Parallel execution of enhanced EFI based BIOS drivers on a multi-processor or hyper-threading enabled platform
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1. A system comprising:
- a first processor to execute a first peripheral driver; and
a second processor to execute a second peripheral driver, the first peripheral driver and the second peripheral driver to be executed concurrently on the first processor and the second processor during a boot sequence on the system.
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Abstract
Parallel execution of peripheral drivers on a multi-processor and/or hyper-threading enabled processor is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, two peripheral drivers are executed concurrently during a boot sequence. These peripheral drivers are executed on a first and a second processor. The processors may be logical or physical processors.
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1. A system comprising:
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a first processor to execute a first peripheral driver; and
a second processor to execute a second peripheral driver, the first peripheral driver and the second peripheral driver to be executed concurrently on the first processor and the second processor during a boot sequence on the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of performing a boot sequence comprising:
executing a first peripheral driver and a second peripheral driver concurrently during the boot sequence, wherein the first peripheral driver is executing on a first processor and the second peripheral driver is executing on a second processor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
executing a first peripheral driver and a second peripheral driver concurrently during a boot sequence, wherein the first peripheral driver is executing on a first processor and the second peripheral driver is executing on a second processor. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a memory; and
a processor to execute a first thread and a second thread concurrently during a boot sequence on the system, the processor coupled to the memory via a bus. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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