Method and system for performing I/O operations using a hypervisor

A method for installing a device driver for a device in a guest domain, that includes obtaining a first device driver for the device by a hypervisor, installing, by the hypervisor, the first device driver into memory allocated to the guest domain, and notifying an operating system in the guest domai...

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Main Authors Manczak, Olaf, Vick, Christopher A, Paleczny, Michael H
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.07.2011
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Summary:A method for installing a device driver for a device in a guest domain, that includes obtaining a first device driver for the device by a hypervisor, installing, by the hypervisor, the first device driver into memory allocated to the guest domain, and notifying an operating system in the guest domain of the first device driver after installing the device driver, wherein the operating system communicates with the device using the first device driver.