METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING A TRUSTABLE OPERATING SYSTEM

摘要

The method involves loading a component of an operating system into a specific region (275) of a memory by the active one of the CPUs (210,220,230) of a multi-processor system (200). The identity of the loaded component is registered. The active CPU is made to jump to a known entry point in the specific region. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) article of manufacture comprising computer readable medium storing operating system loading program; (2) method of securing a region in computer memory; and (3) apparatus to load trustable operating system.