公开(公告)号：EP3271818A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-24

申请号：EP16765391.4

申请日：2016-02-18

申请人： Intel Corporation

发明人： KOTARY, Karunakara ,  ZIMMER, Vincent, J. ,  BRENDEN, Scott, D. ,  BENCHIMOL, Jose ,  KUMAR, Panner ,  POORNACHANDRAN, Rajesh

IPC分类号： G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F11/20

CPC分类号： G06F21/575 ,  G06F21/74

摘要： A dynamic firmware module loader loads one of a plurality of a firmware contexts or modules as needed in a containerized environment for secure isolated execution. The modules, called applets, may be loaded and unloaded in a firmware context. The loader may use a hardware inter process communication channel (IPC) to communicate with the secure engine. The modules may be designed to implement specific features desired by basic input/output system vendors, without the use of a system management mode. Designed modules may provide necessary storage and I/O access driver capabilities to be run in trusted execution environment containers.