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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2009
Gyan Prakash, Beaverton, OR (US);
Saurabh Dadu, Tigard, OR (US);
Selim Aissi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hormuzd M. Khosravi, Portland, OR (US);
Duncan Glendinning, Chandler, AZ (US);
Cris Rhodes, Tualatin, OR (US);
Gyan Prakash, Beaverton, OR (US);
Saurabh Dadu, Tigard, OR (US);
Selim Aissi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hormuzd M. Khosravi, Portland, OR (US);
Duncan Glendinning, Chandler, AZ (US);
Cris Rhodes, Tualatin, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for an automated modular and secure boot firmware update. An updated boot firmware code module is received in a secure partition of a system, the updated boot firmware code module to replace one original boot firmware code module for the system. Only the one original boot firmware code module is automatically replaced with the updated boot firmware code module. The updated boot firmware code module is automatically executed with the plurality of boot firmware code modules for the system and without user intervention when the system is next booted. The updated boot firmware code module may be written to an update partition of a firmware volume, wherein the update partition of the firmware volume is read along with another partition of the firmware volume containing the plurality of boot firmware code modules when the system is booted.