9-54 Vol. 3
PROCESSOR MANAGEMENT AND INITIALIZATION
// Do we have enough update slots for all CPUs?
//
If there are more blocks required to support the unique processor
steppings than update blocks provided by the BIOS exit
//
// Do we need any update blocks at all? If not, we are done
//
If (NumBlocks == 0)
exit
//
// Record updates for processors in NVRAM.
//
For (I=0; I<NumBlocks; I++)
{
//
// Load each Update
//
Issue the WriteUpdate function
If (STORAGE_FULL) returned
{
Display Error -- BIOS is not managing NVRAM appropriately
exit
}
If (INVALID_REVISION) returned
{
Display Message: More recent update already loaded in NVRAM for
this stepping
continue
}
If any other error returned
{
Display Diagnostic
exit
}
//
// Verify the update was loaded correctly
//
Issue the ReadUpdate function
If an error occurred
{
Display Diagnostic
exit