System and method to filter processors by health during early firmware for split recovery architecture
US7350063B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/177
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method to determine a healthy group of processors and associated firmware for booting a system after a resetting event is disclosed. Redundant copies of processor specific firmware are examined for validity. Processors determine their own health status, and one processor determines a group of processors with the best available health status. Inter-processor interrupt messages provide the communication mechanism to allow an algorithm to determine a group of processors to continue booting the system.
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