公开(公告)号：US20170213034A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15419368

申请日：2017-01-30

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Nitin V. SARANGDHAR ,  Robert J. ROYER, JR. ,  Eng Hun OOI ,  Brian R. MCFARLANE ,  Mukesh KATARIA

IPC: G06F21/57 ,  G06F12/14 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/44

CPC classification number: G06F21/572 ,  G06F9/4403 ,  G06F9/4406 ,  G06F9/4411 ,  G06F11/1417 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/575 ,  G06F2212/1052 ,  G06F2221/03 ,  G06F2221/033

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.