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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Mallik Bulusu, Olympia, WA (US);
Greg Mcgrath, Olympia, WA (US);
Michael Kinney, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Mallik Bulusu, Olympia, WA (US);
Greg McGrath, Olympia, WA (US);
Michael Kinney, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to facilitate fast restarts in processor systems are disclosed. An example processor restart method disclosed herein includes recording a log of pre-boot initialization actions, and replaying a portion of the log during subsequent processor restarts to shorten pre-boot initialization time. The example processor restart method disclosed herein may further include creating a log index table for easier referral to portions of the log, storing the log and the log index table in non-volatile memory, using the log index table to reorder the replaying of the log, and reordering the replay of the log to initialize the video graphics adapter earlier in a processor restart sequence.