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Streamlining hardware initialization code

US9021426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Daniel M. Crowell · Rochester, US
John Farrugia · Austin, US
Michael John Jones · Cedar Park, US
David D. Sanner · Rochester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2012
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/4443
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, hardware initialization code and error action information are retrieved from separate storage areas. The hardware initialization code includes code that initializes a device, and also includes placeholders corresponding to actions that are performed when the device fails initialization. Likewise, the error action information describes the actions that are performed when the device fails initialization. The error action information is converted into macros that include lines of code. As such, the error action placeholders are matched to the macros and, in turn, each of the error action placeholders is replaced with the lines of code corresponding to the matched macros.

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