Method and apparatus for responding to critical abstracted platform events in a data processing system
US7260752B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0787
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for generating a hardware interrupt to the operating system in response to detecting a presence of the event in the platform. The event is stored in a partition queue associated with a partition firmware in response to the presence of the event. The event is identified in the partition queue, in response to receiving a request to check the hardware interrupt in the partition firmware. The event is processed in response to identifying the event.
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