Patent ID: 8332849
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a device implementing a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express interface with Single Root Input/Output (I/O) Virtualization; an information handling system comprising a processing device operatively coupled with the device, the processing device configured for executing an operating system control program to manage one or more guest operating systems on the information handling system device, the operating system control program including a paravirtualization driver for formulating a work queue entry according to the Single Root I/O Virtualization of the device, wherein data is transmitted between the one or more guest operating systems and the device via the paravirtualization driver, the paravirtualization driver communicates through physical function funneling including formulation of a work queue entry utilizing a Routing Identification (ID) for a corresponding virtual function of the device.