Patent ID: 6684312
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer system comprising:a processor generating an address of a virtual address system, a first main memory storing information which said processor processes, and a non-volatile storage storing first memory size information of said first main memory and second memory size information of a second main memory that is to be hot-added; wherein said processor has an address translating unit translating virtual addresses and physical addresses and said processor outputs physical addresses representing a region of said first main memory; wherein said main memory stores at least a part of a first page structure of said region for said first main memory and has a region for a second page structure of said second main memory, and wherein said processor accesses said first main memory using said first page structure; and wherein said main memory has an untranslatable region and stores said first page structure and said region for said second page structure in said untranslatable region.