Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data driven hardware chips initialization via hardware procedure framework
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Application No.: US13685702Application Date: 2012-11-26
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Publication No.: US09720703B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Kevin Franklin Reick , David Dean Sanner , Kenneth L. Wright
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Yudell Isidore PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
A system and computer program product provide processor initialization in different platform environments via a single code set. The system includes: in response to detecting a power-on operation of the processor, a microcontroller retrieving hardware procedures (HWP) framework code from a storage and triggering execution of the HWP framework code on the processor. The execution of the HWP framework code generates a HWP framework that comprises a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) which govern how all communication processes involving hardware procedures can be accomplished. The system further includes the microcontroller performing one or more initialization procedures by communicating one or more attribute data via the HWP framework to configure the processor for operation within a specific platform environment in which the processor is to be operated. The HWP framework includes standard interfaces and enables direct updates to hardware procedures without requiring a new flash code or a firmware patch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140149728A1 DATA DRIVEN HARDWARE CHIPS INITIALIZATION VIA HARDWARE PROCEDURE FRAMEWORK Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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