System and method for making BIOS routine calls from...

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2006-09-05

2006-09-05

Cao, Chun (Department: 2115)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

Loading initialization program

C710S200000, C711S150000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07103766

ABSTRACT:
The specification may disclose systems and related methods for ensuring that as between two partitions in a computer system, each partition using a separate operating system, calls to basic input output system (BIOS) routines are managed in such a way that only one instance of a BIOS routine is allowed to execute within the computer system at any one time. The systems and methods may accomplish this task by implementing an abstraction program through which the various operating systems may call BIOS routines, the abstraction program implementing the desired functionality.

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