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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2015
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Austin, TX (US);
Eric Rasmussen, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Deep K. Buch, Folsom, CA (US);
Gordon McFadden, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kameswar Subramaniam, Austin, TX (US);
Amy L. Santoni, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Willard M. Wiseman, Tigard, OR (US);
Bret L. Toll, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a processor includes at least one core, a power management unit having a first test register including a first field to store a test patch identifier associated with a test patch and a second field to store a test mode indicator to request a core functionality test, and a microcode storage to store microcode to be executed by the at least one core. Responsive to the test patch identifier, the microcode may access a firmware interface table and obtain the test patch from a non-volatile storage according to an address obtained from the firmware interface table. Other embodiments are described and claimed.