Control of computer system wake/sleep transitions
US6065121A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/3203
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An advanced configuration and power interface operating system transparent method to control the wake-to-sleep and sleep-to-wake transitions includes: detecting a sleep enable command; temporarily blocking completion of the sleep enable command; generating an interrupt; configuring an input-output device; and completing the sleep enable command. The sleep enable command can be a write command to an advanced configuration and power interface sleep enable data storage unit. The generated interrupt can be a system management interrupt that invokes a basic input-output device configuration program.
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