Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Firmware management in a computing system
- Patent Title (中): 计算系统中的固件管理
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Application No.: US13280828Application Date: 2011-10-25
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Publication No.: US08793526B2Publication Date: 2014-07-29
- Inventor: Fred A. Bower, III , Michael H. Nolterieke , William G. Pagan , Paul B. Tippett
- Applicant: Fred A. Bower, III , Michael H. Nolterieke , William G. Pagan , Paul B. Tippett
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Biggers Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP
- Agent Edward J. Lenart; Katherine S. Brown
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00
Abstract:
Managing firmware in a computing system storing a plurality of different firmware images for the same firmware includes: calculating, for each firmware image in dependence upon a plurality of predefined factors, a preference score; responsive to a failure of a particular firmware image, selecting a firmware image having a highest preference score; and failing over to the selected firmware image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130103974A1 Firmware Management In A Computing System Public/Granted day:2013-04-25
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