The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Olaf Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);
Anand S. Gupta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher A. Vick, San Jose, CA (US);
Olaf Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);
Anand S. Gupta, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher A. Vick, San Jose, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for discovery of a root file system that includes obtaining a tag corresponding to a boot image for an operating system, identifying, by a boot loader, a location of the boot image having a predefined value matching the tag, loading a kernel of the operating system retrieved from the boot image, and transferring execution to the kernel, wherein the boot loader provides the tag for the location to the kernel. The method further includes identifying, by the kernel, the location of the root file system based on the tag provided by the boot loader, and executing the operating system on a processor using the root file system identified by the kernel.