Abstract: Examples associated with boot data validity are described. One example includes determining whether NVRAM boot data structure is valid. When the NVRAM boot data structure is valid, a NVRAM boot data structure validity flag is set to indicate the boot data structure is invalid. The validity flag is set to indicate the NVRAM boot data structure is valid once a point in a startup process is reached that indicates the startup process will complete successfully. When the NVRAM boot data structure is invalid, errors identified in the NVRAM boot data structure are repaired, and the startup process is restarted.

Abstract: Examples associated with boot data validity are described. One example includes determining whether NVRAM boot data structure is valid. When the NVRAM boot data structure is valid, a NVRAM boot data structure validity flag is set to indicate the boot data structure is invalid. The validity flag is set to indicate the NVRAM boot data structure is valid once a point in a startup process is reached that indicates the startup process will complete successfully. When the NVRAM boot data structure is invalid, errors identified in the NVRAM boot data structure are repaired, and the startup process is restarted.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a solid-state a solid-state non-volatile computer memory; and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller to: generate a data set including a tag that indicates that the data set is valid; write the data set into a block of the memory, wherein the block includes multiple addressable locations set to a common first binary value before the write; generate a subsequent data set including a tag that indicates that the subsequent data set is valid; update the tag of the written data set to indicate that the written data set is invalid, wherein the update includes setting an addressable location corresponding to the tag to second binary value different from the first binary value; write the subsequent data set to addressable locations in the block of memory other than the addressable locations of the invalid data set.

Abstract: In some examples, an embedded controller in a system monitors a basic input/output system (BIOS) policy stored in a non-volatile storage, and executes a management action with respect to the BIOS policy, where the monitoring and the executing are performed by the embedded controller independent of instructions executed by a processor in the system.

Abstract: In some examples, an embedded controller in a system monitors a basic input/output system (BIOS) policy stored in a non-volatile storage, and executes a management action with respect to the BIOS policy, where the monitoring and the executing are performed by the embedded controller independent of instructions executed by a processor in the system.