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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2004
Scott L. Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Anurupa Rajkumari, Round Rock, TX (US);
William B. Mchardy, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Scott L. Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Anurupa Rajkumari, Round Rock, TX (US);
William B. McHardy, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises detecting loss of lockstep for a pair of processors. The method further comprises triggering, by firmware, an operating system to idle the processors, and recovering, by the firmware, lockstep between the pair of processors. After lockstep is recovered between the pair of processors, the method further comprises triggering, by the firmware, the operating system to recognize the processors as being available for receiving instructions.