Patent ID: 7814561
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, in a software partitioned data processing system, for exporting a device from an administrator partition to a software partition, comprising: accessing, by a device export management module in a software partition management engine of the administrator partition, a trusted devices data structure providing a first list of one or more devices that are permitted to be exported to a plurality of software partitions, wherein the first list of one or more devices identifies at set of default devices that are to be exported to the plurality of software partitions by default and wherein the set of default devices is a subset of the one or more devices that are permitted to be exported to the plurality of software partitions; presenting, by a device management user interface in the software partition, the first list to a user of the software partition, responsive to a selection made by the user via the device management user interface, generating, by the device export management module, an override data structure for the software partition, wherein the override data structure identifies a second list of at least one default device in the subset of default devices that is blocked from being exported and at least one permitted device in the one or more devices that are permitted to be exported that is not in the set of default devices; and exporting, by the device export management module, at least one default device in the subset of default devices that is not blocked and the least one permitted device to the software partition based on the first list in the trusted devices data structure and the second list in the override data structure.