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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2012
Applicants:

Bryan D. Marietta, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Gary L. Whisenhunt, Leander, TX (US);

Kumar K. Gala, Austin, TX (US);

David B. Kramer, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Inventors:

Bryan D. Marietta, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Gary L. Whisenhunt, Leander, TX (US);

Kumar K. Gala, Austin, TX (US);

David B. Kramer, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and circuit for a data processing system provide virtualized instructions for accessing a partitioned device (e.g.,) by executing a control instruction () to encode and store an access command (CMD) in a data payload with a hardware-inserted partition attribute (LPID) for storage to a command register () at a physical address (PA) retrieved from a special purpose register () so that the partitioned device () can determine if the access command can be performed based on local access control information.


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