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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Martin G. Dixon, Portland, OR (US);
David A. Koufaty, Portland, OR (US);
Camron B. Rust, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Hermann W. Gartler, Portland, OR (US);
Frank Binns, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Martin G. Dixon, Portland, OR (US);
David A. Koufaty, Portland, OR (US);
Camron B. Rust, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Hermann W. Gartler, Portland, OR (US);
Frank Binns, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for steering SMM code region accesses are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a status indicator, a base storage location, and an abort storage location. The status indicator is to indicate whether the apparatus is operating in SMM. The base storage location is to store a base address and the abort storage location is to store an abort address. The base address is to specify a first memory address region at which SMM code is to be accessed. The abort address is to specify a second memory address region to which accesses to the first memory address region are to be steered if the apparatus is not operating in SMM.