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Volume 2, Part 1: Processor Abstraction Layer
11.1.1
Processor Abstraction Layer (PAL) Overview
The purpose of
the Processor Abstraction Layer, is to provide a firmware abstraction
between the processor hardware implementation and system software and platform
firmware, so as to maintain a single software interface for multiple implementations of
the processor hardware. PAL is defined to be independent of the number of processors
on a platform.
Figure 11-1. Firmware Model
Non-performance criti-
cal hardware events,
e.g., reset, machine
checks
Operating System Software
System Abstraction Layer
(SAL)
Processor (hardware)
Performance critical hard-
ware events, e.g., inter-
rupts
Instruction
Execution
Platform
Processor Abstraction Layer (PAL)
Interrupts,
traps, and
faults
Transfers to
SAL entrypoints
PAL
procedure
calls
Access to
platform
resources
Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface (UEFI)
SAL
procedure
calls
OS Boot
Handoff
UEFI
runtime
services
OS Boot
Selection
Advanced
Configuration
and Power
Interface
(ACPI)
Power mgmt,
hot-plug,
etc.
Transfers
to OS
entrypoints
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