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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2005
Priya Rajagopal, Worcester, MA (US);
Uday Savagaonkar, Beaverton, OR (US);
David Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ravi Sahita, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hormuzd Khosravi, Portland, OR (US);
Priya Rajagopal, Worcester, MA (US);
Uday Savagaonkar, Beaverton, OR (US);
David Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ravi Sahita, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hormuzd Khosravi, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and process are described to enable at least one of a plurality of host agents executing on a system to update memory region types of a system memory, register the at least one host agent in a registry stored in system management memory, receive a system management interrupt (SMI) from one of the plurality of host agents to update a memory region type, determine if the host agent issuing the SMI is listed in the registry stored in system management memory, update the memory region in response to determining the host agent issuing the SMI is listed in the registry, and maintain the memory region type in response to determining the host agent issuing the SMI is not listed in the registry.