CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45545 (2013.01); G06F 9/4812 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for managing access to a micro engine, the method comprising:
during a virtual machine initialization period, determining that a virtual function (“VF”) associated with the virtual machine is to be given access to direct communication with the micro engine;
in response to the determining, configuring the micro engine to accept direct communication from the VF through an interrupt-based doorbell mechanism; and
after a pre-programmed time period has expired, configuring the micro engine to no longer accept direct communication from the VF via the interrupt-based doorbell mechanism.
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