Patent ID: 9417672
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a thermal cooling circuit that drives a fan; an input output (IO) circuit coupled to an input output system (IOS) circuit and comprising a first storage device that stores a default thermal control data structure and that communicates with the thermal cooling circuit over the IO circuit; a second storage device that is only in communication with the thermal cooling circuit and that communicates with the IOS circuit through the thermal cooling circuit and the IO circuit; a processor that stores a custom thermal control data structure in the second storage device, wherein the second storage device is separately updatable through the thermal cooling circuit; and the processor further writes entries to configuration registers for the thermal control circuit in response to a selection of the custom thermal control data structure, wherein the entries direct the thermal cooling circuit to use the custom thermal control data structure on the second storage device to control cooling one or more components of an information processing system.