Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-system provisioning of firmware for a hardware platform
- Patent Title (中): 硬件平台固件的系统配置
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Application No.: US14229708Application Date: 2014-03-28
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Publication No.: US09594910B2Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Nitin V. Sarangdhar , Robert J. Royer, Jr. , Eng Hun Ooi , Brian R. McFarlane , Mukesh Kataria
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Compass IP Law
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F11/14 ; G06F21/57

Abstract:
A hardware platform includes a nonvolatile storage device that can store system firmware as well as code for the primary operating system for the hardware platform. The hardware platform includes a controller that determines the hardware platform lacks functional firmware to boot the primary operating system from the storage device. The controller accesses a firmware image from an external interface that interfaces a device external to the hardware platform, where the external device is a firmware image source. The controller provisions the firmware from the external device to the storage device and initiates a boot sequence from the provisioned firmware.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150277930A1 IN-SYSTEM PROVISIONING OF FIRMWARE FOR A HARDWARE PLATFORM Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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