Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Elmore, Reba I (Department: 2189)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S154000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07873807
ABSTRACT:
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for relocating a program module executing within a PEI phase from a NVRAM to a RAM are provided. According to one method, a program module is executed from NVRAM prior to RAM being initialized in the PEI phase. While the program module is executing from the NVRAM, it is operative to store an in-memory entry point in a hand-off block. When the RAM is initialized and becomes available in the PEI phase, the in-memory entry point for the module is retrieved from the hand-off block. The RAM address of the in-memory entry point is then calculated, and the program module is executed from the RAM at the calculated in-memory entry point.
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American Megatrends Inc.
Elmore Reba I
Hope Baldauff Hartman LLC
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