发明名称 |
NETWORK CONTROLLER SHARING BETWEEN SMM FIRMWARE AND OS DRIVERS |
摘要 |
<p>A mechanism for reducing the cost of providing network-based remote platform management by allowing system firmware to communicate with a remote platform administrator or process by sharing a NIC that is also used for normal network traffic is discussed. The dual use of the NIC reduces the cost of remote platform management by removing the need for a secondary controller or CPU core on the computing device that is dedicated to remote management tasks. Additionally, performance in the computing device improves as a byproduct of a CPU core or thread not being dedicated to the management task and instead being available for handling of other tasks.</p> |
申请公布号 |
WO2014150352(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.09.25 |
申请号 |
WO2014US23012 |
申请日期 |
2014.03.11 |
申请人 |
INSYDE SOFTWARE CORP.;LEWIS, TIMOTHY, ANDREW |
发明人 |
LEWIS, TIMOTHY, ANDREW |
分类号 |
G06F13/40 |
主分类号 |
G06F13/40 |
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