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BIOS startup method and apparatus

US10719333B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2018
Grant dateJul 21, 2020
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/1044
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A BIOS startup method is disclosed, the method includes: in a first access mode, allocating, by a current node, a local MMCFG in a space below a local access address of the current node that is a first address, and completing memory initialization; and when performing unified memory addressing of a system, moving positions of addresses of a part or an entirety of the MMCFG space of the current node from the original space below the first address in a global access address of the system to a space that is above the first address and can be accessed in a second access mode.

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