Method for managing graphic cards in a computing system
AssigneeBlade
InventorAcher Criou
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Abstract
A method of managing graphic cards in a computing system includes, upon initiation of a virtual machine in the computing system, assigning at least a virtual graphic card and a physical graphic card to the virtual machine for processing graphical instructions, disconnecting the physical graphic card from the virtual machine to release it to a pool of available physical graphic cards, detecting the need of the virtual machine to process advanced graphical instructions and, upon detection, selecting an available physical graphic card in the pool of available physical graphic cards, and connecting the available physical graphic card to the virtual machine for processing the advanced graphical instructions.
Claims19
A method for managing graphic cards in a computing system, comprising:
- upon initiation of a virtual machine in the computing system, assigning at least a virtual graphic card and a physical graphic card to the virtual machine for processing graphical instructions, basic graphical instructions originating from the virtual machine being processed by the virtual graphic card;
- disconnecting the physical graphic card from the virtual machine to release the physical graphic card to a pool of available physical graphic cards;
- detecting the need of the virtual machine to process advanced graphical instructions and, upon detection, selecting an available physical graphic card in the pool of available physical graphic cards;
- connecting the available physical graphic card to the virtual machine for processing the advanced graphical instructions.
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