The present invention provides mechanisms that enable application instances to pass block mode storage requests directly to a physical I/O adapter without run-time involvement from the local operating system or hypervisor. In one aspect of the present invention, a mechanism is provided for handling user...http://www.google.de/patents/US7849228?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7849228 - Mechanisms for creation/deletion of linear block address table entries for direct I/O
