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Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2010
Applicants:

Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);

Nimrod Diamant, Kfar-Saba, IL;

Vincent Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);

Millik Bulusu, Olympia, WA (US);

Inventors:

Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, WA (US);

Nimrod Diamant, Kfar-Saba, IL;

Vincent Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);

Millik Bulusu, Olympia, WA (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2153 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some aspects include beginning a power on self test (POST) by a BIOS for a computer system; enumerating the computer system by the BIOS; providing, based on the enumeration of the computer system by the BIOS, at least one configuration setting of the computer system to a management engine (ME) of the computer system; and applying a lock to the at least one configuration setting by the ME to manage a change to the at least one configuration setting, all prior to an ending of the POST.


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