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Initialization of a data processing system

US8275979B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Walter Nicklaus · Stuttgart, DE
Ralf Schaufler · Eppelheim, DE
Joerg Schulze · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2007
Grant date	Sep 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/46
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Technique for initializing a data processing system. Sequences of initialization steps for selected functional hardware elements of a data processing system are defined and dependencies between the initialization steps are determined. These definition steps are preferably performed during the design and development of the data processing system. The sequences of initialization steps and their dependencies are represented in a single control flow table. This control flow table is then analyzed by a system management controller during an initialization phase of the data processing system. The sequences are associated with selected functional hardware elements and for each associated sequence of initialization steps the system management controller generates and executes a parallel thread of execution.

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