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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Barnes Cooper, Tigard, OR (US);
Faraz A. Siddiqi, Portland, OR (US);
Michael R. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Barnes Cooper, Tigard, OR (US);
Faraz A. Siddiqi, Portland, OR (US);
Michael R. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system to perform a fast reset or restart of a platform by minimizing the hardware initialization of IO devices in the platform during a restart of the platform. The basic input/output system (BIOS) of the platform traps any software initiated reset request (SIRR) or warm reset. The BIOS restores the input/output (IO) devices coupled with the platform to their previous hardware state to avoid the full platform initialization when the SIRR is trapped. The restart of the platform can be performed in a fast manner as the full platform initialization is minimized.