US 11,809,875 B2
Low-power pre-boot operations using a multiple cores for an information handling system
Shekar Babu Suryanarayana, Bangalore (IN); and Sumanth Vidyadhara, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,189.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112947 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/4405 (2013.01) [G06F 11/366 (2013.01); G06F 15/7807 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
executing, by a first processor core of an information handling system, a basic input/output system (BIOS);
executing, by the first processor core, an embedded operating system (EOS) after executing the BIOS;
determining, by the first processor core, based on a first attribute whether to hand-off execution of the EOS to a second processor core having a different configuration than the first processor core; and
when the first processor core determines to hand-off execution to the second processor core, handing off execution of the EOS to the second processor core.