User opt-in processor feature control capability
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    发明申请
    User opt-in processor feature control capability 有权
    用户选择加入处理器功能控制功能

    公开(公告)号:US20060026525A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-02

    申请号:US10900875

    申请日:2004-07-28

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00

    摘要: A processor includes a feature control unit to enable or disable one or more processor features individually in response to a user selectable setting. The feature control unit is adapted to disable the processor feature(s) if the user setting has not been updated in accordance with an input regardless of the value of the user setting prior to the update and to enable or disable the processor feature(s) in accordance with the updated user setting after it has been updated. The feature control unit may also include a lock unit to prevent changes to the updated user setting and a software feature selection unit to enable or disable processor features in response to a software feature selection setting and, optionally, only enable or disable processor features whose corresponding updated user setting is user enabled. The feature control unit may also include mechanisms to detect illegal feature selection conditions.

    摘要翻译: 处理器包括特征控制单元,以响应于用户可选择的设置来单独启用或禁用一个或多个处理器特征。 如果没有根据输入更新用户设置而不考虑更新之前的用户设置的值,并且启用或禁用处理器特征,则特征控制单元适于禁用处理器特征, 根据更新后的用户设置进行更新。 特征控制单元还可以包括用于防止更新的用户设置的改变的锁定单元和软件特征选择单元以响应于软件特征选择设置来启用或禁用处理器特征,并且可选地,仅启用或禁用其相应的处理器特征 更新的用户设置是用户启用的。 特征控制单元还可以包括检测非法特征选择条件的机制。