Method and apparatus for uniformly integrating operating system resources

• US 20070050770A1
• Filed: 08/30/2005
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DLOO Incorporated
• Original Assignee: DLOO Incorporated
• Inventors: Geisinger, Nile
• Application Number:
  US11/216,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050770A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/547 Messaging middleware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45537 Provision of facilities of other operating environments, e.g. WINE I/O emulation G06F13/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/545 where tasks reside in different layers, e.g. user- and kernel-space
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues

Abstract

Method and apparatus for uniformly integrating operating system resources are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a computing system includes, but is not limited to, a first operating system with a first operating system kernel and a first operating system resource, a second operating system with a second operating system kernel and a second operating system resource, and a resource translator to create a uniform representation of the first and second operating system resources as at least one operating system resource in a third operating system. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first operating system with a first operating system kernel and a first operating system resource;

a second operating system with a second operating system kernel and a second operating system resource; and

a resource translator to create a uniform representation of the first and second operating system resources as at least one operating system resource in a third operating system.

2. A apparatus comprising:

a virtual operating system (VOS) including a VOS kernel;

a host operating system (HOS) including a HOS kernel;

a resource translator to create a uniform representation on the VOS of a given operating system resource from the HOS.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a set of files and directories comprising a virtual file system on the VOS;

a set of files and directories comprising a file system on the HOS, wherein the resource translator determines a location of files and directories on the HOS and creates a uniform representation of the files and directories on the VOS.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a process communication channel on the HOS,

wherein the resource translator represents the process communication channel in a uniform manner on the VOS.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a network stack on the HOS,

wherein the resource translator represents the network stack in a uniform manner on the VOS.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a set of processes on the HOS,

wherein the resource translator represents the processes in a uniform manner on the VOS.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a set of users on the HOS; and

a set of groups on the HOS,

wherein the resource translator represents the users and groups in a uniform manner on the VOS.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a record containing information about applications on the HOS,

wherein the resource translator represents the information in a uniform manner on the VOS.

9. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a set of configuration files on the HOS,

wherein the resource translator represents the configuration files in a uniform manner on the VOS.

10. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

an ontological collection of elements and relationships on the HOS,

wherein the resource translator represents the ontological collection in a uniform manner on the VOS;

11. A method in which a virtual operating system (VOS) represents a host operating system (HOS) resource, the method comprising:

establishing a communication channel between a VOS kernel of the VOS and a HOS kernel of the HOS;

sending a query about a host resource from the VOS kernel to the HOS kernel via the communication channel;

receiving the query in the HOS kernel and sending the requested information back to the VOS kernel via the communication channel; and

translating within the VOS the received information into a uniform representation of the host resource.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein changes to a native representation residing on the VOS are propagated back to the HOS using the communication channel.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises a file system.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises a process communication channel.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises a network stack.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises a set of processes.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises a set of users and groups.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises a record containing information about applications on the HOS.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises a set of configuration files on the HOS.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the HOS resource comprises an ontological collection of elements and relationships on the HOS.