathan Jared Hughes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Stephen Patrick Hack, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael S. Allison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Morrison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nathan Jared Hughes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Stephen Patrick Hack, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael S. Allison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Morrison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of allocating a resource in a computer system having a plurality of operating systems, and related system, are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) operating to facilitate interactions between at least one of the plurality of the operating systems and one or more of the resource, a hardware device, and firmware, and determining whether the resource is allocated to a first of the plurality of operating systems. The method further includes ejecting the resource from the first operating system, and allocating the resource to a second of the plurality of operating systems.