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US 7,398,384 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for acquiring expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorThomas J Rydman
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for acquiring expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus access an instance of a data structure generated prior to execution of an operating system and display boot phase memory usage information associated with an expansion read only memory.
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A method, comprising:
- accessing an instance of a data structure generated prior to execution of an operating system;
- determining a boot phase memory usage associated with expansion read only memory;
- detecting an expansion read only memory installation failure after executing expansion read only memory code;
- and
- in response to the installation failure, displaying boot phase memory usage information associated with the expansion read only memory and clearing a runtime size value of the boot phase memory usage associated with the failed expansion read only memory.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory configured to store instructions that cause the processor to:
- access an instance of a data structure generated prior to execution of an operating system;
- determine a boot phase memory usage associated with expansion read only memory;
- detect an expansion read only memory installation failure after executing expansion read only memory code;
- and
- in response to the installation failure, display boot phase memory usage information associated with the expansion read only memory and clearing a runtime size value of the boot phase memory usage associated with the failed expansion read only memory.
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A tangible medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:
- access an instance of a data structure generated prior to execution of an operating system;
- determine a boot phase memory usage associated with expansion read only memory;
- detect an expansion read only memory installation failure after executing expansion read only memory code;
- and
- in response to the installation failure, display boot phase memory usage information associated with the expansion read only memory and clearing a runtime size value of the boot phase memory usage associated with the failed expansion read only memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.