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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Information processing device, and device initialization method in the information processing device
Akihito Kohiga, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Kohiga, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The information processing device of the present invention includes: an initialization unit that is realized by the execution of firmware for carrying out a first initialization process for enabling access from the firmware to devices that are connected to the information processing device; a control unit that is realized by operation of an OS for carrying out a second initialization process for enabling access to the devices from the OS; and a main memory unit; wherein the initialization unit includes a device initialization unit for setting the device control information that is necessary for accessing devices in the first initialization process and an initialization information storage unit for storing in the main memory unit initialization information that includes the device control information that was set by the device initialization unit, and where in the control unit includes a device information application unit for acquiring the initialization information of devices from the main memory unit in the second initialization process.
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