Methods for booting a multiprocessor system

Details Methods for booting a multiprocessor system Methods for booting a multiprocessor system

1997-11-14

2000-01-04

Palys, Joseph E.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

Loading initialization program

714 36, G06F 9445

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060121424

ABSTRACT:
A message is transferred from external device through a first processor and from the first processor to a second processor. A check is made that the message passed to the second processor without error. The message is interpreted by a selected one of the first and second processors. Boot operations are performed by the selected processor in response to the interpretation of the message.

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