US 12,235,786 B2
Loading firmware onto an external embedded controller (EC) of a heterogeneous computing platform
Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/057,771.
Prior Publication US 2024/0168909 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/4221 (2013.01) [G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 13/4045 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a heterogeneous computing platform having a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) processor and a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) controller coupled thereto; and
an embedded controller (EC) external to the heterogeneous computing platform and coupled to the PCIe controller, wherein the EC is configured to retrieve at least one of: firmware instructions, a configuration setting, or a table, from a PCIe device coupled to the PCIe controller.