摘要:
A system and method to diffuse optimized libraries via a network. An optimized library including at least one optimized routine is received by a processing system via a network. The optimized routine is provided for use by an application executing on the processing system to interact with a hardware entity of the processing system.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to a technique or device to allow hardware related drivers to present a centralized configuration program and, more particularly, to a technique or device to allow hardware related drivers to present configuration information to a centralized user interface manager.
摘要:
A method according to one embodiment may include retrieving selected data from one or more mass storage devices, based at least in part on historical device access information of at least one requester of data. A method according to another embodiment may include retrieving, by an integrated circuit, device data layout information from one or more mass storage devices, and storing, by the integrated circuit, the device data layout information in cache memory. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
摘要:
Methods, apparatus, and systems for updating firmware for clustered computing platforms. Firmware provided on each platform is loaded for operating system runtime availability. The firmware update process begins by issuing an update directive that includes firmware update data to a first platform. That platform then interacts with firmware running on other platforms to update the firmware for those platforms, wherein communications between the platforms is enabled via an out-of-band (OOB) communication channel or network. In one embodiment, OOB communications are facilitated by a hidden execution mode known as the System Management Mode (SMM), which has the ability to receive and respond to periodic System Management Interrupts (SMI) and execute corresponding SMI handlers configured to support inter-platform communication in a manner that is transparent to operating systems running on the platforms. The method allows firmware to be updated across multiple platforms, such as server blades, using a single administrative action.
摘要:
A method and system to push capabilities into firmware by an operating system. A pre-boot driver is accessed at a computer system during operating system runtime of the computer system. The pre-boot driver is deposited in a repository available to firmware of the computer system. The pre-boot driver is found at the repository by the firmware during a subsequent pre-boot phase of the computer system. The pre-boot driver is executed during the subsequent pre-boot phase. In one embodiment, the computer system includes firmware that operates in accordance with the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) framework standard.
摘要:
A system and method for enabling home power management. The method includes polling a plurality of power managed appliances in a network to determine a power state for each of the power managed appliances. Based on a corresponding power rating for the power state of each of the power managed appliances, determining an overall power utilization for the network. If policy has been enacted for updating the power state of any of the plurality of power managed appliances, adjusting the power state of the power managed appliances to provide an optimized power management network.
摘要:
Apparatus and methods for keyboard data normalization are disclosed. The example apparatus and methods convert physical location dependent keyboard data into keycap dependent data in a pre-boot environment.
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In some embodiments, the invention involves using a dedicated service processor with out-of-band capabilities to enable a secure boot using biometric data to authenticate the user. In some embodiments, at least a secondary token is used enhance the secure boot. An off-line database may be accessed by the service processor during boot to store or retrieve biometric templates to compare with scanned, live, biometric data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
摘要:
The present disclosure is directed to content protection for Data as a Service (DaaS). A device may receive encrypted data from a content provider via DaaS, the encrypted data comprising at least content for presentation on the device. For example, the content provider may utilize a secure multiplex transform (SMT) module in a trusted execution environment (TEE) module to generate encoded data from the content and digital rights management (DRM) data and to generate the encrypted data from the encoded data. The device may also comprise a TEE module including a secure demultiplex transform (SDT) module to decrypt the encoded data from the encrypted data and to decode the content and DRM data from the encoded data. The SMT and SDT modules may interact via a secure communication session to validate security, distribute decryption key(s), etc. In one embodiment, a trust broker may perform TEE module validation and key distribution.
摘要:
Deterring output of data from a computing platform may be accomplished by launching a driver to filter write requests to selected output ports of the computing platform, receiving a write request, and denying the write request when the write request is for a selected output port identified as being in a read-only mode.