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Generic transport layer mechanism for firmware communication

US9069592B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Christoph Raisch · Gerlingen, DE
Marco Kraemer · Sindelfingen, DE
Jan-Bernd Themann · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 2010
Grant date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/546
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computing system including a communication network architecture with a transport layer mechanism. The computing system is capable of supporting a multitude of different application protocols involving information and/or data exchange between an operating system instance and various firmware services. The computing system may include an operating system instance with a Generic Transport Driver supporting the application protocols in the operating system instance, a firmware service connected to a Generic Transport Facility via a Generic Firmware Service Interface and a virtual machine with a Generic Transport Passthrough. The Generic Transport Driver of the operating system instance exchanges communication protocol data with the Generic Transport Facility of the firmware component via the generic Transport Passthrough.

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