Patent · US Active

Non-blocking UEFI I/O channel enhancements

US8356168B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

3References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Vincent J. Zimmer · Federal Way, US
Michael A. Rothman · Puyallup, US
Mark Doran · Olympia, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2008
Grant date	Jan 15, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4401
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing platform initialization enhancements is discussed herein. In one embodiment, buses, activities, devices, and/or nodes to be processed during boot, are processed in a non-blocking fashion, which potentially results in faster boot times. Moreover, some devices/nodes, such as root nodes, may be boot in an early phase of initialization to enhance both available resources and initialization times. Furthermore, early connects in an early phase of initialization may be performed to construct partial or entire device paths, which also potentially results in faster boot times.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.