Initializing a processor-based system from a non-volatile re-programmable semiconductor memory
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsEdward R. Rhoads, James P. Ketrenos
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Abstract
A plurality of partitions may be formed in a non-volatile re-programmable memory which may act as the primary non-volatile file system for a processor-based system. The memory may store, for example, the basic input/output system for the processor-based system together with its operating system. An address partition may include information about the location of the other partitions, in association with information about the type of information stored in each partition.
Claims10
A method of initializing a processor-based system comprising:
- validating information stored in a non-volatile, re-programmable semiconductor memory;
- using an allocation table stored in said memory to find an operating system stored in said memory;
- loading said operating system;
- and
- executing said operating system.
An article comprising a medium storing instructions that cause a processor-based system to:
- validate information stored in a non-volatile, re-programmable semiconductor memory;
- use an allocation table in said memory to find an operating system stored in said memory;
- load said operating system;
- and
- execute said operating system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.