Patent ID: 11900128
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for activation of firmware modules of an information handling system, comprising:
accessing, by a basic input output system (BIOS) of the information handling system, a first list indicating one or more activation statuses of one or more BIOS firmware modules;
determining, by the BIOS, a BIOS firmware module of the one or more BIOS firmware modules to load based, at least in part, on the first list indicating one or more activation statuses of the one or more BIOS firmware modules; and
loading the determined BIOS firmware module of the one or more BIOS firmware modules, by the BIOS, during booting of the information handling system,
wherein loading the determined BIOS firmware module comprises:
determining based, at least in part, on the first list a file path of the determined BIOS firmware module, wherein the first list comprises one or more file paths of the one or more BIOS firmware modules, wherein the determined file path comprises a file path for a location on an extended system partition of the information handling system; and
loading the determined BIOS firmware module, of the one or more BIOS firmware modules, using the determined file path.