US 9,311,105 B2 · Communicating operating system booting information

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments relate to communicating operating system booting information. A machine-readable storage medium may include instructions for reading data related to booting of an operating system of an electronic device from a non-volatile storage, instructions for writing the read data to a volatile storage prior to the booting of an operating system on the electronic device, and instructions for communicating the data written to the volatile storage to the electronic device via a serial communication interface. The machine-readable storage medium may further include instructions for receiving data, from the electronic device via the serial communication interface, related to the booting of the operating system of the electronic device and instructions for writing the received data to the non-volatile storage.

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Dependent claims

A virtual non-volatile storage device connected to an electronic device, the virtual non-volatile storage device comprising:

a non-volatile storage;
a volatile storage;
and
a processor to execute instructions to cause the virtual non-volatile storage device to:
write operating system settings data for booting an operating system of the electronic device into the non-volatile storage and enter a sleep state;
based on an indication that the electronic device is to perform a booting process, exit the sleep state and transfer the operating system settings data from the non-volatile storage to the volatile storage;
and
communicate the operating system settings data stored in the volatile storage to the electronic device to enable the electronic device to boot the operating system.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions for communicating operating system booting information, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor of a virtual non-volatile storage device, cause the virtual non-volatile storage device to:

write operating system settings data for booting an operating system of an electronic device, connected to the virtual non-volatile storage device to a non-volatile storage of the virtual non-volatile storage device;
in response to writing the operating system settings data to the non-volatile storage, enter a sleep state;
based on an indication that the electronic device is to perform a booting process, exit the sleep state to write the operating system settings data from the non-volatile storage to a volatile storage of the virtual non-volatile storage device;
communicating the operating system settings data stored in the volatile storage to the electronic device to enable the electronic device to boot the operating system;
receiving new data, from the electronic device related to booting the operating system of the electronic device;
and
writing the new data to the non-volatile storage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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