Intel SE7501WV2 User Manual

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Intel® Server Board SE7501WV2 TPS 
BIOS 
Revision 1.0 
 
 
Intel reference number C25653-001 
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6.44.3 Processor 
Information 
Processor Information returns information about the system processors. 
Call With 
AH 
= DAh 
AL = 
92h 
CL 
= Processor number (0…7) 
Returns 
AL  
= Stepping ID 
AH  
= Model 
BL  
= Family 
BH  
= Number of processors supported by platform 
CX  
= Processor bus speed in BCD (MHz) 
DX  
= Processor core speed in BCD (MHz) 
 
CF 
= 0 
Success, or 
 
= 1 
Processor not present, or 
 
= 1 
Function not supported (If AH=86h) 
If processor not present, (AH)=87h, (CF)=1 
If function not supported, (AH)=86h, (CF)=1 
 
Note: The processor number that is passed in (CL) as input refers to the physical position of 
the processor.  
 
6.44.4 
Extended NVRAM Services 
The SE7501WV2 server BIOS supports NVRAM read and write to specific areas in the NVRAM 
to support option ROMs that need NVRAM storage. These services are enabled based on the 
platform requirements. 
Call With 
AH 
= Dah 
AL = 
20h 
BL 
= 85 Read Extended NVRAM/Flash 
 
= 86 Write Extended NVRAM/Flash 
BH 
= 0 ESCD area 
 
= 1 SCSIA area 
 
= 2 SCSIB area 
 
= 3 LCD User String area 
 
= 4 System limits area 
 
= 5 User NVRAM area 
 
= 6 Multiboot area 
 
= 7 GUID/UUID area (data buffer must contain special signatures for the write call 
to succeed, read always works) 
ES:DI 
= Pointer to data buffer