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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2005
Applicant:
Bradley G. Culter, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Bradley G. Culter, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5077 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises partitioning a computer system into a plurality of soft partitions that each run an operating system. The method further comprises instantiating a separate firmware instance for each of the plurality of soft partitions, wherein each of the firmware instances provides a pre-defined firmware interface for the operating system of its respective soft partition.