IP Library Granted Patent US 10,698,695
Granted Patent B2
US 10,698,695 · App. 16/097,133 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Method for intel platform detection of parameters in Flash Rom

Inventor: Zhangping Guo (Shandong, CN)
Assignee: INSPUR ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
G06F9/4406G06F9/30101
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Patent No.
US 10,698,695
App. No.
16/097,133
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for Intel platform detection of parameters in a flash ROM, relating to the technical field of servers: before OPMENU and OPTYPE registers are locked in a PEI state, storing the data in an SFDP table in a HOB, and then storing the data in a memory of an EfiACPIMemoryNVS type in a DXE stage; the data can be acquired by means of invoking driving on the application layer; the acquisition of various flash ROM parameters is more convenient, facilitating checking whether the parameters are the same as those written in the program; product performance and product stability are increased, and the occurrence of bugs is reduced.

Claims (11)

1. A method for acquiring a parameter in a Flash Rom in an Intel platform, comprising:

1) saving, at a PEI stage in booting and before an OPMENU register and an OPTYPE registers are locked, values of the OPMENU register and the OPTYPE register;

2) filling a command 0x5A for reading a SFDP table into the OPMENU register and the OPTYPE register;

3) storing data of the SFDP table in a built HOB;

4) storing, at a DXE stage, data in the HOB into an applied EfiACPIMemoryNVS memory; and

5) reading, by calling a driver in a system, the data from the EfiACPIMemoryNVS memory.

2. The method for acquiring a parameter in a Flash Rom in an Intel platform according to claim 1 , wherein after storing the data of the SFDP table in the built HOB, the method further comprises:

restoring the values of the OPMENU register and the OPTYPE register, and

locking the OPMENU register and the OPTYPE register.

3. The method for acquiring a parameter in a Flash Rom in an Intel platform according to claim 2 , further comprising:

writing a software program and the driver at an OS side, wherein the driver is called to acquire the data of the SFDP table at an application layer.

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Jun 30, 2026
From: IEIT SYSTEMS CO., LTD
To: AIVRES SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 075857/0939 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2018
From: GUO, ZHANGPING
To: INSPUR ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047407/0127 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0645910 · Aug 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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