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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicants:
George Thangadurai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erik T. Lode, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
George Thangadurai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erik T. Lode, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for restoring logic states using programming code are disclosed. In one embodiment, the process of a data processing system identifies a first logic value stored in a first register and branches to a first location within the programming code based upon the first logic value. The execution of the programming code occurs in a processor firmware layer. The first register can be used as a scratch register for the subsequent instruction.