摘要:
A specialized boot path for speeding up resume from a sleep state is discussed. In a UEFI-compliant system, a specially constructed alternate firmware volume is created which contains only the code modules used during resumption from an S3 sleep state. This alternate firmware volume is copied into Random Access Memory (RAM) during a normal boot. When the system subsequently enters the S3 sleep state and then begins the resume boot process, code in the boot sequence detects it is a resume from an S3 sleep state, restores a RAM configuration and jumps execution to a Pre-EFI Initialization (PEI) core entry point in the alternate firmware volume in RAM instead of to a firmware volume in ROM. This alternate firmware volume performs specified S3 resume tasks and then returns control to the operating system.
摘要:
A technique for improving application window displays in a multi-window graphical user interface in a touch-based computing device is discussed. By selecting an application window or corresponding thumbnail icon in a multi-window graphical user interface using a finger touch and dragging the application window or icon to an edge of the screen indicated by another finger, the edge of the selected application window may be automatically aligned with respect to that screen edge. Additionally, already open application windows may be automatically re-sized and re-positioned to accommodate the newly re-sized application window.