TWI758867B - Error message recording method, system and terminal of basic input output system based on gpnv - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a GPNV-based basic input output system error message recording method, which is applied to the basic input output system and comprises the following steps, an error message and the type of the error message are obtained when an error occurs in the system; and the error message is recorded in the GPNV storage space of the basic input output system; the value of the serial universal input output port is set according to the type of the error message. The error message recording method, system and terminal of the basic input output system based on GPNV of the present disclosure implement the recording of BIOS error messages through GPNV in the BIOS ROM, ensuring reliable recording of error messages, and helping to realize accurate judgment of error causes.

Description

Basic input output system error message recording method, system and terminal based on GPNV

The present invention relates to the technical field of message recording, in particular to a basic input output system (Basic Input Output System, BIOS) error message recording method, system and terminal based on GPNV (General Purpose Non Volatile).

The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) can upgrade the firmware of the server, view equipment, and other operations when the server is not powered on, so as to realize local and remote diagnosis, console support, configuration management, hardware management, and troubleshooting.

In the prior art, the BIOS records reliability, availability and serviceability (Reliability Availability And Serviceability, RAS) error (Error) messages in the BMC SEL Log. Therefore, users can grab relevant error messages from the BMC SEL Log and find the corresponding device. However, the above method has the following drawbacks: (1) SEL Log records RAS error messages too dependent on the BMC, and cannot record the error messages sent by the BIOS when the BMC fails or the system does not support BMC; (2) Failure to record the error message will cause the user to be unable to capture and locate the relevant components and causes of the Error in time, which brings certain risks to the user's troubleshooting.

In view of the shortcoming of the above-mentioned prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide a GPNV-based basic input output system error message recording method, system and terminal, realize the recording of BIOS error messages by GPNV in the BIOS ROM, ensure that the error message Reliable records help to achieve accurate judgment of the cause of errors.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose and other related purposes, the present invention provides a GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method, applied to a BIOS, comprising the following steps: when an error occurs in the system, obtaining an error message and the error message type; record the error message in the GPNV storage space of the basic input/output system; set the value of the serial general-purpose input/output port according to the type of the error message.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when an error occurs in the system, a corresponding error register is set, and the type of the error message is acquired according to the set value of the error register.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the GPNV Handle is called based on the Basic Input Output System RAS Error Handle, and the error message is recorded in the GPNV storage space based on the GPNV Handle.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the GPNV Handle is called based on the RAS Error Handle, and the value of the serial GPIO port is set based on the GPNV Handle, and the value of the serial GPIO port corresponds to the error message type one-to-one .

Correspondingly, the present invention provides a basic input output system based on GPNV An error message recording system, applied to a basic input and output system, includes an acquisition module, a recording module and a setting module; the acquisition module is used to acquire error messages and the type of the error messages when an error occurs in the system; The recording module is used for recording the error message in the GPNV storage space of the basic input/output system; the setting module is used for setting the value of the serial general-purpose input/output port according to the type of the error message.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when an error occurs in the system, a corresponding error register is set, and the obtaining module obtains the type of the error message according to the set value of the error register.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the recording module calls the GPNV Handle based on the Basic Input Output System RAS Error Handle, and records the error message in the GPNV storage space based on the GPNV Handle.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the setting module calls the GPNV Handle based on the RAS Error Handle of the Basic Input Output System, and sets the value of the serial GPIO port based on the GPNV Handle, and the value of the serial GPIO port and the error The message types correspond to each other.

Finally, the present invention provides a terminal, comprising: a processor and a storage; the storage is used for storing computer programs; the processor is used for executing the computer programs stored in the storage, so that the terminal executes the above-mentioned GPNV-based computer program The BIOS error message logging method.

As mentioned above, the GPNV-based BIOS of the present invention fails The message recording method, system and terminal have the following beneficial effects: (1) BIOS error message recording is realized through GPNV in BIOS ROM, without relying on BMC; (2) GPNV is a non-volatile storage space on BIOS ROM , the error message will not be lost after the system is powered off or restarted, which ensures the safety and reliability of the error message storage; (3) It can record the cause and device of the error based on SGPIO, which helps to realize the accurate troubleshooting of errors.

21: Get Mods

22: Recording module

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1 shows a flowchart of a GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method in an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 shows a GPNV-based BIOS error message recording system in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal of the present invention in an embodiment.

The embodiments of the present invention are described below through specific specific examples, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and various details in this specification can also be modified or changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It should be noted that the drawings provided in this embodiment are only to illustrate the basic concept of the present invention in a schematic way, so the drawings only show the components related to the present invention rather than the number, shape and the number of components in actual implementation. For dimension drawing, the type, quantity and proportion of each component can be changed at will in actual implementation, and the component layout may also be more complicated.

The GPNV-based basic input and output system error message recording method, system and terminal of the present invention record BIOS error messages in the GPNV of the BIOS ROM, which can not only ensure reliable recording of error messages, but also realize accurate judgment of error causes, and does not require additional It takes up resources and is very practical.

As shown in FIG. 1, in one embodiment, the GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method of the present invention is applied in the BIOS, and includes the following steps:

Step S1, when an error occurs in the system, obtain an error message and the type of the error message.

Specifically, when an error occurs in the system, an error message is generated, a corresponding error register is set, and a System Management Interruption (SMI) Handle is triggered. SMI is an interrupt triggered by the hardware and handled by the BIOS. The BIOS RAS Error Handle classifies error messages according to the setting value of the error register, that is, different error register setting values correspond to different error message types. Therefore, the type of the error message can be obtained according to the setting value of the error register.

Step S2, recording the error message in the GPNV storage space of the basic input output system.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the GPNV Handle is called based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and the error message is recorded in all locations based on the GPNV Handle. The GPNV storage space described above. GPNV is a part of BIOS ROM, which generally occupies 8-16KB of space. It can store information such as ESCD, SMBios, System Event log, etc., and the information will not be lost after power failure.

Step S3, setting the value of the serial general-purpose input/output port according to the type of the error message.

Specifically, the GPNV Handle is called based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and the value of the Serial General Purpose Input Output (SGPIO) is set based on the GPNV Handle. The value of the serial general purpose input and output port and the error message type are one by one. correspond. Therefore, the error message type can be known according to the value of the SGPIO.

So far, the user can know the error message and error type by reading the error message in GPNV and the value of SGPIO, which helps to analyze the cause and device of the error.

As shown in FIG. 2 , in one embodiment, the GPNV-based BIOS error message recording system of the present invention is applied to the BIOS, including an acquisition module 21 , a recording module 22 and a setting module 23 .

The obtaining module 21 is used for obtaining error messages and types of the error messages when an error occurs in the system.

Specifically, when an error occurs in the system, an error message is generated, a corresponding error register is set, and a System Management Interruption (SMI) Handle is triggered. SMI is an interrupt triggered by the hardware and handled by the BIOS. The BIOS RAS Error Handle classifies error messages according to the setting value of the error register, that is, different error register setting values correspond to different error message types. Therefore, the type of the error message can be obtained according to the setting value of the error register.

The recording module 22 is connected with the obtaining module 21, and is used for recording the error message in the GPNV storage space of the basic input output system.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the GPNV Handle is called based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and the error message is recorded in the GPNV storage space based on the GPNV Handle. GPNV is a part of BIOS ROM, which generally occupies 8-16KB of space. It can store information such as ESCD, SMBios, System Event log, etc., and the information will not be lost after power failure.

The setting module 23 is connected to the obtaining module 21, and is used for setting the value of the serial general-purpose input and output ports according to the type of the error message.

Specifically, the GPNV Handle is called based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and the value of the Serial General Purpose Input Output (SGPIO) is set based on the GPNV Handle. The value of the serial general purpose input and output port and the error message type are one by one. correspond. Therefore, the error message type can be known according to the value of the SGPIO.

So far, the user can know the error message and error type by reading the error message in GPNV and the value of SGPIO, which helps to analyze the cause and device of the error.

It should be noted that, it should be understood that the division of each module of the above device is only a division of logical functions, and in actual implementation, all or part of it may be integrated into one physical entity, or may be physically separated. And these modules can all be implemented in the form of software calling through processing elements; they can also all be implemented in hardware; some modules can also be implemented in the form of calling software through processing elements, and some modules can be implemented in hardware. For example, the x module can be a separately established processing element, or can be integrated into a certain chip of the above-mentioned device. In addition, it can also be stored in the memory of the above-mentioned device in the form of a program code. where The management component calls and executes the functions of the above x modules. The implementation of other modules is similar. In addition, all or part of these modules can be integrated together, and can also be implemented independently. The processing element described here may be an integrated circuit with signal processing capability. In the implementation process, each step of the above-mentioned method or each of the above modules can be completed by the integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor element or the instructions in the form of software.

For example, the above modules may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above method, such as: one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or one or more microcomputers A processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP for short), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA for short), etc. For another example, when one of the above modules is implemented in the form of a processing element scheduling code, the processing element may be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU for short) or other processors that can call code . For another example, these modules can be integrated together and implemented in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC for short).

As shown in FIG. 3 , in an embodiment, the terminal of the present invention includes: a processor 31 and a storage 32 .

The storage 32 is used for storing computer programs.

The storage 32 includes: ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, U disk, memory card or optical disk and other media capable of storing program codes.

The processor 31 is connected to the storage 32 for executing the computer program stored in the storage 32, so that the terminal executes the above-mentioned GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method.

Preferably, the processor 31 may be a general-purpose processor, including a central processing unit (CPU for short), a network processor (NP for short), etc.; it may also be a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor). Processor, referred to as DSP), special application integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, referred to as ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (Field Programmable Gate Array, referred to as FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistors Logic devices, discrete hardware components.

To sum up, the GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method, system and terminal of the present invention realize the recording of BIOS error messages through GPNV in BIOS ROM, without relying on BMC; GPNV is a non-easy piece of BIOS ROM. The volatile storage space ensures that the error message is not lost after the system is powered off or restarted, which ensures the safety and reliability of the error message storage; it can record the cause and device of the error in real time based on SGPIO, which helps to realize the accurate troubleshooting of errors. Therefore, the present invention effectively overcomes various shortcomings in the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.

The above-mentioned embodiments merely illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can modify or change the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field without departing from the spirit and technical idea disclosed in the present invention should still be covered by the claims of the present invention.

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A GPNV-based method for recording error messages of a basic input output system, applied to a basic input output system, comprising the following steps: when an error occurs in the system, acquiring an error message and the type of the error message; recording the error message in a basic input output system outputting the GPNV storage space of the system; and setting the value of the serial GPIO according to the type of the error message. The GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method according to claim 1, wherein when an error occurs in the system, a corresponding error register is set, and the error is acquired according to the set value of the error register Type of message. The GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method according to claim 1, wherein a GPNV Handle is called based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and the error message is recorded in the GPNV based on the GPNV Handle storage space. The GPNV-based BIOS error message recording method according to claim 1, wherein the GPNV Handle is called based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and the serial GPIO is set based on the GPNV Handle value, the value of the serial general-purpose input/output port corresponds to the type of the error message one-to-one. A basic input output system error message recording system based on GPNV, applied to a basic input output system: including an acquisition module, a recording module and a setting module; the acquisition module is used for obtaining error messages and when an error occurs in the system. the type of the error message; The recording module is used for recording the error message in the GPNV storage space of the basic input/output system; and the setting module is used for setting the value of the serial general-purpose input/output port according to the type of the error message. The GPNV-based BIOS error message recording system according to claim 5, wherein when an error occurs in the system, a corresponding error register is set, and the acquisition module is based on the set value of the error register to get the type of the error message. The GPNV-based BIOS error message recording system according to claim 5, wherein the recording module calls a GPNV Handle based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and records the error message based on the GPNV Handle recorded in the GPNV storage space. The GPNV-based BIOS error message recording system according to claim 5, wherein the setting module calls a GPNV Handle based on the BIOS RAS Error Handle, and sets the sequence based on the GPNV Handle The value of the general-purpose input and output port, the value of the serial general-purpose input and output port is in one-to-one correspondence with the type of the error message. A terminal, comprising: a processor and a storage; the storage is used to store a computer program; and the processor is used to execute the computer program stored in the storage, so that the terminal executes request items 1 to 4 Any one of the GPNV-based BIOS error message recording methods.

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