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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Krishnakumar Narasimhan, Chennai, IN;
Anusha Bhaskar, Bangalore, IN;
Muniswamy Setty K S, Bangalore, IN;
Parmeshwr Prasad, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for transferring firmware updates using an in-band interface are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive a firmware update package having a payload; create a namespace in a persistent memory; copy the payload to a segment of the persistent memory associated with the namespace; and write, to an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) variable, an Emulator Device Path (EDP) pointing to the payload.