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TECHNIQUES OF EMULATING AN ACPI CONTROLLER ON A SERVICE PROCESSOR

  • US 20180232183A1
  • Filed: 02/13/2017
  • Published: 08/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a computer system including a service processor, comprising:

  • monitoring events of one or more Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) compliant devices of a host of the service processor;

    maintaining, at the service processor, device data associated with the one or more ACPI compliant devices based on the events in a data store of the service processor;

    emulating, at the service processor, an ACPI controller to monitor a communication channel for detecting one or more ACPI commands from the host; and

    processing, at the service processor, the device data in the data store in response to detecting the one or more ACPI commands on the communication channel.

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