Microsoft Corporation
Firmware update

Abstract:

Example techniques for updating a firmware, such as BIOS, are disclosed. Upon receiving an update, it is determined whether a secondary non-volatile memory is defined for the firmware. If the secondary non-volatile memory is defined, the update may be written in the secondary non-volatile memory. Further, to apply the update, a warm reboot of the firmware may be performed. The warm reboot causes an OS of the computing system to restart, while preserving data associated with applications running on the computing system.