Configuration management for an emulator operating system
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1. A method of configuration management for a computing arrangement having a host operating system and an emulator operating system, comprising:
- establishing host operating system interfaces to computing arrangement components;
scanning the computing arrangement to determine configuration information about computing arrangement components reserved for use by the emulator operating system using the host operating system interfaces;
communicating the scanned configuration information to the emulator operating system; and
configuring the emulator operating system using the communicated configuration information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing the configuration of a computing arrangement having a host operating system and an emulator operating system includes establishing host operating system interfaces to computing arrangement components. The computing arrangement is scanned, using the host operating system interfaces, to determine configuration information about computing arrangement components reserved for use by the emulator operating system. At least a portion of the scanned configuration information is communicated to the emulator operating system.
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1. A method of configuration management for a computing arrangement having a host operating system and an emulator operating system, comprising:
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establishing host operating system interfaces to computing arrangement components; scanning the computing arrangement to determine configuration information about computing arrangement components reserved for use by the emulator operating system using the host operating system interfaces; communicating the scanned configuration information to the emulator operating system; and configuring the emulator operating system using the communicated configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of configuration management for a computing arrangement having a host operating system, comprising:
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executing an emulator on the host operating system; executing an emulator operating system on the emulator; scanning the computing arrangement using host operating system interfaces; identifying at least one computing arrangement component reserved for use by the emulator, and the configuration thereof, in response to the scanning; compiling a data structure representative of the configuration in response to the identifying; communicating the configuration to the emulator operating system; and configuring the emulator operating system using the communicated configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computing arrangement having a host operating system, comprising:
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means for executing an emulator on the host operating system; means for executing an emulator operating system on the emulator; means for scanning the computing arrangement using host operating system interfaces; means for identifying at least one computing arrangement component reserved for use by the emulator, and the configuration thereof, in response to the scanning; means for compiling a data structure representative of the configuration in response to the identifying; means for communicating the configuration to the emulator operating system; and means for managing the configuration of the emulator operating system using the communicated configuration.
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21. A computing arrangement having a host operating system, comprising:
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an emulator executing on the host operating system; an emulator operating system executing on the emulator; host operating system interfaces adapted to scan the computing arrangement; software adapted to identify at least one computing arrangement component reserved for use by the emulator, and the configuration thereof, in response to the scanning; an application adapted to compile a data structure representative of the configuration in response to the identifying; and a file arranged to communicate the configuration to the emulator operating system which is configured using the communicated configuration.
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22. A computing arrangement having a first operating system, comprising:
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a central processor programmed and configured to emulate a second computing arrangement, the emulated second computing arrangement being operable on the first operating system, and having an emulator operating system; at least one computing arrangement component communicatively coupled to the central processor, the at least one computing arrangement component being reserved for use by the emulator operating system and scanned through first operating system interfaces; and a Partition Data Bank (PDB) builder module programmed and configured to ascertain configuration information of the emulated second computing arrangement responsive to the scanning, and to assemble and communicate the configuration information to the emulator operating system which is configured using the communicated configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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