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.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to configuring a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a computing device. An embodiment of a method may present, by the computing device, a first request relating to a first functionality of the computing device controlled by one or more settings of the BIOS, and may receive a first user response corresponding to the first request. The method may also present a second request relating to a second functionality of the computing device controlled by one or more settings of the BIOS, with the second request being selected based on the first user response. The method may then receive a second user response corresponding to the second request. In addition, the method may configure at least one setting of the BIOS based on the first and second user responses. Embodiments of a related computing device and computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed.

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.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to configuring a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a computing device. An embodiment of a method may present, by the computing device, a first request relating to a first functionality of the computing device controlled by one or more settings of the BIOS, and may receive a first user response corresponding to the first request. The method may also present a second request relating to a second functionality of the computing device controlled by one or more settings of the BIOS, with the second request being selected based on the first user response. The method may then receive a second user response corresponding to the second request. In addition, the method may configure at least one setting of the BIOS based on the first and second user responses. Embodiments of a related computing device and computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: A block of memory is allocated from a volatile memory device, such as a main system random access memory. The memory block is allocated dynamically and has a dynamically assigned memory address. The memory address of the memory block is shared between a master component executing within an EFI environment and one or more slave components executing within the same and/or different processing modes, such as a system management mode. The memory address is used by the master component to access the memory block and also used by the slave components to access the memory block.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for storing a character string in a HII database in an EFI environment are provided. According to one method, a request is received to store a character string in an HII database within an EFI environment. Included in the request are one or more attributes that distinctly identify the character string to be created and added to the HII database. A determination is then made as to whether a character string having identical or nearly identical distinct attributes was previously stored in the HII database. If a character string having identical distinct attributes was previously stored in the HII database, the character string is not stored in the HII database and the previously stored string's unique token is retrieved. If a character string having distinct attributes was not previously stored in the HII database, then the character string is stored in the HII database and a new unique token for the string is retrieved.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for sharing a dynamically located memory block between regular, SMM, and other components in an EFI environment are provided. According to the method, a block of memory is allocated from a volatile memory device, such as a main system random access memory. The memory block is allocated dynamically and has a dynamically assigned memory address. The memory address of the memory block is shared between a master component executing within an EFI environment and one or more slave components executing within the same and/or different processing modes, such as a system management mode. The memory address is used by the master component to access the memory block and also used by the slave components to access the memory block.