Method and system to determine the bootstrap processor
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining a bootstrap processor from a plurality of operable processors in a fault tolerant multiprocessor system irrespective of an initialization time of a particular operable processor.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided to determine a bootstrap processor. In an embodiment, the method determines a bootstrap processor from a plurality of operable processors in a fault tolerant multiprocessor system irrespective of an initialization time of a particular operable processor.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
determining a bootstrap processor from a plurality of operable processors in a fault tolerant multiprocessor system irrespective of an initialization time of a particular operable processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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using a system bus to initiate a bootstrap processor arbitration process in a system containing a plurality of operable processors; and
stalling transactional activity on the system bus until all of the plurality of operable processors are ready to enter the bootstrap processor arbitration process. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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13. A computing system, comprising:
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a plurality of operable processors;
a system bus; and
an arbitration protocol to determine a bootstrap processor from the plurality of operable processors in a fault tolerant multiprocessor system irrespective of an initialization time of a particular operable processor.
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a computer readable media; and
instructions embedded on the computer readable media, the instructions when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising;
determine a bootstrap processor from a plurality of operable processors in a fault tolerant multiprocessor system irrespective of an initialization time of a particular operable processor.
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