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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Raul Yanez, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mark J. Sullivan, Tempe, AZ (US);
Javier A. Galindo, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Raul Yanez, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mark J. Sullivan, Tempe, AZ (US);
Javier A. Galindo, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of using of diagnostic procedures through a firmware interface in a processing system are described. A first physical area of a memory may store one or more diagnostic modules comprising machine-readable instructions for performing one or more diagnostic procedures of a processing system. A second physical area of the memory may store an operating system capable of initiating execution of the one or more diagnostic procedures through the firmware interface.