Method and system to facilitate configuration of a hardware device in a platform
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKumar Chinnaswamy, Ittai Anati, Alberto Martinez, Shay Gueron
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Abstract
A method and system to allow the secure configuration of the configurable feature(s) of a hardware device in a platform. The configuration of the configurable feature(s) of the hardware device is performed with protection against software attacks. A management module determines that the platform is authorized to configure at least one configurable feature of the hardware device and configures each of the configurable feature(s) based on a received configuration message.
Claims31
A method to facilitate configuration of a hardware device in a platform comprising:
- determining that the platform is authorized to configure at least one configurable feature of the hardware device;
- and
- configuring each of the at least one configurable feature based at least in part on a received configuration message.
A system comprising:
- a central processing unit (CPU) to receive a configuration message, wherein the CPU comprises at least one configurable feature;
- and
- a management module, coupled with the CPU, to:
- determine that the system is authorized to configure the at least one configurable feature of the CPU;
- and
- send the configuration message to the CPU,
- wherein the CPU is further to configure each of the at least one configurable feature based at least in part on the received configuration message.
A central processing unit (CPU) with at least one configurable feature comprising:
- a firmware module to:
- receive a configuration message;
- and
- configure each of the at least one configurable feature based at least in part on the received configuration message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.