HETEROMORPHIC I/O DISCOVERY AND HANDSHAKE

    公开(公告)号:US20220261263A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17736791

    申请日:2022-05-04

    Abstract: A virtual function (VF) driver is provided, which receives an indication of base address registers (BARs) exposed by an I/O device providing virtualized hardware resources for use by the VF driver. The VF driver performs an internal probe and analysis to determine a target adaptation of at least one of the BARs exposed by the I/O device. A physical function (PF) driver receives a request message from the VF driver to adapt at least one of the BARs exposed by the I/O device. The BARs exposed by the I/O device are adapted by the PF driver according to the request message. A confirmation message is provided to the VF driver indicating the adaptation to the BARs exposed by the I/O device. The VF driver accesses regions of memory allocated to the adapted BARs exposed by the I/O device.

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