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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Mips Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sanjay Patel, San Ramon, CA (US);
Chris Dearman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ranganathan Sudhakar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
MIPS Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 12/109 (2013.01); G06F 12/14 (2013.01); G06F 12/1491 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor includes memory segment configuration registers to store defined memory address segments and defined memory address segment attributes such that the processor operates in accordance with the defined memory address segments and defined memory address segment attributes to allow kernel mode access to user space virtual addresses for enhanced kernel mode memory capacity.