American Megatrends International, LLC

Oleksiy Yakovlev

Stefano Righi

Paul Anthony Rhea

Sergiy Yakovlev

Technologies are disclosed herein that allow for utilization of firmware specific data through an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Firmware Identification (FID) table in a computing system. The ACPI FID table can be loaded during a boot of a computer system. The ACPI FID table can be read after an operating system has been loaded on the computer system. Based upon firmware specific data in the ACPI FID table, functionality provided by the application can be restricted. The use of various features provided by the application can be restricted or the application can be restricted from executing entirely. Compatibility between the application and the firmware can be ensured based upon firmware specific data in the ACPI FID table.

Providing firmware specific information via ACPI tables

A computer system accesses a multiplatform firmware image to obtain a GUID identifying a platform for the computer system. The multiplatform firmware image includes a core firmware volume and a plurality of platform-specific firmware volumes. The computer system installs a platform identifier interface including the GUID. The computer system executes files within a platform-specific firmware volume including the GUID and a file of the core firmware volume including the GUID based at least in part on dependency expressions of the executed files and the platform identifier interface.

Multi-platform firmware support

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a multiplatform image which can be used to boot a computer implementing one of a plurality of platforms includes a core firmware volume and one or more platform-specific firmware volumes. The core firmware volume includes common files used by each of the plurality of platforms and at least one file that may be used by some the plurality of platforms but not the others of the plurality of platforms. The one or more platform-specific firmware volumes includes files that are different in at least two of the platforms.

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