1. A seed of hybrid corn variety CH669468, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV774864+CV211902 with a second plant of variety 1113752, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV774864+CV211902 and 1113752 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. PTA-11317, PTA-9742 and PTA-7861, respectively.
2. A plant of the hybrid corn variety CH669468 grown from the seed of claim 1.
3. A plant part of the plant of claim 2.
4. The plant part of claim 3, further defined as an ear, ovule, pollen or cell.
5. A composition comprising the seed of claim 1 comprised in plant seed growth media.
6. The composition of claim 5, wherein the growth media is soil or a synthetic cultivation medium.
7. The seed of claim 1, further comprising at least a first transgene.
8. The seed of claim 7, wherein the transgene confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
9. A method of producing the seed of claim 1 comprising crossing a plant of variety CV774864+CV211902 with a plant of variety 1113752, wherein representative seed of variety CV774864+CV211902 and variety 1113752 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. PTA-11317, PTA-9742 and PTA-7861, respectively.
10. A seed of hybrid corn variety CH669468 comprising at least a first single locus conversion, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV774864+CV211902 with a second plant of variety 1113752, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV774864+CV211902 and 1113752 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. PTA-11317, PTA-9742 and PTA-7861, respectively, and wherein one or both of the first plant and second plant comprises the single locus conversion, and wherein a plant grown from said seed comprises a trait conferred by said at least a first single locus conversion and otherwise comprises essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid corn variety CH669468.
11. The seed of claim 10, wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
12. A plant grown from the seed of claim 10.
13. A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH669468 comprising the steps of:
(a) introducing at least a first heritable trait into at least one inbred corn variety selected from the group consisting of variety CV774864+CV211902 and variety 1113752 to produce a plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the trait, wherein the heritable trait is introduced into said first inbred corn variety by backcrossing and wherein representative samples of seed of variety CV774864+CV211902 and variety 1113752 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. PTA-11317, PTA-9742 and PTA-7861, respectively; and
(b) crossing a plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the trait with a plant of a different variety selected from said group consisting of CV774864+CV211902 and 1113752 to produce a plant of hybrid corn variety CH669468 comprising the heritable trait.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising repeating step (a) at least once to introduce at least a second heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH669468, wherein the second heritable trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
16. A plant produced by the method of claim 13.
17. A method of producing a corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH669468, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 2 with a second corn plant to produce a progeny corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH669468.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing the progeny corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH669468 with itself or a second plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation;
(b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from the seed and crossing the progeny plant of a subsequent generation with itself or a second plant; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for at least an additional 3-10 generations to produce a corn plant further derived from the hybrid corn variety CH669468.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of:
(d) crossing the corn plant further derived from the hybrid corn variety CH669468 with a second, distinct corn plant.
20. A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising obtaining the plant of claim 2 or a part thereof and producing said commodity plant product therefrom.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the commodity plant product is grain, starch, seed oil, corn syrup or protein.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A processing system comprising:
a memory for storing program instructions and data;
a processor for executing said program instructions, said program instructions including multiple operating systems executing within multiple virtual machines, wherein said program instructions further comprise hypervisor program instructions for managing said virtual machines;
a service processor coupled to said processor and having a memory containing service processor program instructions for providing hardware assistance to said hypervisor program and for managing system functions when said hypervisor is not executing; and
an adapter for receiving a peripheral connection, said peripheral connection operative to transfer a wakeup indication, wherein said adapter has an output for indicating receipt of said wakeup indication coupled to an input of said service processor for indicating to said service processor that said wakeup indication has been received, and wherein said service processor program instructions comprise program instructions for notifying said hypervisor that said wakeup indication has been received responsive to output of said adapter, and wherein said hypervisor program instructions comprise program instructions for controlling the power management state of a virtual machine owning said adapter in response to said notification from said service processor, wherein said hypervisor program instructions further comprise program instructions for transferring ownership of said adapter from a first one of said virtual machines to a second one of said virtual machines by unmapping said adapter from said first virtual machine, resetting the state of said adapter, and mapping said adapter in said second virtual machine, whereby said second virtual machine owns said adapter.
2. The processing system of claim 1, wherein said adapter is an Ethernet adapter, said wakeup request is a Wake-on-LAN packet, wherein adapter comprises a decoder for decoding said Wake-on-LAN packet, and wherein output is activated responsive to said decoding.
3. The processing system of claim 2, wherein said adapter output is a power management signal output by said Ethernet adapter and said service processor input is an interrupt input.
4. The processing system of claim 1, wherein hypervisor program instructions further comprise instructions for placing said owning virtual machine in power-up state, and wherein said service processor program instructions further comprise program instructions for determining whether or not said processing system is in a power-down state, and responsive to determining that said processing system is in a power down state, restoring said processing system to a power-up state prior to notifying said hypervisor that said wakeup indication has been received.
5. The processing system of claim 1, wherein said hypervisor program instructions activate said owning virtual machine by placing said owner virtual machine in power-up state, and further comprising program instructions for determining whether or not said owning virtual machine should be activated in conformity with a system management policy of said hypervisor, and wherein said hypervisor program instructions for controlling are executed only in response to determining that said owning virtual machine should be activated.
6. The processing system of claim 1, further comprising a standby power switch for controlling standby power to said adapter while standby power is still available to said processing system, and wherein said program instructions for resetting direct said service processor to reset said adapter and wherein said service processor program instructions further comprise program instructions for cycling all power to said adapter including deactivating standby power to said adapter by deactivating said standby power switch.
7. The processing system of claim 1, wherein said program instructions for resetting direct said service processor to reset said adapter and wherein said service processor program instructions further comprise program instructions for cycling a power good indication provided to said adapter from said service processor, whereby a controller within said adapter self-resets in response to said cycling.
8. A computer program product comprising computer readable storage media encoding program instructions for execution within a processing system supporting execution of multiple operating system images executing within multiple virtual machines, wherein said program instructions comprise hypervisor program instructions for managing said virtual machines, and wherein said hypervisor program instructions comprise program instructions for:
receiving a notification from a service processor that a wakeup indication has been received by an adapter coupled to said service processor;
determining whether or not to activate a virtual machine owning said adapter in conformity with a system management policy;
responsive to determining that said owning virtual machine should be activated, activating said virtual machine;
unmapping the adapter from a first virtual machine in response to a request to transfer ownership of said adapter; and
resetting the state of said adapter by directing said service processor to cause the adapter to determine that all power to the adapter has been cycled; and
mapping the adapter into a second virtual machine.