Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug

This project presents a modular approach in BIOS development in purpose to tackle the problem of long development time with the existing methodologies which are hardware platform approach and virtual platform approach. The proposed approach consists of previous generation platform, a FPGA card and U...

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主要作者:	Teh , Hong Hor
格式:	Thesis
语言:	English
出版:	2014
主题:	TK7800-8360 Electronics
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spelling	my-usm-ep.409582018-07-09T07:51:05Z Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug 2014 Teh , Hong Hor TK7800-8360 Electronics This project presents a modular approach in BIOS development in purpose to tackle the problem of long development time with the existing methodologies which are hardware platform approach and virtual platform approach. The proposed approach consists of previous generation platform, a FPGA card and UEFI drivers. The FPGA is loaded with the RTL of one Intellectual Property (IP) from the current company project. The chosen IP is Low Power Subsystem (LPSS). The card is then plugged into the PCI slot of the platform. Besides, UEFI Configuration Driver and UEFI Reset Driver are built to configure and reset the LPSS registers respectively. Both of them are stored into a thumb drive and plugged into USB port of the platform. They are executed in the UEFI Shell environment. In this project, the development time of LPSS needed by the three methodologies which are hardware platform approach, virtual platform approach and modular approach are compared. The results indicate that modular approach is capable to save up to 90% of the development time in comparison with the other two approaches. At the same time, both of the UEFI drivers are functioning correctly. The processing time of both of the UEFI Configuration Driver and UEFI Reset Driver are about 1 to 2 seconds only. In conclusion, the novelty of the modular approach is that the BIOS can be developed in modular basis, without having to develop the BIOS as a whole. Therefore, it is able to cut down the BIOS development time efficiently 2014 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/40958/ http://eprints.usm.my/40958/1/TEH_HONG_HOR_24_pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
topic	TK7800-8360 Electronics
spellingShingle	TK7800-8360 Electronics Teh , Hong Hor Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug
description	This project presents a modular approach in BIOS development in purpose to tackle the problem of long development time with the existing methodologies which are hardware platform approach and virtual platform approach. The proposed approach consists of previous generation platform, a FPGA card and UEFI drivers. The FPGA is loaded with the RTL of one Intellectual Property (IP) from the current company project. The chosen IP is Low Power Subsystem (LPSS). The card is then plugged into the PCI slot of the platform. Besides, UEFI Configuration Driver and UEFI Reset Driver are built to configure and reset the LPSS registers respectively. Both of them are stored into a thumb drive and plugged into USB port of the platform. They are executed in the UEFI Shell environment. In this project, the development time of LPSS needed by the three methodologies which are hardware platform approach, virtual platform approach and modular approach are compared. The results indicate that modular approach is capable to save up to 90% of the development time in comparison with the other two approaches. At the same time, both of the UEFI drivers are functioning correctly. The processing time of both of the UEFI Configuration Driver and UEFI Reset Driver are about 1 to 2 seconds only. In conclusion, the novelty of the modular approach is that the BIOS can be developed in modular basis, without having to develop the BIOS as a whole. Therefore, it is able to cut down the BIOS development time efficiently
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Teh , Hong Hor
author_facet	Teh , Hong Hor
author_sort	Teh , Hong Hor
title	Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug
title_short	Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug
title_full	Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug
title_fullStr	Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug
title_full_unstemmed	Implementation Of Modular Testing In Bios Development And Debug
title_sort	implementation of modular testing in bios development and debug
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik
publishDate	2014
url	http://eprints.usm.my/40958/1/TEH_HONG_HOR_24_pages.pdf
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