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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Ralph Saul Cooper, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Charles Elles, Apex, NC (US);
Robert Anthony Fenoglio, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Klustaitis, Durham, NC (US);
Luis Rene Quinones Supelveda, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey B. Williams, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
At initiation of boot of a computing device, a processor executes a firmware interface of the computing device, like a basic input/output system (BIOS) or a unified extended firmware interface (UEFI). The processor executes the firmware interface to detect whether a dynamic hardware configuration (DHC) function has been enabled. In response to detecting that the DHC function has been enabled, the processor executes the firmware interface to configure hardware components of the computing device according to a DHC, such as to selectively disable the hardware components. After configuring the hardware components according to the DHC, the processor proceeds to boot the computing device.