FACILITATING ACCESS TO INPUT/OUTPUT RESOURCES VIA AN I/O PARTITION SHARED BY MULTIPLE CONSUMER PARTITIONS
摘要
<p>At least one input/output (I/O) firmware partition is provided in a partitioned environment to facilitate access to I/O resources owned by the at least one I/O firmware partition. The I/O resources of an I/O firmware partition are shared by one or more other partitions of the environment, referred to as consumer partitions. The consumer partitions use the I/O firmware partition to access the I/O resources. Since the I/O firmware partitions are responsible for providing access to the I/O resources owned by those partitions, the consumer partitions are relieved of this task, reducing complexity and costs in the consumer partitions.</p>
申请公布号
EP1763749(A2)
申请公布日期
2007.03.21
申请号
EP20050717091
申请日期
2005.03.17
申请人
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED