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US 2005/0240753 A1Published application
Supporting different instruction set architectures during run time
AssigneeMarvell International Ltd.
InventorsVincent Zimmer, Michael Rothman
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Abstract
A platform may use heterogeneous instruction set architectures which may be called during run time. Using a system table, an operating system may be directed to the appropriate services for any of two or more instruction set architectures during run time.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- enabling an operating system kernel in a platform to invoke services that are not available with the instruction set architecture used to boot the platform.
An article comprising a medium storing instructions that, if executed, enable a platform to allow an operating system kernel to invoke services that are not available with the instruction set architecture used to boot the platform.
A platform comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage storing instructions that, if executed, enable an operating system kernel in the platform to invoke services that are not available with the instruction set architecture used to boot the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.