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Appendix F: Diagnostic Code Checkpoints

Check point

Diagnostic LED Decoder

G=Green, R=Red, A+Amber

MSB

 

 

LSB

 

 

 

 

Description

D7

R

A

G

A

Restore CPUID value back

 

 

 

 

 

into register. The

 

 

 

 

 

Bootblock-Runtime

 

 

 

 

 

interface module is moved

 

 

 

 

 

to system memory and

 

 

 

 

 

control is given to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D8

A

R

OFF

R

The Runtime module is

 

 

 

 

 

uncompressed into

 

 

 

 

 

memory. CPUID

 

 

 

 

 

information is stored in

 

 

 

 

 

memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D9

A

R

OFF

A

Store the Uncompressed

 

 

 

 

 

pointer for future use in

 

 

 

 

 

PMM. Copying Main BIOS

 

 

 

 

 

into memory. Leaves all

 

 

 

 

 

RAM below 1MB Read-

 

 

 

 

 

Write including E000 and

 

 

 

 

 

F000 shadow areas but

 

 

 

 

 

closing SMRAM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DA

A

R

G

R

Restore CPUID value back

 

 

 

 

 

into register. Give control

 

 

 

 

 

to BIOS POST (Execute

POST Kernel). See POST Code Checkpoints section of document for more information.

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