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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
American Megatrends International, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Sergiy Yakovlev, Duluth, GA (US);
Oleksiy Yakovlev, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
American Megatrends International, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
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.