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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Guillermo Rozas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alex Klaiber, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Guillermo Rozas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alex Klaiber, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for tagging cache entries to support context switching for virtual machines and for operating systems. The method includes, storing a plurality of entries within a cache of a CPU of a computer system, wherein each of the entries includes a context ID, handling a first portion of the entries as local entries when the respective context IDs indicate a local status, and handling a second portion of the entries as global entries when the respective context IDs indicate a global status.