Firmware Interface Table

BIOS Specification

ID 599500
Date 04/14/2023
Intel Confidential

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Diagnostic ACM (Type 3) Rules

Diagnostic ACM (Type 3) entry in the FIT is required only for platforms which support functional safety.

  1. The address field points to a Diagnostic ACM. Specifically, the address field in the type 3 record points to the first byte of the ACM header.
  2. Type 3 entry must point to an address that is accessible by the processor at reset vector and should be 4Kb aligned.
  3. The C_​V bit in this entry should be clear.
  4. The Size field is not used. BIOS should set this field to 0.
  5. The Version field should be set to 0x0100.