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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael J. Cadigan, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Howard M. Haynie, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Scot H. Rider, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Mushfiq U. Saleheen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to a method for encapsulating a hardware application for virtualization. The method surrounds the hardware application with a service layer controller and ring interfaces. The ring interfaces dictates a virtual function that the hardware application is running. The method controls the hardware application so that the hardware application is reset in between each of a plurality of running jobs. The method tags, by the ring interfaces, each of a plurality of requests with an identifier signifying a virtual function that the respective request belongs to. The method ensures that there are not any outstanding requests following a quiesce of the hardware application.