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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Ying P. Lok, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ying P. Lok, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
QLogic, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and system for managing boot trace information is provided. The system includes a utility module executed by a computing system processor that enables boot trace collection in a host bus adapter, wherein the utility module enables boot trace collection for different software modules and boot trace information is stored in a designated area of a non-volatile memory, if hardware initialization fails; if firmware loading is unacceptable; if BIOS initialization is unacceptable; and if target discovery is improper.