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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Srinivas Giri Raju Gowda, Fremont, CA (US);
Douglas Lang Farley, Round Rock, TX (US);
Trevor Christian Cockrell, Hutto, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A secure operating system provisioning system includes a resource system having resource device(s), an SCP device, and a BIOS coupled to the resource device(s) and the SCP device. The BIOS begins initialization operations, retrieves a first subset of BIOS firmware, enters a first SMM and uses the first subset of BIOS firmware to authenticate the resource device(s) before exiting the first SMM. The BIOS then enters a second SMM in response to an SMI from the SCP device and verifies a runtime image stored in the SCP device, retrieves a second subset of the BIOS firmware from the runtime image, and stores the second subset of the BIOS firmware in the BIOS before exiting the second SMM. The BIOS then uses the second subset of the BIOS firmware to provide an operating system for the resource system to complete the initialization operations.