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Patent No.:

US 11221842 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2020

Systems and methods for executing and verifying system firmware update before committing firmware update to motherboard

Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Allen C. Wynn, Round Rock, TX (US);

Ibrahim Sayyed, Georgetown, TX (US);

Carl C. McAdams, Round Rock, TX (US);

Gregory A. Havenga, Lakeway, TX (US);

Ruhull A. Bhuiyan, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:

Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Qamrun Nahar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 1/24 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 11/366 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method may include, during a boot of an information handling system: determining, based on settings stored in non-volatile memory of the information handling system, whether to perform pre-commit execution of a firmware update image prior to committing the firmware update image to a motherboard of the information handling system, and responsive to determining to perform pre-commit execution, load the firmware update image from a basic input/output system partition of a storage resource of the information handling system and execute the firmware update image in lieu of a firmware image stored on the motherboard.

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Wynn, Allen. (2022). Systems and methods for executing and verifying system firmware update before committing firmware update to motherboard (U.S. Patent No. 11221842). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11221842

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