Methods and apparatus to perform an enhanced S3 protocol to update firmware with a boot script update
US12360758B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45512
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture perform an enhanced S3 protocol to update firmware with a Boot Script update are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a management agent to store a firmware update into memory; and request an operating system (OS) to enter into an S3 sleep state; the OS to, in response to the request from the management agent, enter into the S3 sleep state and trigger an interrupt; and a basic input/output system (BIOS) to, in response to the interrupt from the OS update a Boot Script according to the firmware update; and wake up the OS with a wake vector.
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