USE OF OTHER PROCESSORS DURING BIOS BOOT SEQUENCE TO MINIMIZE BOOT TIME

摘要

A method for use in a multi-processor system, including a boot strap processor and at least a first processor, for booting the system by executing a plurality of boot sequence tasks, comprising the steps of causing the boot strap processor to execute at least one task from the plurality of boot sequence tasks, and causing the first processor to execute a task in the plurality of boot sequence tasks that is different from the task being executed by the boot strap processor and is executed at least partially in parallel with the execution by the boot strap processor.