SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTION OF A SECURED ENVIRONMENT INITIALIZATION INSTRUCTION

摘要

A method and apparatus for initiating secure operations in a microprocessor system is described. In one embodiment, one initiating logical processor initiates the process by halting the execution of the other logical processors, and then loading initialization and secure virtual machine monitor software into memory. The initiating processor then loads the initialization software into secure memory for authentication and execution. The initialization software then authenticates and registers the secure virtual machine monitor software prior to secure system operations.

主权项

1. A processor comprising:
logic to, in response to a secure environment initialization instruction, copy secure initialization software into a secure memory, and begin execution of the secure initialization software in the secure memory.