US 12,436,773 B2
Managed auto-resume for interrupted bios processes
Sayyed Ibrahim, Georgetown, TX (US); Anand Joshi, Round Rock, TX (US); and Adolfo 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 Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/340,349.
Prior Publication US 2024/0427628 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/4401 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/4401 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a baseboard management controller (BMC); and
a host processing system including a basic input/output system (BIOS) configured to provide a session start indication to the BMC that a session for changing one or more functions of the BIOS have been started, followed by one or more change indications to the BMC, each change indication being associated with a change to one of the functions, followed by a session end indication to the BMC that the session has been completed;
wherein the BMC is configured to receive the session start indication, at least one of the change indications, and an event indication that an event has occurred on the information handling system that has interrupted the session before the BIOS sends the session end indication, and subsequent to the event, to provide a session interrupted indication that the session was interrupted and the at least one change indication to the BIOS; and
wherein the BIOS is configured to restart the session in response to receiving the session interrupted indication and to re-execute the change to the function indicated by the at least one change indication.