Method for executing bios tool program in non-SMI mechanism

• US 9,128,730 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2013
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Insyde Software Corp
• Original Assignee: Insyde Software Corp
• Inventors: Yu, Li-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): BUTLER, DENNIS
• Application Number:
  US13/900,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20130318336A1
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4406 Loading of operating system

Abstract

A method for executing a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) tool program in a non-System Management Interrupt (SMI) mechanism is applicable to a computer and includes: bi-directionally transmitting, by an ACPI ASL module and a service module, a corresponding trigger signal; bi-directionally transmitting, by the service module and a driver, the trigger signal; bi-directionally transmitting, by the driver and a real-time service module of a BIOS, the trigger signal; and performing, by the BIOS, event processing according to the trigger signal to obtain a processing result, or performing, by the BIOS, logic operation on the data to obtain operation data.

Claims

1. A method for executing a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) tool program in a non-System Management Interrupt (SMI) mechanism, the method being applicable to a computer and comprising:

sending event information data corresponding to an event from an ACPI ASL module to a service module of a relay service layer;

transmitting the received event information data from the service module to a driver of the relay service layer;

transmitting the received event information data from the driver to a real-time service module of a BIOS;

performing, by the BIOS, event processing according to the event information data received by the real-time service module to obtain an event processing result;

transmitting the event processing result from the BIOS to the driver through the real-time service module;

transmitting the received event processing result from the driver to the service module; and

transmitting the received event processing result from the service module to the ACPI ASL module.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the event information data corresponding to the event is generated by a call BIOS request received from a tool module.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the event information data comprises an event trigger signal, the BIOS performers event processing according to the event trigger signal to obtain the event processing result.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

generating a request execution result by the ACPI ASL module with a subsequent processing procedure on the received event processing result; and

transmitting the request execution result from ACPI ASL module to the tool module.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the event information data comprises an event trigger signal and event data, the BIOS performers event processing according to the event trigger signal to obtain the event processing result and logic operation on the event data to obtain event operation data.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

generating a request execution result by the ACPI ASL module with a subsequent processing procedure on the received event processing result and event operation data; and

transmitting the request execution result from ACPI ASL module to the tool module.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the tool module comprises a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interface for communicating with a WMI interface of the ACPI ASL module.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the service module comprises a WMI interface for communicating with a WMI interface of the ACPI ASL module.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein the driver comprises a runtime function interface for communicating with a runtime function interface of the real-time service module.

10. A computer readable recording medium with a program stored therein, wherein after loading the program from the recording medium and executing the program, a computer is capable of performing the method according to claim 1.

11. A computer program product with a program stored therein, wherein after loading the program from the computer program product and executing the program, a computer is capable of performing the method according to claim 1.