Component Firmware Integration in Distributed Systems
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsVincent J. Zimmer, Michael A. Rothman
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Abstract
A plurality of platforms may be defined in a distributed system. Each of the platforms may include a processor and a chipset from a common source on a single motherboard. Extensible firmware interface drivers are provided for the processors and the chipsets. Each of the platforms may be defined pursuant to a system definition model where the system definition model defines the firmware for each of the platforms. As a result, any of the platforms can be updateable from a common source, such as an Internet web site.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- using an XML based model of a distributed system to define firmware for a plurality of platforms in a distributed system;
- and
- providing extensible firmware interface drivers for processors and chipsets on said platforms.
Firmware comprising a series of instructions stored on hardware to perform the steps of
- using an XML based model of a distributed system to define firmware for a plurality of platforms in a distributed system;
- and
- providing extensible firmware interface drivers for processors and chipsets on said platforms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.