发明授权
- 专利标题: Optimized ordering of firmware modules in pre-boot environment
- 专利标题(中): 在预引导环境下优化固件模块的排序
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申请号: US10804405申请日: 2004-03-18
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公开(公告)号: US07448030B2公开(公告)日: 2008-11-04
- 发明人: Yan Liu , Vincent J. Zimmer
- 申请人: Yan Liu , Vincent J. Zimmer
- 申请人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 专利权人: Intel Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Intel Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 代理机构: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- 主分类号: G06F9/45
- IPC分类号: G06F9/45
摘要:
A method and system to optimize ordering of firmware modules. Optimizing the dispatch order of firmware modules reduces the boot time of a computer system. A plurality of module-to-module interfaces are collected from a plurality of firmware modules, wherein a module-to-module interface allows a first firmware module of the plurality of firmware modules to invoke a second firmware module of the plurality of firmware modules. A plurality of dependency expressions corresponding to the plurality of firmware modules are collected, wherein each dependency expression of a firmware module describes the module-to-module interfaces needed for execution of the firmware module. The plurality of firmware modules are sorted into an optimized order based on the plurality of dependency expressions and the plurality of module-to-module interfaces. In one embodiment, the plurality of firmware modules operate in accordance with an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) specification.
公开/授权文献
- US20050210222A1 Optimized ordering of firmware modules 公开/授权日:2005-09-22
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