Configuration data management
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsScott Dubal, Douglas Boom, Elizabeth Kappler, Mark Montecalvo
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Abstract
Corrupted configuration data stored in a first memory for a device may be restored using backup configuration data stored in a second memory. In one embodiment, the second memory may be carried by the device itself. In another embodiment, the second memory may be carried on a motherboard and may store backup configuration data for more than one device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims44
A method, comprising:
- reading configuration data for a device from a first memory;
- detecting corruption of configuration data;
- reading backup configuration data for said device from a second memory;
- and
- restoring configuration data to said first memory using said backup configuration data.
A device for use in a computer system, comprising:
- a support;
- a first memory carried by said support and containing configuration data for said device;
- and
- a second memory carried by said support and containing backup configuration data adapted to backup at least a portion of said configuration data of said first memory.
A system, comprising:
- a motherboard;
- a system processor having a cache and carried by said motherboard;
- a bus coupled to said system processor;
- a device coupled to said bus and having a first memory containing configuration data for said device;
- and
- a second memory containing backup configuration data adapted to backup at least a portion of said configuration data of said first memory;
- wherein said system processor is adapted to:
- read configuration data for said device from a first memory;
- detect corruption of configuration data;
- initiate reading backup configuration data for said device from said second memory;
- and
- initiate restoring configuration data to said first memory using said backup configuration data.
An article for use with a system having at least one memory and a plurality of devices, each device having at least one memory containing configuration data for the associated device, said article comprising a storage medium, the storage medium comprising machine readable instructions stored thereon to:
- read configuration data for a first device from a first memory of said first device;
- detect corruption of said configuration data of said first memory;
- initiate reading backup configuration data for said first device from a second memory;
- and
- initiate restoring configuration data to said first memory using said backup configuration data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.