Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-packard Development, L.p.

Marvin Spinhirne

Scott Lynn Michaelis

Bradley Gordon Culter

Anurupa Rajkumari

Khoa D Nguyen

Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for containing machine check events in a virtual partition. One embodiment is a method of software execution. The method divides a hard partition into first and second virtual partitions and attempts to correct an error in a firmware layer of the first virtual partition. If the error is not correctable, then the method reboots the first virtual partition without disrupting hardware resources in the second virtual partition.

Containing machine check events in a virtual partition

An ACPI-compatible system is provided that comprises a database for storing a device-specific descriptor for a hardware device. The system further comprises an ACPI agent operable to autonomously construct an ACPI table entry for the hardware device using the device-specific descriptor. Also, a method for an ACPI-compatible system autonomously constructing an ACPI table entry for a hardware device is provided. The method comprises receiving from firmware associated with the hardware device, a device-specific descriptor for such hardware device, and an ACPI agent executing on the ACPI-compatible system using the device-specific descriptor to autonomously construct an ACPI table entry for the hardware device.

System and method for generating ACPI machine language tables

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices is provided. The method comprises establishing a status block for a plurality of devices that are implemented on a system, and initiating an action for a portion of the plurality of devices. The method further comprises writing information to the status block identifying that the action was initiated, and based at least in part on the information written to the status block, applying the action to all of the plurality of devices.

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