Firmware emulation environment for developing, debugging, and testing firmware components including option ROMs
US7334120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4401
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus to execute a pre-boot application within an emulated pre-boot environment to test functionality of the pre-boot application. The emulated pre-boot environment is executed within a user mode of an operating system (“OS”) during an OS runtime of the processing system. The pre-boot application interacts with a hardware device of the processing system via a kernel proxy agent. The kernel proxy agent executes in a kernel mode of the OS.
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