Methods and apparatus to manage hardware resources for a...

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2006-03-31

2009-12-29

Lee, Thomas (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

Loading initialization program

Reexamination Certificate

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07640426

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to boot a basic input/output system (BIOS) for a partitioned platform. An example method disclosed herein identifies at least one hardware component unique to a partition, determines which hardware components have commonality with the partition, initializes the at least one hardware component having commonality, and initializes the at least one hardware component unique to the partition. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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