UPDATING COMPUTER FIRMWARE

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for updating a computer firmware. The system generates a user firmware volume within a computer firmware volume containing computer firmware used by the system during a boot process. In some cases, the user firmware volume can be a file system. The system also obtains a firmware file for updating the computer firmware used by the system during the boot process. Next, the system compares the firmware file with a content of the computer firmware volume to yield a comparison and, based on the comparison, stores the firmware file on the user firmware volume within the computer firmware volume without flashing an entire portion of the computer firmware used by the system during the boot process.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating a user firmware volume within a computer firmware volume which contains computer firmware used by a computing device during a boot process, the user firmware volume comprising a file system; obtaining a firmware file for updating the computer firmware used by the computing device during the boot process; comparing the firmware file with a content of the computer firmware volume to yield a comparison; and based on the comparison, storing the firmware file on the user firmware volume within the computer firmware volume without flashing an entire portion of the computer firmware used by the computing device during the boot process.