Patent ID: 8495349
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of administering computer processor execution of Basic Input/Output Services (‘BIOS’) code, the BIOS code comprising a primary BIOS code and a recovery BIOS code, the primary and recovery BIOS code stored in read-only memory (‘ROM’), the ROM operatively coupled to a control module and the processor, the control module configured to control startup operations of the processor, the method comprising: determining, by the control module, a size of the ROM; generating, by the control module in dependence upon the size of the ROM, an address for the primary BIOS code and an address for the recovery BIOS code; wherein the generating of the recovery address comprises: starting, by the control module, operation of the processor for execution of the primary BIOS code including providing, to the processor, the address for the primary BIOS code; and if executing the primary BIOS code fails, restarting, by the control module, operation of the processor for execution of the recovery BIOS code including providing, to the processor, the address for the recovery BIOS code to the processor.