Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure multi-BIOS-image system
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Application No.: US17690164Application Date: 2022-03-09
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Publication No.: US11989304B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Wei Liu , Alberto David Perez Guevara
- Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agent Joseph Mencher
- Main IPC: G06F21/57
- IPC: G06F21/57

Abstract:
A secure multi-Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)-image system includes a BIOS storage system having a first BIOS storage region and a second BIOS storage region. A first BIOS image is stored in the first BIOS storage region and is configured to utilize a plurality of initialization drivers during a first initialization process. A BIOS subsystem is coupled to the BIOS storage system. The BIOS subsystem receives second BIOS storage region write-enablement information and, in response, enables writing to the second BIOS storage region. Subsequent to enabling writing to the second BIOS storage region, the BIOS subsystem writes a second BIOS image to the second BIOS storage region. The BIOS subsystem may then use the second BIOS image that was written to the second BIOS storage region to perform a second initialization process that utilizes a subset of the plurality of initialization drivers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230289446A1 SECURE MULTI-BIOS-IMAGE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-09-14
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