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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2004
Suresh K. Marisetty, Fremont, CA (US);
Rajendra Kuramkote, Newcastle, WA (US);
Koichi Yamada, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Scott D. Brenden, Bothell, WA (US);
Kushagra V. Vaid, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh K. Marisetty, Fremont, CA (US);
Rajendra Kuramkote, Newcastle, WA (US);
Koichi Yamada, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Scott D. Brenden, Bothell, WA (US);
Kushagra V. Vaid, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for injecting hardware errors into a microprocessor system is described. In one embodiment, a software interface between system software and system firmware is established. Software test and debug for software error handlers may thus be supported. The software interface may support both a query mode call and a seed mode call. When a query mode call is issued, it may request whether or not the system firmware and hardware support the injection of a specified kind of error. A return from this call may be used to make a list of supported errors for injection. When a seed mode call is issued, the corresponding error may be injected into the hardware.