Early boot display system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorAnh Dinh Luong
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Abstract
A secondary processing system that is coupled to a primary processing system and a display system accesses a first memory system to load initial boot instructions and a video interpreter binary during a boot operation. The secondary processing system initializes the display controller included in the display system to provide a first graphical user interface for display on the display screen using the video interpreter binary and executes the initial boot instructions. The secondary processing system then detects a first interrupt event during the execution of the initial boot instructions and, in response, triggers the video interpreter binary to update the first graphical user interface displayed on the display screen to provide a second graphical user interface for display on the display screen.
Claims20
A computing system, comprising:
- a display system that includes a display controller and a display screen;
- a first memory system that includes initial boot instructions and a video interpreter binary;
- a primary processing system;
- and
- a secondary processing system that is coupled to the primary processing system and the display system, wherein the secondary processing system is configured to access the first memory system to:
- load the initial boot instructions and the video interpreter binary during a boot operation;
- initialize the display controller included in the display system to provide a first graphical user interface for display on the display screen using the video interpreter binary;
- execute the initial boot instructions;
- and
- detect a first interrupt event during the execution of the initial boot instructions and, in response, trigger the video interpreter binary to update the first graphical user interface displayed on the display screen to provide a second graphical user interface for display on the display screen.
An information handling system (IHS), comprising:
- a display system that includes a display controller and a display screen;
- a first memory system that includes initial boot instructions and a video interpreter binary;
- a primary processing system;
- and
- a secondary processing system that is coupled to the primary processing system and the display system, wherein the secondary processing system is configured to access the first memory system to:
- load the initial boot instructions and the video interpreter binary during a boot operation;
- initialize the display controller included in the display system to provide a first graphical user interface for display on the display screen using the video interpreter binary;
- execute the initial boot instructions;
- and
- detect a first interrupt event during the execution of the initial boot instructions and, in response, trigger the video interpreter binary to update the first graphical user interface displayed on the display screen to provide a second graphical user interface for display on the display screen.
A method for providing early boot video, comprising:
- loading, by a secondary processing system from a first memory system, initial boot instructions and a video interpreter binary during a boot operation;
- initializing, by the secondary processing system a display controller included in a display system to provide a first graphical user interface for display on a display screen included on the display system using the video interpreter binary;
- executing, by the secondary processing system, the initial boot instructions;
- and
- detecting, by the secondary processing system, a first interrupt event during the execution of the initial boot instructions and, in response, triggering the video interpreter binary to update the first graphical user interface displayed on the display screen to provide a second graphical user interface for display on the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.