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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
System management controller (smc) negotiation protocol for determining the operational mode of smcs
Applicant:
Peter A. Hawkins, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter A. Hawkins, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer system module includes a system management controller to negotiate with other system management controllers to determine the controller's initial operational state. In an embodiment, negotiation with other system management controllers is based at least in part on one of controller capability, user configured preference, module type, and geographical address.