System and method for updating a UEFI image in an information handling system
US10282190B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4401
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, information handling system (IHS) and a computer program product for updating a unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) image in an IHS. The method includes retrieving a new UEFI image and a current UEFI image. First data type regions contained within the new UEFI image and second data type regions contained within the current UEFI image are identified. If a first data type region name from the new UEFI image matches a second data type region name from the current UEFI image and a first size of the first data type region is larger than or equal to a second size of the second data type region, data associated with the first data type region is copied to a modified new UEFI image.
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