Method, apparatus and system for instructing a virtual device from a virtual machine
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsNadav Nesher, Ke Yu
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for a virtual machine to issue an instruction to a virtual device, such virtual device being monitored by a management core of a virtual machine monitor. The virtual machine may instruct the virtual device to enter into for example a chat mode, a statistic mode, a file transfer mode or to execute or perform other functions. A management core of a virtual machine monitor may for example collect, channel, route or direct such instructions to a host, one or more other virtual machines or other components in a host network.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- instructing a virtual device from a virtual device driver in a virtual machine;
- and
- monitoring an instruction in a virtual machine monitor.
A method comprising:
- instructing a virtual device from a virtual machine;
- collecting said instruction in a management core of a virtual machine monitor;
- and
- executing said instructions on a resource outside of said virtual machine.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor to:
- instruct a virtual device from a virtual device driver in a virtual machine;
- and
- monitor said instruction in a virtual machine monitor.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a network card;
- and
- a mass storage memory device;
- wherein
- said processor is to:
- instruct a virtual device from a virtual device driver in a virtual machine;
- and
- monitor said instruction in a virtual machine monitor;
- and
- said mass storage memory device is to store said virtual device driver.
An article comprising a machine accessible medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed result in:
- issuance of an instruction to a virtual device from a virtual device driver in a virtual machine;
- and
- monitoring of said instruction in a virtual machine monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.