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US 2004/0003313 A1Published application
Black box recorder using machine check architecture in system management mode
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorNick Ramirez
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Abstract
An arrangement is provided for a black box recorder using machine check architecture in system management mode. A machine check architecture collects and registers the collected status and error information. After receiving an interrupt, a black box recording mechanism records the registered error information.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- collecting, by a machine check architecture, information including status information and error information;
- registering the error information;
- and
- performing, after receiving an interrupt, black box recording of the error information.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving an interrupt;
- activating, after said receiving the interrupt, a black box recording mechanism;
- and
- performing, by said black box recording mechanism, recording of error information.
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A system, comprising:
- a system machine interrupt mechanism for generating a system interrupt pon being triggered;
- a machine check architecture for checking and gathering status and error information;
- and
- a SMM for hosting a black box recording mechanism that records, after receiving an interrupt, error information gathered by the machine check architecture.
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A machine-accessible medium encoded with data, the data, when accessed, causing:
- collecting, by a machine check architecture, information including status information and error information;
- registering the error information;
- and
- performing, after receiving an interrupt, black box recording of the error information.
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A machine-accessible medium encoded with data, the data, when accessed, causing:
- receiving an interrupt;
- activating, after said receiving the interrupt, a black box recording mechanism;
- and
- performing, by said black box recording mechanism, recording of error information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.