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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2010
Applicants:

Christopher A. Krygowski, Lagrangeville, NY (US);

Michael P. Mullen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);

Kai Weber, Holzgerlingen, DE;

Inventors:

Christopher A. Krygowski, Lagrangeville, NY (US);

Michael P. Mullen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);

Kai Weber, Holzgerlingen, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/504 (2013.01); G06F 9/30 (2013.01); G06F 11/3636 (2013.01); G06F 11/3648 (2013.01);
Abstract

A verification method is provided and includes randomly choosing a hardware executed instruction in a predefined program to force Opcode Compare on, determining an identity of a corresponding opcode from the chosen instruction and initializing Opcode Compare logic to trap the chosen instruction to firmware and creating firmware to initiate performance of hardware verification in the firmware and re-initiating performance of the hardware verification in hardware.


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