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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Jack Kroun, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Lee Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Armando Jaime Martinez, Austin, TX (US);
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and system for choosing the control processor for booting a multiprocessor system ( ) in accordance with a memory ( ). A computer system ( ) includes a plurality of computer processors ( ). The processors ( ) use a memory bus ( ) to communicate with the main memory ( ). A second bus ( ) connects the processors ( ) to an interupt controller ( ). The second bus ( ) includes multiple bus request lines ( ). An initialization control circuit ( ) also communicates with the second bus ( ). Memory ( ) in the initialization control circuit ( ) holds data identifying at least one of the processors ( ) and when power is first provided to the system, the initialization control circuit ( ) operates to assert signals on the bus request lines ( ) such that the identified processor initializes the computer system.