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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
William B. McHardy0
Anurupa Rajkumari0
Scott L. Michaelis0
Date of Patent
March 10, 2009
0Patent Application Number
109730760
Date Filed
October 25, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises detecting loss of lockstep for a pair of processors. The method further comprises triggering, by firmware, an operating system to idle the processors, and recovering, by the firmware, lockstep between the pair of processors. After lockstep is recovered between the pair of processors, the method further comprises triggering, by the firmware, the operating system to recognize the processors as being available for receiving instructions.
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