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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Dong Wei, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Raghuram Kota, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Toshimitsu Kani, Windsor, CO (US);
Dong Wei, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Raghuram Kota, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Toshimitsu Kani, Windsor, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and systems are described for switching root cells for a computer system without requiring the computer system to be re-booted. In one embodiment, objects are used to represent fixed registers associated with a first cell and a second cell of the computer system. In response to detecting that the second cell should be used instead of the first cell as a root cell for the computer system, the objects are used to communicate information between firmware and an operating system associated with the computer system, wherein the information describes the fixed registers associated with the second cell.