US 11,675,680 B2
Computing system initialization system
Jing-Hui Lee, New Taipei (TW); and Shih-Chieh Hsu, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,840.
Application 17/973,840 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,086, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,500,747.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051446 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 11/221 (2013.01) [G06F 9/44505 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system initialization system, comprising:
a computing device;
a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) module;
a BIOS memory system; and
a BIOS processing system that is coupled to the computing device via a first Input/Output (I/O) access connection, to the BIOS memory system via a second I/O access connection that is a relatively higher speed I/O access connection than the first I/O connection, and to the BIOS module, wherein the BIOS processing system is configured to:
retrieve, from the computing device via the first I/O access connection, device data;
store, via the second I/O access connection, the device data in the BIOS memory system;
perform, subsequent to storing the device data in the BIOS memory system, initialization operations;
determine, during the initialization operations, that the BIOS module requires the device data;
retrieve, in response to determining that the BIOS module requires the device data, the device data from the BIOS memory system via the second I/O access connection; and
provide the device data that was retrieved from the BIOS memory system to the BIOS module.