Virtual hot plugging of devices and virtual devices

A method for virtual hot plugging at least one of a device or a virtual device, comprising:

• utilizing at least one processing unit, creating at least one virtualized device list for at least one virtualized operating system executing in an operating system on a computing device, the at least one virtualized device list stored in at least one computer readable medium, the at least one virtualized operating system operable to interact with a plurality of devices utilizing the at least one virtualized device list;
• utilizing the at least one processing unit, creating a virtualized bus node in the at least one virtualized device list for each bus connected to the computing device;
• utilizing the at least one processing unit, creating a plurality of virtualized interface nodes in the at least one virtualized device list, each of the plurality of virtualized interface nodes corresponding to one of the plurality of interfaces, the plurality of virtualized interface nodes being child nodes of the respective virtualized bus node, each virtualized interface node including a status indicator that indicates whether one of the plurality of devices is accessible by the at least one virtualized operating system via the corresponding one of the plurality of interfaces;
• utilizing the at least one processing unit, creating a virtualized device node in the at least one virtualized device list, the virtualized device node corresponding to a device of the plurality of devices that is accessible by the at least one virtualized operating system via an interface of the plurality of interfaces, the virtualized device node being a child node of the virtualized interface node that corresponds to the interface, the device including a plurality of virtual devices;
• utilizing the at least one processing unit, creating a plurality of virtualized virtual interface nodes in the at least one virtual device list, each of the plurality of virtualized virtual interface nodes corresponding to one of the plurality of virtual devices, the plurality of virtualized virtual interface nodes being child nodes of the virtualized device node, each virtual interface node including a status indicator that indicates whether the virtual device is accessible by the at least one virtualized operating system;
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• utilizing the at least one processing unit, performing at least one of adding or removing at least one of one of the plurality of devices utilizing at least the at least one virtualized device list or one of the plurality of virtual devices utilizing at least the at least one virtualized device list.

A system for virtual hot plugging at least one of a device or a virtual device, comprising:

• at least one processing unit operable to execute at least one of an operating system or a virtualized operating system;
• at least one tangible storage media, communicably coupled to the processing unit,
• at least one device list, stored in the at least one tangible storage media, utilizable by the
• at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system to interact with a plurality of devices, the at least one device list comprising:
• a bus node for each bus connected to the at least one processing unit, each bus including a plurality of interfaces;
• a plurality of interface nodes each corresponding to one of the plurality of interfaces, each interface node a child node of the respective bus node, each interface node including a status indicator that indicates whether one of the plurality of devices is accessible by the at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system via the corresponding one of the plurality of interfaces;
• a device node, corresponding to a device of the plurality of devices that is accessible by the at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system via an interface of the plurality of interfaces, the device node a child node of the interface node that corresponds to the interface, the device including a plurality of virtual devices;
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• a plurality of virtual interface nodes each corresponding to one of the plurality of virtual devices, each of the plurality of virtual interface nodes a child node of the device node, each virtual device node including a status indicator that indicates whether the virtual device is accessible by the at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system;
• wherein the at least one processing unit is operable to perform one of adding a new device for the at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system utilizing the at least one device list, removing one of the plurality of devices for the at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system utilizing the at least one device list, adding a new virtual device for the at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system utilizing the at least one device list or a virtualized device list, or removing a virtual device for the at least one of the operating system or the virtualized operating system utilizing the at least one device list or the virtualized device list.