Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exposing an independent hardware management and monitoring (IHMM) device of a host system to guests thereon
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Application No.: US15880835Application Date: 2018-01-26
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Publication No.: US11409624B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Marcus Armando Benedetto Campi
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F9/4401 ; G06F9/455 ; G06F9/54

Abstract:
The technology disclosed herein enables a guest executing in a host of a host computing system to access an IHMM device of the host computing system. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in the host, providing a virtualized IHMM device to a guest IHMM device driver in the guest and exchanging IHMM information between the guest IHMM device driver and the virtualized IHMM device. The method further provides, translating the IHMM information between the virtualized IHMM device and a host IHMM device driver on the host. The host IHMM device driver interacts with the host IHMM device based on the IHMM information.
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