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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
Andrew J. Fish, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert P. Hale, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew J. Fish, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert P. Hale, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that includes a BIOS routine, and a method executed during a BIOS routine, that includes a stored BIOS program causing a computer to receive information, including error information, from at least one first units coupled to the computer, store the information in a memory; and for each of at least one second units coupled to the computer, receive an initial request for the information from the second unit and in response to the request, provide to the second unit at least one of the information stored before the receipt of the request if any is stored, and provide to the second unit at least one of the information to the second unit received subsequent to the request.