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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Matthew G. Page, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard M. Tonry, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information handling system includes a processor operable to provide a branch trace message, and an embedded controller coupled to the processor via a primary interface and via a management interface. The embedded controller receives a management transaction from the processor via the primary interface. In response to receiving the management transaction, the embedded controller requests the branch trace message via the management interface and determines if the processor is operating in a system management mode based upon the branch trace message.