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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2004
Scott L. Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Anurupa Rajkumari, Round rock, TX (US);
Sylvia K. Myer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Richard D. Powers, Highland Village, TX (US);
Scott L. Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Anurupa Rajkumari, Round rock, TX (US);
Sylvia K. Myer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Richard D. Powers, Highland Village, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method comprises system firmware instructing a system's operating system to idle a processor, and responsive to the instructing, the operating system idling the processor and returning control over the processor to the system firmware. According to one embodiment, a method comprises detecting loss of lockstep (LOL) for a processor module in a system, and responsive to the detecting LOL for the processor module, system firmware instructing an operating system to idle the processor module.