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Systems and methods for hypervisor discovery and utilization

  • US 8,635,612 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2005
  • Issued: 01/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for discovering and utilizing a virtualizing program, comprising:

  • a processor; and

    a memory communicatively coupled to said processor when the system is operational, the memory bearing computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the operations comprising;

    determining the presence of the virtualizing program through the use of a virtualized device;

    receiving at least one page of information manifested into the physical address space of a partition, wherein the at least one page of information is indicative of a calling convention, and wherein the at least one page of information is owned by the virtualization program and is accessible to the partition;

    establishing the calling convention with the virtualizing program, based on the at least one page of information; and

    sending a requested operation to the virtualizing program using the calling convention, such that the virtualizing program performs the requested operation.

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