Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration – Loading initialization program
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-11
2005-01-11
Perveen, Rehana (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Loading initialization program
C713S001000, C713S100000, C709S200000, C709S201000, C709S213000, C709S214000, C709S215000, C709S216000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06842857
ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus and program for booting a non-uniform-memory-access (NUMA) machine are provided. The invention comprises configuring a plurality of standalone, symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) systems to operate within a NUMA system. A master processor is selected within each SMP; the other processors in the SMP are designated as NUMA slave processors. A NUMA master processor is then chosen from the SMP master processors; the other SMP master processors are designated as NUMA slave processors. A unique NUMA ID is assigned to each SMP that will be part of the NUMA system. The SMPs are then booted in NUMA mode in one-pass with memory coherency established right at the beginning of the execution of the system firmware.
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Lee Van Hoa
Tran Kiet Anh
McBurney Mark E.
Perveen Rehana
Trujillo James K.
Yee Duke W.
Yociss Lisa L. B.
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