Methods and apparatus for acquiring and displaying expansion read only memory size information
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorThomas J. Rydman
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for acquiring and displaying expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution are disclosed. The disclosed method and apparatus detect an expansion read only memory, determine a memory usage characteristic of the detected expansion read only memory, and store the memory usage characteristic in a data structure prior to execution of an operating system by a processor system.
Claims32
A method, comprising:
- detecting an expansion read only memory;
- determining a load size and a runtime size of the detected expansion read only memory;
- storing the load size and the runtime size in a data structure prior to execution of an operating system by a processor system;
- and
- displaying at least one of the load size or the runtime size.
A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:
- detect an expansion read only memory;
- determine a load size and a runtime size of the detected expansion read only memory;
- store the load size and the runtime size in a data structure prior to execution of an operating system by a processor system;
- and
- display at least one of the load size or the runtime size.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a device coupled to the processor and having an expansion read only memory therein, wherein the processor is programmed to:
- detect the expansion read only memory;
- determine a load size and a runtime size of the detected expansion read only memory;
- store the load size and the runtime size in a data structure prior to execution of an operating system by the processor system;
- and
- display at least one of the load size or the runtime size.
A basic input output system device to:
- detect an expansion read only memory;
- acquire a load size and a runtime size of the expansion read only memory;
- store the load size and the runtime size in a data structure to generate an instance of a system management basic input output system data structure;
- and
- display at least one of the load size or the runtime size.
A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a to:
- detect an expansion read only memory;
- acquire a load size and a runtime size of the expansion read only memory;
- store the load size and the runtime size in a data structure to generate an instance of a system management basic input output system data structure;
- and
- display at least one of the load size or the runtime size.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is programmed to:
- detect an expansion read only memory;
- acquire a load size and a runtime size of the expansion read only memory;
- store the load size and the runtime size in a data structure to generate an instance of a system management basic input output system data structure;
- and
- display at least one of the load size or the runtime size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.