INT 15 R - Intel Pentium Pro BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. UPDATE - INSTALLATION CHECK AX = D042h BL = 00h Return: CF clear if successful CF set on error AH = status 00h successful EBX:ECX = signature "INTELPEP" EDX = BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. update loader version SI = number of 2K update blocks which can be recorded in NVRAMsee Non-Volatile RAM 86h not implemented AL = OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer) a company which purchases components that are resold as part of its own products under the company's own brand name, e.g. a Gateway 2000-branded monitor may actually be a Mag or NEC monitor. error (if AH is not 00h or 86h, otherwise undefined) 00h successful Program: the Pentium Pro BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. update allows the system BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. or other software to install a microcode patch into the Pentium Pro processor Notes: this API(Application Program[ming] Interface) The defined set of calls which a program may make to interact with or request services of the operating system or environment under which it is running. Because the inputs and outputs of the calls are well-defined, a program using the API can continue using the identical calls even if the internal organization of the program providing the API changes. must be called from actual real mode, not V86see Virtual-86 Mode mode at least 32K stack space must be available when this function is called SeeAlso: AX=D042h/BL=01h,AX=D042h/BL=02h,AX=D042h/BL=03h SeeAlso: @xxxxh:xxxxh"Intel BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. Upgrade",MSR(Model-Specific Register) Additional, indirectly-accessible, registers containing control or status information about various aspects of the processor such as caches, performance counters, and the like. These registers, accessible via the RDMSR and WRMSR instructions, were added with the Pentium and later-model 486 processors. 00000079h