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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Asher M. Altman, Bedford, MA (US);
Mark A. Schmisseur, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);
Thomas M. Slaight, Beaverton, OR (US);
Asher M. Altman, Bedford, MA (US);
Mark A. Schmisseur, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);
Thomas M. Slaight, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms for providing access to a storage device of a computer platform. In an embodiment, an agent executing on the platform may be registered for access to the storage device, the agent being allocated a memory space by a host operating system of the platform. Registration of the agent may result in a location in the allocated memory space being mapped to a location in the storage device. In another embodiment, the agent may write to the location in the allocated memory space to request access to the storage device, wherein the request is independent of any system call to the host OS which describes the requested access.