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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1999
Technique to automatically notify an operating system level application of a system management event
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P. Engfer, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Robert R. Hoffman, Jr., Mounds View, MN (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
Abstract
A method to notify an operating system level application includes setting a value (while executing in the system management mode) that is visible to the operating system level application before returning control to the operating system. The operating system visible value may cause an interrupt service routine to execute. The interrupt service routine may determine various characteristics of the system management event and pass this information to the operating system and/or application.