METHODS AND APPARATUS TO BOOT FROM BLOCK DEVICES

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO BOOT FROM BLOCK DEVICES

An example apparatus includes: a first interface configured to couple to a processor core; a second interface configured to couple to a first memory configured to store an image that includes a set of slices; a third interface coupled to the first interface, the third interface configured to couple...

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Hauptverfasser: Mody, Mihir Narendra, Chitnis, Kedar, Yeyyadi Anantha, Prithvi Shankar, Ghotgalkar, Shailesh, Govindarajan, Sriramakrishnan
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:An example apparatus includes: a first interface configured to couple to a processor core; a second interface configured to couple to a first memory configured to store an image that includes a set of slices; a third interface coupled to the first interface, the third interface configured to couple to a second memory; a direct memory access circuit coupled to the second interface and the third interface and configured to: receive a transaction from the second interface, wherein the transaction specifies a read of a slice of the set of slices; and based on the transaction: read the slice from the first memory; perform on-the-fly operations to the slice; and store the slice in the second memory.