Virtualization with in-place translation

US9009727B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9009727-B2
Application numberUS-46634309-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 14, 2009
Priority dateMay 30, 2008
Publication dateApr 14, 2015
Grant dateApr 14, 2015

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In a computing system having virtualization software including a guest operating system (OS), a method for executing guest OS instructions that includes: replacing each of one or more guest OS instructions with: (a) a translated instruction, which translated instruction is a one-to-one translation, or (b) a trap instruction.

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What is claimed is: 1. In a computing system comprised of virtualization software including a guest operating system (OS), a method for executing guest OS instructions residing in a memory page that comprises: determining when guest OS instructions in the memory page need to be translated; when a guest OS instruction needs to be translated, performing: determining whether a guest OS instruction should be translated with a multiple instruction sequence or a one to one translation;…

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What does patent US9009727B2 cover?
In a computing system having virtualization software including a guest operating system (OS), a method for executing guest OS instructions that includes: replacing each of one or more guest OS instructions with: (a) a translated instruction, which translated instruction is a one-to-one translation, or (b) a trap instruction.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Devine Scott W, Rogel Lawrence S, Bungale Prashanth P, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F12/1009. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 14 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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