Operating system independent

A system and method of using of diagnostic procedures through a firmware interface in a processing system are described. A first physical area of a memory may store one or more diagnostic modules comprising machine-readable instructions for performing one or more diagnostic procedures of a processin...

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Hauptverfasser: Gurumoorthy, Nagasubramanian, Yanez, Raul, Sullivan, Mark J, Galindo, Javier A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method of using of diagnostic procedures through a firmware interface in a processing system are described. A first physical area of a memory may store one or more diagnostic modules comprising machine-readable instructions for performing one or more diagnostic procedures of a processing system. A second physical area of the memory may store an operating system capable of initiating execution of the one or more diagnostic procedures through the firmware interface.