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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

May. 28, 2008
Applicants:

Troy Miller, Plano, TX (US);

Mark A. Criss, McKinney, TX (US);

Jerry James Harrow, Jr., Brookline, NH (US);

Thomas Turicchi, Dallas, TX (US);

Michael Wisner, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Troy Miller, Plano, TX (US);

Mark A. Criss, McKinney, TX (US);

Jerry James Harrow, Jr., Brookline, NH (US);

Thomas Turicchi, Dallas, TX (US);

Michael Wisner, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4856 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data processing system facilitates virtual machine migration with direct physical access control. The illustrative data processing system comprises a software-programmable trap control associated with hardware registers of a computer that selectively vectors execution control of a virtual machine (VM) between a host and a guest. The data processing system further comprises a logic which is configured for execution on the computer that programs the trap control to enable the virtual machine to directly access the hardware registers when the virtual machine is not migrated and to revoke direct access of the hardware registers in preparation for virtual machine migration.


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