Method and apparatus for enabling a wake-up event by modifying a second register to enable a second wake-up event responsive to detecting entry of data in a first register
US6725384B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/3203
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus provides hardware-configured wake-up events for a computer operating system compliant with an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) protocol without requiring additional hardware. The method and apparatus includes generation of a system management interrupt (SMI) during normal ACPI working-to-sleep transition allowing a basic input-output system (BIOS) circuit to enable additional wake-up events independent of the computer operating system.
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