Firmware Interface Table

BIOS Specification October 2022 Revision 1.4

ID 599500
Date 10/01/2022
Intel Confidential
Document Table of Contents

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.