System and method for initializing a multinode multiprocessor computer system
US5938765A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4401
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for initializing a shared-memory, multinode multiprocessor computer system. The nodes in the multiprocessor computer system separately and independently run standard PC-based BIOS routines in parallel for initialization of the nodes. These BIOS routines set addresses of hardware components on each node as though the nodes are in a single-node environment. After completion of BIOS, the addresses of the hardware components are reprogrammed to conform with the multinode environment. A master processor then takes control to boot the operating system on the multinode environment.
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