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Autodiagnosis method of system management interrupt handling program

A system management interrupt and processing program technology, applied in the field of system management interrupt mechanism, can solve the problem of ignoring the reasonableness of the SMI processing program or comply with regulations, and achieve the effect of ensuring rationality

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-05-11
INVENTEC CORP
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Accordingly, it is often overlooked whether the execution of the SMI handler is reasonable or compliant

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[0029] figure 1 is a flow chart of the self-diagnosis method of the SMI handler according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to figure 1 , in step S105, when the system management interrupt (System Management Interrupt, SMI) is triggered to the central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), the system management interrupt handler (SMI handler, hereinafter referred to as the SMI handler) is executed by the central processing unit . Here, for example, a program code can be added in the SMI processing program, so that the SMI processing program can perform self-diagnosis.

[0030] Specifically, the system management interrupt is the highest priority interrupt, which includes software system management interrupts, hardware system management interrupts and periodic system management interrupts. Software SMI is an SMI triggered by software writing to the input and output ports. A hardware system management interrupt is an SMI triggered by an ...

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[0043] image 3 is a schematic diagram of a computer system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a flow chart of the self-diagnosis method of the SMI handler according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0044] Please refer to image 3 , in this embodiment, the computer system 300 includes a central processing unit 310 , a chip 320 , an SMM RAM 330 and an NVRAM 340 . Wherein, the chip 320 includes an ACPI timer 321 and a real-time clock chip 323 . Also, the SMM RAM 330 stores an SMI processing program 331 . Here, the chip 320 sends a system management interrupt to the central processing unit 310 , so that the central processing unit 310 executes the SMI processing program 331 in the SMM RAM 330 . If the SMI handler 331 is abnormal during the self-diagnosis process, it will store the related information of the abnormal system management interrupt in the NVRAM 340 . In other embodiments, the baseboard management controller...

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Abstract

The invention provides an autodiagnosis method of a system management interrupt handling program. The method comprises the following steps of: when a system management interrupt handling program is executed, obtaining a first time value from an advanced configuration and power interface timer; obtaining a source path of a system management interrupt; when execution of the system management interrupt handling program is finished, obtaining a second time value from the advanced configuration and power interface timer; obtaining the execution time of the system management interrupt handling program according to the first time value and the second time value; and if the execution time is longer than or equal to an over time, recording relevant information of the system management interrupt.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a system management interruption mechanism, and in particular to a self-diagnosis method of a system management interruption processing program. Background technique [0002] System Management Mode (SMM) is a special function of the central processing unit used in general personal computer systems today. When a system management interrupt (System Management Interrupt, SMI) is triggered to a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), all central processing units will receive this signal and enter the system management mode. A basic input output system (Basic Input Output System, BIOS) may execute a system management interrupt handler (SMI handler, hereinafter referred to as an SMI handler) in a system management mode to serve system management interrupts. [0003] Generally speaking, if the computer system is provided with multiple central processing units, only one central processing unit will execute the SMI proc...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F11/36
Inventor 卢盈志杨博钦
Owner INVENTEC CORP
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