Execution parallelism in extensible firmware interface compliant systems
US8321655B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2009 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 1, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4411
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, apparatuses and program products are disclosed for providing execution parallelism during the DXE phase of computer start-up.Provision is made for loading a microkernel (or other kernel program) which presents itself as though it were a DXE Driver and changes a single threaded environment into multithreaded. This is while the supervisor program continues its role as loader/initiator but remains unaware that it no longer has overarching control of Driver scheduling (which has been acquired by Kernel).
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