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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Daniel L. Hamlin, Round Rock, TX (US);
Suraj M Varma, Portland, OR (US);
Gokul Thiruchengode Vajravel, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for discovery in a firmware framework are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform with multiple devices, and a controller configured with firmware that, upon execution by a processing core, causes the processing core to receive a request from an Operating System (OS) to enter a sleep state, determine, for each of the plurality of devices, a specified sleep state level for the device, and communicate with each of the devices to place the device at the specified sleep state level.