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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Larry D. Aaron, Jr., Irmo, SC (US);
Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Larry D. Aaron, Jr., Irmo, SC (US);
Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein instructions stored in an option ROM are copied to the system memory of a computer, wherein the option ROM corresponds to a device that is coupled to the computer. A virtual machine is generated, wherein the virtual machine executes the instructions copied to the system memory to boot the device before any operating system is loaded.